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The HOT SPOT with...JOCELYN ENRIQUEZ!
"Growing up, I trained in classical music, but listened to Debbie Harry, Annie Lennox, Aretha Franklin and Madonna, and I learned a lot from studying their music," says dance-pop sensation Jocelyn Enriquez. With
Jocelyn , her second LP for Classified/Tommy Boy, she wears these varied influences on her sleeve with no shame! And it's clear that her producers, Glenn Gutierrez and Elvin Reyes, were listening to Kraftwerk ("Trans-Europe Express") and the Human League ("Fascination") when they were growing up: the electronica sound throughout Jocelyn reveals their influence.
The blend of pop, dance, trip-hop and electronica on Jocelyn's sophomore disc is as unique as her Fillipina-American roots. "My Fillipino heritage is very important to me, which is why I wanted to do at least one song in Tagalog," she says, about singing "Kailanman" in one of the main languages of the Phillipines. Studying with the San Francisco Girls Chorus as a child, Jocelyn later performed with the San Francisco Opera Company. This lent her the tour experience she would use later in life, in support of her 1994 debut set, Lovely . Now a seasoned 23 year-old, Jocelyn has been working her sophomore disc on the strength of "Do You Miss Me" and the #1 Billboard maxi-single, "A Little Bit Of Ecstacy."
"I never want to be just a pop singer, or just a dance artist," Jocelyn says, "I never want to limit where I can take my voice. Limitation just ain't Jocelyn's thing!" She's opened on tour for a wide variety of acts like the Fugees, Crystal Waters, L.L. Cool J., Jon Secada, Keith Sweat and Salt-N-Pepa.
Classifying Jocelyn's sound is no easy feat either! Even other artists in the genre disagree on the strict definitions of electronica, trip-hop, jungle and ambient. But Jocelyn wouldn't have it any other way!
Taken from BlackBeat Magazine Vol. 27 NO 10 October 1997
"Growing up, I trained in classical music, but listened to Debbie Harry, Annie Lennox, Aretha Franklin and Madonna, and I learned a lot from studying their music," says dance-pop sensation Jocelyn Enriquez. With
Jocelyn , her second LP for Classified/Tommy Boy, she wears these varied influences on her sleeve with no shame! And it's clear that her producers, Glenn Gutierrez and Elvin Reyes, were listening to Kraftwerk ("Trans-Europe Express") and the Human League ("Fascination") when they were growing up: the electronica sound throughout Jocelyn reveals their influence.
The blend of pop, dance, trip-hop and electronica on Jocelyn's sophomore disc is as unique as her Fillipina-American roots. "My Fillipino heritage is very important to me, which is why I wanted to do at least one song in Tagalog," she says, about singing "Kailanman" in one of the main languages of the Phillipines. Studying with the San Francisco Girls Chorus as a child, Jocelyn later performed with the San Francisco Opera Company. This lent her the tour experience she would use later in life, in support of her 1994 debut set, Lovely . Now a seasoned 23 year-old, Jocelyn has been working her sophomore disc on the strength of "Do You Miss Me" and the #1 Billboard maxi-single, "A Little Bit Of Ecstacy."
"I never want to be just a pop singer, or just a dance artist," Jocelyn says, "I never want to limit where I can take my voice. Limitation just ain't Jocelyn's thing!" She's opened on tour for a wide variety of acts like the Fugees, Crystal Waters, L.L. Cool J., Jon Secada, Keith Sweat and Salt-N-Pepa.
Classifying Jocelyn's sound is no easy feat either! Even other artists in the genre disagree on the strict definitions of electronica, trip-hop, jungle and ambient. But Jocelyn wouldn't have it any other way!
Taken from BlackBeat Magazine Vol. 27 NO 10 October 1997
