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Kirsty Hawkshaw Sleepthief Labyrinthine Heart at Musical Discoveries Kirsty Hawkshaw Musical Discoveries: Can you fill us in on what else have you been working on since the last Sleepthief album? Kirsty Hawkshaw: I have been working on a new solo album with Ulrich Schnauss. He is the most incredible person and producer and I have long been searching for somebody to work with who applies so much depth and empathy when producing songs I have written. We met in an interesting way too I was performing at the Big Chill festival a few years ago and all the equipment went wrong, the computer wouldn't boot with all the files for Ableton so my friend Samy Bishai and I decided to just start something with him on violin and me singing.

It was a huge risk and there were loads of people watching so I felt very vulnerable. When we got half way through the song Andy managed to boot up the computer and brought the track in perfectly in time and tune to what we were doing and Ulrich commented on seeing the show whilst talking on the Big Chill radio station later on that evening. I said to a friend, 'Oooh that guy just mentioned me!' And my friend said, 'That is Ulrich Schnauss! Don't know you his work?'

I didn't know it by name, but when I heard the music I definately knew it, and was blown away. I saw it as a sign to contact him. When I was at his Studio last week, he showed me all my old CDs which he had and rare vinyl from the OUT era. It was Pete Lawrence who connected me to Ulrich. The Big Chill is responsible for our aquaintance.

How did you get involved with this Sleepthief album? Justin contacted me on a fan forum on Yahoo groups and a guy called Adin told me about Sleepthief saying how great Justin is and how I should definately work with him. Justin is a humble guy too and sharp as a knife mentally.

A man of his word and I think thats why he now has a very beautiful album in his hands. Little did I know what an adventure it was going to be, it's very rare these days to actually get into the studio with a producer or be flown out to Utah to make a class video! Justin is family to me now and I've grown alot as a result of our friendship, his mum and dad and sister Crystal and Jordan are so lovely the love we share is very special indeed. What exactly were your responsibilites on this recording? Justin sent me a basic piano backing track which I wrote the song over.

'Skimming Stones' happened very fast. That week I was in a very difficult place mentally. My daughter was not sleeping throughout the night her molars were coming through, I was totally exhausted and in need of a break. My mum informed me that my Opa who was my last grandparent was also probably not going to live much longer as he was very old and in hospital. She asked if I would go to Germany and hold his hand so I took the opportunity. I remember sitting on my chair listening to the piano, and I wrote the words without really thinking too much and then I looked at it and burst into tears.

I sent it to my friend Avatar One who was talking on aim to me about Catholicism, I remember thinking how much I wished I could believe a religion like some do, they seem so much happier. But I've always been the type of person who likes to keep things open and it scares me to commit to any one path incase I might miss something as a result. I have always felt this overwhelming sense of love around me that keeps me believing that life is spiritual. I said to Michael 'I think I just wrote something thats going to turn out very well, because I can't stop crying, and he said it gave him goosebumps. I recorded the demo in my little studio at the bottom of the garden and then I filed things back and forth to either Israel or Justin over Instant Messenger or via YouSendIt. The problem was that my recording set up is not as good as theirs so that gave us an excuse to have a knees up in Utah and do some recordings at the same time.

When I work with Sleepthief I tend to leave the music compositions to Justin and I write the top lines. I compose myself too and if I am working with Ulrich, I send him midi files of my compositions and he arranges them and changes the sounds and takes the songs to another level. What do you think contributes to the immense popularity of Sleepthief's music? Firstly the energy that goes into the songs are usually based on a great connection which translates into the music.

Also I think Justin gives so much to his fan base who are very loyal to him, It takes alot of personal sacrifice make this happen and if you knew how hard Justin works and how much of his time he gives you would definately become a strong ally if invited. All the women on the album are incredible artists. Women of their calibre don't just say yes to any Tom, Dick or Trance Harry. I adore Zoe Johnston, we have such a laugh together on our travels, I keep in touch with Jody Quine over Facebook and Twitter, and recently Justin, Eric, and I met up with Caroline Lavelle for a picnic by Stonehenge when they visited the UK.

I've spoken to Joanna Stevens, Shelley Harland and Kristy too, and believe me we do compare notes and warn each other if badly treated. Kristy and I joked how we have been mistaken for each other at times.

It helps that Justin can play piano very well and is a great composer, has good ideas, and his taste in music, his past influences drive the passion too. It's nice to work with somebody in my age group, somebody who was young in a time when music had such quality to it. Justin and I are huge eighties fans and we love Lisa Gerrard. I just noticed in Justin's top friends that he has Yazoo in his list, I must tell him that my Mum looks after Alison Moyet's chickens when they are on holiday. What can you tell us about the music videos and potential for live shows?

Eric Hueber is the best video producer I've ever worked with. His focus and ideas are incredible and I feel incredibly blessed to have been able to work with him on 'Chauffeur' and 'Skimming Stones.'

As for a live tour, I would really love to do that with Sleepthief because I know it would be very funny in between shows and I love a good laugh. It's all down to the practicality I guess as we all live so far apart, but my children are both in school next year so things will be a little bit easier as far as taking a little time out to tour.

Many of us ladies have children now, so I am guessing a good idea would be to take it in turns. Ulrich and I are talking about a tour next year too and we will have an album to show by then.

2010 will be a much better year all around I think. Maybe Ulrich and I could do tour support - hint hint. What else piques your interest and occupies your time these days? I am the mother of two wonderful children Ike and Edie-Moon. My kids are my priority, and as they are a bit older now I have to really work on time keeping. I am currently working on a book all about Raw foods, and their benefits. Being forty years in age, a mother and an artist, I need the fuel and raw foods have been of huge benefit to me over the years.

I wanted to share some of my secrets and experiences through an e-book. What do you think of the online era? The music industry is changing at a rapid pace however it's very easy to state 'It's this and it's that' but I don't think we really actually know just yet what the truth really is.

I'm waiting patiently for the right move to present itself and it will once Ulrich and I have this new album in our hands. It's a wonderful thing that an artist has an avenue to reach people without relying on a major label, or a radio station, but at the same time we have to be careful not to fool ourselves into thinking we are in control either - life doesn't work like that. I have learned a huge lesson in the past few years about the internet and have studied it quite well.

My conclusion is to keep counsel as best one can, keep grounded and focused on ones own projects because there are alot of vampyric's who will bleed u for all they can if given the opportunity - keep that ego in check at all times. I recently read this blog from the band Idlewild after having a conversation with my boyfriend Tim who was chatting to one of his friends down the pub who is a fan of Idlewild. This is what they said about iTunes.

'We announced this earlier in the week, here's a bit more on the subject. The standard version of the album (minus 'No Wiser') is now available on the iTunes Music Store. Ideally we would have held off until the official release (end September/beginning October) but as I'm sure most of you are aware the album was leaked within six hours of it landing on people's doorsteps. This has left us with a situation where people who never pre-ordered the record are downloading it from tracker sites, blogs, rapidshare and all manner of shady places as it is not available through normal/legal outlets. By placing a slightly shortened version of the album on iTunes we can at least give people the option to purchase a proper digital copy before it is released by Cooking Vinyl later in the year.' Some will take your album and share it the minute they have it. We can do nothing about that, I used to tape the top 40 on my tape machine and share it with friends.

I have had to make a hard decision this year and quit making trance music, mainly because of the attitude of those running that scene. DJs get paid a lot of money to play out, but they often do not register the PPL performance royalties so us singers often don't get the royalties from our performances. It's one thing I often moan about in my phone calls to PPL. We are basically making dance music for nothing now, and it's hard to get gigs too so I've decided to quit all together and focus on music that is more timeless. There is only one dance producer I am going to work with next year and thats Funkagenda because we are already talking and it would be worth my time, plus he has good management who are polite and send me decent agreements that are straight up. Ulrich and I are still biding our time creating the album we want to make without the pressure of a record label waiting for us to finish it, but I am keeping open to the fact that a label takes a lot of pressure off an artist and can often be a protection/buffer to all that energy that can overwhelm by going it alone.

I think gigs followed by CD sales or even vinyl. I long for the days where you bought something, a product you could touch, smell, and listen to that is open and not squashed to hell with digital compression. I definately think it's very beneficial for artists to play live, have a very loyal fan base, and have a very good relationship with synch companies and the compilation market. I bought Ellipse this week on Amazon by Imogen Heap and it sounds stunning. It's nice to rifle through the packaging and have a morning with it.

Is there anything else you'd like to tell our readers? I'd like to thank all the people who have bought our music.

It's people like you who keep us going and we are truly grateful for your support. I'd like to give a very special warm energy ray to Leon and a Rainbow of gratitude and love to Bert. More Kirsty Hawkshaw: (2005) Sleepthief (2006) Sleepthief (2009) interview, review and HTML © R. Elliot 2009 images © Kistry Hawkshaw 2009 last updated 31 August 2009.

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That Ole Devil Called Love 06. Is This Love? Weak In The Presence Of Beauty 08.

Ordinary Girl 09. Love Letters 10. It Won’t Be Long 11.

This House 12. Footsteps 14. Whispering Your Name 15. Should I Feel That It’s Over 16. Yesterday’s Flame 18. Windmills Of Your Mind 19. Almost Blue 20.

One More Time CD2: 25 Live - In session: 01. All Cried Out 02. Ordinary Girl 05. This House 07. Footsteps 09. Is This Love? Situation 11.

Wishing You Were Here Link. Size: 500 Mb.:: TRACKLIST:. Disc 1 - The Great Blockbusters 01. Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra (Sunrise) (2001: A Space Odyssey) 02. Wagner - Die Walkuere - The Ride Of The Valkeries (Apocalypse Now) 03. Mozart - Requiem In D Minor K626 (Amadeus) 04.

Horner - My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) 05. Barry - Main Theme (You Only Live Twice) 06. Williams - Main Theme (Star Wars) 07. Zimmer - Gladiator Theme (Gladiator) 08.

Bizet - Les Pecheurs Des Perles - Au Fond Du Temple Saint (Gallipoli) 09. Mascagani - Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo (The Goodfather III) 10. Shore - The Fellowship (The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) 11. Williams - Fawkes The Phoenix (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets) 12. Williams - Hymn To The Fallen (Saving Private Ryan) 13. Mozart - Divertimento For String Trio In E Flat K563 - III.

Menuetto: Allegretto (Mission Impossible) 14. Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Extract) (Fantasia) 15.

Horner - End Titles (Braveheart) Disc 2 - The Classic Movies 01. Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.3 (Somewhere In Time) 02. Allegri - Miserere (Chariots of Fire) 03.

Myers - Cavatina (The Deer Hunter) 04. Barber - Adagio For Strings (Platoon) 05.

Mahler - Symphony No.5 in C Sharp minor (Death In Venice) 06. Newman - Any Other Name (American Beauty) 07.

Williams - Main Theme (E.T.) 08. Williams - Main Theme (Schindlers List) 09. Morricone - Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission) 10. Mozart - Symphony No.25 in G minor K183 (Romeo & Juliet) 11.

Verdi - Main Theme from La Forza del Destino Overture (Jean De Floerette) 12. Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik - II.

Romance (Alien) 13. Morricone - Love Theme (Cinema Paradiso) 14. Shostakovich - Jazz Suite No.2 - Watlz No.2 (Eyes Wide Shut) 15. Beethoven - Ode To Joy (A Clockwork Orange) Disc 3 - Favourite Movies 01. Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective) 02. Mozart - Clarinet Concerto In A K622 (Out Of Africa) 03.

Mozart - Concerto For Two Pianos In E Flat K365 (Amadeus) 04. Tarrega - Memories Of The Alhambra (Sideways) 05. Mozart - Flute & Harp Concerto In C K299 (The Joy Luck Club) 06. Pergolesi - Stabat Mater (The Talented Mr. Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus K618 (Lorenzo's Oil) 08. Mozart - Horn Concerto No.2 in E Flat K417 (JFK) 09.

Schubert - String Quintet In C D956 (Carrington) 10. Mozart - Le Nozze Di Figaro - Overture (Runaway Bride) 11. Elgar - Cello Concerto In E Minor Op.85 (Hilary & Jackie) 12. Mozart - Symphony No.40 In G Minor K550 (The Living Daylights) 13.

Elgar - Nimrod - Enigma Variations (Elisabeth) 14. Schubert - Symphony No.8 In B Minor D759 'Unfinished' (Minority Report) 15. Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachmusik - IV. Rondo (Here's Something About Mary) 16. Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Act.

II No.10 (Billy Elliot) 17. Holst - The Planets Suite - Jupiter (The Right Stuff) Disc 4 - The Piano At The Cinema 01. Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First (The Piano) 02. Mozart - Piano Concerto No.21 (Elvira Madigan) 03. Chopin - 'Raindrop' Prelude (Face/Off) 04. Mozart - Piano Concerto No.20 (Amadeus) 05.

Chopin - Waltz In C Sharp Minor (Private Benjamin) 06. Mozart - Rondo alla turca (The Truman Show) 07.

Mozart - Piano Concerto No.25 (The Associate) 08. Mozart - Piano Sonata No.11 In A (A Beautiful Mind) 09.

Beethoven - 'Moonlight' Sonata (Immortal Beloved) 10. Chopin - Nocturne In C Sharp Major (The Pianist) 11. Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1 (The Music Lovers) 12. Satie - Gymnopedie No.1 (What Lies Beneath) 13. Chopin - 'Minute' Waltz (Paycheck) 14. Beethoven - Fur Elise (Rosemary's Baby) 15. Chopin - Piano Concerto No.1 (The Truman Show) 16.

Debussy - Clair de Lune (Ocean's Eleven) 17. Chopin - Polonaise No.6 In A Flat (Shine) Disc 5 - Opera At The Cinema 01. Bellini - Norma - Casta Diva (The Bridges Of Madison Country) 02. Verdi - Rigoletto - La donna e mobile (Captain Corelli's Mandolin) 03.

Mozart - Cosi fan tutte - Soave sia il vento (Closer) 04. Verdi - Il Trovatore - D'amor ali rosee (Basquiat) 05. Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro - Non piu andrai (Tracing Places) 06. Puccini - Tosca - Vissi d'arte (Copycat) 07. Mozart - Cosi fan tutte - Un'aura amorosa (My Left Foot) 08. Mozart - Die Zauberflute Der Holle Rache (Miss Congenialty) 09. Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro - Canzonetta sull'aria (The Shawshank Redemption) 10.

Giordano - Andrea Chenier - La mamma morta (Philadelphia) 11. Mozart - Don Giovanni - La ci darem la mano (Babette's Feast) 12. Puccini - Tosca - E lucevan le stelle (Heavenly Creatures) 13. Bizet - Carmen - Habanera (Callas Forever) 14. Puccini - La Boheme - Che gelida manina (Moonstruck) 15. Dvorak - Rusalka - Song To The Moon (Driving Miss Daisy) 16.

Catalani - La Wally - Eben? Ne andro lontana (Diva) 17.

Offenbach - Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Barcarolle (Life Is Beautiful) 18. Puccini - Turandot - Nessun dorma (The Witches Of Eastwick) Disc 6 - Baroque Goes To The Cinema 01. Hnadel - Solomon - The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba (Four Weddings And A Funeral) 02. Bach - Toccata & Fugue In D Minor BWV 565 Fugue (The Aviator) 03.

Handel - Zadok The Priest (The Madness Of King George) 04. Bach - Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor BWV 1043 (Children Of A Lesser God) 05. Vivaldi - Gloria In Excelsis Deo (Someone To Wath Over Me) 06.

Bach - Viola Da Gamba Sonata In G Minor BWV 1029 (Truly, Madly, Deeply) 07. Albinoni - Adagio In G Minor (Gallipoli) 08. Vivaldi - Mandolin Concerto In C Rv425 (Kramer Vs Kramer) 09. Bach - Goldberg Variations BWV 788 - Aria (The Silence Of The Lambs) 10.

Handel - Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.12 (Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl) 11. Bach - Orchestral Suite No.3 In D BWV 1068 (Runaway Bride) 12. Pachelbel - Canon In D (Ordinary People) 13. Vivaldi - The 4 Seasons - Concerto No.4 In F Minor 'Winter' (The Other Sister) 14. Bach - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Cantata No.147 (Meet The Parents) 15. Handel - Sarabande - Keyboard Suite In D (Barry Lyndon) 16.

Bach - Keyboard Concerto No.5 In F BWV 1056 (Lara Croft: Tom Raider) 17. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.3 In G BWV 1048 (Hannibal) 18.

Handel - Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus (Briget Jone's Diary).:: DOWNLOAD LINKS:. Rapidshare Megaupload. Thekra Mohammed Abdullah Al Dali (Arabic: ذكرى محمد عبدالله الدالي; September 16, 1966 – November 28, 2003), better known as Thekra (Arabic: ذكرى also spelled Thikra, Zekra or Zikra) was a Tunisian The word 'Thekra' is Arabic for a memory or memorial.

Early life She was the eighth youngest among her siblings Tawfeeq, Mohsin, Al Sayyidah, Salwa, Al Habeeb, Hajar, Kawthar and Wedaad. She attended elementary school in Wadi Al Lail and later transferred to to Al Khaznadar (Arabic script: الخزندار) elementary school to complete her studies. Career She started performing at school, her father was very supportive while her mother didn't accept it. After her father's death her mother started to support her as her brothers and sisters did. In 1980, she performed in the 'Fan Wa Mawahib' (Arabic: فن و مواهب), which impressed the judges and Ez Al Deen Al Ayyashi noticed her, so she joined the show's chorus. In 1983 she had her first own song composed by 'Abdul Hameed Khareef'. In the same year, she performed at the Carthage festival.

Later she joined the Tunisian Radio and TV National band, vocal group section and that's when she met 'Abdul rahman Al Ayyadi' who composed many of her songs later. At the time Thekra was known with her powerful 'voice' and her ability to perform any kind of Arab genres including 'Qasa'ed', 'Mowashahaat' and 'Tarab' songs. Thekra in Egypt After her career in Libya, she moved back to Tunisia for a while but then she went to Egypt and begins her career to be known in the whole Arab World. In Egypt, she met the 'Hani Mihanna' who produced 2 albums of her and they are 'Wehyati Andak' in the year 1995 which was an instant hit in the Arab world, until then she was known in the West side of the Arab world only but after that album she became widely known all over the Arab world. Mihnna also produced her 2nd and last album with her which was 'As'har Ma'ah Sertak' in the year 1997. Few months later of the year 1997 she released another album with a different producer which was 'Al Asami' and in the year 2000 'Yana'.

Her last release album in Egypt was Youm Aleek in the year 2003 only 3 days before her murder! Her voice was very powerful and that's made the in Egypt notice her such as 'Salah Al Sharnoobi' and 'Hilmi Bakir'. Performed in Egyptian Arabic were:. 'Wehyati Andak' ( و حياتي عندك). 'Mish Kol Hob' ( مش كل حب). 'Youm Aleek' ( يوم عليك).

'Bahlam Beloqak' ( بحلم بلقاك). 'Al Asami' ( الاسامي). 'Yana' ( يانا). 'Ya Azeez Aini' ( يا عزيز عيني).

'Law Ya Habeebi' ( لو يا حبيبي). 'Ya Khofi' ( يا خوفي). Thekra in GCC and Gulf region Thekra performed many songs and album in different Arab dialects including 'Khaleeji'. She released many Khaleeji albums and they are:.

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Thekra (1998). Thekra 2(2002). Thekra 3 (2003). 'Wish Maseeri' (2003). She also performed many duets with Khaleeji singers such as Abo Bakir Salim in the song 'Mishghil Al Tafkeer', and duet with Mohammed Abdo in the year (2003). She was going to perform a duet with Abdullah Al Rowaished but she was killed before recording it. Her greatest hits in Gulf Arabic are:.

'Elain El Youm' ( الين اليوم). 'Wainik Enta' ( وينك انت). 'Ma Feeni Shai' (ما فيني شي). 'Ahibbik Moot' ( احبك موت). 'Ghayib' ( غايب).

'Al Jarh' ( الجرح). 'Qalaha' ( قالها). 'Hatha Ana' ( هذا انا). 'Al Mesafir' ( المسافر). Death On November 28 2003, she was murderd by her husband Ayman Al Sowaidi with 16 bullets using a machine gun.

He also killed his manager, then committed suicide. Crowds of people and went out to the streets mourning her death. She was going to be buried in Egypt but Latifa immediately called 'Hala Sarhan' and the prince 'Al Waleed Bin Talal' the owner of Rotana, the producer of Thekra's last album alive 'Youm Aleek', who rented her an airplane to take her to Tunisia. 3-Thekra Vol.1 @ 192 kb 01 - La Maho Wajed 02 - Ya Layemi 03 - Dekheel Allah 04 - Galaha 05 - Ebte'ed Ani(withTala Madah) 06 - Shahar 07 - Weda'tek Galbi 08 - Elain El Yoam 09 - Hatha Ana 10 - Ahatherak 11 - Aghany Gedeema 4-Thekra Vol.02 @ 192kb 01. Mashi El Haal 02.

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A'tether Lek 03. Meseer El Hay 04. El Mahabah 05. Ya Habibi 06. Wesh Akhbari 07. Mafeeni Shay 08. Azat Alay Nafsi 10.

Ahebak Moot 11. Ajeelak Shoog 5-Thekra Vol.03 @ 192kb 01. Al Madeenah Wa Al Ghareeb 04. Ketha 05.Ayddissa'ah 06. Hatha Int 11. Ma Yabeena 6-Yana Yana @ 192 kb 01. Allah Ghaleb 02.

Azeez Ainy 04. Mabnetkalemsh 05.Teb'ed Anny 06. Enta 08.Halooh. MP3 128 kbps Incl. Covers 110 MB Ahmad Touny Soliman: Chant Mohamed Ahmed Touny Soliman: Reqq Rashidi Khamis Rashidi Abdelbary: Duff Yousri Mourad Fawzi Danial: Derbouka Moustafa Abdelhadi Abdelrehman: Qawal Fatih Abbas Hashem Ahmed: Kamanga Mohamed Ahmed Hassan: Oud TRACK LISTINGS DISC 1 01. Qulub Al Ashoine, Les Coeurs des Amants, The Hearts of Lovers 36:07 02. Al Qalima Al Qadima, La Parole Originelle, The Original Word 28:46 DISC 2 01.

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