Lisa Maxwell is an Australian singer-songwriter who began her career doing backing vocals for acts such as Kate Ceberano, and Wendy Matthews as well as working in the Australian dance music scene, featuring on albums by

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, Severed Heads and

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. She later signed with

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... and released her first EP "Stand My Ground" followed by the release of her first album Wish through

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sub label Dance Pool

Early career 1989–1996

Maxwell started her career working with Kate Ceberano and recorded backing vocals on the Kate Ceberano album ''

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'' She also featured on

's track ''Journey Through the Night''. She became a backup singer for Wendy Matthews and later signed a deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing and released her first independent record in 1993 through MDS (Mushroom Distribution Services) titled ''Stand My Ground''. She also featured on Severed Heads track "Heart of The Party" from their album ''

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'' and

album ''Algorhythm''. In 1994 Maxwell was a Sony Music featured artist at

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, a music industry event held in

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and at the time administered by Export Music Australia (EMA). Lisa and Wendy Mathews

''Wish'' album 1997–1999

Maxwell released her original album ''Wish'' through

's sub label Dance Pool. The album has tracks that Australian dance producers

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and

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worked on. Two tracks from the album, covers of

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song " Thinking of You" and

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song " Rock Your Baby" both appeared in Tokyo's J-WAVE radio charts. "Thinking of you" at number 8 and "Rock Your Baby" number 15. "Thinking of you" also charted in New Zealand reaching number 50 on the

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. She also released a third single off the album "Falling Back To You" which was featured on an episode of Australian television soap opera ''

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''. Maxwell's original track "I've Learned to Cope", which she recorded with Bass Culture for their ''BC Nation'' album also appeared on her album ''Wish'' and featured on the Australian film ''

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'' starring

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and

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Discography

Albums/EPs

* ''Stand My Ground'' (1993) * ''Wish'' (1998) * ''Let It Rain'' (2017)

Singles

* " Thinking of You" (1996) * "Rock Your Baby" (1997) * "Falling Back To You" (1998)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maxwell, Lisa Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian dance musicians Singers from Melbourne Singers from Sydney 20th-century Australian women singers 21st-century Australian women singers