"Fallen" is a song by the British DJ

Paul Masterson Paul Kevin Masterson is a Northern Irish DJ and record producer, originally from Belfast and now living in London. He is best known for recording as Yomanda. He is also part of the dance music duo Hi-Gate, along with BBC Radio 1 DJ Judge Jul ...

, also known as Yomanda, and the British

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singer

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, released independently in 2011.

Background

The track started life as an instrumental piece by Masterson, who sent it to Toyah and asked if she would record a vocal for it. In an interview on

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, he said that they "hadn't actually met until the day of recording the vocals. We spoke on email and we recorded the vocals down at Dave Pemberton's studio in

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. (...) It took about three hours and all done, pretty much, in one take." "Fallen" was released as a standalone

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in September 2011. In 2020, it appeared as a bonus track on Toyah's retrospective box set '' Toyah Solo''.

Music video

The song's

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was directed and edited by Simon Booth and Dean Stockings.

Track listing

* Digital single

Personnel

– vocals * Paul "Yomanda" Masterson – all instruments, producing, mixing

References

{{Toyah Willcox 2011 singles 2011 songs British electronic dance music songs Toyah Willcox songs Songs written by Toyah Willcox