These two ladies are strong, autonomous and dearest to shew that they have�what it takes, any it is, to succeed and prevail. Both their careers�and personal lives get been rocked at points, but it would seem that�coming out on big top is 90% of the fun for both of them. They are very in�touch with their past, their present and their future, and their new�single is all about delivery the past into the present.
After well-nigh two years, international dance/electronica queen AMBER�is releasing a new individual! After her 2006 release of the red-hot �Melt�With The Sun�, Amber�s up-to-the-minute project, with a top-secret collaborator, has�been kept under close wraps, and fans are heroic to cognise the Who, What, When, and How of the newest jeopardize in Amber�s career. With a three-part release cause, this top-secret single is surely going to ready a huge�splash this summer!
GenQ Music is proud to be able-bodied answer some of those questions, thanks to�an undivided interview with both Amber and her top-secret�collaborator...(drum roll please....) ZELMA DAVIS!
Davis, the powerhouse voice behind C+C Music Factory�s many hits,�including �Here We Go�, �Things That Make You Go Hmmm...� is back and�ready to please listeners as she teams up with Dance sensation Amber!
These two ladies are firm, independent and love to show that they have�what it takes, whatever it is, to succeed and triumph. Both their careers�and personal lives have been rocked at points, only it would seem that�coming out on top is 90% of the fun for both of them. They ar very in�touch with their past, their present and their succeeding, and their new�single is all about bringing the past into the award. Known for their�chameleon-like sounds, Amber and Davis possess once again turned the music�world upside-down, and ar ready for the ride! For this collaboration, the�two chose a duet that originally featured two of their biggest influences, Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand: �No More Tears (Enough is Enough)�,�originally released by Summer and Streisand in 1979.
On the evening in front this enormously exciting launch, Zelma Davis and�Amber talked to Jaike O�Hara regarding this immense new release, the�collaborative serve, and what this new sound agency for both of them!
Jaike: Amber, Welcome back to GenQ! and Zelma Davis, it is a pleasure to�welcome you as intimately! Congratulations to you both on this very exciting�project! My number one question is probably the one that is most everyone's�minds. How does one go around turning a song from the very late �70s,�sung by two of the nigh influential singers of the time, into a modern�dance/electronica song without losing the integrity of its original format�and verse?
Amber: I played with that thought and idea to cover this song in my judgement for many�more years than people acknowledge. I always loved the title merely very well�understood that it was song dynasty by 2 of the biggest Divas ever and knew that�it could not be rush and performed half�heartedly but had to be done with integrity and timber. I required a�talented singer/collaborator who had the vocals to support such a�historic title with me and transpire it into 2008.
When I saw Zelma Davis on level in 2004 and heard her blab out live, I knew�that�I had met my match.
Jaike: So, after working with Davis in 2004, you knew you had found�something in her that was unique and special enough to foster this "baby",�but how did it actually begin? What lead to this collaboration?
Amber: We happened to be on the same flight back the next aurora and �even happened �to sit next to each other and had a lot of things in common. We are both�artists with a history, we both had our 'experience' with this harsh music�industry, we both are mothers...this is a sung not meant for 16 year�olds- you�have to have lived it to be able to sing it and fetch it...We exactly clicked and that to me is far more than worth than just the commercial portion of�it...it makes everything just so much better and so enjoyable as a�vocalist. Everything just happens for a reason and the timing is nowadays right and came naturally.
Jaike: The song itself, �No More Tears� sounds like another milestone in�both�your vocation and animation. Amber, you�ve always had a selfsame personal connection�to your�music, and your last release, �Melt With the Sun� was very unlike from the album ahead, though you said that it was the nighest thing to an �Amber standard� as your fans might notice, after producing a very different sound in �My Kind of World�. In other language, there is a story to be told through the songs you prefer, so what is the story of �No More Tears�? Is it the sign of a new and more powerful sound from Amber? It would seem that by pick such a classic song, you ar returning to the past, and delivery it forward to your future?
Amber: Like I aforesaid I ALWAYS adored this song and it simply so happened that I am a HUGE fan of Barbra and Zelma was queerly enough a HUGE fan of Donna...and we ar sooo able to relate to the title itself in many ways- professionally and personally it could just non be more than perfect. Also the paper is static very current - women were perpetually part of minorities in regards to their overall rights and we still have stigmas today attached to what we ar capable and are purportedly not up to of. I think it is a very universal joint message out there silent...and we are Western women- we cannot even imagine what 2/3 of the rest of the world in regards to the female population has to still deal with and is going through in regards to male suppression. Let's not forget emancipation and voting rights, etc were legally disposed to us [women] over here actually not that long ago...
Jaike: The remixes for this album ar produced by Pathos V2 and Solar City, deuce artists with which you have worked extensively, Amber. How did they oppose to the opportunity to change this classic into something that their following could relate to?
Amber: They were super excited, of course! My producer Wolfram Dettki from Pathos V2 had his 'Diva vocal overload' in the studio, as he also produced the vocals and he is a perfectionist at heart...he is just now such an amazing manufacturer and he was in his component when he got that opportunity. He loved every minute of it.He has a classical mix that stays a bit more true to the original and then more of a pop mix where as Solar City gave it the club hymn twist. They all worked very long and hard to non lose the integrity spell bringing it to 2008.�Zelma and I- we just had a good clip with it and let it come naturally- we�knew the song of track but wanted to transpire it into 2008- we both seem to very also be natural at improvisation- so we have a center part that totally developed naturally which was scarcely great! And I gave Zelma more parts to sing than Barbra gave Donna...(laughs) - we really tried to keep it equal.
Jaike: I can't wait to hear it! So, how is it to work with Zelma Davis? You've described how natural you deuce are unitedly, and how the two of you share many of the same ethos. Sounds like a mate made in heaven!
Amber: Just fantastic- a very talented lady with so much more to offer than the chances she was ever disposed - that lip syncing scandal that was asked from her by her then label when she was just 19 that took her flying calling down in an inst...she is just very professional and grounded...just the way I like it... No nonsense- no attitude- to the point. And I want everybody to get over that and see her for what she is truly capable of and for the things that she did reach and non ge her by that one misunderstanding because she does
