“RIGHT HERE” THE FIRST SINGLE FROM CARMEN REECE
THE SINGER HAILED AS THE  “DIVA 2.0”

TO  BE DELIVERED TO RADIO IN JUNE, 2009
Album Produced By Mark J. Feist (Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, Celine Dion)

Carmen Reece, the new U.K sensation is U.S. bound with a sound that is set to wow listeners, and critics worldwide. In fact, as she puts the finishing touches on her debut album, Love in Stereo, ground-floor fans are hailing HER as “Diva 2.0” and drawing comparisons to Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys and Beyoncé.  That designation is bolstered by Carmen’s having been “discovered” by multi-platinum producer-songwriter Mark J. Feist, known for his work with the likes of Beyoncé, Céline Dion and Natalie Cole, among other game-changing singers.

"I’m hugely flattered when people mention me alongside those artists because they have not only incredible stage presence and technical ability, but they each have their own truly distinctive identity,” Carmen explains.  “When you hear Mariah, for instance, you instantly know it’s Mariah.  There’s no other voice like that.  So, yes, I want to move you with my music, but I also want you to know that it’s ME who’s moving you.”

What she’s describing is a catalogue artist – a performer with such a unique, compelling talent that she’s able to remain in the public eye year after year, if not decade after decade.  This is what drew acclaimed Producer Mark J. Feist to Carmen.  “Artists like Carmen don’t grow on trees,” he confirms.  “She is without question a singularly gifted singer, but she’s also a terrific songwriter and a classically trained pianist and a dancer.  I’m also amazed by the range of feeling she’s able to express in her music.  She’s equally comfortable in both the urban rhythmic setting and the big pop-ballad arena.  I’m very impressed by how developed her skills are at only 22.”  Having contributed to the sale of more than 25 million records worldwide, Feist knows a crossover sensation when he sees one.

That Carmen’s so far along creatively at such a young age is not surprising when one considers that this iTunes-era blue-eyed soul singer began playing piano and flute in early childhood, Born and raised in London, Reece earned a place as a flautist in the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain at 11, and at 16 was admitted to the celebrated Brit School (which has also nurtured Adele, Leona Lewis, Amy Winehouse and Imogen Heap). When not playing the flute, Carmen could be found at the piano.  “I would sit there for hours, at school in the music room during breaks and after school at home,” she says.  “I wrote my first song when I was 12.  I think I just learned how to do it by listening to pop music.  It happened very naturally.”

Carmen’s real breakout as a creative force, however, coincided with her entry into the Brit Performing Arts & Technology School.  “Those were the best two years of my life,” she declares.  “I’d come from a small school, and to be surrounded by all these young people passionately into music and so talented – it was fantastic.  All we did all day was write songs and collaborate on performances.  I was in Dreamland.”  It was with a Brit School pal that she opened for Kelly Rowland at the Hammersmith Apollo – for an audience of 5,000.

On her own, meanwhile, Carmen earned U.K. radio support for the track “How Freaky Can You Get,” even performing it live on the BBC’s Radio 1 for a national listening audience.  She subsequently made waves with the song “You Got Me,” the video for which enjoyed widespread circulation.

Then she reconnected with Feist, whom she’d met shortly after her graduation from The Brit School.  “We’d worked on a couple of songs back then but were both busy with other commitments.  I never forgot about Carmen, though,” says Feist.  “It seemed like every time I’d talk to someone who’d been in London they’d say, ‘Have you heard of this singer Carmen Reece?’  Finally, the stars lined up and I was able to bring her to L.A.  She played me a couple of the songs she’d been working on, and I was blown away.”

“Mark and I just click,” Carmen affirms.  “We were able to make the album really quickly; I know it sounds like a cliché, but the magic just happened.”  Contributing to the magic were co-songwriters Wayne Hector (Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears) and Rose Marie Tan (Danity Kane).

Love in Stereo finds Carmen exploring the kind of love that hits you from all sides (on the title track), stepping into the shoes of a girl who’s not going anywhere but forward after being dismissed by her man (first single “Right Here”), and reflecting on the difficulty of ending a relationship that’s simply run its course (“Long Goodbye”).

“No matter what I’m singing,” Carmen insists, “the most important thing is for you to feel it.  And I don’t mean just feel it in your body; I mean feel it in your heart.”

“Right Here,” will be released to radio the first week of June and Carmen will embark on a radio promotion tour in June and July of 2009. The single will be released simultaneously.