Rachel K Collier
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Background information | |
Birth name | Rachel K Collier |
Born | Mumbles, Swansea, Wales |
Genres | House, electro house, drum and bass, deep house, pop, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, producer |
Years active | 2012–present |
Labels | Strictly Rhythm, Hospital Records, Anjunabeats |
Associated acts | Ray Foxx, Mat Zo, Wookie (musician), Andrew Huang |
Rachel K Collier is a Welsh electronic music producer and performer[1] from Swansea, Wales. She studied Creative Music Technology (BMus) for four years at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama before moving to London to further pursue her music career.[2]
Music career[]
2012: Hard Road to Travel[]
In May 2012 Rachel recorded "Hard Road to Travel", a song originally recorded by Jimmy Cliff in 1967. The song was then released commercially by Saatchi & Saatchi, peaking at 79 on the UK Singles Chart[3] after being featured in a QualitySolicitors advert.[4] This was followed up in July 2012 with the release of the collaboration with Wookie (musician) on the single "2 Us".
2013–2014: Boom Boom (Heartbeat) & breakthrough[]
In August 2013 Rachel featured on Ray Foxx's single "Boom Boom (Heartbeat)". The song peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, number 2 on the UK Dance Chart and number 13 on the Scottish Singles Chart. "Boom Boom (Heartbeat)" was also nominated for "Best Collaboration" at the Urban Music Awards 2013.[5]
November 2013 saw another collaboration, this time with Mat Zo on the track "Only For You (feat. Rachel K Collier)", the second track on the album "Damage Control"[6] with Rachel credited as co-writer and featured vocalist.[7]
Rachel's debut single "Predictions", Sarah Jane Crawford's 'Smash' of the week on BBC Radio 1Xtra in November 2013,[8] was released on 13 January 2014 on Strictly Rhythm.[9]
Discography[]
Singles[]
As lead artist[]
Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
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UK | ||
2012 | "Hard Road to Travel" | 79 |
2014 | "Predictions" | — |
2016 | "Ships" | — |
2017 | "Paper Tiger" | — |
"Rust" | — | |
2018 | "Darkshade" | — |
"Poison" | — | |
2019 | "Dinosaur" | — |
As featured artist[]
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
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UK Singles [10] |
UK Dance Singles [11] |
SCO Singles Chart [12] | ||||||
2012 | "Why Does Anyone Ever Do Anything?" (Lung featuring Rachel K Collier) |
— | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
"2 Us" (Wookie featuring Rachel K Collier) |
— | — | — | |||||
2013 | "Boom Boom (Heartbeat)" (Ray Foxx featuring Rachel K Collier) |
12 | 2 | 13 | ||||
"Only for You" (Mat Zo featuring Rachel K Collier) |
— | — | — | "Damage Control" | ||||
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Awards[]
- Urban Music Awards nomination for Best Collaboration, together with Ray Foxx
References[]
- ^ Voice, Ibiza (27 September 2016). "Rachel K Collier:". Ibiza Voice. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "Rachel K". xonserviceprod. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "The Official Charts Company – Rachel K Collier". The Official Charts Company. 26 July 2013.
- ^ "Rising Singer-Songwriter Rachel K Collier Unveils Video For Stripped Down 'Hard Road To Travel'". STEREOBOARD.COM. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ "Tag Archive for "UMA 2013 nominations"". Urban Music Awards. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "iTunes – Music – Damage Control (Bonus Track Version) by Mat Zo". Itunes.apple.com. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Damage Control – Mat Zo | Credits". AllMusic. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Interview with Sarah-Jane Crawford LIVE ON BBC Radio 1xtra 21st Nov by Rachel K Collier". SoundCloud. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Predictions - EP by Rachel K Collier". Apple Music. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK:
- For "Boom Boom": "Chart Archive > August 24, 2013". Official Charts Company. 24 August 2013.
- ^ Peak positions for the dance singles in the UK:
- For "Boom Boom": "Chart Archive > August 24, 2013". Official Charts Company. 24 August 2013.
- ^ Peak positions for the featured singles in Scotland:
- For "Boom Boom": "Chart Archive > August 24, 2013". Official Charts Company. 24 August 2013.
- Welsh female singers
- Living people
- Musicians from Swansea
- Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- 21st-century Welsh singers
- 21st-century women singers