A chauffeur in Japan (Nissan Fuga shown)

A chauffeur is a person employed to drive a passenger motor vehicle, especially a luxury vehicle such as a large sedan or limousine.

Originally such drivers were always personal servants of the vehicle owner, but now in many cases specialist chauffeur service companies, or individual drivers provide both driver and vehicle for hire, although there are service companies that just provide the driver.

History[link]

The term "chauffeur" comes from the French term for stoker^[1] because the earliest automobiles, like their railroad and sea vessel counterparts, were steam-powered and required the driver to stoke the engine. Early petrol/gasoline-powered motor cars, before the advent of electric ignition, were ignited by 'hot tubes' in the cylinder head which had to be pre-heated before the engine would start. Hence the term 'chauffeur' which, in this context, means something like 'heater-upper'. The chauffeur would prime the hot tubes at the start of a journey, after which the natural compression cycle of the engine would keep them at the correct temperature. The chauffeur also maintained the car, including routine maintenance and cleaning, and had to be a skilled mechanic to deal with breakdowns and tire punctures enroute; very common in the earliest years of the automobile.

Only the very wealthy could afford the first automobiles, and they generally employed a chauffeur rather than driving themselves. A 1906 article in the New York Times reported that "...the chauffeur problem to-day is one of the most serious that the automobilist has to deal with.", and complained that "...young men of no particular ability, who have been earning from $10 to $12 a week, are suddenly elevated to salaried positions paying from $25 to $50..."—and recommended the re-training of existing coach drivers.^[2]

Scope[link]

While the term may refer to anybody who drives for a living, it usually implies a driver of an elegant passenger vehicle such as a horse-drawn carriage, luxury sedan, motor coach, or especially a limousine; those who operate buses or non-passenger vehicles are generally referred to as "drivers". In some countries, particularly developing nations where a ready supply of labor ensures that even the middle classes can afford domestic staff and among the wealthy,^[3] the chauffeur may simply be called the "driver".

People currently sometimes employ chauffeurs full-time to drive themselves in their own personal vehicles, yet there are also professional services offering limousines or rental cars^[4] driven by chauffeurs. This is very similar to but more luxurious than taking a taxicab. A variety of benefits are cited for using chauffeurs, including convenience, productivity and time savings,^[5] and driving safety for businesspeople and seniors.^[6] Indeed, insurance costs for luxury vehicles are often lower if the designated driver is a chauffeur.^[7]

The legal requirements to be a chauffeur vary depending on the local jurisdiction and class of vehicle. In some cases a simple permit is all that is required, but in others an additional professional license with certain minimum standards is areas such as: age, health, driving experience, criminal record, local geographic knowledge,^[8] training attended.^[9]

Training[link]

In addition to the minimum legal requirements, limousine companies often require their chauffeurs to undergo specific extra training.^{[citation needed]} These courses may involve evasive or defensive driving techniques, the proper methods to ensure safety in the most extreme conditions such as inclement weather, a flat tire at high speeds, or other exterior influences for loss of vehicular control, etc. Most companies will also have their own courses as to what they expect from their chauffeurs. Chauffeurs may be taught proper etiquette for use when they are in presence of their clientele. They may also be trained for services to the client beyond the caritself, such as for a personal valet or bodyguard. Many companies and local licensing agencies currently require random drug screening^{[citation needed]} - in the United States this was especially the case after professional ice hockey player Vladimir Konstantinov's career-ending injuries when his recently hired chauffeur, Richard Gnida, already serving a license suspension for drunken driving, lost control of their limousine and crashed, seriously injuring Konstantinov and his other passengers.^[10][11]

Dress[link]

In many places (or at times in the past), proper physical presence is presented by the chauffeur at all times. This usually includes a well-groomed individual, conservatively dressed in a clean and crisply pressed black or dark suit or tuxedo, dress shirt, and appropriately matching tie, with black leather gloves and freshly polished matching footwear. In some areas, such as Japan, white gloves are the norm. Some companies have complete uniforms for their chauffeurs, and some require that hats be worn as part of the uniform. Some companies do not keep strictly to this standard, and there is wide variation globally throughout the transportation industry.^{[citation needed]}

Examples[link]

• Kay Summersby, chauffeur to Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Roosevelt Zanders, drove Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon, Winston Churchill, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and many others.^[12]
• William Grover-Williams, chauffeur to William Orpen

In fiction[link]

• Aloysius "Nosey" Parker
• Thomas Watkins

References[link]

*[1]

Chris Corner
Chris Corner in July 2009
Background information
Birth name	Christopher Anthony Corner
Born	(1974-01-23) 23 January 1974 (age 38)
Origin	Middlesbrough, Cleveland, England
Genres	Indietronica
Occupations	Multi instrumentalist songwriter, producer, remixer
Associated acts	IAMX Sneaker Pimps Robots in Disguise Imogen Heap
Website	www.iamx.eu

Chris Corner is an English musician and songwriter. He was a founding member of the band Sneaker Pimps and is now active with the IAMX solo project.^[1]

He has been living in Berlin since 2006, where he has set up his new IAMX studio for music and visual work.^[2][3]

Corner composed and produced the soundtrack to the film Les Chevaliers du Ciel (2005). It included Sue Denim and Placebo.^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official IAMX Website
• Official IAMX Streetteam Page
• IAMX/Chris Corner Experimental Site
• BoutiqueIAMX

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Simon Le Bon
Simon Le Bon, 2004
Background information
Birth name	Simon John Charles Le Bon
Born	(1958-10-27) 27 October 1958 (age 53) near Bushey, Hertfordshire, England
Genres	New Wave, rock, alternative rock, New Romantic
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, harmonica, ocarina, saxophone
Associated acts	Duran Duran Arcadia

Simon John Charles Le Bon (born 27 October 1958) is an English musician, best known as the lead singer, lyricist and musician of the band Duran Duran and its offshoot, Arcadia.

Early life[link]

Simon John Charles Le Bon was the first born son of John Le Bon and Ann-Marie, followed by two further sons, David and Jonathan. He is descended from exiled French Huguenot stock. His mother encouraged his artistic talent when he was six years old by entering him in a screen test for a Persil washing powder TV advert; he won and starred as the little boy with the off-white shirt, but had no spoken lines.

He was a member of the local church choir from a young age, but was also trained as an actor. Simon went to Pinner County Grammar School, the same school that Elton John attended some years earlier. He worked as a theatre porter at Northwick Park Hospital Accident and Casualty, and also auditioned for a punk band at Harrow College. He appeared in a few television commercials and also in several theatre productions including Tom Brown's Schooldays in the West End of London. He worked on a kibbutz – an Israeli collective community – in the Negev desert in Israel in 1978, and then returned to England to study drama at the University of Birmingham before meeting the fledgling band Duran Duran in 1980.

Le Bon attended Birmingham University at the same time as Blancmange lead singer Neil Arthur. This fact came up during a Smash Hits interview of Blancmange done by Chris Heath. According to Arthur, Le Bon recognised his old university classmate immediately upon running into him backstage at a Top of the Pops taping, and the two met up for a drink and friendly chat.

Career[link]

Duran Duran[link]

Duran Duran was founded by childhood friends John Taylor and Nick Rhodes along with singer/songwriter Stephen Duffy in 1978, but Duffy left a year later, convinced they weren't going anywhere. The band went through a long succession of lineup changes after Duffy's departure, but finally settled on a guitarist and drummer. The band had a powerful pop sound flavoured with disco, funk and electronics, built on a solid rock rhythm section, and all they needed was a charismatic singer with a distinctive voice.

Le Bon's ex-girlfriend, Fiona Kemp (a barmaid at the Rum Runner nightclub where Duran Duran was rehearsing), introduced him to the band in May 1980, recommending him as a potential vocalist. As band legend has it, he turned up for the audition wearing pink leopard-print trousers, and carrying a notebook containing a large collection of poems he had written—several of which would later become tracks on the early Duran Duran albums.^[1] After listening to the songs the band had already composed together, Le Bon spent some time fitting one of his poems ("Sound of Thunder") to one of the instrumentals, and found they had a good match. Le Bon agreed to "try [Duran Duran] out for the summer"; within six weeks the band was playing steadily around Birmingham, London and Nottingham, and a national tour supporting Hazel O'Connor led to a record deal with EMI Records in December.

The band's first album, Duran Duran, was released in 1981, and they quickly shot to fame as part of the New Romantic movement. Three more albums followed in quick succession: Rio (1982), Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983) and the live album Arena (1984). Each album release was accompanied by heavy media promotion and a lengthy concert tour. By mid-1984, the band was ready for a break. Duran Duran's only other work that year was an appearance on the 1984 Band Aid charity single, "Do They Know It's Christmas".

Following the departures of Roger Taylor and Andy Taylor, Le Bon, Rhodes and John Taylor continued on as Duran Duran, recording and releasing Notorious (1986) and Big Thing (1988). The group added guitarist Warren Cuccurullo and drummer Sterling Campbell (his only album as a member of the band) and recorded the album Liberty (1990), but the band's success had begun to wane in the late-1980s.

Duran Duran had a resurgence in popularity in 1993 with The Wedding Album. Several months into the extensive worldwide concert tour supporting this album, Le Bon suffered from a torn vocal cord, and the tour was postponed for six weeks while he recovered.

In 1995, Duran Duran released the covers album Thank You, and Le Bon had the chance to cover some of his favourite artists, (Jim Morrison, Lou Reed and Elvis Costello), but the album was severely panned by critics from all quarters. That year Le Bon also performed Duran Duran's 1993 hit "Ordinary World" with opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti during a "Children of Bosnia" benefit concert for War Child. Le Bon described the event to Jam! Showbiz thusly: "If you're talking about name dropping, he's one of the biggest names you could drop, Pav-The-Man."

When bassist John Taylor left the band in 1997, Le Bon and Rhodes remained as the only two members who had been with Duran Duran from the beginning. The successive two albums with Le Bon, Rhodes and Cuccurullo, Medazzaland (1997) and Pop Trash (2000) were not commercial successes.

Simon Le Bon performing in 2005

In 2001, Duran Duran's original five members reunited to record a new album, Astronaut, for Epic Records. Astronaut was released worldwide on 11 October 2004. The album was preceded by the single "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise", their first UK Top 10 single in a decade.

Arcadia[link]

Before Duran Duran reunited in 1986, Le Bon formed the band Arcadia with fellow Duran Duran members Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor. The band had a UK/US top 10 hit with their first single "Election Day", and released one album, So Red The Rose in 1985.

Solo excursions[link]

While Le Bon has been in Duran Duran for the band's entire recording history, he has also dabbled in solo outings. In 1985, for the Whitbread Round the World Race, he contributed a song entitled "Grey Lady Of The Sea" and narrated a video of that year's race called Drum (1987). "Grey Lady Of The Sea" was released as a single in Japan in 1988.

In 1989, for Jonathan Elias' Requiem For The Americas project, Le Bon contributed "Follow In My Footsteps", with The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs on background vocals. The track was released on 7" single in Italy that year.

In 1998, along with friend Nick Wood and wife Yasmin, he set up SYN Entertainment (Simon Yasmin Nick) in Tokyo, Japan. Having first conceived the idea in 1988, Le Bon is currently described as SYN's "Founder and Chairman", while Wood is "Founder, President and Creative Director".

In 1999, Le Bon was reported to be involved in Napalm Death's new album, a collaboration brought about through their shared love of hometown Birmingham.

In 2000, SYN Entertainment founded SYN Records which has released a number of compilations, some of which have included contributions by Le Bon. Another solo track, "Dreamboy", was featured on the SYN-released soundtrack to the Mario Van Peebles movie Love Kills.

Also in 2000, SYN co-executive produced the Duran Duran album Pop Trash along with Nick Rhodes and Warren Cuccurullo's side-venture TV Mania.

In October 2005 Dutch trance DJ Ferry Corsten released the track "Fire", with vocals by Simon Le Bon. It was a remix of the lesser known Duran Duran single Serious, from the album Liberty. (full credits: Ferry Corsten feat. Simon Le Bon - Fire (Flashover remix), on Flashover Recordings)

In late 2006, Le Bon became a member of Shinzou Sound, and took part in the Japan-based online manga project, 'Synesthesia', by co-writing the theme song 'Nobody Knows' along with Nick Wood. Shinzou Sound is a group of creative collaborators specializing in manga, music, web design and popular culture. They joined forces with the simple concept of merging their talents in an effort to deliver the new entertainment of music and manga in an innovative way. Exclusive songs, inspired by the manga story were commissioned from international and Japanese DJs, and the story was launched in fortnightly episodes on the Net, with the individual songs available free through iTunes Japan.

In 2010, Le Bon collaborated on the song "Record Collection", the title track from Mark Ronson's third album. In the song, Le Bon is heard singing the chorus, along with Mark Ronson and hip hop artist Wiley. The song does not have a current single release date. Ronson later produced Duran Duran's 2010 album All You Need Is Now.

Personal life[link]

In the early 1980s, Simon was engaged to his then longtime girlfriend, model-turned-actress Claire Stansfield. While still with Claire, Le Bon wooed young fashion model Yasmin Parvaneh after seeing her face in a magazine and phoning her modeling agency to track her down, even as magazines speculated on a possible wedding with Stansfield. Simon and Yasmin married on 27 December 1985. After Yasmin suffered two miscarriages, the couple has three daughters: Amber Rose Tamara Le Bon (born August 25, 1989 - a model like her mother),^[2] Saffron Sahara (born September 25, 1991) and Tallulah Pine (born September 10, 1994).^{[citation needed]} The family, along with their dogs, a Pug named Luigi, a Chihuahua named Tinka and a Boston Terrier named Cecil, live in Putney, South West London.

While Duran Duran was on hiatus in 1985, Le Bon drew media attention when his maxi yacht, Drum, lost her keel and capsized during the Fastnet race, just off Falmouth, along the southern coast of Cornwall. Before being rescued, Le Bon and other crew members were trapped underwater, inside the hull, for forty minutes. Despite the accident, Le Bon and Drum went on to participate in the 1985-1986 Whitbread Round the World Race, coming in third overall in elapsed time. Le Bon and his partners eventually sold Drum; the events surrounding Drum and the races were chronicled in a 1989 movie entitled Drum – The Journey Of A Lifetime and the book One Watch at a Time^[3] written by Drum's skipper, Skip Novak. It was Le Bon's participation in the Whitbread that led to the phrase rock star sailor.

Twenty years after his accident, in 2005, Le Bon made public his desire to race again. During a touring hiatus in August 2005, Le Bon again raced 'Drum' in the Fastnet race, borrowing the vessel from her current owner (the Scottish multi car garage owner Sir Arnold Clark) to participate, and raising funds for the RNLI charity. Le Bon had to leave the race unfinished, as light winds were slowing 'Drum' (and 'Drum's' competitors), and would have delayed the boat's arrival at Plymouth, interfering with Le Bon's obligation to perform in Japan.^[4]

In 2009 Le Bon (who describes himself as a "concerned agnostic")^[5] contributed an essay to the book The Atheist's Guide to Christmas, edited by Ariane Sherine.

Le Bon injured his vocal cords and was unable to finish his 2011 summer tour. He remarked, "I am trying to be philosophical."^[6]

In a 2011 interview with New York, Le Bon stated that he currently enjoys the bands Scissor Sisters, The Killers, Fall Out Boy, and 30 Seconds to Mars-- all of which Le Bon cites as having a similar "feathers-and-mascara" image.^[7]

Le Bon is a supporter of Manchester United.

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Simon Le Bon

External links[link]

• SYN Entertainment official website
• Duran Duran official website

Quentin Willson (born 23 July 1957) is a British TV presenter and motoring expert, perhaps most widely known as a presenter of the motoring programmes Britain's Worst Driver, Fifth Gear, and the original incarnation of Top Gear. He lives in Warwickshire with his wife and three children.

Career[link]

Early years[link]

Willson studied English Literature at the University of Leicester. He founded a car dealership selling Ferraris and Maseratis. In the early 1990s, he was the deputy editor of the only magazine solely devoted to second hand motors, Buying Cars.

[edit] Top Gear

He joined the BBC to co-host the original version of Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson. For a decade between 1991 and 2001, he appeared every week on the programme, typically as an expert on used cars.

He also presented his own classic car series The Car's The Star, along with the first property show to talk about money, All The Right Moves, both for the BBC.

[edit] Post Top Gear

After Top Gear's cancellation he left the BBC to present Channel Five's rival motoring programme, Fifth Gear. When Top Gear was relaunched, Willson said of Clarkson that "It's a compliment that the BBC are so afraid of losing ratings to us they've lured my old co-host out of semi-retirement."^[1]

While at Five, Willson created the Britain's Worst Driver format, which was nominated for best reality show in the Montreux Golden Rose Awards.^{[citation needed]} A raft of similar shows followed, including Britain's Worst DIYer, Worst Mother in Law, Worst Husband, Worst Teenager, Worst Builder, Worst Zookeeper, and Worst FIFA 2002 Player.

Willson also participated in the 2004 series of Strictly Come Dancing, but ignominiously got the lowest score ever on the show with his one and only dance before being voted off. Judge Craig Revel Horwood described Willson as "Britain's Worst Dancer".^[2]

On the 12 January 2009, and again on the 4 December 2010, he appeared on BBC1's Breakfast programme giving advice on snow driving and which cars are better suited.^{[citation needed]} On the 5th April 2012 he once again appeared on BBC Breakfast talking about the Highway Code.^[3]

Writing[link]

In 2004 Willson was awarded Motoring Writer of the Year. He writes regularly for The Sunday Mirror and has also written ten books.

• "Top Gear": Good Car Guide by Quentin Willson BBC Books 1993
• "Top Gear": Good Car Guide by Quentin Willson BBC Books 1994
• Classic Cars of the World by Quentin Willson and David Selby DK Publishing 1995
• Ultimate Classic Car by Quentin Willson, DK Publishing 1995. Republished with David Selby.
• Classic American Cars by Quentin Willson, DK Publishing 1997
• The Quentin Willson Guide to Used Cars: Everything You Need to Know by Quentin Willson Virgin Books 2001
• Quentin Willson's Cool Cars by Quentin Willson, DK Publishing. Second edition 2001
• Cars, A Celebration by Quentin Willson, DK Publishing 2001
• Great Cars by Quentin Willson, DK Publishing 2001
• Ultimate Sports Car by Quentin Willson, DK Publishing 2002

Consultancy and speaking[link]

Quentin Willson is a consultant to many organisations and companies including the car warranty company Warrantywise, where he designed the entire policy for the Padiham based car warranty company after complaining that existing car warranties weren't worth the paper they were printed on.^[4] Wilson also consults for BP^[5][6] as an advocate of 'going green', BSI (British Safety Institute) and Castrol Oil.^[7] He is also a regular face on the conference and after dinner speaking circuit.^[8] Quentin has been at the forefront of raising awareness about the dangers of buying stolen cars,^[9] fronting the 'Real or Rogue' campaign in March 2009.

Videos/DVDs[link]

References[link]

1.Private Eye magazine issue no.1016 01-12-2000

External links[link]

• Quentin Willson's Official Website
• Quentin Willson at the Internet Movie Database
• Quentin Willson Interview
• Official Link Top Gear (magazine) website
• Official BBC Top Gear website
• Sunday Mirror column
• [1] Quentin Willson at Warrantywise]

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Kirsty Hawkshaw
Background information
Born	(1969-10-26) 26 October 1969 (age 42) London, UK
Genres	Electronic music
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, producer
Instruments	Singing, synthesizers
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Coalition/EastWest, Mainline/EMI, Nettwerk, Magnatune
Associated acts	Opus III, Pulusha, Warm
Website	www.kirstyhawkshaw.co.uk

Kirsty Hawkshaw (born 26 October 1969 in London, UK) is a British dance/electronica/house/trance musician and songwriter. She is known for her participation as lead vocalist for the group Opus III, and her collaborative work with other musicians and producers.

Career[link]

Kirsty Hawkshaw is the daughter of the British production music/film music composer and disco record producer Alan Hawkshaw.

At a rave event in 1991 she was noticed by producers Ian Munro, Kevin Dobbs and Nigel Walton, who at the time were known as A.S.K. It was through this meeting that they would form a dance act called Opus III. Their first single, a cover version of the song "It's a Fine Day" from their debut album Mind Fruit was an international success and Top 10 hit on UK Singles Chart,^[1] and reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1992. A reversed sample of Hawkshaw's singing from this track was used in the Orbital track "Halcyon," the music video for which featured Hawkshaw. Opus III also had another US #1 hit on the same chart in 1994 with "When You Made The Mountain", from their second and final album, Guru Mother.

After the group broke up in 1994, Hawkshaw pursued a solo career and since then has been in demand by other acts in the dance, house, Eurodance, trance, and electronica community, ranging from Tiësto to Delerium. In a 2009 interview, she later recalled her decision to end her association with Opus III, in which she felt that she did not want to be part of a "commercialized" act and wanted to go in a different direction, plus she was having internal problems with the band members over having more input in writing and production.^[2]

In addition to dance music, Hawkshaw also recorded an ambient, ethereal album in 1999, 'Enlightenment', which remains unreleased. Her solo effort, "Fine Day", peaked at #62 in the UK Singles Chart in November 2002.^[3]

On 10 October 2005, she released Meta-Message, a collection of older and newer songs, after a growing interest in her out of print album, O.U.T.. In early 2006, she appeared on the Fragma single "Radio Waves".

Hawkshaw also contributed a track titled "Telephone Song", to the children's album For the Kids Too!, released in 2004.

In 2008, Hawkshaw went on tour and released Machinima on the Loverush Digital label.^{[citation needed]}

She runs a club in Second Life called 'Club Connected' and has built a virtual pub.

The record label, Magnatune, released her ambient album, The Ice Castle.

Collaborations[link]

• 1992 "It's a Fine Day" - (with Opus III)
• 1996 "Valencia" - (with Rachid Taha)
• 1997 "Isolation" - (with Pulusha)
• 1998 "State of Grace" - (with Swayzak)
• 1999 "Stereo" - (with Stereo People)
• 2000 "Dreaming" - (with BT) - UK #38^[3]
• 2000 "Running Down the Way Up" - (with BT & Hybrid)
• 2000 "Nature's Kingdom" - (with Delerium)
• 2000 "Inner Sanctum" - (with Delerium)
• 2000 "Where the Sidewalk Ends" - (with Silent Poets)
• 2000 "Visions" - (with Ian Pooley)
• 2000 "Hidden Agenda" - (with Sandor Caron)
• 2001 "Stealth" - (with Way Out West) - UK #67
• 2001 "Battleship Grey" - (with Tiësto)
• 2001 "Urban Train" - (with Tiësto) - UK #22^[3]
• 2002 "Underwater Lady" - (with Harmonic 33)
• 2003 "Calling You" - (with Ikon)
• 2003 "Blackout" - (with Hybrid)
• 2004 "Just Be" - (with Tiësto) - UK #43^[3]
• 2004 "Walking on Clouds" - (with Tiësto)
• 2004 "Sincere for You" - (with Lange)
• 2004 "Don't Sleep Tonight" - (with Clashing Egos)
• 2004 "Maris Stella" - (with Digitonal)
• 2005 "Faith in Me" - (with Pole Folder)
• 2005 "Halcyon and On And On (Live)" - (with Orbital)
• 2005 "All I Want" - (with Hybrid)
• 2006 "The Chauffeur" - (with Sleepthief)
• 2006 "Radio Waves" - (with Fragma)
• 2006 "Just For Today" - (with Hybrid)
• 2006 "Fleeting Instant" - (with Delerium)
• 2006 "Outsiders" - (with Tenishia)
• 2006 "The Last One and the First" - (with Pentatonik)
• 2006 "Love is a Rose" - (with Pentatonik)
• 2006 "Don't Look Behind You" - (with Judie Tzuke)
• 2006 "Lyteo" - (with Mr. Sam)
• 2006 "Split" - (with Mr. Sam)
• 2006 "Insight" - (with Mr. Sam)
• 2006 "Lodestar" - (with Mr. Sam)
• 2006 "View to Me" - (with Future Funk Squad)
• 2007 "Silent Stars" - (with Pole Folder)
• 2007 "Skimming Stones" - (with Sleepthief)
• 2007 "Heaven Sent" - (with Andrew Bennett)
• 2007 "Reasons to Forgive" - (with Tenishia)
• 2007 "Loverush" - (with Loverush UK!)
• 2007 "Beatitude" - (with Duderstadt)
• 2007 "The Phoenix Effect" - (with Delta-S)
• 2007 "Star·Kindler" - (with Delta-S)
• 2008 "Juneau / Glaciation" - (with Alaska)
• 2008 "Love Like Blood / Sunbathing" - (with Outrage and Aperture)
• 2008 "Love Calls" - (with Headstrong)
• 2008 "Invisible" - (with Tenishia)
• 2008 "Love is No Possession" - (with JJoy)
• 2008 "Fine Day 2008" - (Kirsty Hawkshaw vs. Kinky Roland)
• 2008 "Good to Be Alive (Healing Angel)" - (Kirsty Hawkshaw vs. Arnold T.)
• 2008 "Invisible Walls" (collaboration with Nektarios and trance singer Jan Johnston) - (Nektarios meets F-used)
• 2009 "Face to Face" - (Kirsty Hawkshaw Vs Elucidate)
• 2010 "A Million Stars" - (with BT)
• 2010 "Sundog" - (with Alaska)
• 2010 "One Day" - (with Mr. Sam)
• 2010 "Two Trees" - (with Ulrich Schnauss)
• 2011 "Whisper" - (with Blu Mar Ten)
• 2011 "Back in Time" - (with Liquid Kaos)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Blowcast - Trance Podcast
• Hawkshaw at Magnatune
• Hawkshaw on Yahoo!Groups
• Interview from 2005 by Progressive Sounds
• Hawkshaw discography
• Presenter at Cusp Conference 2008