Editing Ladytron (section)

===First EPs and ''604'' (1999–2001)===
During 1999 and 2001 Ladytron released the EPs ''[[Miss Black and Her Friends]]'' in December 1999 exclusively in Japan,<ref name="InvictaHiFi" /> ''[[Commodore Rock]]'' in June 2000, ''[[Mu-Tron EP]]'' in October 2000<ref name="InvictaHiFi" /> and the singles "Play Girl / Commodore Rock" in 2000, "Playgirl" in 2000 and again in 2001, "[[The Way That I Found You]]" in 2001. All the songs (except "Miss Black", "Olivetti Jerk" and the remixes) from these releases were later included on their debut studio album. "He Took Her to a Movie",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rocklist.net...NME End of Year Lists 1999 |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/1999.html |publisher=Rocklistmusic.co.uk |access-date=23 June 2011 |archive-date=18 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118055002/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/1999.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref> ''Mu-Tron EP'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rocklist.net...NME End of Year Lists 2000 |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2000.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911181240/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2000.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=11 September 2012 |publisher=Rocklistmusic.co.uk}}</ref> "The Way That I Found You",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rocklist.net...NME End of Year Lists 2001 |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2001.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421083418/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2001.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=21 April 2013 |publisher=Rocklistmusic.co.uk}}</ref> were all selected as [[NME]] "Single of the Week".

Ladytron released the debut album ''[[604 (album)|604]]'' on 6 February 2001 on [[Emperor Norton Records|Emperor Norton]] (US), on 26 March 2001 on Labels (Germany) and on 2 April 2001 on Invicta Hi-Fi (UK). It was re-released on 20 July 2004 on Emperor Norton (US) and on 14 January 2011 (Germany), 18 January 2011 (US), 24 January 2011 (UK) on [[Nettwerk]]. ''604'' has been written mostly by Daniel Hunt and co-produced by him and Lance Thomas (who also engineered and mixed the album).

The band wore uniforms inspired by the science fiction movie ''[[The Andromeda Strain (film)|The Andromeda Strain]]'' until the end of 2003. Daniel Hunt said in an interview for Jound from 2001: "I'm really into ''The Andromeda Strain'', so that's kind of an influence on the title of the album and the uniforms we've got and stuff. But the design – me and Reuben just love that film".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ladytron |url=http://www.jound.com/will/interviews/ladytron.html |date=26 July 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010726134411/http://www.jound.com/will/interviews/ladytron.html |archive-date=26 July 2001}}</ref> Also in an interview for Chaos Control magazine from 2002 Hunt explained the ''[[604 (album)|604]]'' album title: "It's the [[area code]] for [[British Columbia]]... we're glad we've attached this strange importance to that number, it crops up everywhere now. We noticed when we stayed in Hamburg in Germany (in a hotel called "Commodore" – pure coincidence), that the number to phone reception from your room was '604'. Moments afterwards the building had caught fire and we were lucky to escape with our lives. I'm not joking".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ladytron – Chaos Control Digizine |url=http://www.chaoscontrol.com/ladytron-2/ |date=9 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409215406/http://www.chaoscontrol.com/ladytron-2/ |archive-date=9 April 2012}}</ref>

Ladytron performed on 4 August 2001 at [[Festival Internacional de Benicàssim]] in Spain, on 10 August 2001 at [[La Route du Rock]] in France, and on 26 August 2001 at [[Reading Festival]] in the UK. On 5 December 2001, they performed four songs for Radio 1's [[List of Peel sessions#L|John Peel Show]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC – Radio 1 – Keeping It Peel – 05/12/2001 Ladytron |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/2000s/2001/Dec05ladytron/ |date=26 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326202757/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/2000s/2001/Dec05ladytron/ |archive-date=26 March 2008}}</ref>

On 1 October 2001, the compilation album ''[[Reproductions: Songs of The Human League]]'' was released on Carrot Top Records and it included [[The Human League]]' song "[[Open Your Heart (The Human League song)|Open Your Heart]]" covered by Ladytron.