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BLP sources|date=April 2011Infobox musical artist|name = Kirsty Hawkshaw|image = Kirsty Hawkshaw.jpg|background = solo_singer|birth_name =|alias =|birth_date = birth date and age|1969|10|26|df=y|birth_place = London , UK|death_date =|instrument = Human voice|Singing , synthesizer s|genre = Electronic music |occupation = Singer , songwriter , record producer|producer |years_active = 1991& ndash;present|label = Coalition/ EastWest , Mainline/ EMI , Nettwerk , Magnatune |associated_acts = Opus III , Pulusha, Warm|website = URL| http://www.kirstyhawkshaw.co.uk Kirsty Hawkshaw (born 26 October 1969 in London , UK) is a British people|British Dance music|dance / electronica / House music|house / Trance music|trance musician and songwriter . She is known for her participation as lead vocalist for the group Opus III , and her collaborative work with other musicians and record producer|producers .
Career
Kirsty Hawkshaw is the daughter of the British production music / film music composer and disco record producer Alan Hawkshaw .
At a rave party|rave event in 1991 she was noticed by producers Ian Munro, Kevin Dobbs and Nigel Walton, who at the time were known as A.S.K. It was through this meeting that they would form a dance act called Opus III . Their first single, a cover version of the song " It's a Fine Day " from their debut album Mind Fruit was an international success and Top 10 hit on UK Singles Chart ,cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 408 and reached #1 on the United States|US Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Music/Club Play record chart|chart in 1992. A reversed sample of Hawkshaw's singing from this track was used in the Orbital (band)|Orbital track " Halcyon (Orbital song)|Halcyon ," the music video for which featured Hawkshaw. Opus III also had another US #1 hit on the same chart in 1994 with " When You Made The Mountain ", from their second and final album, Guru Mother .
After the group broke up in 1994, Hawkshaw pursued a solo career and since then has been in demand by other acts in the dance, house, Eurodance , trance, and electronica community, ranging from Tiësto to Delerium . In a 2009 interview, she later recalled her decision to end her association with Opus III, in which she felt that she did not want to be part of a "commercialized" act and wanted to go in a different direction, plus she was having internal problems with the band members over having more input in writing and production. http://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=endscreen& v=2mTbJtC0wLs& NR=1 Kirsty Hawkshaw Interview Part 1 from YouTube
In addition to dance music, Hawkshaw also recorded an ambient, ethereal album in 1999, 'Enlightenment', which remains unreleased. Her solo effort, "Fine Day", peaked at #62 in the UK Singles Chart in November 2002.
On 10 October 2005, she released Meta-Message , a collection of older and newer songs, after a growing interest in her out of print album, O.U.T. . In early 2006, she appeared on the Fragma single "Radio Waves".
Hawkshaw also contributed a track titled "Telephone Song", to the children's album For the Kids Too! , released in 2004.
In 2008, Hawkshaw went on tour and released Machinima on the Loverush Digital label. Citation needed|date=January 2012 She runs a club in Second Life called 'Club Connected' and has built a virtual pub.
The record label , Magnatune , released her ambient album, The Ice Castle .
2000 "Dreaming" - (with BT (musician)|BT ) - UK Singles Chart|UK #38cite book
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 246
2000 "Running Down the Way Up" - (with BT (musician)|BT & Hybrid (Welsh band)|Hybrid )
https://www.cuspconference.com/videos.php? section=Cusp-2009#presenters-2008.php? section=Kirsty-Hawkshaw Presenter at Cusp Conference 2008
Persondata | NAME = Hawkshaw, Kirsty | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = British singer and songwriter | DATE OF BIRTH = 26 October 1969 | PLACE OF BIRTH = London, England | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Hawkshaw, Kirsty Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Musicians from London Category:English singer-songwriters Category:Trance singers Category:English dance musicians Category:English trance musicians Category:British children's musicians
