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Katherine Ellis

 

 

Katherine Ellis Bio

Katherine Ellis is one of the most respected and versatile vocalists and top line writers in the industry today.

She currently performs extensively throughout the world with her vast back catalogue including the huge club hits When You Touch Me with The Freemasons, Lost by Roger Sanchez and Dreaming by The Ruff Driverz, Hed Kandi anthems Let The Beat Hit ‘Em and Stand Up as well as Love U More by Oxford Hustlers released by Fierce Angel.

From 1997 to 2000 Katherine was the vocalist for chart toppers The Ruff Driverz, singing Deeper Love, Don’t Stop, Shame and the monster smash Dreaming, which she also wrote the Spanish top line for. In 2009 Maelstrom re-released the track with a host of new mixes.

2008 was an extremely busy year for Katherine with releases including When You Touch Me with The Freemasons, a cover of Ain’t Nothin Goin’ On But The Rent with 7th Heaven, Poza (Got What I Need) with Countparis, Do It with DJ Prom and Gotta Get Through with Paul Emanuel & Gav McCall.

Much of 2010 was spent touring and performing across Europe, Russia and Australia. December was the busiest month of the year with gigs in Russia, Kazakhstan, New Zealand and Australia where she performed alongside The Freemasons, Stonebridge and Mark Doyle. Other notable performances included Manchester Pride for the second consecutive year, and her Put It On event in London in association with GaydarRadio that raised several thousand pounds for HIV charities. It was also a busy year for collaborations and in between her travelling she managed to work on some exciting new projects with Bimbo Jones, Damian Strong, John Shelvin and ?. The track All You Need with Juan Kidd & Felix Baumgartner was put out on Subliminal Records.

Katherine also performed over 60 live shows in 2008 including The TMF Awards in Antwerp that was broadcast to some 60 million people, the Graham Norton Show on BBC TV and NRJ in the Park, Belgium to 50 000 people. She has performed in countless Russian super clubs such as Dyagilev, Most, Rai and Opera. Equally at home with smaller crowds Katherine is frequently hired for private parties and Restaurant openings, a promoter in Kiev observed that “Katherine brings the Party, she is the Party”. As well as performing her Club Pas, Katherine is also a celebrated jazz, blues and soul vocalist with a full repertoire of over 200 well-known standards. Accompanied by a pianist, Katherine will give you an intimate unforgettable night taking you through the full range of emotions from laughter to tears.

Katherine is the third member of the band Bimbo Jones, signed to Tommy Boy Records. Their debut album Harlem 1 Stop was released in the US at the end of 2008. This was preceded by their single And I Try in 2009 and the smash hit Freeze in early 2010. She has worked with some of the biggest names in music including The Freemasons, The Soul Avengerz and Dave Lee (in all his guises!), and on a more underground tip, collaborations with Meat Katie, Dylan Rhymes, Lee Coombs and Tom Stephan. Katherine’s touring credits include that of working with the likes of Belinda Carlisle, Chaka Khan, Boy George and Roger Sanchez.

She is the vocal talent on TV adverts for Gaviscon, MacDonalds, Iceland, Dove Deo, Horlicks, Sony, Xenadrine, Hot Pockets, Google and Pantene to name a few. Her voice also appears in movies Evita, The Lawnmower Man and What A Girl Wants with Colin Firth and Kelly Preston.

An extremely talented writer, she writes the majority of her own material including the single When You Touch Me by The Freemasons, Insatiable by Mark Knight – hammered by the likes of Pete Tong – Fascinated by Raven Maize and Getting Into You by W.O.S.P. She also writes for other artists such as M&S Presents The Girl Next Door, Montilla and 4Tune 500.

Katherine is a true performer who lives for the stage and gives her all, engaging and transporting her audience whilst wowing them with her incredible voice. 2011 was already jammed packed with new performances, new releases and a lot of new collaborations giving the signal that the year 2012 will emulate the successes she’s been enjoying for the last few years.

 

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