Anni Hogan

Anni Hogan (as she is currently billed in DIVA) is a British musician,composer and Club DJ, born in 1961. Originally known for her association with British Electro artist-cum-torch singer Marc Almond, Hogan now collaborates with a diverse varitey of artists including Rachel McFarlane and Cagedbaby and runs her own club Neon at Spirit, a bar in Canal Street (Manchester). She is entertainments manager at Spirit and resident DJ for Spirit, Neon, View and Stereo Beatbox and is managed by her own agency Elektrawolf.

Musical projects

Hogan (then as "Annie Hogan") first came to prominence as musician in the bands Marc Almond and the Willing Sinners and Marc and the Mambas, the latter also featuring The The's Matt Johnson alongside Marc Almond. After these bands were disbanded Hogan continued to work closely with Almond, on such albums as 1988's The Stars We Are, until the early 1990s. At this point she left Marc Almond's backing band and MD role, and founded the ambient-indie-dance band Cactus Rain. Signing to Virgin Records offshoot Ten the band released an album as well as singles Till Comes The Morning Comes and Mystery Train.

Cactus Rain

Releases:
* Mystery Train (Ten Records - 1990) UK #97
* Till Comes The Morning Comes (Ten Records - 1991) UK #86

* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Cactus+Rain Cactus Rain]

Current Production Work

Hogan collaborates regularly with [The Attention Seekers, Dubvice, Chris Aidy and Caged Baby] .

* [http://profile.myspace.com/annihogan]

* [http://profile.myspace.com/elektrawolf]

Kickabye EP re-release

Cold Spring Records are releasing Hogan's 1987 EP Kickabye, originally on the (now defunkt) Doublevision label. Hogan is releasing a new album along with the EP.

* [http://www.coldspring.co.uk/]

Lady P

Hogan also works internationally as DJ Lady P

* [http://profile.myspace.com/pinkbiscuitladyp]