ILLUSIVE

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WHO IS ILLUSIVE?................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ...................................... THIS SMOOTH CHARACTER IS A LONDON BASED SINGER SONGWRITER AND FORMER LEAD SINGER OF THE NINETIES GROUP "TROI" WHO WERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE NINETIES UK SOUL/R&B EXPLOSION TOGETHER WITH THE LIKES OF BEVERLY KNIGHT,DAMAGE,TRUCE,MARK MORRISON ETC,,AFTER RELEASING 3 ALBUMS AND TOURING EXTENSIVELY INTERNATIONALLY,WITH SUCH ARTISTS AS BRANDY,CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS,BEVERLY KNIGHT,SMOOTH, SOUL REAL, SOLO,AVERAGE WHITE BAND,SHAGGY ETC.HE DECIDED NOW WAS THE TIME FOR NEW BEGININGS.. ILLUSIVE AS A SOLO ARTIST WAS A NATURAL EVOLUTION FROM THE THE BAND FINDING HIS OWN VOICE AN INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY AS AN ARTIST WAS VERY IMPORTANT STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GREAT PERFORMER. RECORDING HIS LAST TROI ALBUM IN 1999 ENTITLED TROI "GIVE YOU EVERYTHING"ILLUSIVE DECIDED TO TAKE THE TIME AND DEVELOP, THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE HE GAINED WORKING WITH WELL KNOW PRODUCERS SUCH AS PAUL WALLER OF SPICE GIRLS/ERIC CLAPTON/SHOLA AMA FAME.A CHANCE MEETING WITH "ALAN 2DARC LAPORTE" VIA A MUTUAL AQUAINTANCE WAS THE BEGINING OF WHAT IS NOW (2DARC PRODUCTIONS AND A PROLIFIC PARTNERSHIP WAS BORNE WITHIN NO TIME AT ALL THE PARTNERSHIP BEGAN TO BEAR FRUITS AND A LARGE CATALOGUE OF SONGS EMERGED,,OBTAINING A PUBLISHING DEAL WAS THE NEXT STEP,THIS DID NOT TAKE MUCH TIME AND THEY SIGNED TO "BIG LIFE PUBLISHING,OWNED BY THE WELL KNOW IVAN NOVELLO WINNING, PRS MANAGER OF THE YEAR AND RECORD COMPANY MAN JAZZ SUMMERS.,IN 2003.THE NEXT STAGE WAS TO PUT THE GUYS ON WRITING PROJECTS FOR THE LIKES OF SUNSHINE ANDERSON,MARIO AND GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ARTIST USHER RAYMOND AND THE WINNER OF GERMANYS 2004 "POP STARS" BRO SIS THIS WAS DEFINATELY A GOOD TASTER FOR WHAT WAS COMING. NOW ILLUSIVE IS READY TO GO IT ALONE IN HIS QUEST FOR WORLD DOMINATION"THIS ARTIST IS A GREAT LYRICIST AND LIVE PERFORMER " 2DARC SAYS. HIS AMAZING DEBUT ALBUM IS ENTITLED"UrbanNeoLysticSoul"PRODUCED AND CO-WRITTEN by 2DARC,WHO ALSO HAS MANY WRITNG AND REMIX CREDITS UK AND STATESIDE,THE LASTEST OF WHICH WAS FOR THE CALIFORNIAN OUTFIT "LIVIN OUT LOUD " RECORDING BOTH IN LONDON AND BERLIN ILLUSIVE HAS CREATED A NEW SET OF ARTISTIC ENDEAVOURS CULMINATING IN A FANTASTIC NEW SOUND BRIDGING THE THE GAP BETWEEN THE MUCH MISSED CLASSIC SOUL AND THE CURRENT URBAN FLAVOURS ,THE SOUND OF (URBAN NEOLYSTIC SOUL) THE FRESH BUT CLASSIC APPROACH HAS ALREADY SET TONGUES WAGGING IN THE INDUSTRY WITH INDUSTRY STALWARTS AND THE UNDERGROUND BOTH EMBRACING IT, RECEIVING RESPECT FROM REAL MUSIC LOVERS GLOBALLY AS HIS MYSPACE PAGE CAN ATTEST !!!!!!! .
Enough talking let the music speaks for itself !!!!!!