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Career

She has had numerous worldwide dance music hits in various collaborations and as a solo artist. Initially a guest singer for S'Express, she went on to much greater success and prominence with the electronic/pop group Electribe 101. Although their debut album Electribal Memories was critically acclaimed, Electribe 101 disbanded before they could complete their second album. Dance music is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs, radio stations and shows and raves. ... SExpress (pronounced ess-express; sometimes spelled SXpress or S-Express; otherwise known as Victim Of the Ghetto) were a British dance music act from the late 1980s who had one of the earliest commercial successes in the acid house genre. ... Electronica is a term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Electribe 101 was a British based electronic music group in the late 1980s / early1990s, managed by Tom Watkins of Bros, Pet Shop Boys, and 2wo Third3 fame. ...

Billie Ray Martin then went on to forge her own solo career. Her very first single for WEA was the worldwide hit "Your Loving Arms," today considered a house music classic. Although the song is more of a smooth Trance song than House, its particular style lay between the two. The song hit the Billboard Hot 100 twice, peaking at #87 in 1995 and at #46 a year later. The song was also a success across Europe, peaking at #1, and remained on European charts for many weeks. It also topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Follow-up singles included "Running Around Town," and "Imitation Of Life". "Imitation of Life", also a classic, is notable for its intense emotional "downdraft" married seamlessly to a slick groove. All three hits are featured on her solo debut Deadline For My Memories. She later followed those hits up with her 2003 smash hit, Honey. It peaked at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play despite sporatic radio airplay Stateside. The song, "Honey" also became her second biggest solo hit since "Your Loving Arms." The Wea were a Native American tribe of the Ohio Country, sometimes considered a subdivision of the Miami tribe. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Look up Trance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of what songs are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ... A jar of honey, shown with a wooden honey server and scones. ... Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of what songs are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ...

Since then Billie has worked with Ann Peebles, Carla Thomas and members of Aretha Franklin's band on her album "18 Carat Garbage", performed her "Repulsion" show (a live score to the Roman Polanski movie) to great acclaim at both the Electric Cinema on Portobello Road and at London's Institute of Contemporary Art, and she continues to release cutting-edge electronic music, such as her recent releases "No Brakes on My Rollerskates" and "Dead Again". In 2005/06 she released collaborations with Dj Hell and Slam. Ann Peebles is an internationally acclaimed singer and songwriter best known for her popular Memphis soul albums of the 1970s on the Hi Records label. ... Carla Thomas (born December 21, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee) is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. ... Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American gospel, soul and R&B singer born in Memphis, Tennessee, but raised in Detroit, Michigan. ... Roman Polański at Cannes with Adrien Brody, 2002 Roman Polański (born August 18, 1933) is a Franco-Polish film director and actor. ... The Electric Cinema is a cinema in Birmingham, England. ... Portobello Road Portobello Road is a road in the Notting Hill district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

A new single: Undisco Me, is about to be released on Rebirth Records in february /march 2007, and an unofficial 'Bastard Mix' is out now.

She is currently recording new material, including a new album and various collaborative projects. Recently she began a career as a club dj as a means to be more social and keep busy. After numerous critical nods, her club "Komputerliebe" is flourishing as a club "event" and Billie has taken to the road to dj in European cities as well as her current home in London. DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... This article is about the continent. ...

Albums

• Deadline For My Memories (1996)
• 18 Carat Garbage (2001)
• Recycled Garbage (2002)
• 18 Carat Garbage Demos (2002)

Singles

• Persuasion (Billie Ray Martin featuring Spooky) (1993)
• Your Loving Arms (1995)
• Running Around Town (1996)
• Imitation Of Life (1996)
• Space Oasis (1996)
• You And I Keep Holding On (1997)
• Honey (1999)
• I'm Not Keen (Mikael Delta featuring Billie Ray Martin) (2002)
• Systems Of Silence (2001)
• Where Fools Rush In (2001)
• 18 Carat Garbage (2002)
• Honey '03 (2003)
• No Brakes On My Rollerskates (Hot Skates 3000 featuring Billie Ray Martin) (2005)

Remixes

"Imitation Of Life" was remixed by Grammy Award winning remixer David Morales. Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards, commonly abbreviated as the Grammys or GRAMMYs ), presented by the Recording Academy known as NARAS, (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards... David Morales (born 21 August 1961, in Brooklyn), is an internationally acclaimed house music DJ and producer. ...

Brian Transeau (aka BT) produced remixes for the singles "Space Oasis" and "Running Around Town". Brian Wayne Transeau (born October 4, 1971 in Rockville, Maryland) is an electronica musician, better known by his stage name, BT. He has been called the Father of Trance for his pioneering in the trance genre [1],[2] and Prince of Dance Music for his multi-instrumentalist skills [3], and...

Almost all of Billie Ray Martin's singles have been remixed by Junior Vasquez, including "Your Loving Arms", "Running Around Town", "Space Oasis", "Systems Of Silence", and "18 Carat Garbage". Junior Vasquez is a famous New York club DJ and remixer/producer. ...

"Your Loving Arms" and "Imitation Of Life" were remixed by Brothers In Rhythm. Brothers In Rhythm is a house music duo consisting of prolific producers / remixers and DJs Steve Anderson and Dave Seaman. ...

Roger Sanchez remixed "Your Loving Arms". Roger Sanchez is one of the most popular commercial house DJs in the last years, who scored many hits in the European and World Charts. ...

"Honey" was remixed by Above & Beyond, Chicane, and Deep Dish. Deep Dishs single Flashdance Deep Dish is a DJ and dance music duo consisting of Iranian-American members Ali Dubfire Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. ...

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs. ... This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazines Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. ...

External links

• Official website
• Disco Activisto