Havana Brown

Havana Brown always planned on being a singer - it's just becoming a world-famous DJ kind of got in the way. The Melbourne DJ has released her debut single 'We Run The Night', but she first started singing at the modest age of six. She started working with Panos Liassi, a Melbourne-based London DJ/producer and one half of R&B/reggae party starters, Supafly Inc. She ended up following him to the UK to form a Fugees-style group called Fishbowl with two other members. They got signed to the Polydor UK label almost instantly, but sadly, in-fighting saw the act split before they even got to release a single. Brown threw herself into the party scene and one night, she had a dance floor epiphany of her own: the DJ had the best job in the room and she wanted in.

After learning the basics from Panos, she scraped together enough to buy her first pair of decks and started hitting up bars with her demo. Her persistence finally paid off when she scored her first residency at London's exclusive Kabaret nightclub. Arriving back in Australia at the end of 2006, Brown worked hard to keep her DJ dream alive. After working the club circuit, she became the first female DJ in Australia to sign a major label record deal with Universal Music in 2008, released her first mix CD, Crave, and topped the year off opening for the Pussycat Dolls on their promo tour. The Dolls' management was so impressed with her DJ-with-dancers show; they asked her back for their full tour in 2009. And as word spread, Brown found herself supporting the cream of the pop crop, including Rihanna, Chris Brown, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears, with the latter inviting her on her European tour a year later.

Since then, Brown's star has only gotten brighter. These days, she boasts weekly radio mixup shows in Australia and abroad, has sold over 150,000 copies of her Crave series (now up to Volume 5) and played events as dazzling and diverse as the official Grammy's After Party and the Singapore F1 Grand Prix alongside Beyonce and the Black Eyed Peas. Written and produced by dance duo More Mega, first single 'We Run The Night' is the perfect introduction to the talents and tastes of Havana Brown. A certified dance floor hit, the song's as epic as it is joyous with a crazy infectious breakdown.

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