Alice DeeJay

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Alice DeeJay


Background = group_or_band
Origin = Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genre = Dance-pop, Eurodance, Trance
Years_active = 1999–2002
Label = Republic/Universal (US)
Past_members = Sebastiaan Molijn,
Eelke Kalberg,
DJ Jurgen,
Judith Anna Pronk
Mila Levesque
Angelique Versnel

Alice DeeJay was a Dutch electronic music group, who achieved success from 1999 to 2002.

Members

The group consisted of record producers Pronti (born Sebastiaan Molijn), Kalmani (born Eelke Kalberg) and DJ Jurgen, with lead singer Judith Anna Pronk and background dancers Mila Levesque & Angelique Versnel.

After the successful years of Alice Deejay, Judith, Mila and Angelique called it quits. Now, Pronk works as a freelance hair and make-up artist around the world and is represented by Touche Models in Amsterdam.

Mila Levesque has graduated from the famous Lucia Marthas dance academy and, after Alice Deejay, is still very active in the world of dance. Mila has released a single "Lift Me Up" for a lolly-pop commercial.

Angelique Versnel (Angel) began her education as a dancer at the school of Performing Arts in Los Angeles, USA . After completing 4 years at dance academy and high school study at Alvin Aley in New York she became a part of Alice Deejay. In 2004 Angelique started her own company (AV Performing Productions) and gives training lessons as well as creating complete choreographies for artists, bands and commercial shows.

Commercial success

Alice DeeJay launched their career in July 1999 with the single, "Better Off Alone", an accessible and upbeat Eurotrance pop tune. In the UK, the song went platinum and reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. The group also achieved success with the follow-up single "Back In My Life" in November of the same year.

The group's first and, to date, only album is "Who Needs Guitars Anyway?", which was released on April 11, 2000. The album contains upbeat, popular trance tracks, and entered the Top Ten of the UK Albums Chart.

Alice DeeJay made the UK Top 20 with three more tracks: "Will I Ever", "The Lonely One" and "Celebrate Our Love", although each single's chart position was lower than its predecessors.

Alice DeeJay won the Award for their hit single, "Better Off Alone", in the category Best Chart Act, defeating other nominees such as All Saints, Jennifer Lopez, Eiffel 65 and the Vengaboys, and DJ Sonik.

Alice Deejay also performed a version of the Mel C (of the Spice Girls) song "I Turn To You" live.

American rapper Wiz Khalifa samples Better off Alone in his 2008 single, "Say Yeah".

Decline

The group had not performed publicly since November 9, 2002, when they played seemingly their last gig in Utrecht.

A new act was formed in 2004 called Candee Jay. Candee Jay shared many similarities with Alice DeeJay but failed after only 2 major hits, after which the project was abandoned.

Final Performance

On December 1, 2007, Pronti and Kalmani were brought to Los Angeles under the title "Alice Deejay" for "Winter Fresh" by Fresh Entertainment.

Dash Berlin

In the summer of 2007 Pronti & Kalmani formed a new act together with Jeffrey Sutorius: Dash Berlin. This group has its focus more on the trance genre instead of the dance genre. Their first single "Till The Sky Falls Down" became a massive hit all over the world in the dance/trance scene. In April 2008 the single has gotten its commercial release. The videoclip for the single is shot in Berlin.

On April 5, 2008, Fresh Entertainment thought they had brought back the duo of Pronti and Kalmani for a reuniting final performance in Los Angeles for a "Fresh Anniversary." Pronti & Kalmani however still use these names so people know who Dash Berlin is and what kind of music Dash Berlin makes.

Discography

Albums

*2000 "Who Needs Guitars Anyway?" (UK Chart Position No.8)

ingles

*1999 "Better Off Alone" (UK #2, AUS #4, U.S. #27)
*1999/2000 "Back in My Life" (UK #4, AUS #19)
*2000 "Will I Ever" (UK #7)
*2000 "The Lonely One" (UK #16)
*2001 "Celebrate Our Love" (UK #17)

External links

* [http://www.gofreshyourself.com/ Information On Final Performance]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:z21m96hogepo~T1/ Alice DeeJay All Music Guide page]
* [http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/interviews/a/ProntiKalmaniIn.htm/ About Dance Music interview with Pronti & Kalmani]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Alice+Deejay Alice DeeJay Discogs page]
* [http://www.alicedeejay.net/index2.html Official Universal Records site]