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SASH!

SASH!

SASH! is a German DJ/production team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen, who works in the recording studio with Ralf Kappmeier and Thomas “Alisson” Lüdke. They have sold over 22 million albums worldwide, and earned more than 65 Gold and Platinum awards. In the UK, uniquely their first four hit singles incorporated vocals in different languages (French, Spanish, English and Italian).

With Sabine Ohmes as the singer, SASH! released “Encore Une Fois”. Described on SASH!’s biography as “the big break”, it reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, as well as reaching the top 10 of five countries’ singles charts and the top 20 of seven countries’ singles charts.
In the same year, SASH! produced “Ecuador”, and “Stay”, which both also reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart. In 1998, SASH! released the first single from his second album, “La Primavera”, which reached #3 in the UK, “Mysterious Times”, which reached #2, and “Move Mania”, which reached #8. The following year, “Colour the World” reached #15.

In 1998, the group’s second album, Life Goes On, was released and contained the singles “La Primavera” and their fourth UK #2 Mysterious Times.

Sash! has spent the first quarter of 2013 touring around Europe playing Live DJ gigs as is his norm. Sash! has made appearances in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, England, Ireland, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Cyprus, and many other European countries so far this year.

On May 9 a new video and single was released via YouTube called “The Secret” featuring the vocals of Sarah Brightman. Again, the video was a lyric video but was a new mix than the album version making it the fourth version to be released. The Secret has been a fan favorite for years, which explains why he has made so many versions.

On May 23, Sash! announced via YouTube that he has again gone back into the studio to record with Jessy. No information has been given yet as to his plans to make a remix, single or produce a new album. In August 2013, versions of his new single featuring Jessy titled “All Is Love” surfaced on the internet.

On October 4, Sash! announced his new single “Summer’s Gone” feat. Tony T. via YouTube, he also announced a new forthcoming Life Changes.

rozalla

ROZALLA

Rozalla was born in 1964 in Ndola, a town in Zambia. When she was a teenager she moved to Zimbabwe with her family. As a young girl she used to skip school to play with a band. Later she sang at fashion shows and soon became a national celebrity. Rozalla enjoyed several chart hits in Zimbabwe, but she still had to work as a secretary to make ends meet. At the age of 18 she appeared as an extra (a prostitute) in Richard Chamberlain’s King Solomon’s Mines. Wanting to become an international star Rozalla left Zimbabwe and moved to London in 1988.
In England Rozalla was soon discovered by the Band Of Gypsies production team (the producers Nigel Swanston and Tim Cox) who noticed her deep, soulful voice and would catapult her to stardom a few years later.

In 1990 their first single, the dance song Born To Luv Ya, was released on the small label Pulse 8 unfortunately without any success. Not discouraged, the Band Of Gypsies wrote and produced some more songs for Rozalla and her second single Faith (In The Power Of Love) was her first song to chart in the UK. But it is the single Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good) which really made her career take off. It was not only a #1 dance hit in Canada and the U.S., but it was also #1 in Spain, #2 in Belgium, #3 in Italy, #4 in France, #5 in Germany and #6 in the UK. Followed by the re-issued Faith which did much better the second time, and the very successful Are You Ready To Fly.
In 1992 Rozalla’s first album Everybody’s Free was released. All the songs were produced by the Band Of Gypsies. The album entered the UK Top 20 in its first week. Rozalla signed a contract with Epic who released her album and singles in the US, where Everybody’s Free reached the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 almost a year after its European release.

Rozalla has achieved massive international success and has been hailed as The Queen of Rave. In her native Zimbabwe she has had an impressive five #1 singles, establishing her as their top female artist. Her distinctive vocal style and melodic techno/rave songs have helped to propel Rozalla into the realms of international stardom. In total, she has earned 10 international Top 10 singles. She lives in London and is still a popular club attraction.

roxette

ROXETTE

Roxette is a Swedish pop rock duo, formed in 1986, the duo became an international act in the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!. Their third album Joyride, which was released in 1991, became just as successful as its predecessor. Roxette went on to achieve nineteen UK Top 40 hits and several US Hot 100 hits, including four US number-ones with “The Look”, “Listen to Your Heart”, “It Must Have Been Love”, and “Joyride”. Other hits include “Dangerous”, “Fading Like a Flower”, “Dressed for Success” and “The Centre of the Heart”.

Before coming together to form the duo, Fredriksson and Gessle were already established artists in Sweden, with Fredriksson releasing a number of solo albums and Gessle being the lead singer and songwriter of Gyllene Tider, which had three No. 1 albums. On the advice of the managing director of their record label, they came together to record “Neverending Love”, which became a hit single in Sweden.

After the release of Don’t Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!, a greatest hits record, the duo took a hiatus from the mid-1990s before returning with the albums Have a Nice Day (1999) and Room Service (2001). They continued to chart in other territories, mainly in Europe and Latin America, where they earned various Gold and Platinum awards until the beginning of the new millennium. Roxette took to the stage together again for the first time in 8 years, in 2009, during Gessle’s European Party Crasher tour. In 2011, they released Charm School, their first studio album in ten years. This was followed by Travelling a year later.

Their songs “It Must Have Been Love” and “Listen to Your Heart” continue to receive wide radio airplay, with both singles recently receiving awards from BMI for achieving four million radio plays. They have sold an estimated 60 million records worldwide, with over 10 million in certified units from Germany, the US and the UK, achieving gold and platinum certifications for Joyride and Look Sharp! in all three regions.

The New tour has begun in Russian city Vladivostok on 30.10.2014,they are planing to tour until summer of 2016.