Denise George started her musical dreams quite early on in small town talent shows. Rock musicals in junior high and high school, plus a healthy love and respect for New Wave artists cemented her future.
A teen career in concert-going provided a master class not found in any university, but she ended up giving NYU a try anyway, where she interned at MTVNews. After graduating, a job working at the East Village’s Pyramid Club as a DJ provided another brick in the foundation. She followed that up with stints spinning at The Bank, The Limelight, Danceteria, among other NYC punk and new wave landmarks.
While in New York City, Denise appeared in music videos for artists such as: David Bowie, Everything But the Girl, and Salt n’ Pepa with En Vogue.
After making her mark as a DJ and actor in NYC, Denise made the bold move to Los Angeles, where she performed onstage at Bryan Rabin’s Club Makeup with Monique (Save Ferris), Cee Cee DeVille (Poison), among other taste-makers of the day. She was later cast as punk rock singer Dee Dee Ali in the Muslim-American youth culture indie film The Taqwacores.
A New Wave dream came true when she was asked to record a single with internationally-renowned guitarist Warren Cuccurullo (Duran Duran, Missing Persons, Frank Zappa). The single “Just Touch” (listen here) was featured on his website to launch his career as a solo artist.
She was hired by renowned producer Nick Launay (Nick Cave, INXS) to perform backing vocals for American Hi-Fi‘s “Nothing Left to Lose” in Los Angeles. From there, she joined a Euro Dance collective known as Casino Mansion, recording the single “Glen Tower” under the name Whitley Franklin, followed by live dates in Southern California performing other songs from the project.
It was at this point that Denise met famed impresario Alan McGee (who discovered Oasis, owns Creation Records, and managed Primal Scream, Jesus & Mary Chain, among countless others), who hired her to DJ his transplanted London club night Death Disco here in Los Angeles. It was at this night Alan introduced Denise to Julian Shah Tayler (Whitey), and the artistic connection was immediate and strong. Julian’s songwriting fit perfectly with Denise’s performance style, and they performed together for several years.
The Singularity have performed at such venues in Los Angeles as the El Rey (in support of Spain’s The Pinker Tones), LA PRIDE, and Project Green’s Academy™ Award gifting events.
Her work with Mark Damian includes two projects – four words. and Move Collective. Move Collective is an upbeat project who’s first release was a 128 BPM disco-flavored cover of ELO’s “All Over the World.” Their other project, four words., is more rock/industrial-based, and includes the track “The Big Time,” which caught the attention of producer Danny Saber, who liked it so much he produced a single version of the song.
Currently, Denise is a vocal “gun for hire,” working with artists such as Robert Avellanet (Menudo with Ricky Martin, RoBa), Mark Damian, and more.