MR SAM FEAT HAWKSHAW, KIRSTY - SPLIT

Mr Sam was born during the mid seventies just as punk was emerging from beneath the ruins of stadium-rock, he grew up in a small idyllic village near the Belgian border in the north of France. From an early age, Sam had no escape from his parents own musically mixed cocktails of Giorgio Moroder, Klaus Schulz combined with a dash of Elvis Presley. Through this heavy involuntary dose of electronically initiated influence, he developed an early fascination for squelchy synthesizer sounds and after buying his first Depeche Mode single, he was firmly hooked. But it seemed like from here to eternity before he was to pick up his own musical instrument. With the advent of technologically generated Hi-NRG dance music and through his passion for playing computer games, he had by the mid-eighties almost drowned in the tidal wave of New Beat which was flooding over the borders from the flourishing Belgian EBM scene. By the sweet age of sixteen, he’d become so intoxicated by the new techno music evolving from the underground scene, that he chose to embark upon a musical career and made the decision to cross the French frontier and move over to Belgium. By the time he was 18, he was successfully DJing at French and Belgian underground clubs to ever enthusiastic crowds. Over the years, as trance music rapidly succeeded techno as the popular music genre of the 90’s, Mr Sam was to play together with some of the dance industry’s top dj’s at a variety of colorful locations, from France, Belgium, Portugal, Holland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Corsica or at events like the legendary and immensely popular I Love TECHNO festival in Gent. The many exciting moments behind the decks, such as DJing for 12 hours with Andry Nalin, have left an indelible impression upon this young and talented DJ and the attraction of whipping up the crowd to fever pitch, have always created a bond between the DJ and the audience. Within Belgium, his popularity grew quite rapidly and within a short space of time, he’d become one of Belgium’s top DJ’s, Sam ultimately became a resident DJ at Lagoa, La Nova, Tour & Taxi, Pacha, but sadly, real international success had eluded him thus so far. His work with Frederic de Backer under the project name Madrid Inc has attracted the attentions of the world’s stage, with the track My Sunday’s Love being featured in the July Summer Edition of Minstry Magazine’s free covermount CD. They did also team up their forces on Mr Sam vs. Fred Baker “Forever Waiting” picked up by the No 1 DJ’s label: Magik Musik from Tiesto!! The track has received huge critics from magazine as well as a large panel of djs worldwide. It is clear that Mr Sam’s determination to retain his longevity through his composing career is pivotal for him. Inevitably with time, his sound will continue to evolve… Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

Kirsty Hawkshaw is a female Dance/Electronica/House artist and songwriter who is known for her signature angelic vocals. Hawkshaw was born in London, England in 1969 and is the daughter of British Disco producer Alan Hawkshaw (of Love De-Luxe with Hawkshaw's Discophonia fame; they had a #1 disco hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1979 with "Here Comes That Sound Again". He later went on to compose the famous theme music for the British television game show Countdown). It was through her father and her love for dance music that would inspire Kirsty to pursue a career in music. At a rave event in 1991 she was noticed by producers Ian Munro, Kevin Dobbs and Nigel Walton, who at the time were known as A.S.K. It was through this meeting that they would form a Dance act called Opus III. Their first single, "It's A Fine Day" from their debut album Mind Fruit was an international smash and hit #1 on Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1992. They also had another US #1 hit on the Dance chart in 1994 with "When You Made The Mountain" from their second and last album Guru Mother. After the group broke up in 1994, Hawkshaw pursued a solo career and since then has been in demand by other acts in the Dance, House, Eurodance, Trance, and Electronica community, ranging from DJ Tiesto to Delerium. Kirsty recorded an ambient, ethereal album, Enlightenment, which was never released. On October 10, 2005 she released Meta-Message, a collection of older and newer songs after a growing interest in her out-of print O.U.T.. Official Kirsty Hawkshaw Podcast - Liner Notes Oct 2007 www.kirstyhawkshawpodcast.com subscribe in iTunes http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=266798429 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.