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Hear My Cry >>
A pair of up-tempo, minor-key tunes kicks off this home-grown diva's debut CD. The catchy opener, "It Feels So Good", recalls both 1980s freestyle and Cher's wildly successful hit single "Believe". The next track, "I Put a Spell on You", is "inspired by" (as the CD's sleeve puts it) Screamin' Jay Hawkins's classic R&B gem of the same name, though the new version has none of the 1956 original's over-the-top sense of absurdity and abandon. Sonique's "Spell" is a lean machine fuelled by a disco bass throb, festooned with strings, and graced by Sonique's stylish vocals. Hear My Cry covers a lot of dance territory, from the dressed-up funk of "Are You Ready?" to the techno-tinged house of "Love Is on Our Side". The album also includes an R&B slow jam ("Drama"), gloomy trip-hop ("Empty [Hideaway]"), and a piano ballad ("Learn to Forget"). A fair amount of the disc's tracks are pedestrian, but what makes just about any of them worth checking out is Sonique's distinctive voice, an instrument with an unusual grain to it. --Fred Cisterna
It Feels So Good >>
On Kosmo >>
Born to Be Free >>
Sky >>
DJ Sonique - Club Mix: Mixed By DJ Sonique >>
Chart-topping DJ/chanteuse, Sonique has a slight advantage over her contemporaries when it comes to creating a mix album--she can sing. Thankfully, no-one else on the big-name DJ circuit has yet taken up this challenge as Sonique has on her Live Club Mix. Imagine the potential horror of Brandon Block or Sasha attempting to croon over their sets and suddenly you can appreciate Sonique's talents all the more. On this comp though, she keeps the vocal interludes to a respectful minimum, preferring instead to let the music and her mixing do the talking. Starting out with Silicone Soul's impressive "Right On Right On", the first CD sees the female phenomenon blend together everything from silky, chugging house tracks such as Colours' "The Guitar Track" and Xtra Large's "Mind Ma de Up" to breakbeat feasts such as the Plump DJ's "Scram" and Beber and Tamra's "Travelling On". CD 2 is set aside for the more aggressive side of things, with progressive pumpers like DJ Tiesto's "Flight 643" and Toma Vira's "The Sound Of Oh: Yeah". Throwing in a special live performance of the Energy 52 "Café Del Mar/Feel So Good" bootleg for good measure, Sonique has made a pretty good job of an album that caters for most musical tastes. --Paul Sullivan
Alive >>
It Feels So Good >>
Hear My Cry >>
It Feels So Good [12" VINYL] >>