HOUSE MUSIC LEGENDS TEN CITY COLLABORATE WITH WH0 FOR “I LOVE ME”OUT TODAY, JANUARY 13 ON HELIX RECORDSSONG TO APPEAR ON NEW TEN CITY ALBUM ‘LOVE IS LOVE’ SET FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 2023OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY Falcon Publicity One thing Chicago house music legends Ten City and UK duo Wh0 have in common is they both care about making timeless and titillating club records. “I Love Me” out today (January 13) on Helix Records by Ten City & Wh0 is a collaboration which has these two artists meeting on common ground. Listen to “I Love Me” now here: https:// From the unforgettable falsetto of Byron Stingily’s bolstering chorus of “I Love Me” to a playful production of uplifting piano chords and snapping beats from Marshall Jefferson and Wh0, it’s a house music bonanza to make you feel good. "We have a solid friendship and history with Ten City, and after pulling in a GRAMMY nomination after helping produce and write on the last album [Judgement], it was only natural to do a single together on this one,” shares Wh0. “We made this song to celebrate confidence and inner strength." Adds Ten City’s Byron Stingily, "2023 is the year of Loving Self and Self Affirmation!" “I Love Me” will appear on Ten City’s upcoming album Love Is Love due out February 2023. AboutAbout Ten City: Stingily, keyboardist Burke, and guitarist Lawson originally wrote and recorded together under the name Ragtyme, released two singles under that name in 1987. "I Can't Stay Away," the debut, was produced by Marshall Jefferson and mixed by Frankie Knuckles, while "Fix It Man" was produced by Stingily and Burke, who would also arrange much of their subsequent recordings together. Continuing their partnership with Jefferson, Ragtyme changed names to Ten City, and by the end of 1987 made their major-label debut for Atlantic with "Devotion." The 1988 single "Right Back to You" put the group in the Top Ten of Billboard's dance/club chart and led to the 1989 release of Foundation, which reached number 49 on the R&B album chart. That success was powered by "That's the Way Love Is," a number one dance/club hit (number 12 R&B). The song was even more popular in the U.K., peaking at number eight on the pop chart. A re-release of "Devotion" became Ten City's third Top 20 club single and second Top 40 U.K. hit. The 1990 release State of Mind, Ten City's second album, spawned another pair of club hits with "Whatever Makes You Happy" and "Superficial People." The group's roots were emphasized with an update of "It Ain't No Big Thing," a deep disco gem written by Patrick Adams and Brenda Carhee that was recorded by Personal Touch (1976), Donna McGhee (1978), and Rainbow Brown (1981), all Adams projects. Ten City then moved to the EastWest label and cut No House Big Enough with a much larger group of collaborators that did not include Jefferson. David Morales produced and co-wrote the number two dance/club single "My Peace of Heaven," and Kerri Chandler filled the same roles for the finale, "Thick & Thin." That Was Then, This Is Now, recorded for yet another major, Columbia, followed in 1994, led by the self-contained Top 20 club single "Fantasy." The fourth Ten City album also featured a cover of Eddie Kendricks' Motown-Philly crossover dancefloor classic "Goin' Up in Smoke," plus a collaboration with Masters at Work, and all-star background vocals from the likes of Fonzi Thornton, James "D-Train" Williams, and Will Downing. Following Ten City's mid-'90s split, Stingily recorded and performed extensively as a solo artist,and Burke released tracks under his birth name and aliases such as Bungie Boyz, Komputer Kidz, and Vision. In 2021, Stingily and Marshall Jefferson revived Ten City with their GRAMMY nominated album Judgment. Look for Love Is Love, a new album from Ten City to arrive in early 2023. About Wh0:
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January 13, 2023 12:09pm ET by Falcon Publicity |