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Singer-songwriter Alla Ray has just released her second single "The Race". The single has been recorded featuring British up-and-comming rapper Sneakbo in collaborarion with such big stars of world dance scene like Mike Rizzo, Starkillers & Mike Delinquent has become a dancefloor anthem of Summer 2014.

The 'Race' has already reached Top 10 in all UK Dance charts, with radio support from Kiss FM, Kiss Fresh, Gaydio & Jemm One.

Her debut single ‘On Fire’ was released in February 2014 and reached #7 in UK Commercial Pop Club Chart. No stranger to the music industry, Alla Ray has been on a journey that has enabled her to write not just the single, but a further five infectious tracks for her up-coming EP of the same name.

The single got support of dance shows on Kiss FM & Jemm One, was playlisted on Gaydio and with a remix package featuring Grammy nominated remixers such as David Aude (Katy Perry, Rihanna, Lady GaGa) and K Klass (Pet Shop Boys, Kylie Minogue), alongside contributions from up and coming remixers, Nathan C (Example) and Tom Stephan (Missy Elliot, Basement Jaxx), got fabulous feedback in clubs! 

Like all born entertainers, Alla Ray’s earliest memory is of wanting to perform. The daughter of a professional dancer, she clearly recalls “being backstage with my mother, desperately wanting to try on her dresses and ballet shoes.”

But it was Alla’s male relatives who inadvertently fired her ambitions of pop stardom. At a time when Western music wasn’t easily heard in her native Russia, her scientist father built radio equipment capable of picking up British and American stations, bringing the likes of The Beatles, Elton John and George Michael into the family home. 

The dye cast, Alla’s dreams of emulating her mother’s career changed direction. Alla’s initial vocal inspirations were jazz greats like Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald (her second name is a tip of the hat to Ray Charles) but soon came to encompass rock giants like Robert Plant and Freddie Mercury, from whom she also learned a lot about stagecraft. 

But pop stardom was always Alla Ray’s destiny. Her first UK show, at London’s Dingwalls, led to support slots on a number of arena tours (including O2 & M.E.N.) in the UK and Europe. 
Alla Ray is now writing material that represents her growth as a songwriter. It’s particularly important that her songs come from the heart “I always insist on writing about my own emotions and experiences”, she says, and has even penned a track called Revenge about a close family member’s infidelity. 

But like the lady herself, Alla Ray’s music is overwhelmingly upbeat. Her debut album is going to be a gorgeous slice of dance-pop about the sheer rush of being young, alive, and in love.