Gay London Life | Sept '24 Edition - Magazine - Page 4
Mark Loverush & Ashley Paul
Back to the 90s
Fans of proper hands-in-the-air house music
— you need Ashley Paul x Luv Foundation in your life, STAT
Calderdale pride
Who is Ashley Paul
x Luv International?
Ashley Paul
A recognisable voice in dance music since the
late 80s, Ashley has performed at iconic clubs,
such as Studio 54, Limelight and the Tunnel,
as well as releasing plenty of her own tunes
— check out one of her first singles ‘When
Boys Cry’, which was written by the same team
behind Madonna’s ‘Dress You Up’.
Julian Napolitano
With close to three decades’ experience in
the biz, Julian is an all-round talent involved in
Mark Loverush, Ashley Paul & Whigfield
music production and remixing, often under
The 1990s was an incredible decade for
Swedish dance icon StoneBridge (of Show Me
one of his aliases — Perpetual Motion, JDS,
house music and the huge, room-filling sound
Love fame) will be remixing Dance 4 Your Life.
Jochen Simms Soul Seekerz, Ruffloaderz,
synonymous with the era can still be heard in clubs,
What’s more, the group will be taking on the
and Manston & Simms. He was also part of the
bars and house parties around London to this day.
late, great Donna Giles’s classic club version of the
team that wrote the Dannii Minogue single,
It’s very much the main influence of a new
Dreamgirls song ‘And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going’,
‘Perfection’.
project from three music industry veterans —
which was an inescapable presence on 90s dance
Ashley Paul x Luv Foundation (UK). Since forming in
floors, even reaching No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart.
2023, the trio has released a selection of euphoric
If you’re fond of the sort of bangin’ house
Mark Loverush
The other half of Luv Foundation is Mark
singles that are quickly finding their way into DJ sets
anthem that’ll have you spinning your t-shirt in the
Loverush, who has worked with everybody
in the capital’s clubs.
air like a loon, get your hands on the first few songs
from Bryan Adams and Marc Almond to Paul
from Ashley Paul x Luv Foundation and keep an eye
Oakenfold and Marcella Detroit over the course
on this exciting trio in the months to come.
of his career. He's Club Promotions Manager at
Two of these — Dance (U Gotta) and Dance
4 Your Life — are reworks of tunes by the 90s act
BootlegBoys, both of which were big favourites of
Power Promotions and has also been married to
Tony de Vit and regularly heard on the dance floors
Listen to Ashley Paul x Luv Foundation on
of Love Muscle and Heaven. On September 20th,
Spotify, Apple Music and Soundcloud
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2wo Third3 member Lee Thomas for 23 years.