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Tiff Lacey Birth name Tiffany Lacey Origin Crayford, Kent, England Genres Trance, House, Dance, Chillout, Pop Occupations Singer, Songwriter Years active 2002–present Associated acts ATB, Matt Darey, Headstrong, Cosmic Gate, Paul Oakenfold Website [3] Tiff Lacey (aka Tiffany Lacey) is a singer/songwriter from Crayford, Kent, England, and the vocalist behind many trance and house hits. Except for her vocal abilities, she's also known for the fact that she usually writes lyrics that differ considerably from the standard hooks in the genre.[1]
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Singing career
Tiff Lacey started singing when she was 16 years old. A few years later she began working as a backing singer to the band "Falling Man". They recorded an album and gigged regularly until they eventually disbanded. Then she started fronting a blues/rock band touring locally in the South East. However, she felt the need to develop her songwriting capabilities in her own right, so she left the band, but yet teamed up with one of its members.They recorded several songs and had interest from both Virgin and EMI. But unfortunately they broke up soon after, because she was not able to capitalize upon the record company's interest. Deciding to change direction, Tiff Lacey joined the "Frankenstein’s Baby", an indie/folk band. They wrote and recorded their own material, gained large fan base and were reviewed various times in musical press around the country. Playing regularly at the legendary "Mean Fiddler", Tiff Lacey felt that the other members were not as driven as her in seeking chart success, so she left, to reflect on the direction her career should eventually take.
And then her breakthrough in the club scene happened. Her demo was chosen among many by Paul Oakenfold and he invited her to record the vocals for his track "Hypnotised", which became a worldwide hit in 2002. It was then followed by "In Your Hands" with Redd Square which resulted another success and by M-Box's "Kiss In Shadows", which was remixed by Tiesto. In 2003 she also provided vocals for The Thrillseekers' track "Affinity". Her fame was established in 2004 when she was included in three tracks from ATB's album No Silence, all three of which became hits, especially "Ecstasy" which is still ATB's biggest hit to date. She would later work with him again for the albums Seven Years: 1998-2005 (2005) and Future Memories (2009). In 2005 she recorded vocals for Filo & Peri's techno hit "Dance With A Devil", which was remixed by Serge Devant and DJ Shog. That year saw her teaming up with Headstrong (aka Don Jackson) which is her signature collaborator to date next to ATB. They recorded numerous tracks together which were released through the years. The hits among them are "Close Your Eyes" (2005), "The Truth" (2006) and "Symphony Of Soul" (2007). Lacey got in touch with Jackson thanks to another longtime collaborator and popular name in the EDM industry - Matt Darey (who contributed a remix for "Close Your Eyes"), with whom she recorded the successful track "Always", which was followed by "Sum Of All Fears" (2007) and "Into The Blue" (2010).
In 2006 she recorded for the first time with Cosmic Gate. The tune called "Should've Known" was included on their album Earth Mover and was also released as a single with remixes by Wippenberg, Jonas Steur a.k.a. Estuera and DJ Delicious, receiving big success. Wippenberg wanted Lacey for the track "Promised Land" the next year, which was remixed by Nic Chagall.
In 2007 Tiff Lacey teamed up with Russian DJ Bobina for a collaboration track called "Where Did You Go", which was included in his album "Again". The track was remixed by another popular name, Dutch DJ First State. The remix received massive support from DJs such as Armin Van Buuren, which led to a collaboration between First State and Lacey called "Where Do We Go", included on his album "Time Frame".
In 2008 Lacey recorded two tracks with trance duo Matt Abbott and Chris Chambers a.k.a. Abbott & Chambers titled "Where Are You" and "Strange Liaison". The tracks were released with packages including remixes by Nitrous Oxide, Cressida, Carl B, Dennis Sheperd, David & Carr, Onova, Allan O' Marshall and Karl G. These tunes established her fame in the Uplifting trance genre, after being included mainly on Progressive trance and Dance before that. The same year she also did "Don't Be Afraid" with Michael Badal and "The Sweetest Sound" with Nick Murray both of which became hits (the second one was her first release on her future label Loverush Digital) and are considered signature tracks of hers. Overall in 2008 (only) Tiff Lacey was included on more than 30 releases.
Her collaboration track with Tenishia called "Burning From The Inside" won the award Best Dance Production 2008 at the Malta Music Awards.[2]
She wrote a vocal electronic album with Huw Williams in 2007 and it was released in 2008 under their alias name Rubikon and titled "Wonderland". The album featured 11 original recordings. Three of them, "Thing Called Love", "Why Keep On" and "Telephone" were released as singles with remixes by Morgan Page and Hakan Ludvigson, amongst others.
Even though she's mainly considered a Trance singer, however, Tiff Lacey is often wanted for House music collaborations as well. Some of her highlights in this genre include: "Clockworks" with Amex, Natlife and Purepath (2008), "Dreaming" with DJ Zya (2009), "Sweet 17" with Tash (2009), "Beds" with Chus Liberata (2010), "As We Ride" with The Henchmen (2011) and "Perfect World" with Pagano (2011).
Tiff Lacey's first solo single (she only had one solo song included on Ibiza compilation before that) - a piano ballad called "Show Me The Way" was released on 14 December 2009, with remix package provided by Ivan Spell and Gabriel Lukosz. It was re-released in 2011 with a reworked version of the Ivan Spell remix.
In January 2010 "I Know" with George Acosta was released. The remix of the tune by Beat Service was played on A State Of Trance and featured on numerous other podcasts.[3]
In April 2010, Tiff Lacey signed label Loverush Digital. Later in that year she did a special appearance on Matt Darey's Nocturnal radio show where a 1 hour guest vocal set consisting entirely of her hits was played, including comments by herself between every track.[4]
She wrote a dance tune called "Healing" with Robert De Fresnes under alias Seven Sisters in 2010. To be officially released in 2011.
In February, 2011, her track with Aly & Fila called "Paradise" was released as a single on Future Sound of Egypt to good reviews, being played on ASOT.[5]
Tiff and Solo teamed up under alias "Seagate" to release a trance track called "Remain In Light" on June 2, 2011.
On 31 January 2011 the singer shared the official video of the first single from her upcoming full-length studio album "iVIVA!" called "Take Me Away" on her Facebook page. Later on the same day Mark "Loverush" Schneider announced the single's upcoming release. It was released on March 9, 2011 on iTunes with remixes by Tom Noize, Loverush UK, Darren Flinders and Stereojackers.
On May 8, 2011, Tiff Lacey presented on Facebook an official video to another song from her upcoming album - the ballad "Mother To Daughter". The video was shot in Dorset and in her home. Her daughter also appears in it.
There was an album launch party which took place in London on August 12, 2011. The event included live performances by Lacey and Paul Stevens and guest DJ sets by Loverush UK, Stuart J and Matt Emulsion.
Her album "¡Viva!" came out on iTunes on August 15, 2011 via Loverush Digital. Among the main record producers in it are George Popa, Matt Bukovski, Nick Murray and Loverush UK!.
Several new collaboration tracks are in production phase.
Writing and painting
Besides her singing talent, Tiff Lacey is also a writer and painter. She wrote almost all of her song lyrics. Her themes include various subjects, like love, dreams, fears, introspection, nostalgia, sorrow, happiness, God and, especially in the last few years, much of her lyrics are describing the joys of motherhood.
She's writing a children book called "Smaharaim. A Tale of Smidgeon", which she's also illustrating by herself. Commercial release is planned through her own publishing label PeaChi Publishing. Painting is another passion for Tiff Lacey and she has a large personal collection of artworks drawn by her.[6]
Discography
Main article: Tiff Lacey discograpgyAlbums:
- ¡Viva! (2011)
Selected tracks:
- Paul Oakenfold feat. Tiff Lacey - "Hypnotised"
- The Thrillseekers pres. Hydra feat. Tiff Lacey - "Affinity"
- ATB feat. Tiff Lacey - "Ecstasy"
- Matt Darey feat. Tiff Lacey - "Always"
- First State feat. Tiff Lacey - "Where Do We Go"
- Cosmic Gate feat. Tiff Lacey - "Open Your Heart"
- George Acosta feat. Tiff Lacey - "I Know"
- Aly & Fila feat. Tiff Lacey - "Paradise"
- Bobina feat. Tiff Lacey - "Where Did You Go"
- Filo & Peri feat. Tiff Lacey - "Dance With A Devil"
- Ryan Farish feat. Tiff Lacey - "Upon A Dream"
- Flash Brothers feat. Tiff Lacey - "Faith In Love"
References
- ^ Tiff Lacey lyrics site
- ^ Tenishia win "Best Dance Production Award" 3 years in a row
- ^ George Acosta feat. Tiff Lacey - I Know (Beat Service Proglifting Mix played on ASOT 438 [1]
- ^ Tiff Lacey guest vocal set on "Nocturnal" 267 with Matt Darey
- ^ Aly & Fila feat. Tiff Lacey - Paradise (Club Mix) played on ASOT 494 with Armin Van Buuren. [2]
- ^ Tiff Lacey Profile & Interview on "Nocturnal" 267 with Matt Darey
Categories:- Living people
- People from Kent
- English singer-songwriters
- English trance musicians
- English house musicians
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