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Newton Victoria biography

Female vocalist for the project Strike.

Victoria Newton is a versatile performer freely moving between musical genres; jazz standards, latin, funk and disco. She performs songs in Spanish, Italian, French and Brazilian Portuguese. Her charisma, powerful vocal performances and boundless energy make her one of the most exciting vocalists working today. She began her musical career in Perth (Western Australia) where she studied classical music and jazz. Her talent was recognised when she became a finalist in The Australian Singing Competition.

In 1990, London became her next major destination and she quickly established a name for herself on the jazz and latin scene. She collaborated with acid-jazz recording artist Ronny Jordan and became lead singer with latin/jazz-fusion band Cayenne.

She has worked with many luminaries of British jazz including David Newton, Gareth Williams, Jonathan Gee, Marc Parnell and Ian Thomas, appearing at venues such as Pizza on the Park, The 606 Club, The Vortex and Smollensky's on the Strand. In The 606 Club she Victoria song with Steve Rubie's (606club owner) latin band, called Samara. Originally that band had a purely instrumental outfit, till Steve Rubie heared her singing in the mid-'90's and he added her to the line-up.

Victoria's affair with dance music began when recording vocals for a friend at the studios of Fresh Records in Notting Hill, London in 1992. The following year she was featured on Eden's club track Do You Feel For Me which entered the Top 10 of the American Billboard Dance Charts.

Towards the end of 1994, Victoria became lead singer of dance group Strike, her world became a rollercoaster of recording, promoting and performing.

In 1999, Victoria signed a solo recording deal with Fresh Records in London and began writing and recording her first album featuring song-oriented dance music with R&B influences. Her first single Martha's Harbour went to # 8 in the Dance Charts and, in 1999, featured in the Top 10 of world-renowned DJ, Paul Van Dyk.

Having completed a successful 3 month season at Terence Conran's Mezzo, she regularly appears at some of London's most sophisticated and stylish venues such as The Waldorf, Opium, Sound Republic and the St Martins Lane Hotel as well as many corporate functions and private parties.

In 2001 she was featured on MC Conrad's track Logical.

In 2002 she went singing for the band 3BS (3 Bean Salad) in West London.

The highlight of 2003 was the recording of Victoria's debut solo album The Song is You which features a selection of jazz standards, Brazilian beats and funky grooves played by some of the finest British musicians on the scene today, such as Gwilym Simcock (piano), Mike Bradley (drums), Andy Hamill (electric bass), Simon Colam (Fender Rhodes) and Steve Rose (acoustic bass).

The biography was last updated Wed, August 12th 2009

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