Kirsty Hawkshaw

Infobox musical artist
Name = Kirsty Hawkshaw


Background = solo_singer
Birth_name =
Alias =
Born = birth date and age|1969|10|26, London
Died =
Instrument = Singing, synthesizers
Genre = Electronic music
Occupation = Singer, songwriter, producer
Years_active = 1991–
Label = Coalition/EastWest, Mainline/EMI, Nettwerk, Magnatune
Associated_acts = Opus III, Pulusha, Warm
URL = [http://www.kirstyhawkshaw.co.uk official website]

Kirsty Hawkshaw (born 26 October 1969, London) is a British female dance/electronica/house/trance musician and songwriter who is known for her signature vocals.

Career

Kirsty Hawkshaw is the daughter of the British production music/film music composer and disco record producer Alan Hawkshaw. Her father and her love for dance music inspired Hawkshaw 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 success and Top 10 hit on UK Singles Chart, and hit #1 on Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1992. An inverted sample of Hawkshaw's singing from this track was used in the Orbital track "Halcyon + On + On," the music video for which featured Hawkshaw. Opus III also had another US #1 hit on the same 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 Tiësto to Delerium. Perhaps some of her more notable EDM contributions have been to albums such as BT's "Movement in Still Life" and Hybrid's albums "Morning Sci-Fi" and "I Choose Noise".

In addition to dance music, Hawkshaw has also recorded an ambient, ethereal album, "Enlightenment", which remains unreleased.

On October 10, 2005 she released "Meta-Message", a collection of older and newer songs after a growing interest in her out-of print album "O.U.T.". In early 2006 she appeared on the Fragma single "Radio Waves".

The versatile Hawkshaw also contributed a track titled "Telephone Song" to the children's album "For the Kids Too!", released in 2004.

2008 is set to be 'two thousand and great' for Kirsty. She will be touring more, and is going to be releasing her new album 'Machinima' out through Loverush Digital. Kirsty has also re-recorded 'It's a Fine Day' with Kinky Roland from Loverush UK. Late 2007 and into 2008 Kirsty is number 1,2,3,5, and 7 in the top of the Electronica chart Audio Jelly with 'Beatitude', and Love is no Possession'.

Kirsty runs a club in Second Life called 'Club Connected' and has built a virtual pub for her global friends to hang out in. You can find this in 'our virtual Holland'. or type 'Club Connected' in search.

The record label Magnatune released an ambient album from Kirsty called "The Ice Castle".

Collaborations

* 1997 "Isolation" - "(with Pulusha)"
* 1998 "State of Grace" - "(with Swayzak)"
* 1999 "Stereo" - "(with Stereo People)"
* 2000 "Dreaming" - "(with BT)"
* 2000 "Running Down the Way Up" - "(with BT & Hybrid)"
* 2000 "Nature's Kingdom" - "(with Delerium)"
* 2000 "Inner Sanctum" - "(with Delerium)"
* 2000 "Where the Sidewalk Ends" - "(with Silent Poets)"
* 2000 "Visions" - "(with Ian Pooley)"
* 2001 "Stealth" - "(with Way Out West)"
* 2000 "Hidden Agenda" - "(with Sandor Caron)"
* 2001 "Urban Train" - "(with Tiësto)"
* 2002 "Underwater Lady" - "(with Harmonic 33)"
* 2003 "Calling You" - "(with Ikon)"
* 2003 "Blackout" - "(with Hybrid)"
* 2004 "Just Be" - "(with Tiësto)"
* 2004 "Walking on Clouds" - "(with Tiësto)"
* 2004 "Sincere For You" - "(with [Firewall] )"
* 2004 "Don't Sleep Tonight" - "(with Clashing Egos)"
* 2004 "Maris Stella" - "(with Digitonal)"
* 2005 "Faith in Me" - "(with Pole Folder)"
* 2005 "Halcyon and On And On (Live)" - "(with Orbital)"
* 2005 "All I Want" - "(with Hybrid)"
* 2006 "The Chauffeur" - "(with Sleepthief)"
* 2006 "Radio Waves" - "(with Fragma)"
* 2006 "Just For Today" - "(with Hybrid)"
* 2006 "Fleeting Instant" - "(with Delerium)"
* 2006 "Outsiders" - "(with Tenishia)"
* 2006 "The Last One and the First" - "(with Pentatonik)"
* 2006 "Love is a Rose" - "(with Pentatonik)"
* 2006 "Don't Look Behind You" - "(with Judie Tzuke)"
* 2006 "Lyteo" - "(with Mr Sam)"
* 2006 "Split" - "(with Mr Sam)"
* 2006 "Insight" - "(with Mr Sam)"
* 2006 "Lodestar" - "(with Mr Sam)"
* 2006 "View to Me" - "(with Future Funk Squad)"
* 2007 "Silent Stars" - "(with Pole Folder)"
* 2007 "Skimming Stones" - "(with Sleepthief)"
* 2007 "Heaven Sent" - "(with Andrew Bennett)"
* 2007 "Reasons to Forgive" - "(with Tenishia)"
* 2007 "Loverush" - "(with Loverush UK!)"
* 2007 "Beatitude" - "(with Duderstadt)"
* 2007 "The Phoenix Effect" - "(with Delta-S)"
* 2007 "Star·Kindler" - "(with Delta-S)"
* 2008 "Juneau / Glaciation" - "(with Alaska)"
* 2008 "Love Like Blood / Sunbathing" - "(with Outrage and Aperture)"
* 2008 "Love Calls" - "(with Headstrong)"
* 2008 "Invisible" - "(with Tenishia)"
* 2008 "Love is No Possession" - "(with JJoy)"
* 2008 "Fine Day 2008" - "(Kirsty Hawkshaw vs. Kinky Roland)"
* 2008 "Good To Be Alive (Healing Angel)" - "(Kirsty Hawkshaw vs. Arnold T.)"
* 2008 "Invisible Walls" (collaboration with Nektarios and trance singer Jan Johnston) - "(Nektarios meets F-used)"

External links

* [http://www.kirstyhawkshaw.co.uk Kirsty Hawkshaw's Official Website]
* [http://kirstyhawkshaw.wordpress.com/ Kirsty Hawkshaw's Blog]
* [http://www.kirstyhawkshawpodcast.com Kirsty Hawkshaw Podcast - Liner Notes *New October 2007]
* [http://magnatune.com/artists/kirsty_hawkshaw Kirsty Hawkshaw at Magnatune]
* [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/KirstyHawkshaw/ Kirsty Hawkshaw on Yahoo!Groups]
* [http://www.progressive-sounds.com/artists/Kirsty-Hawkshaw/Kirsty-Hawkshaw-interview-11-2005.asp Interview from late 2005 by Progressive Sounds]
* [http://www.niksula.hut.fi/~rsirokov/kirstyhawkshaw_discography.html#opusiii__fineday Kirsty Hawkshaw Discography]
* [http://www.trancesound.net/divershtml/news/news/2006/interview_with_kirsty_hawkshaw.html Trancesound.net Interview]