Brian Transeau

In 2004, he did a very popular "last night of summer" concert at BT Tower (named for British Telecom, not Transeau). The song was re-released in March 2005 to raise money for the Comic Relief charity, with an accompanying video where Peter Kay mimed the song accompanied by various celebrities including Bez, Michael Parkinson, Heather Mills McCartney and Tony himself. Also of note, unlike many artists working in electronica, Transeau frequently performs his music live on-stage. In 2002 "Is This Way The Way To Amarillo?" was used in the comedy series Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, leading to a resurgence in his popularity. In recent years he has also moved into film scoring including Go (1999), Under Suspicion (2000), Driven (2001), The Fast and the Furious (2001), and Monster (2003). In 1999 he was the vocalist on the Jarvis Cocker-penned UK top ten hit "Walk Like A Panther" by the Sheffield band All Seeing I. He also provided vocals on the DJ Tiësto single "Love Comes Again". He played the role of Magaldi in the original 1975 album recording of the musical Evita and sought to represent the UK in the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest but came third in the national contest to select an entrant behind eventual contest winners Brotherhood of Man.

2003 saw the release of Emotional Technology featuring more vocal tracks than usual, including six with vocals by Transeau. He also had a minor hit with "Avenues and Alleyways", the theme to the television series The Protectors. BT's 1999 album Movement in Still Life continued his experimentation outside of the trance genre he helped to define, though an interesting dichotomy emerged between his more adventurous work and the more structured, commercially viable tracks. Born with the real name Anthony Fitzgerald in 1943, he had two top twenty hits in the UK charts in 1971 with "I Did What I Did For Maria" and "Is This The Way To Amarillo?". While Ima was comprised solely of the "progressive" sound, 1997's ESCM was more experimental (although it still produced several big records for the electronic dance music scene). Tony Christie is a British singer from Conisborough, South Yorkshire. However, unlike so many artists of the trance genre, BT has lost neither his momentum nor his edge. Interview on BBC Radio Sheffield (http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/toby/tony_christie/index.shtml).

Instantly popular, BT's 1996 album Ima helped shape the future of the burgeoning progressive house scene as it merged with, and later came to define, the trance music style. Official website (http://www.tonychristie.com). Transeau's music was not very well received in the United States during the early 1990s, and he moved temporarily to Europe where his music was discovered by Sasha, a British DJ who introduced BT's music into the club circuit. Born in Maryland, and classically trained from the age of thirteen, he attended Berklee School of Music in Boston for one year before dropping out and moving to Los Angeles, then back to Washington, DC. Brian Transeau (born October 4, 1971) is a musician who records under the stage name BT.

BT - Twisted Textures (2002). BT - Breakz from the Nu Skool (2002). Need for Speed: Underground (2003). Stealth (2005).

The Underclassman (2005). Monster (2003). Zoolander (removed his name, uncredited) (2001). The Fast and the Furious (2001).

Driven (2001). Under Suspicion (2000). Go (1999). Wild Colour, "Dreams".

Shiva, "Freedom". Seal, "I'm Alive". Diana Ross, "Take Me Higher". Mike Oldfield, "Let There Be Light".

Billie Ray Martin, "Space Oasis". Billie Ray Martin, "Imitation of Life/Running Around Town" (1996). Madonna, "Drowned World/Substitute For Love" (1998). Sarah McLachlan, "I Love You" (1999).

Lenny Kravitz, "If You Can't Say No" (1998). Grace, "It's Not Over Yet". Gipsy Kings, "La Rumba De Nicolas" (1996). Paul Van Dyk, "Forbidden Fruit" (1996).

DJ Rap, "Bad Girl" (1998). Depeche Mode, "It's No Good" (1997). Deep Dish, "Stranded" (1997). Crystal Method, "Keep Hope Alive" (1997).

Dina Carrol, "Run To You" (1997). Cabana, "Bailando Con Lobos". B-Tribe, "Nanita (A Spanish Lullaby)". Tori Amos, "Amos Putting the Damage On" (1997).

Tori Amos, "Talula" (1996). 10 Years In the Life (2003) - "Best of" album. R&R (Rare & Remixed) (2001) - A collection of BT's remix work. Emotional Technology (2003).

Movement in Still Life (1999, 2000). ESCM (1997). Ima (1995). "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" (2003).

"Dreaming" (2000). "Never Gonna Come Back Down" (2000). "Fibonacci Sequence" (2000). "Mercury and Solace" (1999).

"Godspeed" (1999). "Believer" (1999). "Shineaway" (1997). "Remember" (1997).

"Love, Peace & Grease" (1997). "Flaming June" (1997). "Quark" (1997). "Divinity" (1996).

"Blue Skies" featuring Tori Amos (1996). "Loving You More" featuring Vincent Covello (1995). "Embracing the Sunshine". "Relativity" (1993).

"Moment of Truth" (1993).