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K-Hand

Real Name:
Kelli Maria Hand
Profile:
Musician, producer and dance music entrepreneur.
Started up her label U.K. House Records in May 1990 out of her Detroit home, inspired by local Techno Artists such as Derrick May and Jeff Mills. Her first singles, 'Think About It' and 'Living For Another' introduced U.K. House Records and herself to the underground music-community.

Realising the need to associate her label with the Detroit Techno dance scene, Kelli renamed it Acacia Records (after a street in Detroit). Subsequently, tunes like 'Ready For The Darkness', 'Serial Image', 'No Heartbreaks' and 'Can't Live Without Your Love' were released, with such collaborations like Rhythm Formation (with ClaudeYoung) and Chez Damier remixing Can't Live Without Your Love adding the label's profile. Kelli then also started remixing other artists while some of her tracks got picked up by foreign labels.

Due to her growing success, Kelli decided to expand her horizon under the company name Hit Music Detroit, taking on new labels such as 379 West Records, Matrix Records (Detroit) and Jagged Edge Records.
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Discography

Releases:
Ready For The Darkness (Album) (2 versions)   Substance ... 1997
Fantasy (CD, Album)   Ausfahrt 1998
Pimps & Freaks (12")   Remote Recordings 1999
Afterhour (12")   Sino 2003
House Classics: Volume 5 (CD)   Acacia Records 2007
Wanderer (12")   Underground Liberation 2007
Feel (12")   Acacia Records 2008
These Sounds Lead The Way EP (12", EP)   Gorsch 2008
Dat Roit EP (12", EP)   Kerohand 2009
Red Dog EP (12", EP)   Gorsch 2009
Remixes:
Future Frontier 001->010 (CD, Comp) Force 1 (K-Hand Force ... Future Frontier 1998
Appears On:
Raw (12") Raw Frenzy Tripoli Trax 1995
Laboratoire Mix (2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Dig) XTC Level 2 1996
Eleven Phases - Detroit Compilation (2 versions) Roots Sublime Records (3) 1998
Club H (3xLP, Comp) 2 Low Key Statra Recordings 1999
Tracks Appear On:
XXL Dance 3 (2xCD, Comp) Everybody Columbia 1994
Laboratoire Mix (Comp) (3 versions) XTC Level 2 ... 1996
Detroit House Fever (CD, Comp) Do You Love Me Apricot Records, BMG (France) 1997
House Works III (CD, Comp) Somebody BKB Special Products 1997
Eleven Phases - Detroit Compilation (2 versions) Roots Sublime Records (3) 1998
Club "H" (Comp) (2 versions) 2 Low Key Statra Recordings 1999
Sampler (CD, Smplr) Do It (Get Up Mix) Distance 1999
Destination Lounge: San Francisco (2xCD, Comp) Get Down Revive The Soul 2004
Reconnect: Vol. 1B (CD, Comp) Central, DEMF Anthem, ... Acacia Records 2007
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K Hand - I Just Need (RADIKAL FEAR)