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Tiff Lacey

Tiff Lacey (aka Tiffany Lacey) is a singer/songwriter from Crayford, Kent, England, and the vocalist behind many trance and house hits. She's known for her beautiful, particularly soft, tender and memorable voice and the fact that she usually writes lyrics that differ considerably from the standard hooks in the genre.[citation needed] So far Tiff Lacey holds a record as the most productive Electronic dance music singer in history.[citation needed]

Singing career

Tiff Lacey started singing as a young 16 year old girl. A few years later she began working professionally as a backing singer to the band “Falling Man”. They recorded an album and gigged quite regularly until they eventually disbanded. Then she started fronting a blues/rock band gigging locally in the South East. However she felt the need to develop her songwriting capabilities in her own right, so she left the band, but yet teamed up with one of it's members to record songs, to much critical acclaim. The partnership took off and they recorded several songs and had interest from both Virgin and EMI but unfortunately she and her partner broke up, thus she was not able to capitalise upon the record company interest. Deciding on a complete change of direction, Tiff Lacey joined the band “Frankenstein’s Baby”, an indie/folk based sound. They wrote and recorded their own material, had a large and loyal fan base and were reviewed various times in musical press and papers around the country. Playing regularly at the legendary “ Mean Fiddler “, Tiff Lacey felt that the other members were not as driven as her in seeking chart success, so she left, to reflect on the direction her career should eventually take.

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Tiff Lacey in 2002.

And then her breakthrough in the club scene happened. She was chosen between many vocalists by Paul Oakenfold to record the vocals for his track "Hypnotised", which became a smash worldwide hit in 2002. It was then followed by "In Your Hands" with Redd Square which resulted another big success and by M-Box's "Kiss In Shadows", which was remixed by Tiesto. In 2003 she also provided amazing vocals for The Thrillseekers' track "Affinity". Her fame was established in 2004 when she was included in three tracks from ATB's album No Silence, all three of which became smash hits, especially "Ecstasy" which is still ATB's biggest hit to date. She would later work with him again for the albums Seven Years: 1998-2005 (2005) and Future Memories (2009).

In 2005 she recorded vocals for Filo & Peri's techno hit "Dance With A Devil", which was remixed by Serge Devant and DJ Shog. That year saw her teaming up with Headstrong (aka Don Jackson) which is her signature collaborator to date next to ATB. They recorded numerous tracks together which were released over the years. The biggest hits among them are "Close Your Eyes", "The Truth" and "Symphony Of Soul". Tiff got in touch with Jackson thanks to another longtime collaborator and a big name in the EDM industry - Matt Darey (who contributed a great remix for "Close Your Eyes"), with whom she recorded the track "Always" to a great success, which was followed by "Sum Of All Fears" in 2007 and "Into The Blue" in 2010.

In 2006 she also recorded for the first time with Cosmic Gate. The tune tune called "Should've Known" was included on their album Earth Mover and was also released as a single with remixes by Wippenberg, Jonas Steur a.k.a. Estuera and DJ Delicious, receiving stratospheric success. Wippenberg wanted Lacey for the track "Promised Land" the next year, which was remixed by Nic Chagall.

In 2007 Tiff Lacey teamed up with russian DJ Bobina for a collaboration track called "Where Did You Go", which was included in his album "Again". The track went remixed by another popular name, dutch DJ First State. The remix received massive airplay and support from DJs such as Armin Van Buuren which led to an exclusive collaboration between First State and Lacey called "Where Do We Go", included on his album "Time Frame".

In 2008 Tiff recorded two tracks with iconic trance duo Matt Abbott and Chris Chambers a.k.a. Abbott & Chambers titled "Where Are You" and "Strange Liaison". The tracks were released with massive packages including remixes by Nitrous Oxide, Cressida, Carl B, Dennis Sheperd, David & Carr, Onova, Allan O' Marshall and Karl G. These tunes established her fame in the Uplifting trance genre, after being included mainly on Progressive trance and Dance before that. The same year she also did "Don't Be Afraid" with Michael Badal and "The Sweetest Sound" with Nick Murray both of which became international radio and club hits (the second became a chart topping hit in UK and was her first release on her future label Loverush Digital) and are considered as signature tracks of hers. Overall that was her most successful year until then, with more than 30 releases (during 2008 only).

Her collaboration track with Tenishia called "Burning From The Inside" won the award Best Dance Tune 2008 at the Malta Music Awards.

She wrote a vocal electronic album with Huw Williams in 2007 and it was released in 2008 under their alias name Rubikon and it's title is "Wonderland". The album features 11 original recordings. Three of them, "Thing Called Love", "Why Keep On" and "Telephone" were released as singles with remixes by Morgan Page and Hakan Ludvigson among the others.

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Promo picture for the cover of the single "Someone Like You" in 2009.

Even though she's considered a Trance Diva, however, Tiff is often wanted for House music collaborations as well. Some of her highlights in this genre include: "Clockworks" with Amex and Natlife (2008), "Dreaming" with DJ Zya (2009), "Sweet 17" with Tash (2009), "Beds" with Chus Liberata (2010), "As We Ride" with The Henchmen (2011) and "Perfect World" with Pagano (2011).

Tiff Lacey's first solo single (she only had one solo song included on Ibiza compilation before that) - a piano ballad called "Show Me The Way" was released on 14 December 2009, with remix package provided by Ivan Spell and Gabriel Lukosz. It was re-released in 2011 with a reworked Ivan Spell remix.

In January 2010 "I Know" with George Acosta was released. The remix of the tune by Beat Service was played on A State Of Trance and featured on numerous other podcasts becoming an international progressive trance hit.

In April 2010, Tiff Lacey signed Loverush Digital. Later in that year she did a special appearance on Matt Darey's Nocturnal radio show where an 1 hour vocal set consisting entirely of her hits was played, including comments by herself between every track.

She wrote a dance tune called "Healing" with Robert De Fresnes under alias Seven Sisters in 2010. To be officially released in 2011.

In February, 2011, her collaboration with Aly & Fila called "Paradise" was released as a single on Future Sound of Egypt to a smashing success, being played on ASOT.

Tiff and Solo teamed up under alias "Seagate" to release a massive trance track called "Remain In Light" on June 2, 2011.

Upcoming collaborations include new tracks with well known partners of hers such as Matt Darey, First State and Der Mystik, as well as new tunes with Airwave, Type 41, Shane Halcon and Illitheas, amongst others. Probably there will also be a new collaboration with Abbott & Chambers. An EP with DJ Avatar One is expected as well.

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Tiff Lacey - "Take Me Away" single cover (2011).

On 31 January, 2011 the singer shared the official video of the first single from her upcoming full-length studio album "Viva" called "Take Me Away" on her Facebook page. Later on the same day Mark "Loverush" Schneider announced the single's upcoming release. It was released on March 9, 2011 on iTunes with remixes by Tom Noize, Loverush UK!, Darren Flinders and Stereojackers.

On May 8, 2011, Tiff Lacey presented on Facebook an official video to another song from her upcoming album - the touching ballad "Mother To Daughter". The video was shot in Dorset and in her home. Her daughter also appears in it.

Her album "Viva" is set for release on July 25, 2011 via Loverush Digital. Main record producers in it include George Popa, Matt Bukovski (with whom she also have an upcoming smash collaboration track called "Swept Away", to be released on Enhanced this year) and Fredrik Johansson aka E:Mortal (with whom she previously did two tracks - "Coming Home" and "Beneath A Gentle Sky").


Writing and painting

Besides her singing talent, Tiff Lacey is also very good writer and painter. She wrote almost all of her song lyrics. Her themes include various subjects like love, dreams, fears, introspection, sadness, specific human moods and states, happiness, God and, especially in the last few years, much of her lyrics are concentrated on motherhood.

She's writing a children book called "Smaharaim. A Tale of Smidgeon", which she's also illustrating by herself. Commercial release is planned through her own publishing label PeaChi Publishing. Painting has always been a passion for Tiff to the point that today she would be considered a professional painter, having a large collection of artworks drawn by her.

Personal life

Tiff Lacey married her husband Gavin Cook in 2005. They have one daughter. The curious fact is that their wedding was held on the very same day of ATB's wedding with his wife Anna.

Discography

Albums

Solo singles

  • "Carnival Queen" (2008) (Promo Only)
  • "Show Me The Way" (2009)
  • "Take Me Away" (2011)

Collaborations

References

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