Cathy Battistessa
Cathy Battistessa is a British dance and balearic artist and singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Blank & Jones, Cafe Del Mar and DJ Luck & MC Neat, with whom she had a Top 10 hit in the UK.
Biography
Battistessa began working as a songwriter in 1993 in London, cowriting and singing on dance tracks including Levitation's "More Than Ever People," Longman's "Dreamer" and Luck & Neat's single "A Little Bit of Luck," which reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s she provided vocals on tracks including Blank & Jones' "Miracle Man" and "Happiness," Slowpulse's "Riva," and Afterlife's Speck of Gold, the title track of which was written in commemoration of the September 11 attacks,[1] and was featured on several Cafe Del Mar compilations.
Battistessa's influences include Ella Fitzgerald, Minnie Riperton, Nick Drake, Van Morrison and folk musician John Martyn.[2]
Battistessa lives on Ibiza and has a son.
Discography
Solo
- "Calling" (2012)
- "Une Nouvelle Humanite" (2012)
- "Heart of the Living Sun" (2015)
Guest appearances
- Levitation, "More Than Ever People" (1998)
- Alpha Omega, "We're Gonna Make It" (1999)
- Paco Fernandez and Levitation, "Oh Home" (1999)
- Slowpulse, "Riva" (2000)
- Lazyboy, "Don't Fret George" (2004)
- Chris Coco, "Memory of a Free Party" (2005)
- Chris Coco, "Starlight" (2006)
- Afterlife, Speck of Gold (2008)
- Afterlife, Electrosensitive (2009)
- Kneedeep, "All About Love" (2009)
- Grant Nelson, "Black Water" (2010)
- Blank & Jones, "Miracle Man" (2010)
- Charles Webster, "I Am the Sun" (2011)
- Blank & Jones, "Happiness" (2012)
References
- ↑ Luckey, Mark. "Afterlife: Balearic bliss at its best". In the Mi. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ↑ Vit, Katia. "Direct Talks with Cathy Battistessa". Lounge Masters. Retrieved 11 March 2017.