Kirsty Hawkshaw (born 26 October 1969, London) is a British female dance/electronica/house/trance musician and songwriter who is known for her participation as lead vocalist for the group Opus III.
Kirsty Hawkshaw is the daughter of the British production music/film music composer and disco record producer Alan Hawkshaw. Her father and her love for dance music inspired Hawkshaw to pursue a career in music.
At a rave event in 1991 she was noticed ...
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Kirsty Hawkshaw (born 26 October 1969, London) is a British female dance/electronica/house/trance musician and songwriter who is known for her participation as lead vocalist for the group Opus III.
Kirsty Hawkshaw is the daughter of the British production music/film music composer and disco record producer Alan Hawkshaw. Her father and her love for dance music inspired Hawkshaw to pursue a career in music.
At a rave event in 1991 she was noticed by producers Ian Munro, Kevin Dobbs and Nigel Walton, who at the time were known as A.S.K. It was through this meeting that they would form a dance act called Opus III. Their first single, "It's a Fine Day" from their debut album Mind Fruit was an international success and Top 10 hit on UK Singles Chart, and hit #1 on Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1992. A reversed sample of Hawkshaw's singing from this track was used in the Orbital track "Halcyon," the music video for which featured Hawkshaw. Opus III also had another US #1 hit...
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