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Misty Oldland (born Michéle Oldland) is a British singer-songwriter. Her songs include " A Fair Affair (Je T'Aime)" and "Got Me a Feeling", featuring soul singer
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. Three of her
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charted on the
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while also scoring top 10 singles across Europe and Japan. Most notably in France, her album ''Supernatural'' topped the charts for six months and in Iceland it was also number one. Oldland's songs have been covered by international artists
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(France),
Kate Ceberano Catherine Yvette Ceberano ( or , born 17 November 1966) is an Australian singer and actress who performs in the soul, jazz, and pop genres, as well as in film and musicals such as '' Jesus Christ Superstar''. Her song " Pash" received a gold ...
(Australia) and
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(Japan). Oldland's other work includes presenting ''Soul of MTV'' and co-founding rare groove, soul and hip-hop club Slow Motion with video director and former partner
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. The latter was listed in the "Top 10 British Night Clubs" by ''
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''. In 1998, Oldland went on a songwriting hiatus to "
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camp" in Philadelphia, including participating in their NYC open mic jams alongside influencing artists such as Common, De La Soul and Q-Tip. Whilst there, she was asked by Mushroom a.k.a.
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, formerly of
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to join a new supergroup he was putting together with house singer Robert Owens, producer Mike Timothy and gospel singer Saron Cherry. In 2006, Oldland was named "A Woman of Achievement" by the
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organisation for self-releasing her album ''Forest Soul''. The record sampled the sounds of endangered animals and featured musical collaborations with co-producer Joe Dworniak and British artists
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, Faye Simpson, Nikki Brown, Glen Nightingale and HKB Finn. Created to raise awareness for rainforest conservation, ''Forest Soul'' was the first carbon neutral CD sleeve to use vegetable ink, a waterless printing method as well as being packaged in the first 100% recycled LP sleeve. Oldland's single "Orange Fox" came in a 'sing-along' book for children with an animated video. Oldland credits the record's success to Dame
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and Gordon Roddick of The Body Shop Foundation, who mentored her in ethical business and invested in ''Forest Soul''. Oldland contributed a chapter for Anita Roddick's book ''A Revolution in Kindness'' and is developing a multi-media conservationist series for children called ''The Golden Seed''. In between writing and composing, Oldland works behind the scenes to create campaigns with NGO's and environmental activists. She was part of the original think tank behind the creation of
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and has collaborated with the
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,
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, Stop Ecocide,
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,
Polly Higgins Pauline Helène "Polly" Higgins (4 July 1968 – 21 April 2019) was a Scottish barrister, author, and environmental lobbyist, described by Jonathan Watts in her obituary in ''The Guardian'' as, "one of the most inspiring figures in the green m ...
,
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, The Inga Foundation and
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. Oldland's French Swiss ancestral heritage includes Italian, North African and Spanish. Her maternal grandparents belong to two entrepreneurial Swiss families: the Seiler hoteliers of Zermatt, founded by Alexander Seiler and the Bonvin wine growers of Sion.


Discography


Albums

* 1994 – ''Supernatural'' – Columbia * 1997 – ''Luminous'' – Epic/Sony * 2006 – ''Forest Soul'' – Mistic Discs.


Singles

* 1993 – "Got Me a Feeling" – UK No. 59 * 1994 – " A Fair Affair (Je T'Aime)" – UK No. 49 * 1994 – "I Wrote You a Song" – UK No. 73 * 1994 – "Groove Eternity" * 2003 – "Orange Fox"


References


External links


Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oldland, Misty Living people English women singer-songwriters English people of Swiss descent English soul singers Singers from London Columbia Records artists 1966 births