Biography
• Anita started her singing career in her mid twenties quickly establishing herself as a major voice on the UK music scene. From then onwards Anita has gone on to lend her voice to many legendary pop artists such as The Spice Girls, Bill Wyman, soul diva Jean Carne, UK songstress Dina Carroll, Sybil, The London Community Gospel Choir, Ruby Turner, Jocelyn Brown, Boy George, Razorlight, Alison Limerick, Russell Watson, Catherine Zeta Jones, British jazz saxophonist Steve Williamson, Kings Of Leon, The Good The Bad and The Queen, and numerous others...
• Anita has also performed at London's prestigious Royal Festival Hall and The Royal Albert Hall, as well as performances at the world famous Ronnie Scott's Club fronting her own outfit.
• Anita's soulful and passionate voice has graced a number of album releases. The GRP label debut by flautist Phillip Bent features Anita on four tracks - two of which she co-wrote. Other collaborations of note are her work with two of Dorado Records' main artists - Ceri Evans' Sunship and Matt Cooper's Outside, and, of course, with Channel 4 records' D*Note, with whom she wrote the hit single Shed My Skin.
• Having co-written the single If You Come With Me for Matt Cooper's debut album Almost In Anita started working with Ceri Evans on his Sunship project. A special song-writing partnership that sparked fireworks resulted in a brilliant album which won a MOBO award for Best Jazz Album 1997 (although this ground breaking album was hardly jazz music but rather a mixture of ambient soundscapes and drum and bass beats) as well as being voted Best Album of the Year by The Face magazine. Sunship's second album, which leaned heavily towards UK Garage, saw Anita and Ceri team up once more for another explosive release from which Try Me Out became one of the club anthems of the year in Agia Napa and Ibiza.
• A worthy credit to note is Anita's work with film composer Trevor Jones. Anita's voice can be heard in the blockbuster sci-fi movie Dark City (Jennifer Connelly mimes to her voice in 'Sway') as well as during the film's end credits. Her voice also graced the film soundtrack to the TV film Merlin, and Bring Me The Head Of Mavis Davis.
• Anita's unique voice and distinctive melodies are behind many current dance tracks including First State - Falling, Signum's Come Around Again which reached #2 in the Dutch dance charts and Marcus Schultz - First Time, Travelling Light and One A Wave. Her track with D*Note - Shed My Skin - which she co-wrote and sang - reached #1 in the Belgian dance chart and #7 in the UK and US in 2002. The song went national in Belgium, creeping up over 22 weeks peaking at #4 and won the airplay dance record of the year. The tune is currently on over 40 compilations world-wide (thanks to Pete Heller's mix). Now with a 2009 re-mix by Hollands biggest house DJ’s, Eric E and Roog (Housequake). Latest collaborations have been with legendary producer Stonebridge & Chris Kaeser.
• Having signed a worldwide publishing deal in 2009 with Music All Stars Anita is more focused than ever on writing having established a strong reputation amongst the dance fraternity for quirky individual melodies and unique vocal performances.
Management: Gordon Hulbert : sunprods@gmail.com
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Releases to date
• Leventina & Andrew Bennett feat Anita Kelsey - Tell Me
• Housequake - Shed My Skin 2009 remix
• Stonebridge - I Love it
• Stonebridge - Rescue Me
• Duderstadt - Smile
• First State - Falling
• Richard Durand - Slipping Away
• Tom Tom Le Chevalier - Never Ever
• Markus Schulz - First Time
• Markus Schulz - Travelling Light
• Cor Fijneman - Healing
• Underground Movement - Dirty
• D*Note - Shed My Skin
• 60/40 - Cupboard Love
• Signum - Come Around Again
• Momento - New Life
• Lost Witness - Home (writer only) *
• Lost Witness - Coming Down (writer only) *
• Anita Kelsey - Misled (vocal only) *
• Anita Kelsey - Every Kiss
• Mike Koglin - Calling You
• Toyshop - Million Miles
• Hardsoul - Wicked World
• Perky & Ashman - Good Lovin
• Sunship - Try Me Out
• Sunship - City Life
• Sunship- Where Were You
• Outside - If You Come With Me
• Outside - Somewhere New
• Velvet Girl - Satisfy
• Pacific 2 - Have To Be With You
• Fretwell - Fill Me Up
• Miro - Freeze The Moment
• Morrison - Do You Think
• DJ Shog - Don't Push Me Down
• Arctic Quest feat. Anita - Shattered Dreams (vocal only) *
• Memento - Can’t Sleep
“A seriously soulful singer” - The Guardian
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