Lena Fiagbe

b. Ladbroke Grove, London, Britain. This talented, soul-inspired vocalist’s demonstration cassette influenced a bidding battle among the main record businesses in 1993, using the U2 -supported Mother label rising because the victor. Fiagbe’s dad had been an enormous enthusiast of Lena Horne (therefore his little girl’s name), and Fiagbe’s mike performance certainly includes a number of the dynamism of this musician. Her debut one, ‘You RESULT FROM Globe’ (released as Lena), which thematically distributed fellow UK musician Jamiroquai’s wide-eyed question at the world, was inspired by way of a documentary about space travel, but flopped. In light of the, the record firm insisted on some remixes. Fiagbe herself was disappointed with the home mixes put on the follow-up one, ‘Gotta OBTAIN IT Right (One Globe)’, which grazed the united kingdom Best 20: ‘The just issue I dislike is certainly if by placing out dance mixes people start to see me being a dance musician, i quickly can’t deal with it. That’s not really what I’m about.’ Following this she toured with Lenny Kravtiz and Daryl Hall, co-writing ‘Borderline’ in the last mentioned’s Spirit Alone place, and earned additional critical praise on her behalf debut album, Visions (limited editions which contained a free of charge seven-track acoustic Compact disc – as though to verify Fiagbe’s status being a singer-songwriter). An aborted record project along with a switch of label consequently stalled Fiagbe’s profession, although she do return to the united kingdom Best 40 in 1996 as visitor vocalist on Wasis Diop’s solitary ‘African Desire’.