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Essence
*DJ/SINGER/SONGWRITER/PROMOTOR/PRODUCER
*Sex: Female
*Age: 29
*Orientation: Straight, but who doesn't like Hot Women to admire ;p
*Height: 5ft 7 inches
*Eyes: Blue
*Area: Kent / Lowestoft - U.K
*Size: 8
*Education: Dover Girls Grammar School .
*Attitudes: Strong, Flexible, Driven, Soulful, Sassy, Sexy, Funny.
*Loves : Music, Power Kiting, Good times, The Sea, Colour, Being Chill.
*Pisces - "You have an awesome imagination, and often put it to use for sexual purposes. You are very romantic and don’t hook-up with random people very often. Because sex to you is about showing your love, you are incredibly romantic in bed, and very giving. You tend be in a serious relationship more often then not. Sex matches: Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio"
Industry Quotes :
"Dirty Habit made a big splash recently with Dash & Samurai and Agent Alvin, and the ethereal vocal loveliness of Subsenix ft. Essence’ ‘Drop In The Ocean’ will be getting people damp in the pants region too no doubt; if you’re a fan of slickly produced and epic sounding Drum & Bass then this one for you. Krooked gets bent on the flip with his own very ‘Serious Sound’ and a proper mashup it is too, powerful beats and bass for the floor. Biggles! " Nu-Urban Music (ref - Drop In The Ocean) 2008
"The ability of a track to make you sing along is a quality that comes out either when played on computer speakers for personal enjoyment or on the dancefloor for everyone to hear. Synrgy’s Sundown mix of Embers has just that infectious quality; the beautiful vocals (from Essence) grip you at first listen and don’t let go until the massive synth and crashing break have taken you away from the half-tempo meter and dense ambience to "dance your ass off land". This tune is one for that ladies that all the guys want to hear. " In Da Jungle Recordings (ref - Virus Vs Essence Embers (Synrgy’s Sundown mix)) 2007
RELEASED SO FAR :
* Hope - Morphesis Feat Essence (Infleunza Media) - Released April 2008
* Drop in the Ocean - Subsenix Vs Kiro Feat Essence (Dirty Habit Records) - Released Feb 2008
*Viral Essence - Green Bliss (C.A.B.L.E. remix) (BC Presents)- Released 13/11/2006.
*Virus VS Essence - Embers (Synrgy's Sundown Mix) (In Da Jungle Recordings)- Released 01/11/2006
*ViralEssence - "Into the Light" Album (Independant Release) - Released August 2007
*Subsonik feat. Essence - "Inside Your Mind" / Technique Recordings
What does Essence do?
MIXING : Essence is an energetic DJ and she strays from fader pushing. Special move - spinbacks. Can't stop dancing behind the decks ! Essence is an Avid vinyl junkie, total fan of basic setups and proud to say she uses no synch assist, touch up softwares, or computer equipment to mess with her mixes. All mixes /live streams only recorded into wave studios - never edited!
PRODUCING: Essence has an array of software for fine music production . Weapons of choice include Nuendo, Cubase sx3, Reason, Soundforge, Various VST Plug ins, Acid, Behringer B2 Mic, Creative Sound Blaster - Audigy 2, Tube Ultragain Mic 200, Technics amp Su-v500m2, Technic 1210's, Gemini PMX1800 Mixer, Stanton DJ Pro 3000 Headphones, Yamaha DJX, AMD 64 Athlon. Producing a wide range of mashed up genres.
VIDEO PRODUCER: Essence has made several amatuer videos to accompany releases of tracks (her own and other commission work for various artists). The videos were not only filmed by Essence, capturing some unique footage from the likes of the Sky Demons Free Running team, she also edited and produced the videos -showing just how diverse her skills really are! Please visit her YouTube page (Essence4Music) and please feel free to watch the videos Essence has filmed, edited and produced for tracks such as "You Should" and "Nasty Intentions" both by ViralEssence, and "Drop in the Ocean" Subsenix Vs Kiro Feat Essence.
SONG WRITING/SINGING: Essence sings like a Siren. She is a gifted songwriter, writing and recording all her own lyrics. An ethereal yet soulful sound her vocals will make you shiver with anticipation. All vocals are recorded at her home studio to a professional standard, where Essence skips between her microphone and Nuendo software. Via this method Essence has collaborated with artists worldwide and the vocals recorded have been release quality. Not only has she already written 14 tracks on a 15 track album, she has done many, many collabs ranging from Trance, DnB, Accoustic and pop songs and enjoyed releases on Vinyl, CD and digital formats. Don't forget to vist the ViralEssence page to catch 3 full tracks from the album plus 2 videos produced by Essence. This is what a few of the artists of www.mp3unsigned.com have to say about Essence:
"You are much more eclectic than I expected. Tortured vox almost a la janis joplin sans les drugs. not an easy tune to sing but you do a great performance. good songwriting, too. well done! " Tom Joas - Tuesday, October 30, 2007
"First time by girl and damn! all the way around. You appear the be the complete package, the real deal. I’m glad to have stumbled across your work finally. Your voice is hot! So are the production skills. Very impressed! " LARRY LANE - Tuesday, October 17, 2006
"Where do you find people like Essence? Top voice indeed. I love her. This is a wonderful collab. " DaveRave - Saturday, July 01, 2006
I do like the way your voice changes between the sung and the spoken - there is a universality in your singing voice Essence but, my goodness, the South East accent comes through in the spoken bits which provides a really good contrast. Graham " GreyBrow - Thursday, March 01, 2007
"Oh please please please do more of this stuff Essence! This is sung very well I love your vocal style. Theres a little touch of vunerability in your voice. It’s really good." The Shed - Monday, January 01, 2007
"Your angelic singing style goes so well with the rather brutal beat. " Pruneau - Friday, September 15, 2006
"Touch of Sade(vocs) Very cultured voc style.You have a soft sweet voice." bob brannon - Sunday, September 03, 2006
Music/Artists that have inspired Essence:
INFLUENCES : In no particular order :) Shimon, Digweed, Massive Attack, Sasha, Beamish, Fergie, Hunter Dee MC, Faithless, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Dr S Gachet, Sade, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Bjork, Aphrodite, Marley Family, The Prodigy, Debbie Harry,Primal Scream, Goldfrapp, Joy Kitikonti, MC GQ, Rage against the Machine, Tina Turner, Jimi Hendrix, Meat Katie, Underworld, Sharam Jey, Leftfield , Moloko, Morcheeba, Dr Dre, Cypress Hill, DJ Rap, Annie Mac, The Doors, Jamiroquai, Gorillaz, UB40, Moby, The Shamen, Jeff Wayne (War of the Worlds), Mary J Blige, Snoop Dogg, Carl cox, Darren Emerson, Basement Jaxx, Finlay Quaye, Chemical Brothers, The Orb, Missy Elliot, Groove Armada, Eat Static, Deep Dish, Raiden, Every thing but the girl, Inner City, Metallica, Zero 7, DJ Shadow, Paul Van Dyk, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pete Tong, Run DMC, Mint Royale, Source, Sepultura, John Peel, Micheal Jackson (back in the days before!!!NOT now) Mark Shimmon - (No not Shimon- he is at the top ;-) lol), Darren Shambhala, Madonna, Daft Punk, Lil louis, Roni Size, Teebee, DJ Marky .
Plus too many more.........& People Freakin out on the Dance floor!!
Essence Biology
SUMMARY OF 2006 : ViralEssence formed at the beginning of 2006 after Essence met Contayjen (then known as Virus) on the Drum N Bass forum Spinwarp. After meeting up initially just to record vocals for Embers and Doing Fine Now, a jam immediately sparked up and gave birth to Green Bliss. Essence and Contayjen decided to work on an album and the ViralEssence journey begun. Apr 06 saw the first release, Green Bliss, which was picked up from the Computer Music Magazine forum for mention in the issue 101 of the magazine, in the 'listening room' slot. In the same week, Green Bliss clocked in at no.1 on the Official Chart on Mp3Unsigned.com. Within days, permission to remix Green Bliss was immediately requested by 2 signed producers, E:mortal (dark trance - Black Tiger Recordings) and C.A.B.L.E. (dnb). The C.A.B.L.E. Remix was signed and released on Bad Company UK's latest compilation CD Bad Taste II in November 06 and played on BBC Radio's Asian Network. In May-June 06 Embers was released, also reaching no.1 in the Official Chart on Mp3Unsigned.com. A remix competition on Battle of the Beatz received 12 entries, one of which, Synrgy's Sundown Mix was signed by In Da Jungle Recordings and has been featured in DJ mixes worldwide.In Nov 06 Essence produced a new video to the ViralEssence track "Nasty Intentions" plus a second remix competition was announced, receiving 15 entries. A remix by Subsonik was signed by Incite Recordings. The Nasty Intentions video was voted as one of the three 'Video of the Year 2006' on Mp3Unsigned.com. Essence also started to DJ out in clubs in the UK and Europe. The best of these gigs were at the Kaiman Club, Antwerp and the Eastern Haze Festival 2006. Essence also had a two hour weekly Friday night slot on Evolution fm spinning DnB to hard Trance, Old Skool and Techno.
SUMMARY OF 2007 : In February 2007 Essence was signed to Black Tiger Recordings. As well as continuing work with Contayjen Essence undertook new collaborative projects. CarEss is a collab with the lovely Carol Sue KirkPatrick. They met on www.mp3Unsigned.com in March 2007.All the tracks, music and lyrics under the name CarEss are copyright of Carol and Essence is the singer. Essence also teamed up with bad boy producer Subsonik for some trance and bass smashers. Check out the tracks on the player above and watch out for future releases forthcoming from them. In July Essence managed the drum and bass stage at a 3 day festival The Eastern Haze Festival, alongside Rain.Bo! The BASS STATION promo was a fantastic weekend and a huge success running without hitch. In August 2007 after 16 months of files flying back and forth over the net between Contayjen and Essence the album "Into the Light" by ViralEssence was released on CD and digital formats. Essence also made several new videos in 2007.
SUMMARY OF 2008 so far : In February 2008 Drop in the Ocean Vs Kiro Feat Essence was released and to date there only a few copies of the vinyl left online worldwide having sold out at the distro within a month! ViralEssence debut album "Into the light" was featured in Weed World magazine (see photo below) and reviewed alongside DJ Tiesto and Tom Findlay of Groove Armarda. Essence is also working with signed and up and coming producers within the DNB world. At the end of 2007 Essence teamed up with a producer who goes by the name Attic Tracks, at the moment the joint collab is named ATFE (Attic tracks Featuring Essence). They are already in the depths of producing and finishing 6 tracks, and are set to make an album with the release date unknown as yet. The album is to be very unique sounding - a sweet infusion of Electronic Ambient, DnB undertones and breaks topped with the lush vocal coatings of Essence..watch this space for more information soon.
In April 2008 Hope - Morphesis Feat Essence was released on Influenza Media.
In May 2008 ViralEssence recieved an excellent review in the Great Yarmouth and also the Waveney Advertisers by reviewer Sharon Richardson. Here is what she had to say:
ViralEssence formed in 2006 after a chance meeting of DJ – Singer/Songwriter Essence and Contayjen.
They fuse drum and bass, trip hop, lounge and chill –out to create a blissful and intoxicating sound.
Their debut album Into the Light serves up 15 tracks of seductive melodies and shimmering sonic creations. At times the tracks are uplifting and energetic and then they bring you down into a soothed state of mind.
The music is experimental, from the earthy and bristling sounds of Summer Vibes to the Arabian flavours backed with frenetic drum and bass rhythms on Green Bliss.
Essence’s vocals are extremely versatile and suit the dreamy melodies of Madly Chilled or the soulful and feisty vocals of Sitting Pretty.
Making this debut album even more special is that it has been written, mixed, mastered and distributed entirely independently yet it has an extremely professional, but not overproduced sound.
Haling from Kent, Essence was drawn to Norfolk after she was asked to DJ at the Eastern Haze Festival at Somerleyton in 2006 and was requested to run the Drum and Bass stage in 2007. Now resident near Great Yarmouth, ViralEssence are a local act to look out for to catch before they get snapped up by much bigger venues.
To find out more about ViralEssence and to find out how to get a copy of Into the Light visit www.Myspace.com/viralessence
Look out for new tracks coming shortly: Staring at Infinity - Subsenix remix, Embers (ViralEssence) - Ben Sage Remix.........
Purchase ViralEssence "Into the Light" 
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ViralEssence is a collaboration between Essence and the talented producer Contayjen. ViralEssence "Into the Light" is available to purchase from CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon & Mp3Unsigned Artist Store. The album is an urban mixture of Jazzy Trip Hop, Drum and Bass and Chill out:
01 - Love to Live 02 - Summer Vibes 03 - Rose-Tinted 04 - Sweet Air 05 - Green Bliss 06 - Doing Fine Now 07 - Your Lady 08 - Nasty Intentions 09 - You Should 10 - Sitting Pretty 11 - Cold and Frozen 12 - Madly Chilled 13 - In My Heart 14 - Embers 15 - Sail Away playing time: 65 mins
"Many thanks from Contayjen and myself to all the people who have purchased the CD already - I hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed making it !! And if any DJs/Producers would like to remix any tracks do not hesitate to ask !! :)Peace and Love peeps - Essence."
"Nasty Intentions is the best vocal dnb tune ever. It's one of those tracks that you play to ppl to get them into the scene. Wikkid tings!! Knock boots to this tune! "Third Rail. March 2007
"I just had to tell you how much I'm in love with Embers.It sends shivers up my spine, I f*cking love it!!! Your voice, the beats, just everything about that tune paralyses me, I can't even work out whether the original or the remix is best!!!"-S.Dogg. Feb 2007
Thankyou for viewing my page and thanks to all the artists of mp3Unsigned.com that I have had the fortune to collaborate with. Thanks to Stew. Peace - Essence X
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