Karen Danzig
30.01.2010
When people talk about polished professional performances in the dance world, one name crops up time & time again – that of Karen Danzig.
Audiences the world over are always thrilled by Karen’s onstage energy & great live vocals.
Karen is a real musician, having trained as a classical vocalist & achieved a First Class Honours Degree in Music & Performing Arts, & a Post Graduate Diploma in Acting & Musical Theatre. She has paid her dues in the music world, having previously enjoyed a career in jazz, pop & musical theatre. She has toured the globe with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, and is in much demand as a vocal coach. She is also a gifted songwriter, having written hits not only for herself, but for many others.
Surprisingly, Karen was brought up by profoundly deaf parents with a deaf sister & hearing brother.
Her earliest recording project was with legendary pop producers Stock & Aitken, an exciting start to her career in music, fronting a ‘Blondie-esque’ pop-rock band called The Park. She continued writing pop with the likes of Ricky Wilde (Kim’s brother & songwriter) & Sam Bergliter (Lisa Stansfield).
Karen exploded onto the dance scene with the classic anthem Heartbeatz, with Hardcore legends Styles & Breeze, reaching a No. 16 position in the UK Top 40 charts and featuring on many Clubland and Floorfillers compilations, as well as the huge-selling Now That’s What I Call Music 60.
The provocative video for Heartbeatz, featuring Karen in sexy lingerie on a heartshaped bed, kept it at the top of the Box TV Video charts for four consecutive weeks.
Since then Karen has been on the speed dial of the UK’s top dance producers & labels, lending her vocal talents to many tracks by Styles & Breeze, Flip n Fill, Love To Infinity, Micky Modelle, Billy Bunter, Kenny Hayes, and countless others, on labels such as All Around The World, Ministry Of Sound, Sony ATV, & Serious Records.
Karen’s success continues, having been chosen to front all UK P.A.s for massive No. 10 UK chart hit ‘Dancing In the Dark’ (Micky Modelle), still a huge club tune.
She featured prominently on the sell-out CLUBLAND LIVE UK Arena Tour, with major dance acts Cascada, Scooter, Ultrabeat, Flip & Fill, Kelly Llorenna, and many more…
She has also performed to over 50,000 kids on the Choices For Life arena tour with the McDonald Brothers (X Factor) & Keith Jack (Any Dream Will Do) for 2 years running.
Last summer she sang on the Clubland Ibiza tour, & also fronted P.A.s for Tall Paul at BCM – Majorca, & for major pop-dance act Uniting Nations all across Europe.
This spring sees Karen joining the Hard 2 Beat DANCE NATION arena tour with Sash, Basshunter, September, Booty Luv, Angel City & many more…
Her latest release & accompanying video, La La La, with the Sound Selektaz, recently reached the Top 5 in the Music Week Commercial Pop Top 30 & is rapidly becoming a club favourite.
Now another promising chapter is being written for Karen, with her brand new project, ‘RADIOLA’, a collaboration with Ivor Novello winning songwriter Bill Padley (4 international & UK No.1 hit records, including Atomic Kitten’s Whole Again & That’s My Goal for Shayne Ward).
This exciting project combines great pop songs with great dance grooves, reflecting her influences and passion for pop-dance. Featuring a selection of original songs and classic covers, it promises to be a major release, ready-made for radio.
Watch this space! – Karen Danzig is a name you’ll be hearing for quite some time…
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