After Dinner Speakers: Sonique, Jim Tavare, Tom Robinson

b. Sonia Clarke, London, England. Sonique's musical career began when she was signed to Cooltempo Records while still a teenager, resulting in a club hit with "Let Me Hold You". However, it was as the singer for Mark Moore's S'Express that she first entered the limelight, featuring on the minor hits "Nothing To Lose" and "Find 'Em, Fool 'Em, Forget 'Em" in 1990 and 1992, respectively. She has since made her mark as a DJ, partly helped by her unique improvised singing over her own up-tempo house sets at clubs such as Gatecrasher and Manumission. She enjoyed two club and dance music chart hits with "I Put A Spell On You" and "It Feels So Good" on Manifesto Records. The latter was a mainstream hit in the US, breaking into the national Top 10, and belatedly gave her a UK chart-topper in May 2000. Sonique is signed to Judge Jules' influential management company, Serious.