‘A London vocalist resuscitates vintage disco and earns her diva stripes.’ Prefix Kathy Diamond is a singer/songwriter, who lives in Brighton – originally from Sheffield in the north of England. Her love for soul and disco started at an early age, dancing around the living room to Donna Summer with her mum – the singing came later. As a child she was always imaginative and loved to write poetry, dress-up, and perform, which became great practice for her later career. In the early 90s Kathy decided to write songs and sing them herself, working with different bands, DJs and producers along the way. In 2002 Kathy wrote a song with house producers SWAG called’ Miracles just might’ – a laidback Balearic classic. Originally to be included on their album, however circumstances changed so Kathy decided to release the song herself. Kathy pressed up a limited amount of white labels, and distributed it, which was quite a task. The track received great reviews – DJ Magazine said: “If you like sweet beauty in your house music keep your eyes peeled because it’s only going to get a limited release”. Within a month another 12? was released, this time on the Cottage label (Idjut Boys) with the legendary producer Maurice Fulton. The track called ‘Sunshine’ received huge plaudits from the music media, and started a magical collaboration. In 2007 Kathy’s debut album’ MISS DIAMOND TO YOU’ with Maurice Fulton on production was received globally with open arms, the reviews were the best yet, from XLR8R, Pitchfork, The Village Voice and The New York Sun, to name but a few. After spending 2007 performing the album live around Europe and the UK, Kathy is now looking forward to another busy year. The first half will see releases with Toby Tobias-’The Feeling’ (REKIDS), Lo-Motion Disco -’Love, Love, Love’ – Soft Rocks Feat Kathy Diamond Remix (Eskimo Records), Aeroplane Feat Kathy Diamond-’Whispers’(Eskimo Records), Maxi Skiba Feat Kathy Diamond -’Never stop believing’, Codebreaker Feat Kathy Diamond -’Fire’, plus a special edition 12? with Soft Rocks. Later in the year will see the release of Kathy’s second album, another collection of real song based tracks coming together with co-writer/guitarist Keeling Lee (ex Groove Armada), and using some of the top disco and house producers on the planet. Watch this space.