It was back in 1989 when soulful dance music trio Ten City (aka Byron Stingily, Byron Burke & Herb Lawson) exploded on the scene with their ‘Foundation’ album, spawning global hits such as ‘Devotion’, ‘Right Back To You’, and ‘That’s the Way Love Is’. Boasting a career over 36 years, with six fantastic Ten City album releases, the band’s unmistakable spine-tingling lead singer, Byron Stingily, has teamed up once again with the massively talented Chi-town house producer, Emmaculate, along with a host of fresh vocalists on a stunning new collaborative Ten City album project aptly titled, ‘The Next Generation’.
Across these 13 beautifully crafted songs, where decades of heartfelt songwriting experience meets today’s cutting edge dancefloor sensibilities, ‘The Next Generation’ comes loaded with a variety of pure soulful house vibes, where evocative vocal performances and meaningful lyrics come wrapped in lavish production and classy instrumentation. Joining Byron and Emmaculate on the project are a cast of innovative vocalists bringing their light to the project, including Mon’Aerie, El Boogie & Ric Wilson, DRAMA, D. Lylez, OVEOUS and Uneq’ka. The project also includes co-producers Shebazz Curtis, DJ Flipside, Na’el Shehade, Gershon Jackson and Paris Cesvette. – In Byron’s own words, “Staying TRUE while incorporating the NEW!” Get ready to experience the real deal as Byron, Emmaculate and co, deliver a superb slice of authentic and contemporary deep and soulful house magic.. Chicago style!
Chicago’s Byron Stingily is a singer, songwriter, and producer well known for his distinctive falsetto voice and considered a pioneer in the genre of house-music. Byron Stingily is the lead singer of the legendary group Ten City formed 1987. He has written over 20 top 100 pop songs around the world. In 2021, he teamed up with producers Emmaculate and Shannon Chambers to release ‘Be Free’, the first Ten City single in 25 years, taken from the Grammy nominated album, ‘Judgement’. Aside of Byron’s Ten City hits in the 80s and 90s, he had his biggest success on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, hitting No. 1 three times. In 1997 he spent a week in the top spot with ‘Get Up (Everybody)’ where he sampled Sylvester’s ‘Dance (Disco Heat)’, then hit No. 1 again in 1998 with a remake of Sylvester’s “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”, produced by Damien Mendis and Stuart Bradbury. ‘That’s the Way Love Is’, a No. 1 dance hit in 1989 for Ten City, brought him to No. 1 again in 1999 when he re-recorded it on his own.
Chicago born producer and DJ Eric Welton earned his nickname Emmaculate because of his immaculate attention to detail and quality. Developing his DJ’ing and production skills in house music, hip hop and R&B in the 90’s, he became one of the go to producers and sound engineers in Chicago. In 2017 Emmaculate began releasing music as an artist on labels Ultra, Helix, Big Love, Soulfuric, Yoruba, Nervous, Reel People, Dopewax, Z Records, Peppermint Jam, Mirror Ball and more, notching up plenty of chart toppers! These include his remixes of Robin S’ ‘Show Me Love’ and Mary J. Blige’s ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’, along with remixes for Incognito, Roy Ayers and Barbara Tucker. Emmaculate has been nominated for a Grammy three times – as a producer on Ten City’s ‘Judgement’ album (2021), a mix engineer on Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul (Terry Hunter Remix)’ (2022), and Mariah Carey’s ‘Workin’ Hard (Terry Hunter Remix)’ (2023). As a DJ, he has graced the decks at the Chosen Few Picnic & Festival, Southport Weekender, Amsterdam Dance Event, SXSW, Miami Music Week, and Suncebeat, among others.
We are presenting ‘Stop & Go’ feat. D. Lylez.
‘The Next Generation’ album will be available after September 19th HERE.
