Anita Kelsey

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Name = Anita Kelsey


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Background = solo_singer
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Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Origin = United Kingdom
Genre = Trance
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URL = [http://www.anitakelsey.com www.anitakelsey.com]

Anita Kelsey (born in Mitcham, Surrey, United Kingdom) is a singer-songwriter whose vocals and top lines are featured on many hit dance records and feature films. [Discogs artist | artist = Anita+Kelsey | name = Anita Kelsey ] Her voice has appeared as backup vocals for artists such as Boy George and the Spice Girls, as the featured vocalist on big screen productions such as Dark City, or more recently as the singer and songwriter for a series of successful dance projects. [citeweb|title=Anita Kelsey|url=http://supra.armadamusic.nl/artists/anita-kelsey/|publisher="Armada Music"|accessdate=2008-06-14]

Career

Anita Kelsey appeared on the dance scene in 1997. She won the UK's MOBO Award for her first album on Dorado Records with Sunship. Her next single 'Try Me Out' from the second Sunship album became a UK club hit and was an Agia Napa anthem of 2001. Anita also worked on 2 of Dorado label-mate Matt Cooper's Outside albums penning the singles ‘If You Come With Me’ & ‘Somewhere New’.

In 1998 Trevor Jones, renowned film composer, asked Anita to perform on the soundtrack to major sci-fi cult blockbuster ‘Dark City’. This resulted in American actress Jennifer Connelly miming to Anita's voice in two prominent scenes as well as the Kelsey rendition of 'Sway' being featured on the end credits. (The director's cut of Dark City uses Connelly's vocals in the movie, but Kelsey's version is still used in the end credits.) The tracks ‘Sway’ & "The Night Has 1000 Eyes" were included on the film’s soundtrack released on TVT Sountrax. Other major films featuring Anita’s voice include Bring Me The Head Of Mavis Davis and Merlin.

More success came in 2002 for Anita's work with D*Note's Shed My Skin.citeweb|title=Performer Details: Anita Kelsey|url=http://www.jagz.co.uk/music.php?band_id=76|publisher="jagz.co.uk"|accessdate=2008-06-15]

In 2004 Anita signed to BMG Music Publishing.

In 2005 Markus Schulz teamed up with Anita to release the single ‘First Time’ On Armada Music in Netherlands. This led to the track being included on Markus’s debut album ‘Without You Near’ along with a second track being chosen ‘Travelling Light’.

In 2006 Anita was approached by dance producer TTLC, also known as TDR (Tom de Ridder), to collaborate on electro track ‘Never Ever’. This track was released by Belgian label Mostiko and has culminated in DJ’s such as Judge Jules & Sasha championing the Filterheadz remix (live and on their weekly shows on BBC Radio 1) as well as the Housetrap mix receiving heavy air rotation on Belgian national radio. Anita also wrote for Virgin Records signing 'Lost Witness' whose singles ‘Home’ and ‘Not Coming Down’ were co-written by Anita and performed brilliantly by Tiff Lacey (singer on Paul Oakenfold's Hypnotise).

Her most recent collaboration 'Wicked World' with Dutch production duo Hardsoul resulted in the track being snapped up by Fedde Le Grande to re-mix for his debut album ‘Sessions’ released on Ministry Of Sound 2007.

Anita is currently focusing on writing for artists in the mainstream pop market aswell as continuing to write for producers/artists in the dance world. Markus Schulz is due to release his second artist album in 2007 featuring a new collaboration with Anita ‘On A Wave’.

Discography

Singles

* If You Come with Me (Dorado Records 1993)
* Do For You (GRP 1993)
* City Life (Filter 1997)
* Into The Rainbow (Filter 1997)
* Try Me Out (Filter 1998)
* Heaven (Filter 1998)
* Somewhere New (Dorado 2001)
* Shed My Skin (VC Recordings 2001)
* Shed My Skin (News 2002)
* Healing (Black Hole Recordings 2003)
* Come Around Again (Armada Music 2004)
* Every Kiss (Extrema 2004)
* Have To Be With You (News/541 2004)
* The Unknown (Vinyl Vice Ltd 2004)
* First Time (Armada Music 2005)
* Fill Me Up (Electrofly 2005)
* Tauruscilus (Armada Music 2005)
* Freeze The Moment (News/541 2005)
* Colourless World (Black Hole Recordings 2005)
* Travelling Light (Armada Music 2005)
* Good Lovin (Armada Music/Fame 2005)
* Airborne (Baroque 2005)
* Do You Think (United Recordings 2005)
* Don’t Push Me Down (Sony/BMG 2006)
* Never Ever (Mostiko/Progressions 2006)
* Satisfy (Bonzai 2006)
* Calling You (Noys 2006)
* Slipping Away (Terminal 4 2006)
* Smile (Afterglow 2007)
* Wicked World (MOS 2007)
* Falling (First State)

Albums

* Almost in (Dorado 1993)
* London Underground Vol 3 (Bombastic Records 1993)
* Fine Gold (Dorado 1996)
* Sunship (Filter 1997)
* Elvis Never Meant Shit To Me (Filter 1998)
* Is This Real (Filter 1998)
* Ministry Present Platinum Collection (Ministry Of Sound 1999)
* Twice As Nice In Ayia Napa (React 1999)
* Ayia Napa Fantasy Island (Telstar TV 2000)
* Creeds Vocalfusion (Pure Silk Records 2000)
* Kiss UK Garage (Universal Records 2000)
* Rewind – The Sound Of UK Garage (Ministry Of Sound 2000)
* Out Of The Dark – Dorado (2001)
* Fuchsia Dog – (Channel 4 2002)
* Solid Sounds Arno 2002 Vol 1 (541 2002)
* The Chillout Sessions 3 (Ministry Of Sound Australia 2002)
* TMF Megadance 2002/2 (541 2002)
* TMF Megadance 2002/3 (541 2002)
* XTC – Music For The Mind (Lightning Records 2002)
* Clube Casa Do Castelo (Som Livre Portugal 2003)
* Nueva Musica (Electric Monkey Records 2003)
* One Night At Glow - Washington D.C (Blackhole Recordings 2003)
* Super Mix 16 (Vidisco 2003)
* The Winter Chill Sessions Vol.1 (Enter Records 2003)
* Heaven Deep Trance Essentials 2 (541 2004)
* Illusion At The Beach 2004 (Art Music Group 2004)
* Mellomania Vol.1 (Toptrax Recordings 2004)
* Nova Era Caffe (Kaos Records 2004)
* Re:Vive Trance 01 (Re:Vive 2004)
* Serious Beats 45 (EMI Music Belgium 2004)
* Solid Sounds Arno 2004 Vol 2 (541/Pias 2004)
* Super Tuning (Vidisco 2004)
* Trance - The Ultimate Collection 2004 vol.2 (Sony Music Media - Netherlands)
* Trance Energy 2004 (Universal TV 2004)
* Trance Nation 18: 10 Years Anniversary Edition (Silly Spider Music 2004)
* Trance Voices Vol.12 (Polystar Records 2004)
* A State Of Trance - The Collected 12" Mixes (Armada Music 2005)
* A State Of Trance 2005 (Armada Music/BMG 2005)
* G-Pal Contra Anna Maria X - Back 2 Back Sessions Vol.1 (Klik Records/Swift Records 2005)
* Grandmix 2004 (Sony Music Media –Netherlands 2005)
* Monologue (Black Hole Recordings 2005)
* Serious Beats 47 (541/Pias 2005)
* Sunshine Live Vol.15 (Toptrax Recordings 2005)
* The Lost World (Ultra Records 2005)
* Trance Voices Vol.16 (Polystar Records 2005)
* Trance Voices Vol.17 (Polystar Records 2005)
* Trance Master 4008 (Vision Soundcarriers 2005)
* Without You Near (Armada Music 2005)
* Dutch Trance Vol.1 (Armada Music 2006)
* Ibiza 06 (Armada 2006)
* My Sound (Sony/BMG 2006)
* Planet Trance Ibiza Summer 2006 (Wagram 2006)
* Technics DJ Set Vol.15 (Klubbstyle Media 2006)
* Trance Voices Vol.21 (Polystar Records 2006)
* What Ya Got 4 Me 2006/Supersonic (A State of Trance Limited 2006)
* Coldharbour Recordings - The Collected 12" Mixes / Volume 1 (Armada 2007)
*Sessions – Mixed By Fedde Le Grande (Ministry Of Sound 2007)

Trivia

* Anita appears in the opening scenes of the horror movie ‘Long Time Dead’ in which she participates in a ouija board séance just before dying a horrific death.
* Anita sings background vocals in a scene from The Fast Show where the mock up is of a Spanish singer who always sings cheesy pop songs wearing a massive gold medallion around his neck. The song is called ‘Wanker’.
* Former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman chose Anita as a backing vocalist on his Rhythm Kings project on the album Groovin – released in 2002.
* Anita performed backing vocals for The Spice Girls in 2000 at the Brit Awards at Earls Court
* In 1990, with a jazz quartet in tow, Anita stole the show at London’s renowned jazz club Ronnie Scott’s where she held the stage for a week.
* In 2001 bond, the Australian/British classical crossover string quartet released an album on Decca Records called ‘Born’ featuring Anita’s vocals on 3 tracks ‘Duel’ and ‘Dalalai’ and ‘The 1812 Overture’.
* Many television advertisements have used Anita’s voice to sell their products including Pepsi Max, McDonalds, Toblerone & Fairy Liquid.
* Anita performed at The Royal Albert Hall with The London Gospel Community Choir as part of a celebration for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 40th Birthday bash.

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