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Bridget Dreamer since she was a child, music quickly became her favorite way to express herself. When she was 7 years old, she was already performing in front of her schoolmates, singing the greatest hits of this time. As time goes by, musical styles are succeeding, each trend leave a trace in the growing passion of this young teenager, rock, pop, soul, funk, gospel, and later jazz, will contribute to make her own personnality. Then she starts to study jazz at the Anvers’s jazz studio. She quickly get a fondness for writing and composing, a need inspired by Aretha Franklin, Shaka Kan or Whitney Houston’s voice and hardour, and many others… Soon, the butterfly will take her flight. After she has been travelling around the world with her parents (her dad, from Dutchland, is a diplomat at the United Nations, and her mum is from Rwanda), it is in Belgium, where she settle down with her family, that she started to make it happen. In parallel with her student life (translation studies), she keep in mind this dream which haunt her spirit : singing, singing always and forever. She does a few radio competition, and is broadcasted for the first time on a national radio, for the interpretation of one of Madonna’s most famous song. She goes from Piano Bar to Café Concert in Brussels, Anvers, Gand and even in Dutchland . She also appeared on TV, in music program, as an extra for cinema and advertisements, fashion photos, and did a theatre show produced by Y. Mc DEVITT. Musical history 1993 : First performance on a national radio (radio21 RTBF) singing “Like a virgin” of Madonna (she won the 1st price of a singing competition) 1994 : Beginning of Live performances with a Belgium Hip Hop band called “System D” , and also on radio for the single “Melanie”. 1995-1996 : Recording of a few songs with an italian productor (Toni CARINELLI). One of the songs, called “Dance in diskotheca” (groove dance) will be signed, but will never come out because of disagreements between record company and productor. 1997 : First appearance on a national TV (RTBF1), in an entertainment broadcasting program called “Pour la gloire” (ei “For the glory”), where she ends up semi-finalist with the band “Feelin” 1998-2001 : She performs regularly in Café Concerts (Tuc Tuc, Cercle Rouge, La Marie Galante, nightclubs…) in Brussels, Anvers and Gand. 2002 : She meet a Belgium productor (Temega Productions) who will produce in March, her first single (dance music) named “I’m sorry”, as she is called SWEET B, which will be distributed by Assekrem (independent label). Diffused on many radio stations in France (Q Music, Radio Contact), Belgium (Radio 21), Netherlands (Tros Radio), and even in the UK (Radio Forrest). The single was also played in many nightclubs. In July, it will be diffused many times on a Belgium TV Channel (interviews and performance live) But she wants more than that, she wants to express herself through a music which corresponds to her, and talk to her soul and heart. So, she starts to work hard on creating her own style. 2003 : End of the collaboration with Temega Productions, she starts to look for another label to help her to find the right opportunities, and make her way. She is back at the studio to compose and write her own songs. 2004 : Production in France, with an independent label (Nixie Music) of a 4 songs single (“Why”, “Heart of Stone”, “Enough”, “Do you know”), written by her and one of her oldest friend, and talented composor, Jam STYLZ aka Frank. Two songs of this single are also on the “Solid’Air” Album, to help a charity association (Bol d’Air) for autistic children. Her songs were broadcasted in France, Belgium (Radio Judaica, Radio Camous, Radio ir Libre), and in Switzerland (DBC Radio). Then she produce and promote her own album, in partnership with the french productor Sly ATHANN (Alias Steve AUSTEEN), Black Swing Rekoordz, with the song “Forever”. She also write for Lars DUEYSEN (Give Records, Germany), exclusive author for Universal Publishing Germany. She obtain a role in a small Belgium production (S-production), movie entitled “La liste noire” (“The black list”), which came out in May. Then she starts to work as an actress or extra for movies, Soap Opera, Theatre, Advertisement… She is attracted by any kind of artistic expression. 2005 : She appears in the Coca Cola TV Ad (“Jingle Bells”, and as an extra in movies: “Femmes de Loi”, “Retrouver Sara”, “3 pères a la maison”, “Un lendemain de Fête”, “La fille du chef”… etc. She also does some theatre performances: “Brussels Manifesto” directed by Yvonne Mc DEVITT, Irish film maker (Brussels, Scarabaeus theatre). An RnB project is in preparation (written and composed by Bridget, and then arranged by Jam STYLZ). The 27th of July, she goes to France and meet Anthony Holder (Singer and rythmic guitarist of the band called DAEMN), who has contacted her after he heard her singing her song entitled “Why”. After auditioning 250 singers on the last 9 months, he finally propose her to associate her Rnb/Soul voice to a Pop/Rock music. The idea seems quite strange, and nobody really believes in it, but they keep on working on creating something, and after a few weeks, the Pop/Rnb style was born! From now, they had to materialise this new musical style. 2006 : The project caught the interest of two productors from Marseille, Anne KRISTENSEN and Nadia SHALAH (ANGELDIAM Prod), who decide to record a first single entitled “Cum 2 Mee”. The Cd come out in June, but unfortunately the promotion is only done in France, and even if the press and radios broadcast it, people doesn’t appreciate it that much as it is in English. Bridget decides then, not to wait anymore, and start to perform on stage. They set up ten acoustic songs, and start to go on tour on all small musical stage of the county. The audience is here, the voice is amazing, songs are excellent, but Anthony still think that they should have a real band, as songs might have more power with more instruments. He starts to look for musicians, favouring the human factor before anything else, and this will take a long time. 2007 : Performances become frequent (FNAC, CULTURA, le BALTHAZAR or SOLIDAROCK festivals… but the main band has been settled down in August. The 5 members work hard to set up songs that they have to rearrange. Ann KRISTENSEN follow them in this adventure. She wants Bridget to prepare a new single, more traditional, but especially very commercial, as the production needs the money to invest on the next album. Anthony take out some old folk melodies he used to play, as Bridget get back to the writing. They work hard on the project from February to October, and when Ann listen to what they have done, she is “Over the moon”, it is Fantastic! They must record it before the 15th of November, as it could come out on the 15th of December. Today, the single has been introduced to the musicians who liked it straught away. So let’s work on it, and see how it will go… “Who knows what the future holds?” Anthony HOLDER – Musical History Paradox of a young boy who used to refuse to sing at his school, on north Birmingham, probably because of the trauma to have been dropped here and there, as his mum was always moving, and was raising him by herself. Boy who will, a few years later, in 1972, become the singer guitarist of a Pop English band called “DAEMUN” Introduced to the Harmonium as his aunty used to play at the church, he discovers Western melodies in 1964, and then goes to the Country Music, to finally discover the pure Classic music in 1967. But the 70’s are almost there, and the Beatles, Stones, , T Rex and Bowie, make him come back to the Olympia in 1971, where was the English band SLADE, band which will start to be famous on the following year. It is a new revelation when the singer Noddy, sit on a stool sings with his raucous voice his “Get down and get with it”. Anthony will follow this band until that day, and keep in touch with Dave Hill, guitarist. On the same year, after he left the Cours Florian to become workman in a weaponry factory, he create, with his friend from childhood, Jean-Pierre KENIGSBERG, his first rock band : DAEMON. But even rearranged, he gets bored of playing existing songs, and start to compose and write. Like Cerrone, he gives a few of his creations to a few english bands, and most of his composition will be on the top 10. He become then conscious that the audience likes his melodies. DAEMON becomes DAEMUN until october 1975, when the drummer die in a car accident, where Anthony will be seriously injured. As time goes by, he still goes on tour with a few bands, but more underground (Caves of Hambourg), with his friend Nena, before becoming the bassist of the German band NAD, until the beginning of the 80’s, time that he left the band.