The lead vocalist for Ten City and later a solo star in his own right Byron Stingily had one of the most beautiful voices in house music a sweet and impeccably clear high register akin to Smokey Robinson or disco celebrity Sylvester A singer since th…

New York-born Reina Queen in Spanish began singing mostly inspired by her mother who used to perform at a young age After participating in the musical Fame with a song called Out Here on My Own Reina decided to become seriously involved in pop music …

Multi-instrumentalist and dance guru Chris Brann who is the mastermind behind other garagehouse tasks such as the Wamdue Project Wamdue Kidz and PTaah spawned another house-bred project in the late 90s aptly titled the Ananda Project The Ananda Proje…

Though he was born in Chicago this DJ found his spiritual and musical home in San Francisco by way of Salt Lake City and New York He is currently one of the most influential people in the San Francisco house scene as well as one of the hardest-worki…

Chicago-born Suzanne Palmer became a high-profile dance music diva after teaming up with New York-based producer Peter Rauhofer and joined his project Club 69 adding her dazzling vocals on Much Better Alright Twisted and a house version of Diana Ross…

Towering black and bald freakish drag icon Kevin Aviance became an underground sensation in the late-90s gay dance scene releasing music through the Wave label and taking his drag show on the road Inspired largely by Grace Jones though also citing Bo…