Louise Wallis

SmithKline Beecham.[1] She applied for a job at a second animal research laboratory St Bartholomews Medical School[2] where she worked for several months before
being sacked after, in all likelihood, a police tip o. In a
bizarre twist of fate, Louise had moved into a at on Burgoyne Road in north London, which had been vacated by
another activist, John Barker, who was later unmasked as
an undercover police spy.[3] Nevertheless, Walliss story
made national press, and she was dubbed Britains No 1
Animals Rights Campaigner by the Sunday Sport newspaper. With the National Anti-Vivisection Society she
launched a 'Free the Beagles campaign calling for the release of 24 dogs for whom she had cared at SmithKline
Beecham; the company refused, and all 24 dogs were destroyed.

Louise Wallis also known as Luminous

In November 1991 Wallis was elected president of the

Louise Wallis is a DJ, singer, and writer who is also Vegan Society. She commissioned and produced the
known for her animal advocacy. She lives in London, charitys rst lm, Truth or Dairy,[4] starring Benjamin
England.
Zephaniah and directed by Franny Armstrong. She also
created World Vegan Day in 1994, to mark the Societys 50th anniversary; the event has since been cele1 Early life
brated every 1 November around the globe. On 29 March
1995 she gave evidence on animal welfare at the infa[5]
Louise Wallis was born in 1964, into a musical family in mous 'McLibel' trial, the longest-running case in EnBirmingham, England. She was raised by her mother and glish history, which involved two activists sued by Mcmaternal grandparents. Her grandfather Syd had his own Donalds for distributing a leaet called 'Whats Wrong
band, notorious in the post-war years for raucous all-night with McDonalds?' In 2013, it emerged that this leaet
by another undercover police spy,
parties, and her great grandmother Kitty was a celebrated had been co-written
[6]
Bob
Lambert.
pianist who played pubs and clubs into her 90s.
On 2 October 2010, Wallis gave a speech at the national
'March for Farmed Animals,' marking World Farm Animals Day.

At age seven, Wallis acquired a step-father and a new

brother; she also acquired a kitten, to soften the blow of
a sudden move to Southampton. She sought solace in the
company of animals, developing a particular passion for
horses.

She briey returned to the Vegan Society as a director

in November 2010, before resigning in June 2011. She
By the age of 18 she was a fully-edged animal activist continues to write for the Societys magazine The Vegan.
and vegan.

3 Music

Animal advocacy

In 1990, as a Regional Campaigns Ocer for the National Anti-Vivisection Society, she organised one of
the largest national anti-vivisection marches ever held
(25,000 people).

Under the pseudonym Luminous, Wallis DJs and sings

in the band Luminous Frenzy, a collaboration with her
guitarist / composer partner Frank Frenzy. Reviewers
have compared her haunting,[7] siren-like vocals[8] to Sia,
Alison Moyet and Portishead's Beth Gibbons.

She then carried out undercover investigations in 1990.

Seeing a job advert titled 'An Important Role working with Animals, she soon found herself working as
a trainee animal technician with the drug company

Luminous Frenzy performed at the rst Bestival in 2004,

and the Big Chill Festival 2005.[9] Big Chill founder Pete
Lawrence later cited the band as one of several that year
that he considered to be at the cutting edge of musi1

cal progression. Luminous Frenzys debut album, 'Violence Ambience,' (Freeport Records) was released in
2006, and launched at the Big Chill Bar. It included
the track 'McEmotion', written for and featured in McLibel,[10] a lm directed by Franny Armstrong[10] and later
selected by the British Film Institute for their series Ten
Documentaries That Shook the World.[11] The critically
acclaimed single 'Three Clis Bay' followed in 2007,
recorded with Adam Thomas.[12] Expanding to a vepiece, Luminous Frenzy went on to develop a heavier
rock-driven sound. This led them to record their next single, Momentary/Random Generator, with producer Paul
Sampson, whose credits include Catatonia and "Crash,
a Top 3 US hit by The Primitives.[13]

REFERENCES

[3] Lewis, Paul; Evans, Rob (3 February 2013). Womans

18-year search for truth about police spy who used dead
childs name. The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September
2013.
[4] Truth or Dairy. Vimeo. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 1
September 2013.
[5] Witness statement: Louise Wallis. McSpotlight. 28
July 1993. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
[6] Lewis, Paul; Evans, Rob (21 June 2013). McLibel leaet
was co-written by undercover police ocer Bob Lambert. The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
[7] Luminous Frenzy Three Clis Bay. YouTube. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

Wallis was voted one of the Worlds 'Top 100 Fe[8] Geddes, Jonathan (25 April 2007). Luminous Frenzy
male DJs, in a comprehensive world-wide listing[14] in
'Three Clis Bay' (Freeport) Released 23/04/07. Gigthe rst, and so far only, poll of its kind. She was
wise.
ranked 68 (19 in the UK), between Radio 1 DJs Annie
Mac and Annie Nightingale.[15][16] For many years she [9] Big Chill 2005 Line Up. Virtualfestivals.com. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
had a monthly DJ residency[17] at the legendary venue
[18]
The Foundry
where she also appeared as a guest [10] Credits STORYVILLE: McLIBEL. BFI Film & TV
on Tracey Moberly's The Late, Late Breakfast Show
Database. British Film Institute. 16 April 2009. Rewith comedian Mark Thomas. A French house music
trieved 1 September 2013.
fan and francophile, Wallis has performed twice at the
French Institutes 12-hour extravaganza 'My Night With [11] Documentary: shaking the world. Sight & Sound.
British Film Institute. September 2007.
Philosophers.[19][20][21]
Combining her love of DJing and veganism, Wallis has [12] http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/
Review.aspx?id=5192
created two popular vegan-themed DJ mixes. Vegan Anthems in 2010 was described by the award-winning blog [13] Coventry and Warwickshire Entertainment Pop into
the Past. BBC. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
Our Hen House as an eclectic, moving, unexpectedly genius set.[22] In 2011, Luminous created 'Vegan Artists
[14] Results of the Top 100 DJ Poll! : You Asked For It, You
from Sigur Rs to Black Sabbath' in what she described
Got It!!!!". Shejay, the Online female DJ booking agency
[23]
as an odyssey.
& dance music ezine. Shejay. 1 March 2006. Retrieved 1
September 2013.

Author

[15] THE TOP 100 FEMALE DJs. Shejay. Archived from

the original on 5 April 2006. Retrieved 15 September
2013.

Wallis writes for various health and lifestyle magazines [16] THE TOP 100 FEMALE DJs. Clubpages.net. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
including Get Fresh!, Your Healthy Living, Vegetarian
Living and The Vegan. She has interviewed musicians
[17] http://www.foundry.tv/archive/diary/index.050609.html
Johnny Marr,[24] Moby and Geezer Butler,[25] the dub
poet Benjamin Zephaniah, and comedian Richard Her- [18] http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/feb/03/
foundry-gallery-set-to-close
ring, as well as vegan chefs Mimi Kirk[26] and Mel Baker
(aka the Kind Cook).[27]

[19] 2012 Edition My Night With Philosophers. Institutfrancais.org.uk. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 15 September
2013.

References

[1] Issues : About vivisection : Investigations : SmithKline Beecham Laboratories, Stock, Essex. National
Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS). Retrieved 1 September
2013.
[2] Issues : About vivisection : Investigations : St.
National Anti-Vivisection Society
Bartholomew.
(NAVS). Retrieved 1 September 2013.

[20] 2013 Edition My Night With Philosophers. Institutfrancais.org.uk. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 1 September
2013.
[21] 2013 Edition Programme. Institut franais du
Royaume-Uni. 7 June 2013. P is not Dead, Luminous
Frenzy: The DJs of Luminous Frenzy Sound System will
provide the soundtrack to My Night with Philosophers, a
12 hour musical and philosophical journey with a special
focus on Wittgensteins Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.
Music

[22] Singer, Jasmin (20 October 2010). Vegan Anthems (You

NEED to Hear This)". Our Hen House. Retrieved 1
September 2013.
[23] Singer, Jasmin (26 July 2011). DJ Luminous and Her
Vegan Artists Mix. Our Hen House. Retrieved 15
September 2013.
[24] Johnny Marr interview. Louise Wallis. 29 November
2011. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
[25] Geezer Butler interview. Louise Wallis. Retrieved 15
September 2013.
[26] Wallis, Louise (November 2011). Young at Heart. Get
Fresh!. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
[27] Interview with Mel Baker, The Kind Cook. Louise Wallis. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

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