Singer sonique biography
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Sonique (musician)
British musician (born 1965)
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Musical artist
Sonia Marina Clarke[2] (born 21 June 1965),[3] better known by her stage name Sonique, is a British singer, musician and DJ.[4] She came to public attention as a member of dance band S'Express during the early 1990s, but achieved greater success as a solo artist in the early-to mid 2000s. During this period, she achieved UK top 20 hits with "It Feels So Good", "Sky", "I Put a Spell on You" and "Can't Make Up My Mind", and won the 2001 BRIT Award for British female solo artist.
Biography
[edit]1965–1983: Early life
[edit]Clarke was born and raised in Crouch End to parents of Trinidadian descent. The first record she ever purchased was Donna Summer's "I Feel Love". When Sonique was sixteen, her mother remarried and moved back t
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of her mum's record collection. Every Sunday the house would be filled with the sounds of Marvin Gaye, Roberta plan, Gladys Knight, Otis Redding and Denice Williams. "That was the day for loud music, cleaning and nice-smelling food being cooked", she recalls fondly. However, it was her own discovery that was most meaningful. Another record made her crucial experience. "Music is something you're born with," says Sonique. "I've always had this thing in me. The first record inom bought was Donna Summer's «I Feel Love», and that was the beginning of my life and my musical experience. It reached a part of me other things didn't reach. inom had known then that this fryst vatten the music I like and inom never left" she recalls. But had things been different one defining day during Sonique's teenage years, we may never have heard her own music at all.
From the age of six, little Sonia had serious designs on the world of professional friidrott. Still in possession
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SONIQUE BIOGRAPHY
Overview
What makes Sonique so unique as a DJ is that she has blended her excellent powerful and emotive singing abilities with a natural mixing talent to create a unique club atmosphere. As soon as she steps up to the decks she picks up the microphone and introduces herself, instantly connecting with the crowd and setting up the atmosphere for an unforgettable night. Right at the peak of the best tunes comes the perfect crescendo of smooth vocals just made up on the spot yet somehow sounding like they are meant to be there. This talent is unique to Sonique!
She was the resident DJ at the infamous Ibiza club Manumission for three years and has since toured the world playing in over 40 countries.
The other leg of her career is to write, record, and remix songs, mainly dance-orientated and soulful with a high potential to go on top of the club charts as well as the pop charts.
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