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Sonique is the stage title of Sonya Clarke (born 21 June 1965), the British singer and DJ who is well known for her successful career within trance music. She was was temporarily a lead singer for S'Express. She won a 2001 Brit Award for British female solo artist. She is considered to become a virtually all successful female DJ ever.

Early life

Sonya Clarke was born & raised within Northerly London. She has credited her late music profits from either listening to her moms record collection of mostly R&B artists. A number 1 record she ever purchased was Donna Summer's I Feel Love.

Early Music career

Sonique became the one hit wonder when she released a only Let Me Hold You published by Cooltempo in 1985. A only hit he top Twenty-five on the British dance stock and index charts.

Within 1990 she was credited for the preternatural loop-groove on a track known as Zombie Mantra on the album Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass, the debut record of William Orbit's project Bass-O-Matic. Before long fallowing she teamed sustaining DJ Mark Moore in S'Express. A dance-pop duo following in the UK by using such singles when Nothing to Lose.

DJ career

When clubing she became disappointed at what she considered to exist as a inept performances by DJ's. She decided to require on the challenge herself. For trey years she acompanied her childhood friend Judge Jules to his DJ gigs to study a crowds. She in time signed in to Jules' corporations Serious.

Inside 2004 Sonique announced she is working in the recently album known as Sonique on Kosmo this should exist as freed within 2005. 3 tracks develop been selected when singles, these is An additional Globe (freed around 2004), How come (freed spring 2005) & Alone.

Discography
Albums
Fantazia British Anthems ... Summertime (1998) (Disc 2 mixed by Sonique) Serious Sounds of Sonique - In the Mix & on the Mic (2000) (live recording of her DJ set) Hear My Cry (2000) Club Mix (2001) Born to Be Free (2003)

Singles
S'Express
Nothing to lose (#32 UK) Find'em, Fool'em, Forget'em

Solo Artist
Let Me Hold You (1985) (top 25 UK) It Feels so Good (UK release 1998, US release 1999, UK re-release 2000) (UK #1) Sky (2000) I Put a Spell on You (2001)

Pop culture occurrences of her music
In an episode of South Park that mainly focuses in Butters, Sonique's "It Feels So Good" was played inside the Gay bathhouse.

Trivia
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British female DJ and performer. Site contains news, biography, tour dates, photos, and streaming audio samples.

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