Laurie Mayer is a composer, vocalist, pianist, recording artist. She and William Orbit began their music careers with the group Torch Song. They produced two albums, Wish Thing and Ecstasy. They had a dance chart hit, Prepare to Energize, in 1983. In the 90's they were joined by rock musician and producer Rico Conning and released the album Toward the Unknown Region. She has released a solo project this year, Black Lining, on the Theomorph label.
The album was co-produced with Rico Conning and contains tracks mixed by William Orbit. One of her recent compositions with William Orbit, Purdy, was used in the Madonna H&M commercials. She has also worked with William Orbit on his Strange Cargo albums, the most recent of which, Cellcloud, is coming out in fall 2007.