by Eric A. Crabtree
AUSTIN, TEXAS
This CD comes after her released 1990's -"New Inside," and 1992's - "Dreams Never Die," which was very successful in Asia. This new CD features 13-tracks with new songs of "Open My Eyes," "I'm Not Sleeping," to "If Only," "Silence" & "Butterfly," and gives listeners music stories through songs her way. Tiffany is best known for her top hits of "I Think We're Alone Now," "Could've Been" along with other hits of "I Saw Him Standing There" and "All This Time." Now after becoming a mom, Tiffany comes back to her music currently touring across the US with her super sexy smile and voice that will bound to release our youth again for new and older generations and becoming the color of success after being gone from the industry and now returning with "The Color of Silence."
Mandalay - Solace - V2 Records. The UK duo of Mandalay composed of Nicola Hitchcock and Saul Freeman, specializes in expertly crafted, emotional atmospheric instrumental and vocal pop music.
Their 13-track CD, "Solace" features selected tracks from each of their two UK albums "Empathy," and "Instinct." Nicola's vocals carry over into every track, including "Deep Love," her most soaring,lifting single in many years. The featured song, "Like Her," is a hybrid of melody of understanding and self-realization. Mandalay's CD also features a special bonus CD of 11 remix tracks which includes the song "Beautiful," remixed by DJ Victor Calderone which is climbing the Billboard Dance Charts as did "Not Seventeen" earlier this year. "Solace" should be fast approaching one of 2001's best albums and should become one's favorite band, as it is also Madonna's favorite. A must have CD for one's own collection.
Thunderpuss Featuring Latanza Waters - Stand Up - Tommy Boy Silver Label. Hot on the heels of "Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag," "Stand Up" - A dance circuit hit across the country features singer Latanza Waters mastered by Thunderpuss (Harris and Cox) in 5 tracks from radio edit to club mix, dub and E-Smoove Soul Revival mix. Look for no one to be sitting down when this song is played.
French Affair - My Heart Goes Boom-la di da da - Arista Records. Barbara Alcindor a.k.a. French Affair makes her French roots rise with her sensual and erotic voice, presented with a haunting tune in an international sound that makes people dance with "My Heart Goes Boom - la di da da." Addiction to this single track is becoming a sensation. Look for her forthcoming album, "Desire," in stores Spring, 2001.
Tenth Planet - Ghosts - Tommy Boy Silver Label. Tenth Planet is the new pseudonym for the popular trance producers of UK duo Nick Hale and Gex Dewar. They are better known as Heliotropic and Fable. "Ghosts" features this duo's masterpiece Popkomm with 7 tracks from Juniorverse (Junior Vasquez) radio edit & club mix to Vincent de Moor's, Trouser Enthusiast and Jon Doe's (John Dor) remixes. "Ghosts" is almost guaranteed to blow the roof and speakers of clubs and music players across the country.
DJ Victor Calderone - E=VC2, Vol. 2 - Tommy Boy Silver Label.
Circuit DJ Victor Calderone impact on dance floors is undisputed and now his long-awaited CD, "E=VC2, Vol. 2" is a CD to be reckoned with in a thunderous fusion of soaring vocal anthems, hypnotic house tracks and a cavalcade of thunderous tribal beats and Euro elements. The CD is flawlessly mixed into a darker compilation beat of 11 tracks recorded live in NYC. Some of the hottest club records featured include: "The Door," "All Exhale," "Sneaky One," and "Praise You." Others include "Are You Satisfied," "Who Am I," "Beautiful" and "Skin." Calderone creates music on this CD from tribal-infected remixes of songs from some of the industry's most successful artists like Madonna, Sting, Destiny's Child, Mandalay, Garbage and Elton John. He is a resident DJ of the Roxy in NYC. "E=VC2, Vol. 2" is a must own CD for one's collection.
