Genre: 90s artists

Thea Austin fits many categories – sultry diva powerful vocalist, producer, lyricist, stunning beauty, international performer. She has established a foothold in the global music community and will use it as a foundation for a brilliant and successful solo career. She was born in Pittsburgh, PA, and has been fronting bands since she was in her early teens.

Her travels led her to Penny Ford , the former lead singer of SNAP!, who was working on a solo project. Thea was whisked to Germany to begin work on SNAP’s album The Madman’s Return together with the rapper Turbo B. She not only sang, but co-authored many of the cuts. Once the album was complete and the single released, a video was shot and a European tour planned.

In 1992 Thea and SNAP! had the distinct honour and privilege of opening for the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson, at his concert in Bucharest, Rumania, during his Dangerous tour.

As the lead singer of SNAP! she took the world by storm. The first single, Colour Of Love soared into the top 10 across Europe and re-established SNAP! as a force with which to be reckoned. Thea played venues from Italy to Germany, Turkey to the Red Sea. The second single Rhythm Is A Dancer was even more successful, taking a firm grasp on the #1 position on numerous Billboard charts, including the Euro-chart, Hits of the UK charts and in Germany, Italy and other nations with the video landing at MTV Europe #1. She left SNAP!in 1993, being replaced by Niki Harris.

1999 found Thea as the voice behind Soulsearcher‘s massive international hit I Can’t Get Enough which still gets more than its fair share of radio play. Her voice was featured on Heart Attack‘s single Eye Of The Tiger. She also did background vocals on Engelbert Humperdinck‘s album The Dance Album. Overall, she’s garnered 1 platinum, 5 gold albums (including 1985’s Friends) and five Grammy Awards. Perhaps one of the most memorable events in Thea’s career was performing with Soul Searcher at Prince Charles’ Prince’s Trust’s Party in the Park in London in 1999. Packing Hyde Park for the benefit were more than 120,000 people who came to see performances from some of pop music’s biggest stars.

In the US she recorded tracks under the name Pusaka featuring Thea Austin in 2001. The song I’m Addicted To You (a.k.a. You’re The Worst Thing For Me) was written by Thea, Chris Cox and DJ Irene, and then remixed by Chris Cox & DJ Irene. It had been heralded as THE anthem for the summer 2001, and was rushed out as a remix single in May by Tommy Boy Records. DMA Magazine gave this new song 5 Stars, and it turned out to be a smash hit with DJ’s. It zoomed to the top of the Billboard dance charts, and became #1. It could be heard on radio, and on the hit TV shows Queer As Folk, and Sex in the City.

The Prodigy are an English electronic music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990.

Along with the Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. They have sold over 25 million records worldwide. The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career.

The group’s brand of music makes use of various styles ranging from rave, hardcore techno, industrial, jungle and breakbeat in the early 1990s to big beat and electronic rock with punk vocal elements in later times. The Prodigy first emerged on the underground rave scene in the early 1990s and have since achieved popularity and worldwide renown. They have been called “the premiere dance act for the alternative masses,” as well as “The Godfathers of Rave.”.

The release of “Firestarter” in 1996, featuring vocals for the first time courtesy of a new-look Keith Flint, helped the band break into the U.S. and other overseas markets, and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart.

On 6 August 2011, The Prodigy attended Przystanek Woodstock (Poland), the biggest festival in Europe, playing to a crowd of over 700,000 fans. At their two final shows of 2011 (in Brazil), The Prodigy played two new tracks: “A.W.O.L” and “Dogbite”.

In April 2012, to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the release of their third studio album The Fat of the Land, the album was re-released alongside a remix EP, The Added Fat EP, featuring remixes from multiple recently successful groups such.

In December 2012, a new track titled “The Day” was debuted at Warrior’s Brixton and in June 2013, a new track titled “Rockweiler” was debuted at Rock am Ring.

In August 2014, The Prodigy signed to the Three Six Zero Group for the United States, returning to Warner Music for the first time since 2004. In a recent interview with Maxim, he said that the new Prodigy album would be released in the first quarter of 2015.

Their most known song You was released as a single in 1991 and the track ultimately charged through all the major European charts and several beyond Europe as well. To this day, You can be heard world-wide and has sold some 18 million copies. The mini CD Under The Waterline released at the time was embellished with a number of new songs to a fully-fledged LP. That LP earned Ten Sharp the Export Prize in 1992. To this very day, Marcel Kapteijn and Niels Hermes are still working on spreading their musical past in the Netherlands and abroad. But, in addition to Ten Sharp, they are also passionately involved in music in their own right.