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Mary Kiani
Mary Kiani has been a professional and successful
musician / singer for more than two decades. Her music
and voice have taken her all over the world to record
and she has been lucky to perform and also to work with
other great successful musicians.
As a successful session singer, Mary toured and
performed with Welsh band Waterfront on Donny
Osmond’s three month tour of the USA and then performed
with other bands such as Hue & Cry, China
Crisis, The Nightcrawlers and UK Radio 1
Summer Roadshow.
Over the years Mary has notched up 8 National Top 40’s.
Mary had huge hits with Scottish rave band The
Time Frequency and the classic dance anthem Real
Love. This success lead to a major solo record deal
with Mercury Records and Mary was also signed to the
very powerful 1st Avenue Records and Management. Mary’s
solo debut solo single When I Call Your Name went
Top 20 in the national charts and straight in at No 1 in
the national dance charts with a remix from Hardfloor.
All this involvement in the dance field lead to Mary
working with DJs, writers and producers such as; Paul
Okenfold, Fergie, Eddie Fingers, Trevor Kelly, One
World, Nigel Lowis, John Reid, John McGlaughin and the
list goes on…
Crowned Mary Queen of Scots in 1995 by the readers of M8
Magazine. Scottish Diva Mary Kiani has taken the star
studded route to a successful solo career, having
appeared in both UK and US charts, gathering three top
40 singles in the UK chart, with former band The Time
Frequency.
Mary’s last solo album, Long Hard Funky Dreams
through Mercury Records, produced four top 40 hits in
the UK and many Huge Dance Anthem hits in Australia and
the US and beyond.
Mary now has a loyal fan base around the world, through
her many releases and tours.
Mary’s
live performance highlights are many but recently
include the renowned Colour Dance Festival held in
Braehead Arena, Scotland and her massive 2006 Sydney
Mardi Gras show with the Imagine show as
Memoirs of a Geisha.
With every visit to Australia, new songs were written,
memories were made and finally The Sydney Sessions
was compiled with producer Steve Peach of Peachy
Records. The songs on this album are very special to
Mary and she hopes that you find your special song on
there too.
The first single Wrap You Up received chart
success in Australia, Japan, Germany and in specialty
dance stores in the US.
Mary’s The Sydney Sessions is released will be
out in September '06, released through JRB Music. There
will be an Australian tour to coincide with the album
launch.
Website:
www.marykiani.com
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Keren
Minshull
Legendary songstress
Keren Minshull is instantly recognisable by her rich,
distinctive voice.
Keren was the voice behind 90's dance act Euphoria who
dominated the Australian Charts with the international
hit singles Love You Right and One In A
Million as well as the smash album Total Euphoria.
Whilst Keren is probably most well-remembered for her
Euphoria days, her body of work is extensive and delves
into many facets of the entertainment industry.
The daughter of a big-band jazz trombonist, Keren grew
up listening to everything from bebop to Motown. She
sang in a church choir and was fascinated by pop music,
absorbing the classics, be it Bach or the Beatles, Joni
Mitchell or Deep Purple, Stevie Wonder or Streisand.
With such a huge variety of influential styles, Keren
has developed a unique sound that is both timeless and
contemporary.
Keren's versatility becomes obvious when you view her
unique and full resume; top female session vocalist for
radio / tv jingles, nightclub singer in Australian drama
series, lead-role in the musical-comedy satire Boogie
Fever and was signed to a publishing deal by Warner-Chappell Music
Australia after a recommendation by well-respected
international producer, Dick Rudolph.
Keren’s time from 1991 to 1993 was spent fronting
Australian trio Euphoria. Acclaimed as Australia's first
'dance' group, Euphoria had two consecutive No.1
singles; Love You Right and One In A Million.
Both singles went platinum and reached No.12 in the UK
dance singles chart. Euphoria's third single Do For
You was the longest running song in the top 5 for
that year and received the annual Coca-Cola Pop Award
for '93.
Euphoria brought with it valuable video, interview and
photographic experience. Because of Euphoria’s ability
to chart outside of pop radio support (it was successful
enough to go to No. 1 solely through the power of
nightclubs and the support of DJs), this phenomena
brought about the creation of the ARIA Dance Chart -
something that did not exist before Euphoria made its
mark on Australian music history!
Since her Euphoria days. Keren's work has been in high
demand having appeared as a guest artist for corporate
functions overseas, co-writing tracks for a jazz-funk
album with Noel Elmoey, featuring on the Lifeline
Passion For Life CD with legendary group 10cc and
penning a dance track, Let’s Go that was released
through a small, independent label and with virtually no
promotion, the song made it into the Top 40!
With a myriad of new songs and that stirring, pure
voice, expect dazzling things from Keren Minshull in the
near future.
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Melissa
Tkautz
Born in 1974 in Sydney, Australia, Melissa
began her career at the age of 3, featuring in over one hundred and sixty
television commercials over five years, produced for both Australian and
international companies, some of which include Qantas and Cadbury.
Making the natural progression to television drama, Melissa took on a starring
role in E Street, becoming a household name overnight with her
appealing performance as Nikki Spencer.
Following her success on Australian TV, the performer
surprised the nation by signing a record contract with Phantom Records. Her
debut single Read My
Lips shot to Number 1 on the ARIA Charts and attained platinum sales in a matter of
weeks. Her second hit single Sexy (Is the Word) reached gold sales and
produced ARIA Awards for 'Most Popular New Talent' and
'Most Popular Music Video'.
After a return to television and many successful
modeling gigs, Melissa returned to the
recording studio and put down her first single in over ten years - a cover of the Prince
produced, Sheila E classic, The Glamorous Life which debuted at
Number 6 on both the ARIA Dance Chart and the ARIA Australasian Chart
and reached Number 8 on the ARIA Club Chart.
The
follow-up single, All I Want, launched Melissa's funky new sound
as it tore up dancefloors and kicked into stores, giving
fans a tempting sample of what to expect from a grown-up Melissa.
With
the producing talents of Paul
Wiltshire (Backstreet Boys, Anthony Callea), the highly anticipated
album Lost & Found is the
journey of a Melissa who has grown through lies, love, loss and
glamour... Having co-written much of the album herself, Melissa's
involvement is evident in the personal stories played out through the
tracks and in the passion of Melissa's superb vocals... Lost & Found
entered stores in December 2005 and was commended as an
album to truly appeal to both old devotees and a whole new generation of
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