MODU Productions - Sunshine (Dance With U) Press Releaes

Writer and vocalist of Armand Van Helden's 1999 worldwide hit You Don't Know Me, DUANE HARDEN catches up with BENEDETTA FERRARO.

Duane Harden, former classmate of Van Helden's is a highly intelligent, focused individual who until recently worked as an IT specialist. he's also just been adopted as a Tommy Hilfiger model, suggesting his profile could well go stratospheric.

How surprised were you about the success that You Don't Know Me achieved?
"Very surprised, indeed. I didn't think anyone whould like it, but I didn't really care because I originally wrote the song for myself. Somtimes when I get down or depressed I can listen to my own lyrics and say to mself 'hey, listen to what you're preaching'. The fact that it turned out to be a hit is great because it tells me that true people who go out dancing, drinking and taking drugs in a club, are also able to listen to the lyrics and appreciate a great song. They can identify with it's message. I hope it's had some effect on their lives like it had on mine."

What inspired those lyrics?
"It's a song about everybody struggle, with people, with society, which is something that everybody experiences, whether it's about racism, religion or sexuality. It's about something that touches everybody."

How did you hook up with Armand Van Helden?
"We met at school in Boston so I've known him for years, he asked me to write some lyrics for his project and I did."

His reputation is certainly "strong", is he as "difficult" as the media suggests?
"Well, he's not your typical 'nice guy'. You just have to kow him, for him to be nice to you. He's always been cool to me, but not necessarily to everyone he comes across. That's what I've heard anyway."

Your new single with Infiinty is called Sunshine (When I Dance With You), and it's again an uplifting tune ...
"Of course. You've got to be uplifting. OK, let's say you've had a fight with your boyfriend/girlfriend, or with your boss at work, but when you go out at the weekend you want to forget your problems. You want to be lifted up, forget about your problems and feel good about yourself."

When did you first think of music as a way to make your living?
"When You Don't Know Me became a hit. Publishers and record labels all got interested in me, and that's when I thought, 'OK I'll try'. But it wasn't until April last year, that I actually quit my job as a comptuer programmer at UPS. I am a computer geek, but I find it a great skill to have, in fact I still do consultancy work for them. Even these days I write all my songs on my computer. If you give me pen and paer I wouldn't know what to do with them, but give me a laptop or a word processor and I'll write you a song. I also find that it's good for me to still have some involvement with the world outside music. I'd go crazy if my life wsa just about music. This industry is full of snakes, people who'll steal and lie to you. I can't be around them all the time."

Where does your current high profile as a Tommy Hilfiger model figure in the scheme of things?
"I consider modeling a great vehicle to raise my profile. Dance artists are practically nobodies in this industry. When You Don't Know Me came out, no one gave two shits about me. All the interviews, the charts, and the interest was about Armand, even though I was the one who wrote and sung those lyrics. The attitude in this industry is that, if you're not a DJ or a producer, you're just a replaceable act. So I figured that if I wanted to be successful, I had to come up with something different. I felt that I had to do anything in my power to create my image, therefore anything that has my name or my face or my voice on it will help to build my profile. I'm also thinking aobut DJing, because people seem to have a lot of time for DJs and I guess it's down to the fact that they perform longer on stage, not just those 15 minutes to sing a song."

Is stardom attractive to you?
"I don't like stardom at all actually. What I do enjoy is public recognition, when someone comes up to me saying 'your lyrics have changed my life'. It makes me feel better about myself and that's what I enjoy."

You're writing a book The Balancing Act which is inteded to be a road map to successful living. how easy is it to spot the signposts to success?
"It's very easy to miss them. The great thing about it though, is that in a couple of years or next year or next month or the next day you'll realise that you've missed the signpost and when it comes up again you'll be able to spot it, hopefully, immediately. Everything comes in cycles. Some people say 'opportunity knocks', now I believe opportunity knocks all the time. Something else will always come along and it will be even better than the one before."

Benedetta Ferraro is a regular contributor to Zebra and part of the Mezzmusic team (www.mezzmusic.com)

Source: Zebra Magazine - 13 December 2000 - Issue 640 - p9
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cyclone gets to know the new york vocalist
duane harden

Duane Harden is something of an accidental star - indeed, he had no intentions of becoming a singer/songwriter until his old friend Armand Van Helden asked him to finish off a track he had lying around. Harden wrote the lyrics to, and sang on, what became the massive hit You Don't Know Me.

Since then Harden has enjoyed a second smash with the Powerhouse track, What You Need (produced by Lenny Fontana), and recently issued his first solo record, Sunshine (Dance With U). Harden is also looking to complete his debut album for Strictly Rhyhtm. "That's what I'm working towards," he confirms. 'i ws just in London a few weeks ago meeting with more producers. I always tells people who interview me, could you put in your article if anyone's out there who thinks they have something that I may like, just to go my Web site [www.moduproductions.com], email me, and send a demo in. I'm constantly looking for material - and that's the problem. That's why I haven't done an album yet, because I really haven't found any backing tracks that I like."

Harden has already received several demos, but they are not quite what he is looking for. "I'm very picky with the music that I like. It has to be energetic, it has to be uplifting - you know, you don't go out to a club on a Friday or Saturday night to hear very depressing music. You've worked all week, you might have had a fight with your boyfriend or girlfriend, and you go out for healing, and so it needs to be uplifting and to get you going. Now if you wanna do drugs that's your thing, but, no, it's a healing process and I haven't found music that makes me feel like that."

Harden has a diverse album in mind with house, R&B and gospel songs, but it will be mostly dancefloor oriented. "I could have done an album last year, but I wanna do a great album - an album that people are gonna talk about - like Lauryn Hill. People still talk about The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, so when you take your time and you do something right - it took her forever to do her in the studio and throwing together 12 tracks so that you can say that you have an album. You want something of quality, not quantity." Not one to rest on his laurels, Harden has in the last couple of years started writing for other artists, with his songs recorded by legendary divas Barbara Tucker (Stop Playing With My Mind) and Jocelyn Brown (Believe). To top it all off, he runs off a production company called Modu Productions with his friend Moises Modisto.

Ironically, Harden was pursuing a career in IT when Van Helden asked him aroudn to his New York crib on that fateful evening. Harden, who has an MA in management and computers, was employed as a computer programmer at UPS. However, Duane had always loved going out to clubs - he would conspicously dance and sing along to the records the DJs were playing just for fun. This i show the self-described "club kid" caught Armand's attention years before in Boston. In fact, Duane's brother Cedric was the musically inclined one in his family, but, sadly, Cedric died before realising his dreams. Today Duane likes to think of his own musical output as a tribute to him.

Harden was not inclined to give up his day job until relatively recently - and this was not because he needed the security but because of his love of consultancy work. "Computers are my first love and my real love," he says. "Music came as a side thing just by accident because of Armand Van Helden, but I would definitely always be with computers. I can't write a song unless I'm on a computer - like, if you give me a pen and paper I'm completely lost, but if you give me a computer with Microsoft Word or Notepad or something I can write you a hit song in no time."

Harden has long been sensitive to the fact that his contributions to You Don't Know Me and What You Need have been overlooked to an extent because he is the singer, and so he is now looking for new ways to raise his profile. And, to this end, Duane has lately accepted a modeling deal with Tommy Hilfiger and is leaning how to DJ. And, because Duane is industrious, he is also penning a book, The Balancing Act.

But right now Duane is heading to Australia for the first time to tour with colleagues Lenny Fontana and Byron Stingily under the House Unltd banner. So what can the punters anticipate? "They can expect a good time - a blast, especially if thy've ever been to a Strictly Rhyhtm party in Ibiza. Every year in August we throw a party in Ibiza and i'ts always the most talked about party of the summer. Expect great house, music, expect great vocalists and expect to have a good time!"

Duane Harden plays with Lenny Fontana and Byron Stingily at House Unltd, Friday at the Chevron.

Source: play - December 2000 - p12
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DUANE HARDEN
Lighting up the Dancefloor

When Armand Van Helden's 'You Don't Know Me' hit the top of the charts in 1998 few peole knew that the song was actually written and sung by Duane Harden. Since then he has repeated success of that song with a string of hits including Barbara Tucker's 'Stop Playing Wiht My Mind' which he also wrote. After decimating charts around the globe Duane is set to touch down at the Unlimited New York House tour this weekend.

I wrote all the lyrics to 'You Don't Know Me' and Armand did the music. He produced it, but although the lyrics came from me, I had the idea to come up with something Armand would like. When you're out in the public's eye, a lot of good things can happen and a lot of bad things can happen... so that's where the song came from," Duane explains.

It was this unique talent to capture the essence of other performers that has landed him much success over the last few years. The second big break he had was when he hooked p with dance supremo Lenny Fontana.

"Lenny presented a track to the A&R at Strictly Rhyhtm Records which is my label in the US. She listened to it and I had already signed to Strictly Rhythm as a staff write. She said 'I think you'd like this track, I think you should write words to it'. The she said 'You know what? I think it'd be even better if you suing it as well.' So I listened o the track, met Lenny and then I wrote the song and sung it."

In a testament to his talents, Duane has not only restricted himself to singing and writing. He has recently completed several DJ slots at various clubs. As well he has also signed a modeling contact in the US. In between this, his music and ordinary life he still finds room to run Modu Productions - a record lable run by himself and a friend of his called Moises. Also high on his agenda in amongst touring is producing his own album which is still in the pipeline.

"I wanna work on Duane Harden's album, it's going to be with different producers, and that's the thing - trying to find different producres. See most of these guys are Djs and then they bought a sampler amd soad 'Let's make a track!' So now vocals are the way to go, just because you produce a track doesn't mean you can produce a vocal, it's like a totally different field."

Duane plays at the Unlimited New York House Tou at Technomad this Saturday.

Source: Scene Magazine - 13 December 2000
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Duane Harden Interview
17 Oct 2000

Having written and sang massive chart hits for Armand Van Helden and Powerhouse, Duane Harden has become one of the hottest songwriters around. After writing Barbara Tucker's 'Stop Playing With My Mind' and Jocelyn Brown's 'Believe', Duane returns with his own single, 'Sunshine', and is on the look out for up and coming producers to work with.

Listen to 'Sunshine' by Infinity feat. Duane Harden

All the records you have written have been massive chart or club hits, yet you are relatively unknown as an artist in your own right. Does that get you down?
People don't give me credit because people are always more concerned about who is the DJ or producers behind the record. I'm OK with that, though someday I will get my proper credit.

Do you feel like the forgotten man?
I do a bit. Then when I have my own record, under my own name, the record company kill it by taking so long to release it.

You need to make a name as a DJ, and then maybe you'll get the credit.
Well I'm ahead of you there because only last night a friend came around to my house with his turntables and I'm learning how to DJ. Hopefully I'll be over in the UK DJing at the end of November.

It proves the theory that the DJ is the new popstar.
Sure, it's all part of the image. In dance music, dance artists are not successful because there is no true identity with the artist. I want to do something different. I've just got a modelling contract so hopefully I will have more of a profile to market. It won't take over my artist responsibilities, I will just DJ and do other things between releases. I need to get my name on flyers and face in magazines to keep my profile up.

So how did the Infinity featuring Duane Harden project come about?
They just sent me a track that they produced and I listened to it and I liked it. I then started writing a few lyrics to it.

Your career really kicked off with the Armand Van Helden single?
I knew him before he made his first record, in fact, I knew him when he was a human being. But then he got rich and famous and now his head is so big it won't even fit through the front door. No, he's cool; you've just got to get to know him. The thing is, no matter how successful I become I'm always going to be nice to people. Armand has spoken of horror stories of how he has been turned over in the past, but so have I; you just live and learn. If you do the right thing, even though other people don't, you will always be rewarded.

So what were you doing before Armand phoned you up to ask if you would sing on his tune?
Before that I didn't really have a clue about music, I have a Master Degree in Management and Computers and was working as a computer programmer until recently. I was just a computer programmer who enjoyed clubbing, but when I was on the dancefloor I would sing to the record or make up my own hook. That is how I met Armand. I also met 'Little' Louie Vega whilst I was singing on the dancefloors at Queer Nation. 'Little' Louie Vega was DJing and was going 'Hey, who is that singing?'

So you met Armand on a dancefloor?
Sure, he then invited me to his house to listen to some tunes. I listened to tunes and really liked the third one he played. I said 'let me do something with this', and in one night 'You Don't Know Me' was written. The rest is history.

You've worked with the best in the business but now you want to make some unknown producer a star. You want bedroom producers to send you their demos.
Yes, that's right. I want all those poeple making their own music to send me their demos. Send me your demos and if I like them I will write some good lyrics and hopefully we'll have a massive hit. I want everyone to send me their demos no matter what. I listen to every demo that gets sent to me. People always send me the addresses of their websites where I listen to sound clips. A little kid in Croatia sends me MP3s every month. I always listen to everything people send me.

What sort of music do you want people to send? What style do you like to work with most?
I always like energetic music. If I have a track with energy then we can release it as a single, but if it doesn't have energy then it will just be a nice cut for an album. I believe that you work hard all week, you may have a fight with your boss or your partner, then you go out on a Friday night all you want to hear is something very energetic. Something that is gonna make you feel great no matter whether you have taken anything or not. Something that is happy, something that has a great melody that I can add great lyrics to.

So where can people send their demo's to?
Duane Harden
MODU Productions
P.O. Box 1835
New York, NY 10026-1835

Duane Harden's Website

Source: BBC Online - Radio 1 - Dance
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CHART COMMENTARY
by ALAN JONES

The name Duane Harden first came to wide notice two years ago when he was the guest vocalist on Armand Van Helden's number one You Don't Know Me. He has turned up on a few hits, both dance and sales, since then, and is featured on the Infinity single Sunshine(When I Dance With You), which jumps 6-1 on the upfront chart this week. Another filtered disco affair, it has a lead of more than 10% over York's Farewell To The Moon but its chances of spending a second week on top are exceedingly slim - turnover at the top of the Club Chart is as fast and furious as the sales chart these days ...

Source: music week - 14 October 2000
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Duane Harden

Duane Harden first thrust himself onto the UK dance scene back in January 1999 with a certain track that caught the nation's pulse and entered the national charts at No 1

Quite an impact for his first UK release. The track in question was a certain 'You Don't Know Me' - penned and sung by Duane with production assistance from our man Armand Van Helden.

Flash forward to summer 1999 and Duane's vocals on the Lenny Fontana produced 'What You Need' caused a similar havoc on dancefloors from Derby to Basingstoke via Ibiza . Like it's predecessor, 'What You Need' fused the same elements of soulful house, disco loop mayhem, filter frenzy and a overall vibe that screamed 'peak time platter'.

Now Duane's hooked up with the Infinity production outfit for another slice of sexy disco house - 'Sunshine (When I Dance With You)' - that looks set to cause some more podium heartburn. "I always look for that peak time vibe in the music I make," Duane explains to uprush. "It's hard to put my finger on it - it's simply a sound that makes people want to dance."

Duane originally studied computer engineering at Boston University (where he first hooked up with Armand) so he's totally switched on to the power of the microchip and the Internet in making and sharing music. "I get a lot of music emailed to me - that's how I hook up with a lot of people I work with. I'm even getting sent MP3s which are really good from a guy in Romania".

Having spent quite a lot of time in the UK and Europe, Duane gets a very good slant on the differences on the dance culture front between us and our friends across the Atlantic. "It seems like partying is in the blood of British people. They're more up for it and they like getting 'pissed'. The dance scene is booming in the US on the rave circuit but it's not as hot in places like New York."

On this trip to the UK Duane played at Colours in Glasgow - 'amazing response - the crowd are really up for it there' - as well as hooking up with a few UK producers. He even met up with UK garage men of the moment The Architects to see whether the creative juices gelled. "I like the UK garage sound," Duane explains. "I like all music - even some trance. If it sounds right and has that feeling then I'll sing to it." And, being British piss heads, there's no doubt we'll be drinking (and dancing) to it too.

Source: uprush - media - music - October 2000 features
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INFINITY Featuring DUANE HARDEN: Sunshine (Dance With You) � Strictly Rhythm

Producer: John Kano
Writer: No Details
Remixers: Kinky Roland, Harlem Hustlers, Rauol Luciano

Strictly have been a bit slow getting the mixes done on this as it first appeared on a one sided promo a few months ago and has been causing quite a stir in its original incarnation. In my mind the original version is still the best, but The Residential Vox and the Hello You Dub are well worth checking out. Unfortunately the Harlem Hustler's mix is a bit dark for such a happy song, but Kinky Roland strips things back and uses lots of delay to keep things interesting on his version, whilst Raoul Luciano pumps things up for his mix. Due for an October release in the UK via AM:PM, this is well worth bagging now on import. (LH)

Source: Blues & Soul - September 12-25 2000 - Issue 825
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INFINITY Featuring DUANE HARDEN Sunshine (When I Dance With You) � Strictly Rhythm

For some reason this song did not seem to be as big as it should have been first time round. So perhaps this fresh set of remixes will set the record straight, although it's the original set that is still the strongest. Again, this is a track which relies on the atmosphere of a filtered groove and in this case it certainly pumps it out, and with Duane Harding working his magic there really is no room for doubt.

Greg Fenton

Source: - 7 - Issue 68/September 20, 2000
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Armand Van Helden's Singer Steps Out Of The Shadows

Duayne Harden, who wrote and sang Armand Van Helden's 1999 worldwide hit You Don't Know Me, releases his debut solo single "Sunshine (When I Dance With You) through am:pm, imminently. Benedettta Ferraro caught up with the former classmate of Van Helden's last week and met a highly intelligent, focused individual who until recently worked as an IT specialist. He's also just been adopted as a Tommy Hilfiger model, suggesting his profile could well go stratospeheric.

mezzmusic: How surprised were you about the success that 'You Don't Know Me' achieved?
Duane Harden: "Very surprised, indeed. I didn't think anyone would like it, but I didn't really care because I originally wrote the song for myself. Sometimes when I get down or depressed I can listen to my own lyrics and say to myself 'Hey, listen to what you're preaching'. The fact that it turned out to be a hit is great because it tells me that true people who go out dancing, drinking and taking drugs in a club, are also able to listen to the lyrics and appreciate a great song. They can identify with it's message. I hope it's had some effect on their lives like it had on mine. "

mezz: What inspired those lyrics?
Duane Harden: "It's a song about everyday struggle, with people, with society, which is something that everybody experiences, whether it's about racism, religion or sexuality. It's about something that touches everybody."

mezz: How did you hook up with Armand Van Helden?
Duane Harden: "We met at school in Boston so I've known him for years, he asked me to write some lyrics for his project and I did."

mezz: His reputation is certainly 'strong', is he as 'difficult' as the media suggests?
Duane Harden: "Well, he's not your typical 'nice guy'. You just have to
know him, for him to be nice to you. He's always been cool to me, but not necessarily to everyone he comes across. That's what I've heard, anyway."

mezz: Your new single with Infinity is called "Sunshine (When I Dance With You), and it's again an uplifting tune...
Duane Harden: "Of course. You've got to be uplifting. OK, let's say you've had a fight with your boyfriend/girlfriend, or with your boss at work, but when you go out at the weekend you want to forget your problems. You want to be lifted up, forget about your problems and feel good about yourself."

mezz: When did you first think of music as a way to make your living?
Duane Harden: "When "You Don't Know Me" became a hit. Publishers and record labels all got interested in me, and that's when I thought, 'OK I'll try'. But It wasn't until April last year, that I actually quit my job as a computer programmer at UPS. I am a computer geek, but I find it a great skill to have, in fact I still do consultancy work for them. Even these days I write all my songs on my computer. If you give me pen and paper I wouldn't know what to do with them, but give me a laptop or a word processor and I'll write you a song. I also find that it's good for me to still have some involvement with the world outside music. I'd go crazy if my life was just about music. This industry is full of snakes, people who'll steal and lie to you. I can't be around them all the time. "

mezz: Where does your current high profile as a Tommy Hillfiger model figure in the scheme of things?
Duane Harden: "I consider modelling a great vehicle to raise my profile.
Dance artists are practically nobodies in this industry. When "You Don't
Know Me" came out, no one gave two shits about me. All the interviews, the charts, and the interest was about Armand, even though I was the one who wrote and sung those lyrics. The attitude in this industry is that, if you're not a DJ or a producer, you're just a replaceable act. So I figured that if I wanted to be successful, I had to come up with something different. I felt that I had to do anything in my power to create my image, therefore anything that has my name or my face or my voice on it will help to build my profile. I'm also thinking about DJing, because people seem to have a lot of time for DJs and I guess it's down to the fact that they perform longer on stage, not just those 15 minutes to sing a song."

mezz: Is stardom attractive to you?
Duane Harden: "I don't like stardom at all, actually. What I do enjoy is
public recognition, when someone comes up to me saying 'Your lyrics have changed my life'. It makes me feel better about myself and that's what I enjoy."

mezz: You're writing a book "The Balancing Act" which is intended to be a road map to successful living. How easy is it to spot the signposts to success?
Duane Harden: "It's very easy to miss them. The great thing about it though, is that in a couple of years or next year or next month or the next day you'll realise that you've missed the signpost and when it comes up again you'll be able to spot it, hopefully, immediately. Everything come in cycles. Some people say 'opportunity knocks', now I believe opportunity knocks all the time. Something else will always come along and it will be even better than the one before."

Benedetta Ferraro

Source: newzz@mezzmusic.com - September 29, 2000
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INFINITY Featuring DUANE HARDEN Sunshine (When I Dance With You) � Strictly Rhythm

Producer: John Kano
Writer: No Details
Remixers: Kinky Roland, Harlem Hustlers, Rauol Luciano

Strictly have been a bit slow getting the mixes done on this as it first appeared on a one sided promo a few months ago and has been causing quite a stir in its original incarnation. In my mind the original version is still the best, but The Residential Vox and the Hello You Dub are well worth checking out. Unfortunately the Harlem Hustler�s mix is a bit dark for such a happy song, but Kinky Roland strips things back and uses lots of delay to keep things interesting on his version, whilst Raoul Luciano pumps things up for his mix. Due for an October release in the UK via AM:PM, this is well worth bagging now on import. (LH)

Source: Blues & Soul - Import Pressure #825 August 2000
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          US house stars set for Ibiza/Cologne clubs

     Leading US house artists Ultra Nate, Duane harden (left) and Inaya Day will promote their upcoming single releases with a two-day, non-stop club extravaganza taking in Ibiza and Cologne.
     New York-based indi Strictly Rhythm Records will present its autumn priorities - Harden's (Sunshine) Dance With Me, Day's Feel It and Ulra Nate's Desire - at showcase parties held at Pacha in Ibiza Town on August 18 and at Cologne's Flora ballroom during music fair Popkomm on August 19.
     Germn DJ trio Tietschwarts, currently successful in Ibiza with their remix of Nosotros Contigo, and R-senal records supremo Roger Sanchez will complete the line-up.

Source: Fono - August 2000
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Review - Ministry of Sound, Pacha, August 18

Strictly Rhythm were in town for a showcase night at Pacha and the word had clearly got out. An early records signing by Duane Harden, Inaya Day and Ultra Nate saw Delta Disco mobbed with fans. No surprise then that Pacha was quite literally standing room only.

Pacha's a great looking club, but why oh why do that have to have such a poor attitude? Every seat and table has a reserved sign, meaning that if you were a group of four, after shelling out nearly a hundred quid (entrance and one round of drinks) between you, you're not even good enough to sit down.

The club filled very quickly, and between 1am and 2am it went from moderately busy to bursting at the seams, and there was no respite from the heat anywhere, as even the roof terrace was hot. Down on the main dancefloor and surrounding areas it was nearly impossible to move as Dome then Lenny Fontana pumped the people with funky New York house.

At near enough 4am on the dot Duane Harden took the stage to huge cheers and was persuaded to belt out You Don't Know Me, followed by his new track Sunshine, which brought the house down. Inaya Day followed with Feel It before b took the mic to perform old fave Free and Desire.

Unlike most of the live acts we've seen in Ibiza this year, the Strictly Rhythm PA didn't disjoint the night. No one was standing around waiting for it to happen, and as Ultra Nate' finished to three huge cheers, everyone just carried on dancing.

Single of the Month

INFINITI FEAT. DUANE HARDEN
'(Sunshine) Dance With Me' (Strictly Rhythm)

The voice and writer of Van Helden's 'You Don't Know Me' and Powerhouse's 'What You Need' is back. This time Duane has teamed up with John Kano to produce a disco fuelled vocal monster full of power and depth. All emphasis is on the feel good factor with dancing, summer and sunshine married within the moving lyrics. Some very tasty horns are the basis for the hook which build and break into some seriously heavy weighted beats. Duane's vocal injects and intensity to the song but still maintains that very important soulful edge. This will be one of the biggest tunes of the summer if not the year and will no doubt be going down a storm on that wee island in the Med. GM o 10

Source: Wax - July 2000
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AM:PM have signed in my mind one of the biggest tunes of summer from Strictly Rhythm. If you liked Armand Van Helden's 'You Don't Know Me' or Powerhouse's 'What You Need' then this will blow your socks off. Infiniti featuring Duane Harden's anthemic vocal entitled '(Sunshine)Dance With You' will come with new mixes from Jazzy M and Kinky Roland. One of Strictly's other biggies to watch out for is Dome's 'Feel It' which has been buzzing on the underground now for sometime and should see the light of day soon with a full vocal from Inaya Day.

Source: Wax - July 2000
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AM:PM have signed another summer scorcher in the sape of INFINITI's anthemic '(Sunshine) Dance With You' featuring the voice of DUANE HARDEN, with JAZZY M and KINKY ROLAND on mix chores.

Source: DJ Magazine No. 69/Vol2 15/28 July
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Nicky Trax Presents the Definitive dance Montly Round-Up

One of the bigger vocal anthems around right now is Inifity featuring Duane Arden's "(Sunshine) Dance With You" on a new one-sided Strictly Rhythm promo. Not as classy as his previous smash, there's still lots of room for remixes before this one crosses.

Source: Blues & Soul Issue 821: July 18th - 31st 2000
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INFINITY Featuring DUANE HARDEN: Sunshine (Dance With You) � Strictly Rhythm

Producer: No Details
Writer: No Details

On first listen I wasn�t that impressed by this as I thought that it�s just another filtered-disco vocal track. However, although this maybe formulaic in production it is well put together and really takes off in a club. Duane Harden proves that he�s not just a one hit wonder and that his singing/song-writing career is still on the ascendant. Destined to be one of those big ŒIbeefa� tunes with its summery references, this will no doubt make inroads into the UK nationals via its forthcoming AM:PM release. Watch this one go all the way. (LH)

Source: Blues & Soul Import Pressure 819
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ARMAND VAN HELDEN/POWERHOUSE vocalist DUANE HARDEN is making that bid for solosville with his new single through Strictly Rhythm - '(Sunshine) Dance With You' by INFINITY Feat. DUANE HARDEN, out on 7 Jul.

Source: DJ Magazine - No. 67/Vol 2 17-30 June 2000
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INFINITY FEATURING DUANE HARDEN
(SUNSHINE) DANCE WITH YOU
(STRICTLY RHYTHM, USA)

I don't think Duane Harden needs any introduction after his previous successes and he's shaping up nicely to amass his third British Top 40 this time with Inifity (John Kano). The 12" currently playing on my Technics has only one mix, and what a mix it is, tough beats and horns galore meet Daune's distinctive vocals with all the right sopts, drops and builds. 'Sunshine' has been thrilling for quite a few weeks now. With auite a buzz on this record, who knows where it'll pop up but one thing for sure is that come summer you'll not be able to avoid it.

Huggy Burger Queen

Source: - Issue 56/June 28, 2000
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INFINITY FT DUANE HARDEN
DANCE WITH YOU
(STRICTLY RHYTHM, USA)

Another gem pulled out of nowhere, this sees the label getting hot for summer. The voice you'll already be familiar with, and once again Duane Harden turns out a stunning performance on this feel-good anthem. Everything you could possibly want is catered for, from the filtered section to the big melody. Although at present you've only got the one mix to contend with, I think you'll find that we've left the 'Is house music dead?' debate well and truly behind us when you listen to a track like this one.

Greg Fenton

Source: - Issue 55/June 21, 2000
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