DJ Ella-live the dream!
Music was always her first love but back
then she didn't know it was possible to make a living out of being a singer and
DJ.
No doubt she is the most wanted
and most popular artist in Latvia of the new generation following David Guetta
and Bob Sinclair’s steps. At the local scene there are no any other like she.
Sexy, smart and professional at the same time! She has a hard working attitude
and the right sense of style. Ella is a sought after model for the fashion and
lifestyle magazines in her homeland, a small island of new hopes in the dark
ocean of so-called Eastern Europe.
Ella’s
career started when she was 14 when she got to the final of international young
performers competition “ Fizz Superstar” where she was the youngest entrant to
perform.
The first one, who noticed that she was
someone to watch out for, was the legendary UK producer and manager Mel Bush
(Vanessa Mae, David Essex, Wild and many more). He offered her a career in the
UK and that was the time when he was working on his new project lately known as
Bond. But as Ella was just 14 years old and a young lady, she easily reject his
offer telling his professional industry - wait a minute, I’ll make it on my own…
And now it is happening. Step by step
she goes her own way to reach success. When she was only 16 she has wrote her
first song, recorded it and sent it to the record company. She’s got signed to
Microphone Records. In 2006 the debut album “To reach your dream” was released.
She wrote most of the songs herself. At the same time she participated in local
“Fame academy” and again, got to the super final.
In 2007 she host a special programme on
the most popular radio in Latvia - “Radio SWH”. At the same time she started to
do her DJ sets at the most prestigious Riga dance club “ Essential”.
In 2008 the new album “ Welcome To The
Club” was released.
Most of the album songs are written by
famous writers from UK, Belgium and US.
Album contains successful singles
“Welcome To The Club”, “DJ Take Me”, “Shine Like A Superstar “and” Kitchy,
Kitchy” what reached airplay top 10 in Latvia and were released across the
Scandinavia (TMC) as well as Germany (DDR Records) and France (EMI). Mixes &
remixes of the new album tracks appears on many dance compilations (Everybody
Dance Now, Tuning Hitz, Summer Hitz etc) . Ella’s success story is rising
and seems to break more and more borders. Not many of the Latvian artists have
ever been released abroad and played on international radio, but Ella is one of
these few. And she is a first Latvian artist ever reached French Club Chart Top
40 in 2008 with her single “ DJ Take Me”.
US writers Michael Jay (Kylie Minogue,
Eminem, Celine Dion, Lara Fabian etc) and Gordon Pogoda (Tik Tak, HI-5, Pop
Idol, etc) who says:
“I was very impressed with Ella's
recordings. Ella sings with confidence and sass and has a great style. I may
live on the other side of the planet from Ella but I know she's a very hard
worker and very determined to do all it takes to make it in this business and
achieve international success. She brings a lot of fun to my song and sings with
an excitement and energy that really goes well with a dance club anthem like
this.“
Ella adds: “ I know that I should
work hard to get the success. I’ve never thought that it is an easy way. But I
do not know anything that would stop me on my way. I know I’ve made some
mistakes, but I do not care about what’s in the past. I live today and think of
tomorrow. I know there is people who hates me, but there is always much more who
loves me. The most important is that there are no indifferent ones.
In 2009 DJ Ella won The Best Dance Music
Album in Latvian Music Awards.
In 2009 she has been nominated for MTV
The Best Baltic Act and she released a single Shine Like A Superstar on
legendary UK Positiva Records.
Few weeks ago single Shine Like A
Superstar has been released in USA on Next Plateauent Entertainment.
In spring time the day light will see
her new album.
Now Ella is searching for a producer who
can help her to put ideas in one CD.
DJ
ELLA SO FAR
Album
" Welcome To The Club"
(28.04.2008)
Released in Latvia & Estonia
Released in Scandinavia in
2009 on TMC Nordic
To be released in several ToCo
International territories (See below)
Singles:
"DJ Take Me"
"Shine Like A Superstar"
"Welcome To The Club"
DJ TAKE ME
CD Maxi Released in Latvia
January 2008
Released in France on Virgin
France February 2008
Club Chart Top 40 position
40 ( 09.02.2008)
Latvian Airplay Chart
40 (31.03.08)
Playlists:
Trance Furry Radio (USA),
Radio SWH (Latvia), Radio Fit FM (Latvia),
North West Radio (Australia),
Radio Scoop (France), Radio Pulsion (France)
Contact Radio FM (France), Fun
Radio (France)
Video playlist: Sems (Latvia),
LMK (Latvia) , MTV Latvia, MTV Lithuania, MTV Estonia.
Appears on the TMC Nordic
compilations " Everybody Dance Now" & "Tuning Hitz" released in Scandinavia in
2008
You Tube (80.000 views
05.01.09)
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
CD Maxi released 05.2007 in
Latvia
Vinyl and online release in
Germany in 2008 on Deutsche Dance Records
Airplay: radio SWH, Radio Star
FM, Kurzemes Radio, Rietumu Radio
Video on Sems TV, LMK TV
You Tube (170.000 views
05.01.09)
SHINE LIKE A SUPERSTAR
CD maxi single Released in
Latvia (October 2008)
Appears on TMC Nordic
Compilations " Everybody Dance Now" & "Tuning Hitz" in Scandinavia in 2008
Airplay: Latvian Music Chart
Peak 3 (09.2008)
Airplay in Sweden and Denmark
Video playlisted on MTV
Latvia, MTV Estonia, MTV Lithuania, Sems (Latvia), LMK (Latvia) and M&V (Latvia)
You Tube (140.000 views
05.01.09)
2009
"Shine
Like A Superstar" to be released in UK on Positiva Records (EMI) in February
2009
DJ Ella (album)will be
priority release in China on Typhoon Records (Ex EMI).
Due to deal with ToCo
International (Holland) in 2009 they will be start working on single and
album releases in the following territories:
LATIN AMERICA:
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Caribbean (Barbados, Costa Rica, Dominican
Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
and Trinidad), Central America (El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
and Panama), Chile, Ecuador, Guyana, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and
Venezuela.
AFRICA:
Ghana, Ivory Coast, Namibia,
Seychelles, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
FAR EAST:
China, Hong Kong S.A.R.,
Indochina (Birma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam), Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand.
MIDDLE EAST:
Dubai, Gulf and UAE and Saudi
Arabia.
NEAR EAST:
Egypt Greece, Israel and
Turkey.
EUROPE:
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland,
Lithuania, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russia (incl. ex-Russian countries),
Slovakia, Slovenia,
Bosnia
Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro.
REST OF THE WORLD:
Australia, New Zealand.
Colombia, India, Kenya, Moldavia, Nigeria and Ukraine.
