Mel Merio Releases UK Debut Single/Video (Video & Remixes Inside)
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
Written by Elliott Batte
Yesterday (7th March) Viennese vocalist, musician, club promoter and performance artist Mel Merio presented Lovemore on her label of the same name. It was produced in collaboration with the highly acclaimed electronic wunderkind Christopher Just and NY club legend Larry Tee.
As the title suggests, the Lovemore message is simple and is set to a sleek, bass-heavy electro pop gem. Lovemore will be followed by her debut album in Spring 2011.
Mel has collaborated with Chicks on Speed, Clemens Haipl and Peter Pansky. She’s also promoted nights for over ten years in Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg and New York, with London editions forthcoming. Mel sang alongside transsexual icon Amanda Lepore to a televised audience of millions at last year’s legendary Life Ball in Vienna - the biggest charity event in Europe supporting people with HIV or AIDS.
Previous Mel Merio releases include the German hit Domino Dancing and Hipster Girl, which was released on leading US dance imprint ULTRA.
While growing up in Vienna, Lovemore producer Christopher Just became a headline DJ due to his underground rave anthem Ilsa Gold, plus releases on Cheap, Pomelo and Labworks. Under the name Punk Anderson, Christopher created the iconic early electroclash anthem ‘Shave That Pussy’ and later had a worldwide club smash with ‘I'm a Disco Dancer’, which featured Dave Clarke and DJ Hell remixes. More recently he enjoyed yet another club hit in the shape of ‘Poppers’ on the label du jour - Kitsune.
Following the release of his top-rated album Club Badd, Larry Tee continues to DJ worldwide and in the last year has remixed Lady Gaga, La Roux and Major Lazer. Larry produced the B-52s' first single and quickly took over the club scene in New York with the infamous DISCO 2000 (of murderous club kid Michael Allig and later Party Monster movie fame). He DJd at the ROXY weekly and co-wrote the hit record Supermodel (You Better Work) by RuPaul, which sold over 4 million copies. In 1997 Larry championed a new sound and movement which became known as electroclash. It helped launch the careers of Scissor Sisters, Felix Da Housecat, 2 Many DJs/Soulwax, Peaches and countless others.
You can see Mel’s video embedded below, as well as a link to her Soundcloud which includes the original song, plus remixes from Christopher Just, Mister Krueger, Lexx, D.A.M.B, and Alexander Lukas.
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