Music this Coming weekend shines Zohra (43) on the stage of the Antwerp Sportpaleis. Not as the singer of 2 Fabiola, however, as a panelist of The ” Swingpaleis’. Twenty years after her departure from 2 Fabiola, music is still the red thread in her life, but her greatest love is son Alec (6).
this Coming weekend sings Zohra even the tiles of the roof during the one-off comeback of ‘The Swingpaleis’ on the MNM Back to the 90s & nillies party. “I didn’t think twice when she asked me if I again wanted to be part of ‘The Swingpaleis’panel. Also all work there now, especially new faces, it conjures up fine memories. Especially to the great afterparty, when the cameras stopped turning,” says Zohra in the Story. In the meantime, earns the singer her bread as a deejay, and even workshops for children who would like to take their first steps in the world of the mix.
In the period of ‘het Swingpaleis’ polite you also eras or glory with 2 Fabiola. Though there are rumours that you are not itself sang, but one Karine Boelaerts.
“It is true that Karine initially, the numbers of 2 Fabiola inzong. It’s like this: Pat Krimson was looking for a podiumzangeres for 2 Fabiola, to act in Spain, where ‘Play the Song’ a number one hit. Karine, that the song had sung, was only a studiozangeres. A year long time I have each weekend occurred in Spain for the 2 Fabiola-project, with mainly instrumental songs. When ‘Lift You Up’ was recorded, we were not officially a group, but when 2 Fabiola afterwards also a success in Belgium, asked Pat to me is also here to act. I felt there first is not comfortable with, but in the end I agreed because I was promised that I from the next song should sing. “I” m on Fire’ and ‘Freak Out’ with Karines and my voice sung, to make the transition less abrupt. Thereafter, Karine left and I stayed. We have never concealed: Karine was always neatly listed on the record sleeve.”
You have as a singer now proven.
“For 2 Fabiola I already had a record deal with Arcade and I brought out the single ‘Follow Me’. On ‘Magic Flight 2 Fabiola was Karine cannot hear, and thus we achieved for the first time, gold. After 2 Fabiola I performed with a Punk City and I scored during my solo career, a hit with ‘I Hate to Love You’. I can really sing.”
do you still Have contact with Pat Krimson?
“We send each other to have a sms and we sometimes give jobs to each other, but real friends can’t you call. We meet together never against, because we deejayen in another muziekcircuit.”
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