Fe-Nix
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Power
F
e-Nix are the feisty new Jade is half Arabic and half English.
girl group on the urban ‘We are ready to make a new
music scene, bringing a stamp,’ declares Sian, as Tanya
fresh genre of urban inner continues ‘we have a different
city dance music, often look, which is strong and we are
better known as dirty pop; generally different and cannot be
think somewhere along the lines of compared to anything out there.’
Mysteeq and Pussy Cat Dolls, but
with slightly more of a dance feel Reaching for fame
and you’re maybe close. Hoping Although only forming little under
to inject a bit of girl power back a year ago, it seems that not all
into the music industry, Jade, the members of the group are
Ayshen, Tanya and Sian are all very complete newcomers to the music
confident in their ability to rise to game. ‘Sian and I met through
the top of the charts, hence the dancing together, attending
name Fe-Nix (a mythical bird that performing arts college and
rises from the ashes). generally just being on the scene,’
The four London-born girls says youngest group member Jade
hope to give a voice to a new who fought off tough competition
generation of young, sexy, sassy from thousands of entrants and
and self-determined women, but won Trouble TV’s reality show
not only will they appeal to the Bump ‘n’ Grind last year. It was
ladies, I am pretty confident the through a rigorous audition process
guys will take a liking to the them that the other two group members,
too. Stating that their music has so Ayshen and Tanya were finally
many different feels to it, the girls discovered.
are sure they can appeal to the Signed to independent label,
vast majority of people. ‘Because Genetic Records, which is home of
our music has so many different Big Brovaz and Dance act Booty
influences, people will be able to Luv, Fe-Nix are hoping to be the
identify with something they like in next big name in the industry. ‘It
one way or another,’ says Sian, the would be nice to one day be as
more outspoken of the group. big as the Spice Girls, minus the
platform shoes,’ Tanya says, as
Diverse influences the other group members nod
With musical influences spanning excitedly. ‘We just want to be
from the king of pop Michael successful as a girl group and
Jackson to Reggae legend Bob inspire other people to follow their
Marley to R ‘n’ B songstress Alicia dreams,’ she continues. There is no
Keys, Fe-Nix really are quite a disputing that this sexy foursome
diverse mix. Just from looking has the image factor certified, with
at the girls, I am intrigued to find their extremely glamorous look, but
out their cultural backgrounds, the big question is will their musical
ynnike Redway
as each of them is fairly bronze in talents measure up?
complexion. I am informed that
Sian is half Jamaican and half www.myspace.com/fenixladies
English, Ayshen is Turkish, Tanya’s
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www.geneticrecords.co.uk
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parents are Indian and Irish and www.cgordon.co.uk
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