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Matt Darey
Matthew Jonathan Darey (born 29 November 1968) is an English trance music producer and performer. Darey has sold over two million albums and singles with numerous top 10 and top 20 chart hits. Music career Darey was born in Leicester, England. Some of his earliest solo work was under the name Lost Tribe, releasing the EP ''The Distant Voices'' in 1997. The single "Gamemaster" reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart in 1999. In addition to production and remixing work for other artists, Darey began releasing music under his own name in 2004. In 2005 he debuted a new show on Digitally Imported called ''Nocturnal'', which became a weekly show the following year. His 2007 single "Beautiful Day: reached the top 25 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music Club Play and hitting the Top 20 on the Hot Dance Airplay chart in the United States. Darey owns a record label, Darey Products, featuring releases from himself and upcoming artists. In 2015 he changed his stage name to Matt Nouveau to sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicester
Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National Forest, England, National Forest. It is situated to the north-east of Birmingham and Coventry, south of Nottingham and west of Peterborough. The population size has increased by 38,800 ( 11.8%) from around 329,800 in 2011 to 368,600 in 2021 making it the most populous municipality in the East Midlands region. The associated Urban area#United Kingdom, urban area is also the 11th most populous in England and the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, 13th most populous in the United Kingdom. Leicester is at the intersection of two railway lines: the Midland Main Line and the Birmingham to London Stansted Airport line. It is also at the confluence of the M1 motorway, M1/M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiff Lacey
Tiffany "Tiff" Lacey (born 29 October 1965) is an English trance and electronic dance music (EDM) vocal singer, songwriter, author, and painter. She is the vocalist on several electronic music singles. Best known for her international singles with German producer André Tanneberger (a.k.a. ATB) and for her work with British producer Don Jackson (a.k.a. Headstrong), Matt Darey, and Cosmic Gate. Lacey is the performer with the highest number of officially released collaborations within the EDM genres so far. Singing career Early work Lacey started singing when she was 16 years old. A few years later, she began working as a backing singer for the band "Falling Man". They recorded an album and gigged regularly until they eventually disbanded. Then she started fronting a blues/rock band touring locally in the South East. However, she felt the need to develop her songwriting capabilities in her own right, so she left the band, but yet teamed up with one of its members. They recorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planet Perfecto
Planet Perfecto was a dance supergroup, formed in 1997 by Paul Oakenfold, Ian Masterson and Jake Williams. They were signed to Oakenfold's record label, Perfecto Records. Musical career Their first release was "Georgie Girl" on 12" vinyl in 1997; the single did not make it into the UK Singles Chart. However, their next track, "Not Over Yet '99", was more successful entering the UK chart at #16 in August 1999. They worked with a fourth producer, Matt Darey on the track, a remix/re-edit of "Not Over Yet" by Grace to create the track, which was to be the first of four hits for the group. Oakenfold had previously been a member of Grace. Before forming Planet Perfecto, all three producers had made their names in the dance music scene under different guises. Most notably Jake Williams as JX and Masterson with Flexifinger. Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moloko
Moloko () were an Irish-English electronic music duo formed in Sheffield, England, consisting of vocalist Róisín Murphy and producer Mark Brydon. Blending elements of electronica and dance music, they are best known for their UK top 10 singles " The Time Is Now" (2000) and "Familiar Feeling" (2003), as well as the 1999 Boris Dlugosch remix of " Sing It Back" which became an international hit. History Murphy had no prior professional singing experience when Moloko was formed, while Brydon had previously worked on music as a producer with musicians such as Boy George and Cabaret Voltaire on releases from the 1990s. In 1994, the two met at a party in Sheffield, where Murphy approached Brydon with the chat-up line, "Do you like my tight sweater? See how it fits my body!" Its first sentence became their début album's title, recorded while the pair had begun dating. The name Moloko comes from the narcotic-filled milk drink, Moloko Plus, in the Anthony Burgess novel ''A Clockwor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnna Lee Cummings
Johnna Lee Cummings (born 1971) is an American pop music singer known for her lead vocals with the early 1990s girl group Boy Krazy; under the direction of Stock Aitken Waterman, Boy Krazy became a one-hit wonder on American Top 40 music charts with their hit song " That's What Love Can Do" which was released in 1991, but became a bigger hit after it was remixed and re-released two years later. Early life Cummings was born and raised in Philadelphia and moved to New York City at the age of 17. Boy Krazy Boy Krazy had significant dance club success with their singles in the UK and the US and Canada. "That's What Love Can Do" is their most famous track, where it hit #18 in America in 1993, nearly 2 years after its release. The song had charted in the UK upon initial release at #86 in 1991. It re-entered the charts at #80 coinciding with the increase in American popularity. The American follow-up, "Good Times With Bad Boys" peaked at #59 in the US. In the UK, the group's s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, DJ and television presenter. She first saw success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at No. 2 in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist.BRITs Profile: Kim Wilde Brits.co.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2012 In 1986, she had a UK No. 2 hit with a reworked version of ' song "", which also topped the US [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rise (Gabrielle Song)
"Rise" is a song by English singer Gabrielle. It was written by Gabrielle, Ollie Dagois and Ferdy Unger-Hamilton and produced by Jonny Dollar for her same-titled third studio album (1999). Notable for a rare authorised use of a Bob Dylan sample, it takes extensively from his 1973 song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door". Dylan liked "Rise" so much he allowed Gabrielle to use the sample free, while receiving a co-writer credit for providing the song's chord progression and vocal sample. Released as the second single from the album, the song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in January 2000, becoming her second chart-topper. "Rise" also reached number one in Ireland and charted highly in Austria, Iceland, Norway and New Zealand, where it reached number two in April and May 2000 and ended the year as the country's third-best-selling single. Music video The music video for "Rise" features Gabrielle as a spectator viewing a boxing match. The video was directed by Kevin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle (singer)
Louise Gabrielle Bobb (born 19 July 1969), known professionally as Gabrielle, is a British singer and songwriter. Bobb was born in Hackney, London. She released her debut single, "Dreams", in 1993, and it topped the UK Singles Chart the same year. Her other singles include " Going Nowhere", "Give Me a Little More Time", " Walk On By", and " If You Ever" — a duet with East 17. After a few quiescent years, Gabrielle made a comeback with "Rise", which became her second UK number one, in 2000. Her album of the same name reached the top spot on the UK Albums Chart, where it stayed for three weeks. The song " Out of Reach", from the soundtrack to ''Bridget Jones's Diary'', reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. She released the compilation '' Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1'' in 2001. Early life Gabrielle was born in London as Louise Gabrielle Bobb to parents from Dominica. She and her three brothers were brought up by their mother, Patricia. Gabrielle credited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delerium
Delerium is a Canadian new-age ambient electronic musical duo that formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act Front Line Assembly. Throughout the band’s history, their musical style has encompassed a broad range, including dark ethereal ambient trance, voiceless industrial soundscapes, and electronic pop music. They are best known for their worldwide hit "Silence". The band is known to feature female guest vocalists on their albums since their 1994 album ''Semantic Spaces''. Members and history Delerium has traditionally been a two-person project, but the only constant member throughout its history has been Bill Leeb. Leeb was an early member of industrial dance pioneers Skinny Puppy, but after he left in 1986 he went on to create his own project, Front Line Assembly with collaborator Michael Balch. Later, the two worked on the side project Delerium and released their first album, ''Faces, Forms & Illusions''. After Balch left both F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockster
Brandon Block (born 26 November 1967) is a British club DJ. He has appeared on reality shows like '' Celebrity Come Dine with Me'' and ''Celebrity Big Brother''. He is well known for appearing on stage heavily intoxicated at the 2000 BRIT Awards. Friends suggested that he had entered a musical contest and had won ''Best Musician of the Year'', when in fact he had not even been nominated for the award. This resulted in a confrontation with award presenter Ronnie Wood and Thora Birch. Early life Block was born in London. At the age of four, he moved to Wembley along with his mother, who still lives there today. Block's career started out in 1985 at the John Lyon pub in Harrow, Middlesex. According to Block himself, "My friends and I used to buy a lot of funk and soul (the sound at the time) and one night the DJ there didn't show, so me and my then DJ Lewis asked the governor if we could bring the records down and do it. We were so good that he fired the DJ. In fact, it got so po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binary Finary
Binary Finary are a British trance act, originally comprising Matt Laws, Ricky Grant and Stuart Matheson. They are best known for the dance hit single "1998", especially for the Paul van Dyk and Gouryella remixes, which charted in many countries. The song was remixed numerous times under the title of the year the remix was produced ("1999" and "2000" etc.), many of which were popular. In the UK, "1998" reached a peak position of No. 24 in the UK Singles Chart whereas "1999" reached No. 11. It was covered by the indie group Peace in the song, " 1998 (Delicious)". On 1 May 2006, they released a collection of 16 tracks written over their eight-year sabbatical under the general title, ''The Lost Tracks''. This album is available only for download. Binary Finary are also featured in a Shiny Toy Guns song, "When Did This Storm Begin?". On New Year's Eve 2009, at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne at Sensation, they launched the 'Binary Finary LIVE' show, using original material and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9pm (Till I Come)
"9 PM (Till I Come)" is a song by German DJ and producer ATB from his debut studio album, ''Movin' Melodies'' (1999). It was co-written by ATB, Angel Ferrerons, Julio Posadas and Yolanda Rivera. It features vocals by Spanish model Yolanda Rivera and a pipe organ hook created on guitar. The track's hook would later be reworked into the single " Don't Stop!" in 1999, which also featured on ''Movin' Melodies'' and also proved very popular. "9 PM (Till I Come)" was released by Kontor and Radikal Records on 26 October 1998 as ATB's debut single. The song topped the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart, charting within the top 10 in Australia, Denmark, Greece, Italy, and Norway. A remake with German DJ producer Topic and Swedish singer A7S was released by Virgin Records on 15 January 2021. Tiësto also released a remix of the remake. Background The original draft of the song was titled "9 PM" after ATB overran time spent in studio creating it. The song was written and produced sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
