Rachel Wallace is a Rave

Rave music

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/House

House music

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 vocalist and songwriter.

Background

Wallace is best known for 1992 Breakbeat hardcore

Breakbeat hardcore

Breakbeat hardcore is a derivative of the acid house and techno, of the late 1980s and early 1990s, that combines four-to-the-floor rhythms with breakbeats, and is associated with the UK rave scene.-The rave scene:...

/Techno

Techno

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 song "Tell Me Why," which was co-produced and co-written by Wallace with Mark Williams and Matt Clayden (aka M&M). Although she had other follow-up releases, "Why" remains her signature song. After her brief success as a solo artist, Wallace took some time out to return to school, possessing a university diploma in marketing and management and worked until May 1995 in the British Ministry Of Agriculture.

In 1995 she returned to the music scene as a lead vocalist for the German group Garfield. Since then, Wallace continued to work with other dance and electronica artists, mostly doing lead vocals on their recordings. In 2009 she teamed up with Italian DJs Cuto and Melo to record "Do I Really Want You Back" and "Que Pasa," and with UK Drum 'n Bass artist MC Skibadee for "All of My Junglists." She also tours with Stereo MCs

Stereo MCs

Stereo MCs are an English electronic dance group, which formed in Clapham, London in 1985. They are best known worldwide for their 1992 transatlantic Top 20 hit single, "Connected"...

 as their background vocalist.She also appeared in the Broadway musical "Mary Poppins" since 2006, and at January 2012 will be appearing in the "National Auditorium" in Mexico city, performing as Mary Poppins.

Discography

• 1992: "I Feel This Way" (as M&M featuring Rachel Wallace)
• 1992: "Tell Me Why"
• 1995: "Cool Cat" (with Garfield)
• 1995: "Party of Love" (with Garfield)
• 1997: "Why" (Twyce as Nyce & Rachel Wallace)
• 2008: "Lost In A Daze" (Rachel Wallace & Sike)
• 2009: "Do I Really Want You Back" (DJ Cuto & DJ Melo featuring Rachel Wallace)
• 2009: "Que Pasa" (DJ Cuto & DJ Melo featuring Rachel Wallace)
• 2009: "All of My Junglists" (MC Skibadee featuring Rachel Wallace)

External links

• Rachel Wallace at MySpace
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• Discography at e.Discogs
• "Tell Me Why" song and video