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Artists

Rollo (Roland Armstrong)
Sister Bliss (Ayalah Bentovim)
Maxi Jazz (Maxwell Fraser)
Jamie Catto
David Randall
Mark Bates
Dido (Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong)
Pauline Taylor
Robert Dougan
Kristine W
Skinny (Matty & Paulie)
Ibi Tijani
Goetz Botzenhardt

Rollo (Roland Armstrong) Songwriter, producer, mixer and remixer Top

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Biography

Roland (Rollo) Armstrong (born in May 1969 in London) has an honours degreee in philosophy.
He's Taurus and has a habbit of talking around subjects.
He was expelled from scouts and became a member of MENSA.
He started his own gang called the Krazy Kats when he was 10 and he can write upside down.
He swam in the Ganges, won the North Yorkshire heats of a Disco Dancing championship,
was a barman in Sydney, and a gardner for Islington Council.
In January 1997 it was 5 years ago Rollo released his first record.
Made with 2 friends, Felix and Red Jerry in Rollo's bedroom studio,
this record went on to sell 2,5 million copies - it was Felix "Don't You Want Me".
Four years on and Rollo's writing and production skills had brought him sales in excess of 5 million singles.
This dosn't include his remixes of 3 UK number ones (Simply Red, Linvin' Joy and Gabrielle)
and 4 top tens. (2 x Pet Shop Boys, M People and Donna Summer).
Also included are four bona fide House classics -
Kristine W "Feel What You Want", Gloworm "Lift My Cup", Frankë "Understand This Groove"
and The O. T. Quartet "Hold That Sucker Down" - and you have one of the most in demand producer / remixers in the world.
Faithless is the first time Rollo has entered into the band land arena
to work alongside vocalists Maxi Jazz and Jamie Catto and the co-conspirator Sister Bliss,
on what has turned out to be a long term project. He's thoroughly enjoying the experience.

Rollo has worked with a lot of people.
Below you can find a list of people Rollo worked with and under what name if they had one and in which years.

Rollo worked with	As	From - To
Rollo & Rob Dougan	Our Tribe Dignity One Tribe The O. T. Quartet O. T. Tunes The O. T.'s	(1991 - 1996)
Rollo, Red Jerry & Francis Wright	Felix	(1992 - 1993)
Rollo & Red Jerry		(1992 - 1993)
Rollo & Chris Rushby	Stoned Democracy	(1992 - 1993)
Rollo & Usura	Usura	(1993)
Rollo & Will Mount		(1993 - 1995)
Rollo & R. Villiers (Mr V)		(1994 - 1995)
Rollo, Rob Dougan & Kristine W	Kristine W	(1994 - 1996)
Rollo & Sister Bliss	Faithless Rollo Goes... Sister Bliss	(1994 - now)
Rollo & Ben Langmaid	Huff & Puff Huff & Stuff Huff & Tuff	(1995 - now)
Rollo & Pauline Taylor	Pauline Taylor	(1996 - 1999 (now ?))
Rollo & Mark Bates	Dusted	(1997 - now)
Rollo, Matty & Paulie	Skinny	(1998 - 1999 (now ?))
Rollo & Dido	Dido	(1999 - now)

Discography

1 Giant Leap: Ma' Africa
3^rd Nation: I Believe
A. B. Logic: The Hitman
Adjoa: Blind Woman's Blues
Adjoa: Breathe
Adjoa: Coming Home
Adjoa: I Am Your World
Adjoa: It's Alright
Afro Celt Sound System: Release (Be Happy)
B. B. E.: Seven Days And One Week
Badmarsh & Shri: Get Up
The Beatnik: From The Dizzy Heights Of Love
Bent Featuring Zoë Johnston: Swollen
Björk: Unknown
Black Grape: Get Higher
Brother Brown Featuring Frank'ee: Under The Water
Captain Hollywood Project: Only With You
The Cardigans: My Favourite Game
Dina Carroll: Falling
Chakra: I Am
Choci And The Fruits Of Fresh Funk: Music Of The Phewcha
Shawn Christopher: So Wrong
D. T. R. T.: Keep The Peace
Dido: All You Want
Dido: Christmas Day (On Various Artists: Platinum Christmas [Album])
Dido: Don't Think Of Me
Dido: Here With Me
Dido: The Highbury Fields EP
Dido: Hunter
Dido: Life For Rent [Album]
Dido: No Angel [Album] {Tracks}
Dido: Thank You
Dido: White Flag
Diss-Cuss: Pissed Apaché
Diss-Cuss: Tra-La-La-La-La
Rob Dougan: Furious Angels
Dusted: Deeper River
Dusted: Always Remember To Respect And Honour Your Mother Part 1
Dusted: Under The Sun
Dusted: When We Were Young [Album]
Paul Van Dyk Featuring Hemstock & Jennings: Nothing But You
The Egg: Getting Away With It
Faithless: Addictive (On Original Soundtrack: Cruel Intentions [Album])
Faithless: Back To Mine [Album] {Tracks} {Compiled & Mixed}
Faithless: Bring My Family Back
Faithless: Don't Leave
Faithless: Evergreen
Faithless: God Is A DJ
Faithless: If Lovin' You Is Wrong
Faithless: Insomnia
Faithless: Irreverence [Album]
Faithless Featuring Dido: Just Be Good To Me (Dub Be Good To Me)
Faithless: Muhammad Ali
Faithless Featuring Dido: One Step Too Far
Faithless: Outrospective [Album]
Faithless: Reperspective [Album]
Faithless: Reverence [Album]
Faithless: Reverence [Single]
Faithless: Salva Mea (Save Me)
Faithless: Saturday 3AM [Album]
Faithless: The Scream
Faithless: Sunday 8PM [Album]
Faithless: Take The Long Way Home
Faithless: Tarantula
Faithless: Thank You
Faithless: Why Go?
Faithless: Woozy (On Original Soundtrack: The Beach [Album])
Fa-st: Back In The House
Felix: #1 [Album]
Felix: Don't You Want Me
Felix: It Will Make Me Crazy
Felix: Stars
Fine Young Cannibals: I'm Not The Man I Used To Be
Frankë/Frankë Pharoah: Understand This Groove
Frankë/Frankë Pharoah: We're On A Mission
Funtopia Featuring Jimi Polo: Do You Wanna Know
Gabrielle: Dreams
Gabrielle: Forget About The World
Gloworm: Carry Me Home
Gloworm: I Lift My Cup
Gloworm: Young Hearts
Grace: I Want To Live
Handsome Boy Modeling School: Sunshine
Happy Larry's Bigbeat Orchestra: Get On In The Move
High On Love: Hypnotize
High On Love: In My World
Hi-Lux: Feel It
Hot Weaks: Ovation
Huff & Puff: Born Again
Huff & Puff: Help Me Make It
Huff 'N' Stuff: Sweet Sweet Music
Huff 'N' Tuff: Feel Free
Hyper Go Go: High
Hypernature: Flow
Ioni: We Are All Free
Kawala: Snowball
R. Kelly: Thank God It's Friday
Kosheen: Hide U
Kristine W: Don't Wanna Think
Kristine W: Feel What You Want
Kristine W: Land Of The Living [Album]
Kristine W: Land Of The Living [Single]
Kristine W: One More Try
Kristine W: Sweet Mercy Me
Lazy Lads/Doug Lazy: Let It Roll/Rollin' On
Leila K.: Ça Plane Pour Moi
Leila K.: Open Sesame
Livin' Joy: Dreamer
M People: How Can I Love You More?
Billie Ray Martin: Your Loving Arms
Sarah McLachlan: Angel
Moby: Honey
Moby: That's When I Reach For My Revolver
Mr Lloyd: Music
Mr V: Give Me Life
New Order: Brutal
Olive: You're Not Alone
Frank O'Moiraghi: Feel My Body
The O. T. Quartet: Hold That Sucker Down
O. T. Tunes: High
One Tribe Featuring Roger: High As A Kite
Our Tribe: I Believe In You
Our Tribe With Frankë Pharoah & Kristine W: Love Come Home
P*nut: Sweet As [Album] {Tracks}
Pet Shop Boys: Absolutely Fabulous
Pet Shop Boys: Can You Forgive Her?
Pet Shop Boys: Disco 2 [Album] {Tracks}
Pet Shop Boys: Nightlife [Album] {Tracks}
Raze: Break 4 Love
RDR The Album Volume One: Clubbed To Death [Album] {Tracks}
Restless Rockers: Dem Dem
Juliet Roberts: I Want You
Rollo Goes Camping: Get Off Your High Horse
Rollo Goes Camping Again: Get Off Your High Horse
Rollo Goes Mystic: Love, Love, Love - Here I Come
Rollo Goes Spiritual With Pauline Taylor: Let This Be A Prayer
Roxy Music: Love Is The Drug
Carlos Santana: Shaman [Album] {Feels Like Fire}
Sheer Bronze Featuring Lisa Millett: Walkin' On
Shola: Love, Respect & Happiness
Simply Red: Fairground
Sister Bliss: Bad Man
Sister Bliss With Colette: Cantgetaman, Cantgetajob (Life's A Bitch!)
Sister Bliss Featuring John Martyn: Deliverance (Deliver Me)
Sister Bliss: Future Pulse
Sister Bliss: Give Me Music
Sister Bliss: Oh! What A World
Skinny: Friday (Going Out)
Skinny: The Weekend [Album] {Tracks}
Skunk Anansie: You'll Follow Me Down
Snap!: Rhythm Is A Dancer
Sphinx: What Hope Have I
Spice Girls: Unknown
Stix 'N' Stoned: Do You Wanna
Stoned Democracy: A Million Ways
Stoned Democracy: Close Like An Overdose
Suede: Everything Will Flow
Donna Summer: I Feel Love
Sunscreem: Exodus
Pauline Taylor: Come Down
Pauline Taylor: Constantly Waiting
Pauline Taylor: The Letter
Pauline Taylor: Pauline Taylor [Album] {Tracks}
Tricky: For Real
TWA: Nasty Girls
U2: Numb
Usura: Open Your Mind [Album] {Tracks}
Usura: Sweat
Usura: Tear It Up
Dina Vass: The Love I Have For You
W. O. S. P.: Gettin' Into U
Jay Williams: Sweat
The Wonder Stuff: Full Of Life (Happy Now)
Ian Wright: Do The Right Thing
Zone 1: Feel

Original Rollo Written DJ Sheet, packed with Faithless: Salva Mea CHEK12.018 Promo.

Faithless
"Salva Mea"
(CHEK12.018)

Dear Friends of Cheeky,

Originally this records came out before "Insomnia" and while all you DJ's
seemed to love it, it went over the heads of most of yhe record buying
public.

But now, after the succes of "Insomnia", "Salva Mea's" time has come.
It has already repeated "Insomnia's" succes in Germany (it's currently top
5) and it's about to be released right across Europe.

The double pack includes (a) the much sought after WAY OUT WEST
REMIX, (b) the new deep en thorough DEEP GOLD MIX by myself
and Sister Bliss, (c) the SISTER BLISS REMIX which 90% of you DJ's
caned lasted time around and (d) the FLOATING MIX which I still hear in
clubs a year and a half after it first appeared.

I really, really love this record and I hop it does something for you.

Love,

ROLLO
xxxxxx

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Sister Bliss (Ayalah Bentovim) Songwriter, producer remixer and keyboard player Top
Sister Bliss' Solo-project

Biography

In 1987 Sister Bliss discovered house music and a healthy interest in the sound and lifestyle ensued.
A pianist since the age of 5 it was a natural progression that not only did she start the spinning tunes on the dancefloor,
she knew she could create her own.
DJ residencies at the cream of London clubs and a fistful of demo tapes
leads to a meeting with Rollo and the spark that was to fire up many a club anthem began.
"Life's a Bitch", released under her own name, was a huge club and chart hit.
It firmly established Sister Bliss as a force to be reckoned with.
Sister Bliss is the kind of person who built a shrine to Jim Morrison out of onion peel and stale bread,
joined the Woodcraft Folk (lefty version of the Brownies) and hitch hiked to Turkey in the style of "Thelma and Louise".
Sister Bliss on Faithless:.... "Faithless sits somewhere between triphip,
dance and good old fashioned song writing, with more than a twist of London grit.
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; For there is in London all that life can afford.
"Reverence" is a journey through the external world of urban experience, to the intense world of faith, love and fear."

Discography

1 Giant Leap: Ma' Africa
Afro Celt Sound System: Release (Be Happy)
B. B. E.: Seven Days And One Week
Badmarsh & Shri: Get Up
The Beatnik: From The Dizzy Heights Of Love
The Beginerz: Reckless Girl
Björk: Unknown
Black Grape: Get Higher
Blue Bamboo: A, B, C & D
Brother Brown Featuring Frank'ee: Under The Water
The Cardigans: My Favourite Game
D-Code: Merry Xmas
Dido: The Highbury Fields EP {Worthless}
Dido: Life For Rent [Album] {Tracks}
Dido: No Angel [Album] {Take My Hand}
Paul Van Dyk Featuring Hemstock & Jennings: Nothing But You
Faithless: Addictive (On Original Soundtrack: Cruel Intentions [Album])
Faithless: Back To Mine [Album] {Tracks} {Compiled & Mixed}
Faithless: Bring My Family Back
Faithless: Don't Leave
Faithless: Evergreen
Faithless: God Is A DJ
Faithless: If Lovin' You Is Wrong
Faithless: Insomnia
Faithless: Irreverence [Album]
Faithless Featuring Dido: Just Be Good To Me (Dub Be Good To Me)
Faithless: Muhammad Ali
Faithless Featuring Dido: One Step Too Far
Faithless: Outrospective [Album]
Faithless: Reperspective [Album]
Faithless: Reverence [Album]
Faithless: Reverence [Single]
Faithless: Salva Mea (Save Me)
Faithless: Saturday 3AM [Album]
Faithless: The Scream
Faithless: Sunday 8PM [Album]
Faithless: Take The Long Way Home
Faithless: Tarantula
Faithless: Thank You
Faithless: Why Go?
Faithless: Woozy (On Original Soundtrack: The Beach [Album])
Fine Young Cannibals: I'm Not The Man I Used To Be
Funtopia Featuring Jimi Polo: Do You Wanna Know
Gabrielle: Forget About The World
Get Ready: Wild, Wild West
Grace: I Want To Live
Handsome Boy Modeling School: Sunshine
Headcrash : Give It To Me
Huff & Puff: Born Again
Jon Of The Pleased Wimmin: Give Me Strenght
Kosheen: Hide U
Kristine W: Don't Wanna Think
Kristine W: Land Of The Living [Single]
Kristine W: One More Try
Kristine W: Sweet Mercy Me
Lemon 8: The Bells Of Revolution
Livin' Joy: Dreamer
Miss Bliss: Best Thing
Moby: Honey
Moby: That's When I Reach For My Revolver
Lisa Moorish: Beautiful Morning
Olive: You're Not Alone
Frank O'Moiraghi: Feel My Body
One Tribe Featuring Roger: High As A Kite
P*nut: Sweet As [Album] {Tracks}
Rollo Goes Camping: Get Off Your High Horse
Rollo Goes Camping Again: Get Off Your High Horse
Rollo Goes Mystic: Love, Love, Love - Here I Come
Rollo Goes Spiritual With Pauline Taylor: Let This Be A Prayer
Roxy Music: Love Is The Drug
Carlos Santana: Shaman [Album] {Feels Like Fire}
Simply Red: Fairground
Sister Bliss: Bad Man
Sister Bliss With Colette: Cantgetaman, Cantgetajob (Life's A Bitch!)
Sister Bliss Featuring John Martyn: Deliverance (Deliver Me)
Sister Bliss: Future Pulse
Sister Bliss: Oh! What A World
Sister Bliss: Sister Sister
Skinny: Friday (Going Out)
Skinny: The Weekend [Album] {Tracks}
Skunk Anansie: You'll Follow Me Down
Snap!: Rhythm Is A Dancer
Spice Girls: Unknown
Suede: Everything Will Flow
Donna Summer: I Feel Love
Pauline Taylor: Come Down
Pauline Taylor: Constantly Waiting
Pauline Taylor: The Letter
Tricky: For Real
TWA: Nasty Girls
Underground Girls Featuring Chavez Ravine: Out Of My Life
W. O. S. P.: Gettin' Into U
Zone 1: Feel

Maxi Jazz (Maxwell Fraser) Textwriter and rapper Top

Biography

The grand oral desseminator. In 1983, Maxwell Fraser (Maxi Jazz) found hip-hop.
In 1984 he founded "The Soul Food Cafe System" and DJ'd around the place spreading the vibe.
He re-invented the experience for the radio station LWR as "The Soul Food Cafe Show" in '87.
Over 2 years, "The Soul Food Cafe Band" was picked up
by Tam Tam Records (dance wing of Savage Records), which was followed by a spell at acid jazz.
Maxi Jazz started his own label in '92 "Namu Records",
to release the band's material in the form of three critically received E.P's.
Throughout this busy time Maxi had been touring the band around the world;
with Jamiroquai in Amsterdam, Soul II Soul in Barcelona,
Galliano in Switzerland, and Jason Rebello in Brazil.
On his own he covered France, Norway and the UK,
and took time out to collaborate with Jah Wobble on the "Invaders Of The Heart" album followed
by live dates with the Wobble collective. Metting up with Rollo in the studio,
lead to the forming of Faithless with Jamie Catto and Sister Bliss.
Enlightening conversations bore the fruit of intense and challenging lyrics dipped in the dark hue
of Maxi's life and rediscovered in the music of Faithless.
As a Nicheren Shoshu Buddhist, Maxi's strong beliefs and the band's own strong individual beliefs,
lead to the name Faithless.
Maxi's other great love besides his faith and music is his Ford Escort MK 2 RS 2000.
Her buddah name is "The Orchid Room"; her street name is "Biscuit".
All listeners to Rodigan's early reggae show will recognise the reference.

Discography

Faithless: Addictive (On Original Soundtrack: Cruel Intentions [Album])
Faithless: Bring My Family Back
Faithless: God Is A DJ
Faithless: If Lovin' You Is Wrong
Faithless: Insomnia
Faithless: Irreverence [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless Featuring Dido: Just Be Good To Me (Dub Be Good To Me)
Faithless: Muhammad Ali
Faithless Featuring Dido: One Step Too Far
Faithless: Reperspective [Album]
Faithless: Reverence [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Reverence [Single]
Faithless: Salva Mea (Save Me)
Faithless: Saturday 3AM [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: The Scream
Faithless: Sunday 8PM [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Take The Long Way Home
Faithless: Tarantula
Faithless: Thank You
Faithless: We Come 1
Faithless: Woozy (On Original Soundtrack: The Beach [Album])
Soul Food Cafe: Invaders Of The Heart
Soul Food Cafe: Original Groove Juice

Jamie Catto Textwriter and singer Top

Biography

Jamie is a 36 year old singer songwriter who comes from an integrally different musical background.
A lover of Tantra, The Passion Sacred Sex (but has little or no self discipline) and Ayub Ogada.
Jamie doesn't listen to club music ("...except for when Rollo makes me").
So his style of singing and writing comes from the traditional school,
which blended in the Faithless movement, transforms into something unique and beautiful.
Some people say he's quiet, others will say he listens.
He has been arrested in nearly every European city for possesion of Cannabis. which shows his love for travel.
"My mum came into my bedroom and told me the piano teacher was here. I was four." That's how he got into music.
He became the singer for "The Big Truth Band" andtoured for four years nationally and internationally.
This was followed by a time with "Gabrielle Roth" as her hand drummer.
And now a meeting with the three that have become Faithless,
for Jamie to add his own personal touch, insight and purposeful vocals.
"Faithless is how we all get close to Rollo without him noticing."

Jamie has left Faithless and started his own band 1 Giant Leap

Discography

1 Giant Leap: 1 Giant Leap
1 Giant Leap: Braided Hair
1 Giant Leap: My Culture
Dido: No Angel [Album] {Tracks}
Dusted: Deeper River
Faithless: Don't Leave
Faithless: God Is A DJ
Faithless: Irreverence [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Reverence [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Saturday 3AM [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Sunday 8PM [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Take The Long Way Home

David Randall Guitarist Top
Dave Randall's Official Slovo Site

Dave is one of the world's undiscovered master Guitar players (he also plays the Sitar).
He has played with the live Faithless band for over two years and has recently become a firm and visable member of the band,
kind'a replacing Rollo in the press makes me") ring. He studies the Japanese language and Capoeira (what?? A Brazillian martial art).
He is a fervant supporter of human rights assocation (via Amnesty International who they played for earlier this year).
He is the only Faithless member with a piercing, he can walk 20 steps on his hands and has a tendency to run up and down the tour bus roof.

Discography

Dido: Life For Rent [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Bring My Family Back
Faithless: Don't Leave
Faithless: Sunday 8PM [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Why Go?
Gabrielle: Forget About The World
Carlos Santana: Shaman [Album] {Feels Like Fire}
Slovo: Nommo
Slovo: Sertão Blues
Pauline Taylor: The Letter

Biography

Mark Bates Writer, producer and keyboard player Top

Mark Bates isn't really a known Faithless member.
He did some programming for Faithless: Why Go?.
He wrote Dusted: Deeper River and did the keys for the Rollo InDaRed Remixes of The Egg: Getting Away With It,
Pauline Taylor: Come Down, Rob Dougan: Furious Angels and the Pet Shop Boys.

Discography

Afro Celt Sound System: Release (Be Happy)
Bent Featuring Zoë Johnston: Swollen
Dido: Don't Think Of Me
Dido: Life For Rent [Album] {Tracks}
Dido: No Angel [Album] {Tracks}
Dido: Thank You
Rob Dougan: Furious Angels
Dusted: Deeper River
Dusted: Always Remember To Respect And Honour Your Mother Part 1
Dusted: Under The Sun
Dusted: When We Were Young [Album]
The Egg: Getting Away With It
Faithless: Evergreen
Faithless: Saturday 3AM [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Why Go?
Handsome Boy Modeling School: Sunshine
Huff & Puff: Born Again
Sarah McLachlan: Angel
Mousse T. Featuring Emma Lanford: Fire
P*nut: Sweet As [Album] {Tracks}
Pet Shop Boys: I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More {Tracks}
Pet Shop Boys: Nightlife [Album] {Tracks}
Carlos Santana: Shaman [Album] {Feels Like Fire}
Skinny: Failure
Skinny: The Weekend [Album] {Tracks}
Pauline Taylor: Come Down
Pauline Taylor: Pauline Taylor [Album] {Tracks}
W. O. S. P.: Gettin' Into U

Dido Florian de Bounevialle Armstrong Rollo's sister. Songwriter, producer and singer Top
Dido's Project Dido Pictures

Biography

Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong was five when she stole her first recorder.
This didn't lead to prison, but rather to her entrance one year later to the Guildhall School of Music in London.
A bit of a child prodigy, by the time she was 10 she played piano, violin, and the aforementioned recorder.
Her teenage years were an interesting mixture of stealing her brother's record collection (from The Clash to Gregory Isaac's to Duran Duran)
and touring the UK with her classical music ensemble and then, at 16, she finally fell in love... with Ella Fitzgerald.
So began a passion that eventually led Dido from listener to participator. She started singing with various bands in and around London,
and despite the fact that her brother, Rollo, told her not to give up her day job,
she eventually appeared on the debut album of a band that Rollo formed in 1995.
This band was faithless, and they went on to sell in excess of five million records.
Over the next two years, Dido toured with faithless (a very different experience from her classical days) and,
whenever she was back in London, also recorded demos of her own songs. On Faithless's current release, Sunday 8PM,
Dido appears on two songs, one of which incorporates her own "My Lover's Gone."
Arista records heard these demos at the beginning of 1997, and Dido was invited to the Dorchester hotel in London to meet Clive Davis.
The meeting was successful (Clive even helped out with some of the backing vocals as Dido sung to him).
So began the recording of Dido's debut album, No Angel. The album was produced by Dido,
her brother Rollo (obviously now deciding she should give up her day job), Rick Nowels and Youth, and what a beautiful album it is.
Unified by both Dido's stunning voice and lyrical acuteness,
the album travels through various and diverse styles ranging from the impassioned magnificence of "Here With Me,"
the gentle soulfulness of "ThankYou" (featured in the recent Gwyneth Paltrow movie Sliding Doors),
the deep dubbiness of "Honestly ok," to the lyrical perversity of "Don't Think of Me."
Combining Dido's love for warm acoustic sounds and her brother's fascination for beats and all things electronic,
the album is both new and classic at the same time. Above all,
it is the quality of the songs that will make this album both durable and successful.
Dido will shortly release her debut solo single in the USA, the epic, wide-screen "Here With Me" (mid May),
shortly followed by the release of her eclectic album "No Angel" (June). She is currently on a massive promo trip
throughout America where she will be performing key acoustic gigs
with a stripped down-whacked out band of acoustic guitar, bass, percussion and DJ scratch/mixer.
Dido will join the fantastically successful Lillith Tour in America later this year.
Dido has a gorgeous melancholic, lilting voice and some extraordinary flowing, witty and ultimately charming lyrics.
You will have discovered a taste of things to come from the album sampler
and a little of her beautiful Islington/Dublin features from the picture samples. The American press has broadly welcomed Dido.
From cool style tastemakers such as Bikini and Interview Magazine
to the all-powerful women's magazine Elle (USA) to Time magazine & Entertainment Weekly.
Dido, as you know, is the sister of the multi-talented Rollo (owner of Cheeky Records & founder
of the million selling group Faithless, remixer, producer and he can write upside down).
Henceforth she was signed to his little (but successful! ) UK independent label Cheeky.
Being cheeky we directly approached the King of the music industry Mr Clive Davis,
owner of Arista Records (discoverer of Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen, BabyFace, Whitney, Toni - the list goes on).
And guess what, Dido became the first direct signing to Arista USA from the UK in over ten years.
If $ spend is anything to go by in music (which it is not!!!!!) then a confident spend of over a 1/3 of million dollars on her first video,
should at least signify theirs and our belief in her international success.
The first video is directed by The Academy, who are responsible for groundbreaking videos from The Verve (Bittersweet…),
George Michael & Mary J Blige (AS) etc. The UK will be hearing from Dido in Summer/Autumn 1999.
But be the first to appreciate more UK talent. We look forward to your response.

Discography

Dido: Across The View (On an Unknown compilation)
Dido: All You Want
Dido: Aurora (On Various Artists: Oxygen New Age & New Sounds Volume 47 [Album])
Dido: Christmas Day (On Various Artists: Platinum Christmas [Album])
Dido: Don't Think Of Me
Dido: Here With Me
Dido: Highbury Fields EP
Dido: Hunter
Dido: Life For Rent [Album]
Dido: No Angel [Album]
Dido: Thank You
Dido: White Flag
Eminem Featuring Dido: Stan
Faithless: Irreverence [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless Featuring Dido: Just Be Good To Me (Dub Be Good To Me)
Faithless Featuring Dido: One Step Too Far
Faithless: Outrospective [Album]
Faithless: Reperspective [Album]
Faithless: Reverence [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Reverence [Single]
Faithless: Salva Mea (Save Me)
Faithless: Saturday 3AM [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Sunday 8PM [Album] {Tracks}
Mr V: Give Me Life
Heather Nova: South [Album] {Welcome}
Over The Rhine: Films For Radio [Album] {Give Me Strenght}
Carlos Santana: Shaman [Album] {Feels Like Fire}
Sister Bliss: Bad Man
Skinny: Failure
Skinny: The Weekend [Album] {Tracks}
Britney Spears: I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

Pauline Taylor Songwriter and singer Top
Pauline Taylor's Project

Biography

Pauline Taylor has a love for songs and songwriting with aheavily traditional approach...
meaning, you're gonna get lyrics with passion and relevance and music with bite.
So where has this gift sprung from? Rollo was on the search for that elusive fantastic voice that would bleed soul,
depth and guts all over his own stunning music; and what does the bugger do?
Well he goes and finds it, in the diminutive form of Pauline Taylor.
She enters into the Cheeky dance-fold where she gives it up on a huge range of material,
entering the foray of artists challenging your preconceptions of genere and capability,
through her powerfull and ground breaking musical style and lyrical observation.

Discography

Dido: Don't Think Of Me
Dido: Life For Rent [Album] {Tracks}
Dido: No Angel [Album] {Tracks}
Dusted: Deeper River
The Egg: Getting Away With It
Faithless: Addictive (On Original Soundtrack: Cruel Intentions [Album])
Faithless: If Lovin' You Is Wrong
Faithless: Irreverence [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Reverence [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Reverence [Single]
Faithless: Salva Mea (Save Me)
Faithless: The Scream
Faithless: Sunday 8PM [Album] {Tracks}
Gloworm: Carry Me Home
Gloworm: Young Hearts
Kristine W: One More Try
New Order: Brutal
P*nut: Sweet As [Album] {Tracks}
Pet Shop Boys: Nightlife [Album] {Tracks}
Rollo Goes Mystic: Love, Love, Love - Here I Come
Rollo Goes Spiritual With Pauline Taylor: Let This Be A Prayer
Carlos Santana: Shaman [Album] {Feels Like Fire}
Skinny: Failure
Skinny: The Weekend [Album] {Tracks}
Pauline Taylor: Come Down
Pauline Taylor: Constantly Waiting
Pauline Taylor: The Letter
Pauline Taylor: Pauline Taylor [Album]
Pauline Taylor: Solo Flyin' Mistery Man (On Faithless: Back To Mine [Album])

Robert Dougan (Rob D / Rob Dougan) Songwriter, producer and singer Top

Biography

Back in 1995, Australian Rob Dougan exploded onto the music scene with one of the most innovative and
breath-taking sounds of the year with his Mo'Wax release of "Clubbed To Death". It took people by complete surprise,
not only because it is an outstanding piece of music, but that it transcended genres in one great sweep.
Everyone made it their 'single of the week'.... Rob has done a lot of music writing, production and remix with Rollo,
under various group names, including One Tribe Featuring Roger, Our Tribe, O. T. Quartet and Rollo Goes Camping.
He has produced similarly epic pieces for Andrea Parker ("The Rocking Chair") and
more recently for Nick Cave "Soon" and co-written Sister Bliss "Hard Times" (on the single Sister Bliss: Cantgetaman, Cantgetajob)
and the song "Jump" on the Kylie Minogue album.

Discography

3^rd Nation: I Believe
Adjoa: Blind Woman's Blues
Adjoa: Breathe
Adjoa: Coming Home
Adjoa: I Am Your World
Adjoa: It's Alright
Dina Carroll: Falling
Nick Cave: Soon
Shawn Christopher: So Wrong
Rob Dougan: Clubbed To Death
Rob Dougan: Clubbed To Death II
Rob Dougan: Driving
Rob Dougan: Falling Angels
Rob Dougan: Furious Angels
Fa-st: Back In The House
Frankë/Frankë Pharoah: Understand This Groove
Frankë/Frankë Pharoah: We're On A Mission
Gabrielle: Dreams
High On Love: Hypnotize
L'Homme Van Renn: The (Real) Love Thang
Kristine W: Feel What You Want
Kristine W: Land Of The Living [Album] {Track 1 - 9}
Kristine W: Land Of The Living [Single]
Kristine W: One More Try
Kristine W: Sweet Mercy Me
Kylie Minogue: Kylie Minogue [Album] {Jump}
Moby: Porcelain
Lazy Lads/Doug Lazy: Let It Roll/Rollin' On
The O. T. Quartet: Hold That Sucker Down
O. T. Tunes: High
One Tribe Featuring Roger: High As A Kite
Our Tribe: I Believe In You
Our Tribe With Frankë Pharoah & Kristine W: Love Come Home
Andrea Parker: The Rocking Chair
Pet Shop Boys: Absolutely Fabulous
Pet Shop Boys: Can You Forgive Her?
Raze: Break 4 Love
RDR The Album Volume One: Clubbed To Death [Album] {Tracks}
Restless Rockers: Dem Dem
Rimbaud Featuring Sabrina Johnston: Hard Times [Rimbaud is Rob D]
Juliet Roberts: I Want You
Sheer Bronze Featuring Lisa Millett: Walkin' On
Shola: Love, Respect & Happiness
Frank Sinatra: That's Life
Sister Bliss: Hard Times
Sphinx: What Hope Have I
Sugababes: Too Lost In You
U2: Numb
The Wonder Stuff: Full Of Life (Happy Now)

Kristine W (Kristine Weitz) Songwriter and singer Top
Kristine W's Page

Biography

Kristine W's incredibly diverse musical talent is a natural gift.
With a mother and father who were both great singers and performers in their own right,
it was only natural that Kristine would follow in their footsteps.
Kristine's father, Victor Duane, was an accomplished singer, performer, songwriter
and musician who died before his star could rise as a country singer. Kristine's mom, Donna Lee,
supported Kristine and her 2 brothers and sister by performing live for audiences
primarily throughout the Northwest - singing and playing the guitar.
Kristine got her start in her church choir in a small town in Washington state
and began performing in public as a child with her mom for special events.
Kristine was crowned Miss Washington and competed in the Miss America pageant
where she won the swimsuit and talent competitions.
She used the money she won from that pageant and moved to Las Vegas
where she could combine her desire to perform with her goal of getting her college degree.
Kristine was graduated from the University of Las Vegas (UNLV) with a degree in television production.
While going to school full-time, Kristine began performing in various venues throughout Las Vegas.
After graduation from UNLV, Kristine formed her own band
and began performing live around the world and she hasn't stopped since.
When she wasn't out on the road, Kristine worked in the Los Angeles area at Jam Power Productions where she honed
her songwriting and production skills while working on both her own material along with the work she did for other artists.
During this time Kristine had several very successful 12" records on Atlantic Records.
In 1996, Kristine's major label debut album was released on RCA Records in the United States
and on Champion Records throughout Europe.
The album has been released worldwide on various other labels that licensed the album.
The album was the most critically acclaimed dance album of 1996
and allowed the entire world to discover what Las Vegas locals and visitors had known for years:
That Kristine W is a truly extraordinary and unique artist who has worked long,
hard hours perfecting her many musical abilities
including her singing, songwriting, production and musicianship.
As Kristine herself says about music in general and about her music specifically, "Music is an escapism.
It can either be used as a positive escapism or a negative escapism. . .
My thing is I always want to do something positive."

Discography

Kristine W: All I Need Is Your Love
Kristine W: Clubland [Album]
Kristine W: Don't Wanna Think
Kristine W: Feel What You Want
Kristine W: Head Games
Kristine W: Land Of The Living [Album]
Kristine W: Land Of The Living [Single]
Kristine W: Loving You
Kristine W: One More Try
Kristine W: Perfect Beat [Album]
Kristine W: Promised Land
Kristine W: See You Someday
Kristine W: Show & Tell
Kristine W: Stronger [Album]
Kristine W: Sweet Mercy Me
Our Tribe With Frankë Pharoah & Kristine W: Love Come Home

Matty (Matthew Benbrook) and Paulie (Paul Herman) (Skinny) Songwriters, producers, guitarists and singers Top
Skinny's Project Skinny Fanclub

Biography

Matt and Paul originally and literally ran into each other while exploring India in the summer of '96'
and immeadiately clicked with each other's twisted humour and bizarre intrests.
In the belief that their meeting was one of those traveller experiences,
they were genuinely surprised to bump into each other yet again.
Not however, in somewhere as exotic as Delhi, but in Finsbury market, North London.
Both discovered that the other had pursued their passion for music, although in quite different genres
and it was decided to give it a shot together. Skinny had been fertilised..........
The Skinny embryo was beginning to develop at a rapid pace, sped along by an idea,
a theme that would carry Skinny into further realms of blurred reality and sharp fantasy...the 'Weekend'.
It was both fiction and biography all at once.
A two day sample of a young guys life and the peaks and troughs that ensue.
Yet 'Weekend' has become more than it's sum, through the craft,
humour and pure originality of electric music oozing from it's creators.
Each track, although inextricably linked via this warped concept,
can stand alone as a powerful and individual piece of music....

Discography Matty

Dido: No Angel [Album] {Tracks}
Dido: Thank You
Faithless: Irreverence [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Reperspective [Album]
Faithless: Reverence [Single]
Faithless: Saturday 3AM [Album] {Tracks}
Gabrielle: Forget About The World
Handsome Boy Modeling School: Sunshine
Kawala: Snowball
R. Kelly: Thank God It's Friday
Kristine W: Feel What You Want
Matty: Matty's World
P*nut: Sweet As [Album] {Tracks}
Skinny: Coming Up Roses
Skinny: Failure
Skinny: Friday (Going Out)
Skinny: Morning Light
Skinny: Sweet Thing
Skinny: Taller
Skinny: The Weekend
Pauline Taylor: Come Down
Pauline Taylor: Constantly Waiting
Pauline Taylor: The Letter
Pauline Taylor: Pauline Taylor [Album]

Discography Paulie

Dido: Don't Think Of Me
Dido: No Angel [Album] {Tracks}
Dido: Thank You
Dusted: Deeper River
The Egg: Getting Away With It
Eminem Featuring Dido: Stan [Original background music]
Faithless: Irreverence [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Reperspective [Album]
Faithless: Reverence [Album]
Faithless: Reverence [Single]
Pet Shop Boys: Nightlife {Tracks}
Sister Bliss: Bad Man
Skinny: Failure
Skinny: Friday (Going Out)
Skinny: The Weekend
Pauline Taylor: Constantly Waiting
Pauline Taylor: Pauline Taylor [Album] {Tracks}

Ibi Tijani Remixer, (assisting) engineer and (assisting) programmer Top

Biography

Ibi Tijani is the latest talent of Cheeky Records.
He started his work in 1994 as assisting engineer on Kristine W: Feel What You Want and
was in 1995 assisiting programmer on Jon Of The Pleased Wimmin (Featuring Sister Bliss): Give Me Strength.
In 1998 he did one track of the album Faithless: Sunday 8PM (The Garden) and Faithless: Saturday 3AM (Why Go?).
But since 1999 Ibi is becoming more and more active. He worked with Rollo & Sister Bliss on
the remix of Skunk Anansie: You'll Follow Me Down, in 2000 with Dusted (Album + Single)
and Rollo on the single Sister Bliss: Sister Sister (Ibi & Rollo's Tuff Mix).
And since 2000 he his making remixes by himself under the name Ibi and Absolute Beginners.
Together with Def-E he formed a band in 2002 "Absolute Beginners".
Since there was already a German band named "Absolute Beginner",
they changed their name later in 2002 from "Absolute Beginners" to "The Beginerz".

Discography

3 2 6: Give It Up
Apollo 440 Featuring The Beatnuts: Dude Descending A Staircase
The Beginerz: History
The Beginerz: Reckless Girl
Bini & Martini: Say Yes
Dido: White Flag
Dusted: Always Remember To Respect And Honour Your Mother Part 1
Dusted: When We Were Young [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Muhammad Ali
Faithless Featuring Dido: One Step Too Far
Faithless: Saturday 3AM [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: Sunday 8PM [Album] {Tracks}
Faithless: We Come 1
Faithless: Why Go?
First Choice: Ain't He Bad
Fused: Terror
Huff & Puff: Born Again
In-Grid: Tu Es Foutu
Jon Of The Pleased Wimmin: Give Me Strength
Kristine W: Feel What You Want
Kristine W: Land Of The Living [Album] {Tracks}
Mint Royale: Blue Song
Mousse T Featuring Emma Lanford: Fire
Ochestra Latina: Latin Drops
Sister Bliss: Sister Sister
Skinny: I Wish
Skinny: Morning Light
Skunk Anansie: You'll Follow Me Down
Slovo: Sertão Blues

Goetz Botzenhardt Producer, engineer, mixer and recordingengineer Top

Biography

Goetz Botzenhardt is mostly active as engineer for Faithless at the Swanyard Recording Studios in London.
He also works for the Pet Shop Boys at the Sarm West Studios in London.
He worked with a lot of artists like Faithless, Rollo, Sister Bliss, Rollo & Sister Bliss, Skinny,
Rob Dougan, Our Tribe, Sphinx, Pet Shop Boys, Déjà Vu, Sabrina Johnston, Huff & Herb and Andrea Parker.
He also produced songs for The Egg and Blag.

Discography

1 Giant Leap: 1 Giant Leap [Album]
1 Giant Leap: Braided Hair
3^rd Nation: I Believe
Auerbach: Blast
Atomic: Drop Inta Madness
B. B. E.: Seven Days And One Week
The Beatnik: From The Dizzy Heights Of Love
Black Grape: Get Higher
Blag: Unknown
The Cardigans: My Favourite Game
Alice Deejay: The Lonely One
Dido: The Highbury Fields EP
Dido: No Angel [Album] {Tracks}
The Egg: Getting Away With It
Faithless: Bring My Family Back
Faithless: Don't Leave
Faithless: God Is A DJ
Faithless: If Lovin' You Is Wrong
Faithless: Insomnia
Faithless: Irreverence [Album]
Faithless: Reverence [Album]
Faithless: Reverence [Single]
Faithless: Salva Mea (Save Me)
Faithless: Saturday 3AM [Album]
Faithless: Sunday 8PM [Album]
Faithless: Take The Long Way Home
Faithless: Why Go?
Fa-st: Back In The House
Fine Young Cannibals: I'm Not The Man I Used To Be
Funtopia Featuring Jimi Polo: Do You Wanna Know
Gabrielle: Forget About The World
Gloworm: Carry Me Home
Gloworm: Young Hearts
Grace: I Want To Live
Hi-Lux: Feel It
L' Homme Van Renn: The (Real) Love Thang
Huff & Herb: Up On The Blue
Huff & Puff: Help Me Make It
Intastella: Skyscraper
Sabrina Johnston: Satisfy My Love
Kawala: Snowball
Kristine W: Don't Wanna Think
Kristine W: Land Of The Living [Album]
Kristine W: Land Of The Living [Single]
Kristine W: One More Try
Kristine W: Sweet Mercy Me
Livin' Joy: Dreamer
Moby: Honey
Moby: That's When I Reach For My Revolver
Mr V: Give Me Life
Olive: You're Not Alone
Frank O'Moiraghi: Feel My Body
The O. T. Quartet: Hold That Sucker Down
O. T. Tunes: High
One Tribe Featuring Roger: High As A Kite
Our Tribe With Frankë Pharoah & Kristine W: Love Come Home
Andrea Parker: The Rocking Chair
Pet Shop Boys: Absolutely Fabulous
Pet Shop Boys: I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
Pet Shop Boys: New York City Boy
Pet Shop Boys: Nightlife {Tracks}
Stacey Pullen: Today Is The Tomorrow You
Raze: Break 4 Love
Juliet Roberts: I Want You
Rollo Goes Camping: Get Off Your High Horse
Rollo Goes Camping Again: Get Off Your High Horse
Rollo Goes Mystic: Love, Love, Love - Here I Come
Roxy Music: Love Is The Drug
Simply Red: Fairground
Sister Bliss: Bad Man
Sister Bliss With Colette: Cantgetaman, Cantgetajob (Life's A Bitch!)
Sister Bliss: Future Pulse
Sister Bliss: Oh! What A World
Skinny: Failure
Skinny: Friday (Going Out)
Skinny: The Weekend [Album] {Tracks}
Snap!: Rhythm Is A Dancer
The Space Brothers: Shine
Sphinx: What Hope Have I
Donna Summer: I Feel Love
Sunscreem: Exodus
Pauline Taylor: Come Down
Pauline Taylor: Constantly Waiting
Pauline Taylor: Pauline Taylor [Album] {Tracks}
Pauline Taylor: The Letter
Vengaboys: Forever As One
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