Amel Larrieux

Biography

R&B vocalist/songwriter Amel Larrieux was raised in New York’s Greenwich Community. Her mom, Brenda Dixon Gottschild, was a dance critic and teacher, and she grew up in an creative environment. She shaped Groove Theory, a duo with previous Mantronix member Bryce Wilson (aka Bryce Luvah), which agreed upon to Epic Information and have scored a gold-selling TOP pop and R&B strike in Oct 1995 with “Inform Me,” accompanied by the Groove Theory record, which hit the very best 20 from the R&B graph. In 1996, Larrieux was a vocalist for the self-titled record by Sweetback, an organization featuring three people of Sade, which reached the graphs. Larrieux released her debut single single, “GET RIGHT UP,” in November 1999, and it reached amount 37 for the R&B graph. Her debut single record, Infinite Possibilities, premiered by 550 Music in Feb 2000. Larrieux teamed with crooner Glenn Lewis and documented “What’s Arrive Over Me?” for the Barbershop soundtrack, released in 2002. Both reunited a season later and made an appearance on Stanley Clarke’s 1, 2, towards the Bass record with their edition of “Where May be the Like,” a efficiency that gained them a Grammy nomination. In 2004, Larrieux set up the Blisslife label, where she released Bravebird, Morning hours (2006), the stripped-down vocal jazz arranged Lovely Requirements (2007), as well as the playfully eclectic Snow Cream Everyday (2013).

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