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Penzance's
Barn Club has done it again. After a hot summer bringing DJs like
Judge Jules, Tim Westwood and boxing legend Frank Bruno down to
west Cornwall clubbers, the darker nights and shorter days bring
Sonique to the county!
Sonique
will be coming down to The Barn to do a special DJ set on Saturday
8th November!
Want tickets for this gig?
Click
here to enter our
Sonique Competition!
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Originally
an athlete, Sonique went on to record her first single 'Let Me Hold
You' while still a teenager and began her career as a singer.
She
later teamed up with 80s outfit S-Express presented by Mark Moore
who was looking for a singer/ songwriter. She sang on the singles
Nothing To Lose, and Find 'em, Fool 'em, Forget 'em, which were
to appear on the second S-Express album Intercourse.
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| Sonique
performing on Top Of The Pops |
Unfortunately,
neither the singles or the album were much of a success and Sonique
turned her hand towards a different direction. She spent three years
learning how to DJ; she felt as a woman she had to be able to do
it properly and learnt how to DJ at home.
After
her live debut, she rapidly developed followings in the UK, Hong
Kong, US, Jamaica, Mallorca and Ibiza. During this time she also
kept her sights on a recording career.
She
lent her vocals to songs by Josh Wink's Higher State Of Consciousness,
and Gusto's Disco Revenge amongst others.
However
it was a song which she wrote a few years ago which made her. It
Feels So Good was originally became a minor hit. But rediscovered
by a DJ in Tampa, Florida, who gave it extensive club rotation,
it was then picked up by radio stations in Florida towards the end
of 1999.
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| Sonique
performing on Top Of The Pops |
The
result meant that the song, which Sonique didn't even save the original
DAT of the backing tape, became the one to break her as an international
artist.
It
Feels So Good reached No1 when it was re-released in the UK in May
2000. On its first week of release it sold 195,000 copies, compared
with the 32,000 total of the first time around.
More
recently Sonique has hit the charts again with Can't Make Up My
Mind. In September 2003 she released Alive with mixes by Tomcraft
and Benny Benassi.
Sonique
is a respected DJ throughout the world. She has appeared in several
parts of the globe. From Egypt to Israel, Russia to Romania, and
Singapore to South Africa (where she recently drew a crowd of 30,000)
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