😀Jane - Its A Fine Day - (Official Video, 1983) In December 1982 Cherry Red released a 17 track sampler album, selling for 99p, it entered the Independent Chart at no. 1, and in the chart for nearly a year selling 120,000 copies. Two years later a film was released, shot and edited by Christopher Collins, it went on to recieve high acclaim, including winning the prize for best short film at the Italian film festival 1984. 😀FKA Twigs Performs “It’s a Fine Day” at Vogue World: London / Vogue UA-cam Channel 😀It's a fine day ( Melô da sedutora ) New Joy - Featuring - Sandra Gottlied / 1993 Warner Music Brasil / DJ's Beat 😀Jane + Opus III Reversed = Orbital - Halcyon 😀JANE - IT'S A FINE DAY (A GUY CALLED GERALD) 1992 😀JKRS - It's A Fine Day 😀Miss Jane - It's A Fine Day (ATB Radio Edit) (1998) [Official Video] 😀Euphonik - It's A Fine Day ft. Zandra 😀Opus III - It's A Fine Day (Salecky Remix) 😀Opus III - It's A Fine Day (MAER Remix) 😀OPUS III - It's a fine day [ALPHA 9 Remix] 😀Opus III - It's A Fine Day (Paayne Hardstyle Remix) 😀It's A Fine Day · Barcode Brothers 😀It's A Fine Day (State Of Trance Mix) · Agamemnon Project 😀Povee - It's A Fine Day (Original Mix) 😀Miss Jane - It's a Fine Day (Staco Progressive House Mix) 😀Kirsty Hawkshaw - Fine Day (James Holden Remix) 😀Keanu Silva - Fine Day 😀Deepierro - It's A Fine Day 😀It's a Fine Day · Deborah De Luca · Valeria Mancini 😀Sub Focus - Fine Day 😀BEAUZ - Fine Day 😀Skrillex & Boys Noize - Fine Day Anthem 😀MURANA - It’s a Fine Day (Quadra Remix) 😀DJ DimixeR, Serge Legran, MURANA - It’s a Fine Day 😀Coone & Brennan Heart - Fine Day 😀Opus III - It's a fine day (Anfisa Letyago High Nrg Edit) 😀Opus III - It's A Fine Day (Emcroy Remix) 😀Opus III - Fine Day (DSF Remix) 😀Opus III - It's a Fine Day (Ambient Mix 1) 😀Opus III - It's A Fine Day (Hexlogic Remix) 😀Opus III - It's A Fine Day (Sassa Remix) 😀Miss Jane - Fine Day (Rexalted Remix) 😀DJ Thera ft. Yuna-X - It's A Fine Day (Hard Bass 2013 Mix) 😀Estiva - It’s A Fine Day (ASOT 1166) 😀It's a Fine Day - Opus III (Grigoré remix)
It somehow never occurred to me that the "It's A Fine Day" voice was that of Kirsty Hawkshaw, who I have in my head mainly as a vocalist that often collaborates with Hybrid. The hours are countless indeed.
Wow, the part when she mentioned that she sang to this little boy, it really hit me at the core, all the lads at the rave, we were all this little boy at one point in life and we all needed to hear that it’s going to be a fine day tomorrow
I worked in a 24 hour Nightclub in Atlanta and one night the DJ played Chicanes Saltwater with the Accepella of Fine Day over top and it was the greatest mashup I've ever heard.
Back when Atlanta was the most insane party city in the country. The 90's in Atlanta were insane. So much fun. Spent many a fine days and nights at the Nomenclature Museum. Good times. I lived 2 blocks from piedmont park.
Kristy, I say this with zero hyperbole, you changed my life. Discovering your voice on Halcyon, and later the rave scene, made finishing school and many other personal trials so much easier. I'm a better person for your influence.
It’s a Fine Day is THE dance anthem that continues to be shared with every generation in so many ways. I remember the first time I played it at age 18 at a club and instantly new this song was special. I am 51 now and still get goose bumps when I hear it sampled or remixed. Thank you for producing a song that continues to make people smile and forget about the problems in our world.
I love this classic, I didn't know her name, I was surprised to find her to be the daughter of the master of library music and rare grooves Alan Hawkshaw, a true legend. Nice interview, Kirsty! 1love from Brazil
It must have been very cool being Kirsty as a kid with everyone saying "Did you watch Grange Hill last night?" and her saying "My dad wrote the theme tune". He did 'Countdown' as well, and millions of other great things.
This track, The Shaman “move any mountain” everything the Orb put out combined with 808 State PWOG and old Throbbing Gristle turned Psychic TV defined my teenage years. Not to mention countless others. All my love. Thank you!
It's one of those seminal tracks, without equal. I wore my tape out playing that track. I can still feel how I felt when I first heard it. To me it defined an era that I'm proud to have lived through. Timeless.
Oh wow, sometimes the algorithm does good things. I was picked upon and bullied a lot in my youth and when I heard your beautiful and innocent voice in this song, back when I was 13/14 years old with your positive lyrics, it literally kept me going. Even to this day, I still get a lump in my stomach and a jump in my heart when I hear your voice. Thank you so much!
When I first heard this song in my childhood times, that's where dance music as a whole lifted me out of the everyday radio repeats. At that point I went underground and discovered dance music scene as I got older and that's where I will remain till I'm dead. Truley a classic and favorite.
I hope Kirsty knows that Opus III ie heard and beloved in Brazil. Their sound changed my life, completly. Before them, I didn't know about Electronic Music. After, Electronic Music started to fill my soul. I'll never forget Opus III. Thanks DJ Mag for bringing the story of this true Dance anthem!
She's so right about the dance scene being healing. Pretty music, pretty lights, not a care in the world, there with all your friends... boy I miss those days, and those friends! Movin' Up … ain't nobody gonna hold me i'm gonna be all that i can be i'll take my problems to the dance floor let the music make my spirit soar… Never happier than during my party days. You really do take your problems to the dance floor-- and dance the HELL out of them!
I’ve been feeling nostalgic and thinking of all those 90’s late night raves and this song. It’s been playing on repeat the past few days. Im glad I ran across this.
Ah, 1992, that was quite a year! I was 15 at the time and was at a point in my life where I had really started to absorb the different tunes that were around, "It's a fine day" being one of the standout ones. Great times!
How I loved the Opus III version in 1992. When I saw Kirsty in the video I freaked out! ... Her look was SO refreshing for 1992 when things were so boring after the electric 80s. She had THE best look! ***** Thanks for this video!
Geesh! I knew there was a reason I'd click on this one. Never heard the dance track, but I started listening to her father Alan Hawkshaw's music back in 2020!
Hi Kirsty , I've always loved this song , thank you . And.......I'm a massive fan of your dad , I have his book and listen to his music regularly . The man is a legend .
I really love this series. It is a bite of musical history with lots of memories and emotional link for the people like me that grow up listening to this music.
Fine day and the sun rising by beloved are 2 tracks from my early rave days i still listen to regularly.. Fine day is such an uplifting mood changing piece of music, it should be prescribed by the NHS.
This song was most popular playlist on MTV music channel in the spring of 1992 and it is such a uplifting song that always brightens up my day and it still a great dance tune over 3 decades later. Thank you Kirsty for this classic tune with your angelic voice that always brings back the most memorable times. 💯🙂👏
Thanks for making this. The name Kirsty Hawkshaw was a name I always heard as a kid thanks to this song, but never knew a single thing about her. Really nice to finally make the connection and tie up that part of my childhood :) All the way from South Africa :)
“SPIRITUAL EPIPHANY” yesssssss that is the true essence of the old school raves. Yes 🙌 raves in SoCal was where my spiritual journey began…. We’re so lucky to have experienced those days ❤❤❤
I still love and listen to this song to this day! There are a few dance records that have stood the test of time: 3AM Eternal (The KLF), Good Life (Inner City), Gipsy Woman (Crystal Waters), (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (Nomad), Lola's Theme (The Shapeshifters) and... THIS! What a truly amazing track!
This woman I will always consider the original female vocalist of electronic music her voice is timeless thank you Kirsty for making my childhood much happier quality music lives forever.
What a lovely woman. She's humble, charming and has the voice of an angel. It's a Fine Day will always be up there as one of my all time favourite uplifting tunes from the rave days. Such an incredible time that has never been surpassed. There was the hardcore, the jungle, the progressive, the garage house, the Italo pianos, the acid, the bleeps, the hard euro techno... Tunes like this were so iconic and beautiful that they have stood the test of time. Right up there with FSOL - Papua New Guinea; Gat Decor - Passion; Orbital - Halcyon; 808 State - Pacific State and the rest... What an era!
I am still listening to "Its a fine day" and "Halcyon" at least 3 times a week as it is on my "work" playlist and has been for the last 25 years. The beats and her calm beautiful voice just helps me concentrate and get in the zone. Absolutely one of my favorit dance tracks ever
This song is (still) so subversive, well produced and powerful even without her vocals. Its like a rainstorm on the dance floor! It's literally thunderous! Incredible.
OMG THIS IS MY FIRST CENTRAL STATION LP .. best trax and is great to hear it mixes all over the place.. thx for making a song for many memories xxx Nalini and ?? “Sandstorm” “Itchy & scratchy” Pet shop boys.. So many that came out with this trax. Kids today hear these trax and think they are new .. as if . You can’t beat those years of best music that came out in the clubs . House techno trance acid house D&B hard core , it’s all part of that time frame of life .. The real raves were always underground. “🌎 Earth Core” now that’s a blast from past. Then came our style of dancing yeh.. still doing it at 50 years old.. The look on peoples face when they see me dancing & then the drop in music .. next min my feet are moving.. !! 💃🕺🏼💅🏼it’s on like donkey kong.
Ed Solo... That's a name i haven't seen in a long time. Like since late 90's, early 2000's. Totally disappeared from my radar along with people like Paul Reset from Nerve. Good to see DJ's from those crazy dnb times still doing their thing.
This was the track that turned me onto dance music, I heard it on a train traveling North through the Midlands and it expanded my mind, without chemical enhancement. Thank you Kirsty!!
Thanks for this video, i really love this serie... it is absolutely amazing to hear the stories behind our favorite hits of all time... This track is also one of my favorite and i hope 1 day i can get Kirsty's signature on he vinyl of Opus III 😊
Its one of my favorite vocals of any track. Really unique style in many ways. One of the great tracks from the early electronic music era that I still love to this day.
The Halcyon and On version by Orbital is one of the most formative songs I listened to in my life. Captures my experiences working in Vietnam perfectly.
It was the slow arch of the rave scene in the Midwest of Ohio and the movie Hackers was being released in theaters. That movie and soundtrack solidified my love of The Scene then....I think I saw that movie more than 20 times in the theater.... And when I worked at a video store and it was released on VHS/DVD then, I watched it another 20 times!! It's great seeing these stories of that era...brings a huge smile to my face and reminds me of why I love this music and all that it brought together!! This song was the essence of P.L.U.R. then!! Thank you!
Kirsty is one of the most incredible female singers. Her voice is so delicate and ethereal but emotive. And she is such a sweetheart person (collaborated with her on several songs).
Excellent video. I was 16 when this was released. Still have the 7”vinyl as it goes. I'm 48 now and go open water swimming more than I go raving these days. I find myself setting this music to my swimming videos when the sun is shining, the water is cold and there's not a breath of wind. Fantastic tune. ❤
What a lovely interview .. so grateful to have been out clubbing from the early 90s.. still love my music to this day .. keep up the great series 👌🏼🤩👍🏼🌅
Wow, her description of the recording of the song makes sense to me, when i was a kid this song was still in heavy rotation and every time i heard it, it felt like a warm hug so knowing she sang it to the kid in such a way that it translated the same to me as a kid is crazy. I still have the cassette single of this.
This is the best series of Videos on UA-cam, please keep them coming. Dance music from the 90's and early 2000's was so good. Would love if you could find and interview Dominique Atkins from Grace. Not Over Yet was one of the best dance tracks from this era and still sounds fresh today.
This song was an icon for the rave scene in the 90's. The hypnotic vocals and melodies just made you dance the night away. This is why music is a medicine to all.
Absolutely blown away by this. Had no idea of the link between two of my favourite tracks of all time, It's a fine day and Halcyon but before that I heard Kirsty's surname and thought, I wonder if she's the late Alan Hawkshaw's daughter then all was revealed. Add Best Endeavours onto that list of amazing music, by the way. What a dynasty. Thanks for all the great times Kirsty and Alan. Brilliant...!
This women has done so many amazing vocals over the years. Amazing voice. Just Be with Tiesto, face to face the joy by seba. So many to mention. Live Kirsty’s vocals.
She also did the singing on Tiesto's Just Be and a ton of other hits. I live Orbital's Halcyon, because it's not just a remake of the same song, really beautiful work
Yeah she's done loads of cracking vocals, a few of my faves are Tiesto - Urban Train, BT - Dreaming (Both Lucid & Tiesto mix) and Headstrong - Love Calls (Paul Kershaw Remix)
Known her from tiesto didnt put the two piece together as she was the vocals for this song.. she was the vocals for most trance track back in the days... BT and tiesto.
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Moloko - Sing it back!
😀Jane - Its A Fine Day - (Official Video, 1983) In December 1982 Cherry Red released a 17 track sampler album, selling for 99p, it entered the Independent Chart at no. 1,
and in the chart for nearly a year selling 120,000 copies. Two years later a film was released, shot and edited by Christopher Collins, it went on to recieve high acclaim,
including winning the prize for best short film at the Italian film festival 1984.
😀FKA Twigs Performs “It’s a Fine Day” at Vogue World: London / Vogue UA-cam Channel
😀It's a fine day ( Melô da sedutora ) New Joy - Featuring - Sandra Gottlied / 1993 Warner Music Brasil / DJ's Beat
😀Jane + Opus III Reversed = Orbital - Halcyon
😀JANE - IT'S A FINE DAY (A GUY CALLED GERALD) 1992
😀JKRS - It's A Fine Day
😀Miss Jane - It's A Fine Day (ATB Radio Edit) (1998) [Official Video]
😀Euphonik - It's A Fine Day ft. Zandra
😀Opus III - It's A Fine Day (Salecky Remix)
😀Opus III - It's A Fine Day (MAER Remix)
😀OPUS III - It's a fine day [ALPHA 9 Remix]
😀Opus III - It's A Fine Day (Paayne Hardstyle Remix)
😀It's A Fine Day · Barcode Brothers
😀It's A Fine Day (State Of Trance Mix) · Agamemnon Project
😀Povee - It's A Fine Day (Original Mix)
😀Miss Jane - It's a Fine Day (Staco Progressive House Mix)
😀Kirsty Hawkshaw - Fine Day (James Holden Remix)
😀Keanu Silva - Fine Day
😀Deepierro - It's A Fine Day
😀It's a Fine Day · Deborah De Luca · Valeria Mancini
😀Sub Focus - Fine Day
😀BEAUZ - Fine Day
😀Skrillex & Boys Noize - Fine Day Anthem
😀MURANA - It’s a Fine Day (Quadra Remix)
😀DJ DimixeR, Serge Legran, MURANA - It’s a Fine Day
😀Coone & Brennan Heart - Fine Day
😀Opus III - It's a fine day (Anfisa Letyago High Nrg Edit)
😀Opus III - It's A Fine Day (Emcroy Remix)
😀Opus III - Fine Day (DSF Remix)
😀Opus III - It's a Fine Day (Ambient Mix 1)
😀Opus III - It's A Fine Day (Hexlogic Remix)
😀Opus III - It's A Fine Day (Sassa Remix)
😀Miss Jane - Fine Day (Rexalted Remix)
😀DJ Thera ft. Yuna-X - It's A Fine Day (Hard Bass 2013 Mix)
😀Estiva - It’s A Fine Day (ASOT 1166)
😀It's a Fine Day - Opus III (Grigoré remix)
Can you approach Delerium for their mega super all time favorite track "Silence". or at least Tiesto ISOS`s remix of the track
Request for motorcycle - As the rush comes ❤
What a bloody icon kirsty Hawkshaw is. Such a sweetheart.
I just hope she got enough money out of this.
She is an icon for sure 👍
Between this and "Halcyon" and all the remixes throughout the years, I have no idea how many hours of my life I have spent listening.
It somehow never occurred to me that the "It's A Fine Day" voice was that of Kirsty Hawkshaw, who I have in my head mainly as a vocalist that often collaborates with Hybrid. The hours are countless indeed.
Same. It's... a lot.
Halcyon 🙌🎶
@@orpheuscreativeco9236 yes mate
Funny break
One of the classics that defined us, the early 90’s rave generation. This still gives me chills.
100% agree!
My favorite to this day … nostalgia
Absolutely! I think she's spoken for all of us in a way...our generation X has been so damaged by so many things throughout the years...
"Rui da Silva - Touch Me" needs to be here in this series.
We're trying! 🙏
Upvote
Good call. Especially due to the issues with the original Chant No. 1 sample.
Remember, it was actually written by the singer.
YES
Kirsty is such a modest and honest woman. I LOVE HER
You’ve listened to a twelve minute interview. YOU DON’T KNOW HER
@@jnnxso, your problem is, that someone didn’t say “seems like”…? 😂
Immensely lovable
30 years on and it is still on my playlist. Good times, great tune. I wonder though if she still has her harmony balls? ❤
32 years later and... ABSOLUTE CLASSIC!!!!
Wow, the part when she mentioned that she sang to this little boy, it really hit me at the core, all the lads at the rave, we were all this little boy at one point in life and we all needed to hear that it’s going to be a fine day tomorrow
I worked in a 24 hour Nightclub in Atlanta and one night the DJ played Chicanes Saltwater with the Accepella of Fine Day over top and it was the greatest mashup I've ever heard.
Both tracks in this series !
hahaha BackStreet Atlanta? Late 90s? Cuz I think I remember this!!
Back when Atlanta was the most insane party city in the country. The 90's in Atlanta were insane. So much fun. Spent many a fine days and nights at the Nomenclature Museum. Good times. I lived 2 blocks from piedmont park.
Let’s find that mashup. I also remember Backstreet. I danced with five people at the same time there once.
Kirsty is a true legend among vocalists in electronic music, for me especially in trance. DJ Mag, keep sharing those fantastic insights! ❤
Loads more coming!
And Everything But The Girl, Tracey Thorn!!💜
@@DJMagDeep Blue - Helicopter Tune 🙏
@@G.Man- Guns and Roses Paradise City.
Milky..
This, The Orb and Saint Etienne were monumental for me
Do you like the DJ Michael Mayer? The Orb and Saint Etienne are 2 of my very favourite acts too.
What were the skies like when you were young?
@@Aitch-102the skies always had little fluffy ☁️ clouds in them.
This series is great. Keep 'em coming!
Kristy, I say this with zero hyperbole, you changed my life. Discovering your voice on Halcyon, and later the rave scene, made finishing school and many other personal trials so much easier. I'm a better person for your influence.
It’s a Fine Day is THE dance anthem that continues to be shared with every generation in so many ways. I remember the first time I played it at age 18 at a club and instantly new this song was special. I am 51 now and still get goose bumps when I hear it sampled or remixed.
Thank you for producing a song that continues to make people smile and forget about the problems in our world.
I love this classic, I didn't know her name, I was surprised to find her to be the daughter of the master
of library music and rare grooves Alan Hawkshaw, a true legend. Nice interview, Kirsty! 1love from Brazil
It must have been very cool being Kirsty as a kid with everyone saying "Did you watch Grange Hill last night?" and her saying "My dad wrote the theme tune". He did 'Countdown' as well, and millions of other great things.
This track, The Shaman “move any mountain” everything the Orb put out combined with 808 State PWOG and old Throbbing Gristle turned Psychic TV defined my teenage years. Not to mention countless others. All my love. Thank you!
It's one of those seminal tracks, without equal. I wore my tape out playing that track. I can still feel how I felt when I first heard it. To me it defined an era that I'm proud to have lived through. Timeless.
Oh wow, sometimes the algorithm does good things. I was picked upon and bullied a lot in my youth and when I heard your beautiful and innocent voice in this song, back when I was 13/14 years old with your positive lyrics, it literally kept me going. Even to this day, I still get a lump in my stomach and a jump in my heart when I hear your voice. Thank you so much!
The music of Opus III has enveloped me like a womb in the moments when I needed it most. Such a rare blend of energy, emotion and positivity.
Still listen to this track now. One of my favourites from back in the day.
When I first heard this song in my childhood times, that's where dance music as a whole lifted me out of the everyday radio repeats. At that point I went underground and discovered dance music scene as I got older and that's where I will remain till I'm dead. Truley a classic and favorite.
Kirsty Hawkshaw’s work with Way Out West was one of the best. ❤😊
I hope Kirsty knows that Opus III ie heard and beloved in Brazil. Their sound changed my life, completly. Before them, I didn't know about Electronic Music. After, Electronic Music started to fill my soul. I'll never forget Opus III. Thanks DJ Mag for bringing the story of this true Dance anthem!
Thanks for watching!
She's so right about the dance scene being healing. Pretty music, pretty lights, not a care in the world, there with all your friends... boy I miss those days, and those friends!
Movin' Up
… ain't nobody gonna hold me
i'm gonna be all that i can be
i'll take my problems to the dance floor
let the music make my spirit soar…
Never happier than during my party days. You really do take your problems to the dance floor-- and dance the HELL out of them!
This song was the soundtrack to my life when I was a teen. She's right, 90s raves were a spiritual experience ❤
I had this on vinyl - still love it!
I’ve been feeling nostalgic and thinking of all those 90’s late night raves and this song. It’s been playing on repeat the past few days. Im glad I ran across this.
Great video. Great artist and musician. You couldn't have picked a nicer individual to interview, an absolute legend.
Yes
Oh yeah a legend for sure and what an iconic tune
This beautiful song still fills me with magic ✨
Ah, 1992, that was quite a year! I was 15 at the time and was at a point in my life where I had really started to absorb the different tunes that were around, "It's a fine day" being one of the standout ones. Great times!
How I loved the Opus III version in 1992. When I saw Kirsty in the video I freaked out! ... Her look was SO refreshing for 1992 when things were so boring after the electric 80s. She had THE best look! ***** Thanks for this video!
Thanks for watching!
Geesh! I knew there was a reason I'd click on this one. Never heard the dance track, but I started listening to her father Alan Hawkshaw's music back in 2020!
Wow! This song absolutely changed our lives! A religious experience
Her voice and those synth pads....instant goosebumps, even after all that time.
Earth, my body. Water, my blood. Air, my breath. Fire, my spirit. Love Opus 3
Hi Kirsty , I've always loved this song , thank you . And.......I'm a massive fan of your dad , I have his book and listen to his music regularly . The man is a legend .
Such an epic classic and there's just nothing like that piano breakdown halfway near the end of the song, that part always gives me goosebumps! 🥰🥰
So, so glad this appeared on my recommended, had totally forgotten about this song, used to play it all the time, and what a lovely person Kirsty is
I love this series. Keep on going on DJ Mag!
We ain't stopping!
Kirsty is lovely, sent her a message about Fine Day once and she replied, it was really sweet of her 😊
I really love this series. It is a bite of musical history with lots of memories and emotional link for the people like me that grow up listening to this music.
Fine day and the sun rising by beloved are 2 tracks from my early rave days i still listen to regularly.. Fine day is such an uplifting mood changing piece of music, it should be prescribed by the NHS.
she is so luvely and gifted, the song is abso great and the production is fantastic.... since then, this is always popping up in ma mind.
This song was most popular playlist on MTV music channel in the spring of 1992 and it is such a uplifting song that always brightens up my day and it still a great dance tune over 3 decades later. Thank you Kirsty for this classic tune with your angelic voice that always brings back the most memorable times. 💯🙂👏
Thanks for making this. The name Kirsty Hawkshaw was a name I always heard as a kid thanks to this song, but never knew a single thing about her. Really nice to finally make the connection and tie up that part of my childhood :)
All the way from South Africa :)
Beautiful tracks and story, thanks to Kirsty for her honesty and contribution to uplifting rave music.
STILL an absolutely beautiful and uplifting song and singer! One of my all-time favorite dance tracks! 😎
“SPIRITUAL EPIPHANY” yesssssss that is the true essence of the old school raves. Yes 🙌 raves in SoCal was where my spiritual journey began…. We’re so lucky to have experienced those days ❤❤❤
I still love and listen to this song to this day!
There are a few dance records that have stood the test of time: 3AM Eternal (The KLF), Good Life (Inner City), Gipsy Woman (Crystal Waters), (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (Nomad), Lola's Theme (The Shapeshifters) and... THIS! What a truly amazing track!
Hands down one of my all-time favorite songs ever written.
This woman I will always consider the original female vocalist of electronic music her voice is timeless thank you Kirsty for making my childhood much happier quality music lives forever.
Original female vocalist of electronic music… WTF, do you not know who Alison Moyette is?!?
Donna Summer should have that title
@@llaughridgewow bro relax. I dunno who that is either but Kirsty’s name was on a lot of tracks when I started listening, so ya, she’s an icon
@@llaughridge Alison (Moyet) was more synth/pop at least spell her name correctly and I said what I consider.
@@apollozero Good shout but Donna Summer was more of a disco icon to me but each to their own.
After all those years this song still a hit!😍🔥
This is such a beautiful story. Also I never connected that she was Alan Hawkshaw's daughter until this video and it all just makes so much sense now.
What a lovely woman. She's humble, charming and has the voice of an angel. It's a Fine Day will always be up there as one of my all time favourite uplifting tunes from the rave days. Such an incredible time that has never been surpassed. There was the hardcore, the jungle, the progressive, the garage house, the Italo pianos, the acid, the bleeps, the hard euro techno... Tunes like this were so iconic and beautiful that they have stood the test of time. Right up there with FSOL - Papua New Guinea; Gat Decor - Passion; Orbital - Halcyon; 808 State - Pacific State and the rest... What an era!
I am still listening to "Its a fine day" and "Halcyon" at least 3 times a week as it is on my "work" playlist and has been for the last 25 years. The beats and her calm beautiful voice just helps me concentrate and get in the zone. Absolutely one of my favorit dance tracks ever
Absolutely love this - she is so open and honest and seems like a beautiful person!
Such an inspirational record, one of the best of all times.
"I just fell all this shit that I've been carrying for years was just released... And I hadn't even done any drugs at that point" 😂
What you on? Apples!!!🤣
😂😂😂
Seminal track, still gives me shivers. Like many, this was my gateway into the dance/trance genre. Never looked back.
Thank you Opus III and Kirsty for this brilliant track! Thank you DJMag as always for this great inspiring series 🌟🌟🌟
Our pleasure!
Her Vocal, Jame's yell, that violin note that goes on forever - just legendary sounds that having seemingly endless possibilities.
This song is (still) so subversive, well produced and powerful even without her vocals.
Its like a rainstorm on the dance floor!
It's literally thunderous! Incredible.
OMG THIS IS MY FIRST CENTRAL STATION LP .. best trax and is great to hear it mixes all over the place.. thx for making a song for many memories xxx
Nalini and ??
“Sandstorm”
“Itchy & scratchy”
Pet shop boys..
So many that came out with this trax.
Kids today hear these trax and think they are new .. as if . You can’t beat those years of best music that came out in the clubs .
House techno trance acid house D&B hard core , it’s all part of that time frame of life ..
The real raves were always underground. “🌎 Earth Core” now that’s a blast from past.
Then came our style of dancing yeh.. still doing it at 50 years old.. The look on peoples face when they see me dancing & then the drop in music .. next min my feet are moving.. !! 💃🕺🏼💅🏼it’s on like donkey kong.
one of those songs that you heard it some ages ago, never knew how did you come across but it just stayed and never left.
That lady gave me some of the finest memories of my life.. Thank you ❤
Holy shit, I’m loving all of these Retrospective videos! Paul Van Dyke, Darude, etc, now this. Amazing!
Dam I never knew Alan Hawkshaw was here dad. I’m a massive fan of his work
Same!
Ed Solo... That's a name i haven't seen in a long time. Like since late 90's, early 2000's. Totally disappeared from my radar along with people like Paul Reset from Nerve. Good to see DJ's from those crazy dnb times still doing their thing.
what are the odds, I'm a massive fan of both of your work!! but seriously i had no clue either
Her dad wrote some bangers.
Yep did the Grange Hill theme 😂
I never learnt the name of that beautiful girl of this fantastic song untill today,thank you Kirsty!🌟🌹❤️
Now 58 and still loving the tunes 😊
Loved the music back then 😊
I love this song❤
Thank you so much for the making of this iconic song!
You have a very great singing voice
Opus III is a very cool name for a group
What a remarkable woman. Well done her for being open and raw and and always staying true to what she believes in!
This was the track that turned me onto dance music, I heard it on a train traveling North through the Midlands and it expanded my mind, without chemical enhancement. Thank you Kirsty!!
Thanks for this video, i really love this serie... it is absolutely amazing to hear the stories behind our favorite hits of all time...
This track is also one of my favorite and i hope 1 day i can get Kirsty's signature on he vinyl of Opus III 😊
Glad you like them!
Its one of my favorite vocals of any track. Really unique style in many ways. One of the great tracks from the early electronic music era that I still love to this day.
I love that song - it's one of the most iconic songs in electronica. Cool to hear from the singer!
It’s lovely to read a proper outpouring of kindness, the EDM scene has some absolute diamonds 💎 in there, you are definitely one of them.
This is iconic! all those years ago and I cannot believe how much time has passed. Thanks for making this video :D
Our pleasure!
The Halcyon and On version by Orbital is one of the most formative songs I listened to in my life. Captures my experiences working in Vietnam perfectly.
Fantastic song, fantastic interview! Rave days were the best!
She’s so lovely 😍 a real classic tune 🎉
It was the slow arch of the rave scene in the Midwest of Ohio and the movie Hackers was being released in theaters. That movie and soundtrack solidified my love of The Scene then....I think I saw that movie more than 20 times in the theater.... And when I worked at a video store and it was released on VHS/DVD then, I watched it another 20 times!!
It's great seeing these stories of that era...brings a huge smile to my face and reminds me of why I love this music and all that it brought together!! This song was the essence of P.L.U.R. then!!
Thank you!
Halcyon on and on is still my favourite song of all time. It is sublime. It's a fine day is so incredible
Kirsty is one of the most incredible female singers. Her voice is so delicate and ethereal but emotive. And she is such a sweetheart person (collaborated with her on several songs).
Her voice is embedded in my DNA at this point
Excellent video. I was 16 when this was released. Still have the 7”vinyl as it goes. I'm 48 now and go open water swimming more than I go raving these days. I find myself setting this music to my swimming videos when the sun is shining, the water is cold and there's not a breath of wind. Fantastic tune. ❤
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful Kirsty! Thanks for the vibes, both in the music, and the interview! Honest, true, and with love ❤
What a lovely interview .. so grateful to have been out clubbing from the early 90s.. still love my music to this day .. keep up the great series 👌🏼🤩👍🏼🌅
I love Kirsty Hawkshaw’s voice so much. Her vocal on Swayzak’s State of Grace is one of the most beautiful things ever ❤
Wow, her description of the recording of the song makes sense to me, when i was a kid this song was still in heavy rotation and every time i heard it, it felt like a warm hug so knowing she sang it to the kid in such a way that it translated the same to me as a kid is crazy. I still have the cassette single of this.
That song fitted together so beautifully and her vocals and spirit were just right for it. What a lovely tim ein rave music
Talk about music that shaped everything that came after, this is right up there!
This is the best series of Videos on UA-cam, please keep them coming. Dance music from the 90's and early 2000's was so good. Would love if you could find and interview Dominique Atkins from Grace. Not Over Yet was one of the best dance tracks from this era and still sounds fresh today.
That’s a beautiful story I love this song and it reminds me of being young child in the early 90s
Interesting! What a classic tune..I remember it so well right from 92 to today. Nuff Respect! And the Spiral Tribe mention ; Wicked! ❤️
This song was an icon for the rave scene in the 90's. The hypnotic vocals and melodies just made you dance the night away. This is why music is a medicine to all.
please keep making these for us!
We got you!
1992 one of the best years in my life❤
Absolutely blown away by this. Had no idea of the link between two of my favourite tracks of all time, It's a fine day and Halcyon but before that I heard Kirsty's surname and thought, I wonder if she's the late Alan Hawkshaw's daughter then all was revealed. Add Best Endeavours onto that list of amazing music, by the way. What a dynasty. Thanks for all the great times Kirsty and Alan. Brilliant...!
This women has done so many amazing vocals over the years. Amazing voice. Just Be with Tiesto, face to face the joy by seba. So many to mention. Live Kirsty’s vocals.
She also did the singing on Tiesto's Just Be and a ton of other hits. I live Orbital's Halcyon, because it's not just a remake of the same song, really beautiful work
Did not knownthat about just be, one of tiestos best!
Yeah she's done loads of cracking vocals, a few of my faves are Tiesto - Urban Train, BT - Dreaming (Both Lucid & Tiesto mix) and Headstrong - Love Calls (Paul Kershaw Remix)
Known her from tiesto didnt put the two piece together as she was the vocals for this song.. she was the vocals for most trance track back in the days... BT and tiesto.
She's also done a load of drum n bass vocals - The Joy is one of her best.
OMG love this song!!! this was on my playlist for many years, and still is!!