Stephen Neil Edwards, better known by his stage name Steve Edwards, is an

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singer and songwriter from

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, England. He has collaborated with several house music

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Biography

During the 1990s, Edwards lent his collaborative efforts to British

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musician, Charles Webster, the most notable being "Future Love", a track released by Presence, one of Webster's pseudonyms. He started appearing as a featured artist on tracks by the Problem Kids. However, Edwards' first mainstream breakthrough was Cassius' " The Sound of Violence". The track, in which he shares credits with the French duo, went to number one on ''

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chart in 2002. This was followed up in 2003 by "Falling Star", a minor club hit produced by Starchaser. In 2005 Steve Edwards' collaboration with Swedish producer

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brought him fame once again on a Latin-flavoured house hit "Watch The Sunrise". The track reached #3 on the UK Dance Singles Chart, as well as

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Dance Chart. In 2006, he returned to radioplay, after writing and providing vocals for

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's "World, Hold On". In this summer he also participated in

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2006, an important music festival around the Italian squares. In September 2006, Edwards released the single "Thru The Night". This was the first time he was credited as main artist, instead of featured artist. "Thru The Night" was produced and written together with fellow Sheffield resident, producer/guitarist Martin Smith - a long-standing collaborator with Steve Edwards. Together they have remixed and produced music for Bob Sinclar and many others. Steve has also co-produced the tracks "Fate" (with Starchaser) and "Walls of Science" (for singer Beth Wild). In February 2015 Melbourne duo, L'Tric, released their debut single titled "This Feeling" where Steve Edwards sang lead vocals. Edwards is currently lead singer in the Sheffield-based band Lords of Flatbush along with

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), Louis Carnall ( Milburn), Phil Jones and Nic Burke.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

*2006 "Thru the Night" (co-written and produced by Martin Smith) *2006 "DYOT (Do Your Own Thing)" (with DabHands, as DabHands & Steve Edwards)

As featured artist

*1999 Problem Kids - "I Will Lead" *2001 Problem Kids - "S'alright" *2001 Million Dollar Orchestra - "It Takes Heart" *2002 Reset - "An Afternoon with Steve Edwards" *2002 M Factor - "Mother" *2002 Cassius - " The Sound of Violence" *2002

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- "Call That Love" *2002 Guiro - "Put Your Hands Together" *2003 Hollway & Eastwick - "Downtime" *2003 Starchaser - "Falling Star" *2003

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- "I Want More" *2004 D. Ramirez - "Testify" *2005 Electric Company - "Stone Killer" *2005

- "Watch the Sunrise" *2005 Stevie Sole - "Big Strong Love" *2005 Matteo Esse & Sant - "My Revolution" *2006

- " World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)" *2006 The House Keepers - "Feel da Feeling" *2006 Starchaser - "Fate" *2006 Disco Darlings and Lee Robinson - "Startrekker" *2007 Michael Gray - "Somewhere Beyond" *2008 Bob Sinclar - "Together" *2008

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- "Listen to the Voice Inside" *2008 Bob Sinclar vs.

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- "Peace Song" *2009

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- "Take Me Down" *2010

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- "Helter Skelter" *2014 Reverend and the Makers - "I Spy"

Appearances

Non-featured vocals

*1995 On Productions - "Expanding Lion" *1997 Presence - "Better Day" *1999 Presence - "Future Love" *1999 Presence - "Been 2 Long" (album track) *1999 Presence - "Your Spirit" (album track) *2001 Charles Webster - "Put Your Hurt Aside" (album track) *2002

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- "Spill the Beans" (album track) *2002 Fila Brazillia - "We Build Arks" (album track) *2002 Fila Brazillia - "Nightfall" (album track) *2002 Fila Brazillia - "The Green Green Grass of Homegrown" (album track) *2004 Bent - "Silent Life" (album track) *2004 Lee Haslam - "Liberate" *2006

- "In the Name of Love" (album track) *2015 L'Tric - "This Feeling"

Back-up vocals

*1993 Supernature - "Friday People" *1999 The All-Seeing I - "Walk Like a Panther" *1999 The All-Seeing I - "No Return" (album track) *1999 The All-Seeing I - "Sweet Music" (album track) *1999 The All-Seeing I - "Stars on Sunday" (album track) *2003

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- "Familiar Feelings" *2003 Moloko - "Forever More" *2003 Moloko - "Cannot Contain This" *2003 Moloko - "100%" (album track) *2003 Moloko - "I Want You" (album track) *2003 Moloko - "Over And Over" (album track) *2004 Bent - "Sunday 29th" (album track) *2004 Bent - "I Can't Believe It's Over" *2007 Reverend and the Makers - "Open Your Window" *2007 Reverend and the Makers - "Miss Brown" *2014 Reverend and the Makers - "I Spy"

As songwriter/co-producer

*2004 Black Spider feat. Beth Wild - "Heart of the Sun" *2006 The Clubbers present Beth Wild - "Walls of Science"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Steve 1980 births Living people English house musicians English electronic musicians 21st-century Black British male singers Musicians from Sheffield