Yet another singer/songwriter in my collection. Misty Oldland's first solo
album Supernatural came out in 1994. You could compare Misty's music with Lauren Christy
or Beverley Craven but her style is still very different, very 'Groovy' a mixture of jazz, soul,
and hip hop. She's from London and before going solo, she sang in a female a-cappella duo called
Oldland Montana. They made one album called "The Time Has Come" in 1988. She released
her second solo album Luminous in 1997. As far as I know this album was only released in
Japan
In 1994 Misty presented The Soul of MTV for one month in October. She also
presented on MTV on January 1996. She did a Levi European Retail Campaign in 1994 and she was the
face for female teenage clothes for the Trans Continent Japan Retail Campaign. Misty was also in
the Armani Catalogue Campaign and performance at the New Season Fashion Show in May 1995.
I made a few errors in my last update of these pages, "My Own Road"
isn't Misty's new album, it's a tribute album to French singer/songwriter George Brassens. Misty
does a song on this album called "Beautiful stranger". The album comes out before the
end of the year (1998). The first single of this album is Misty's song that is currently promoted
in France.
Thanks to Ian B. I got hold of a
promotion video that was released for Misty first album Supernatural. You can read the
transcription on the video page
where you can also find several video clips in Real Media format.
March 25th, 2003;Great News !!!!. Misty will be releasing a new album soon. She is also working on her own website at
www.mistyoldland.com
If you do know more about her, have reviews from music magazines, pictures,
singles or videos please e-mail me (Alex) at: jad @ bart.nl so that I can add it to
this page.
| If you want more information about Misty Oldland then write to
(this info is at least 4 years old so I wonder if it still exists): The Misty Oldland Fan Club PO Box 4082 London W9 3EE England |
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Oldland Montano - The Time Has Come
Supernatural
Luminous
Maybe coming soon: a new album
I wrote you a song
Got me a feeling
A fair affair
Groove eternity
Freestyle
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The Time Has Come (1988) Oldland Montana |
Q Magazine review by Mat Snow
Although they're from the world of fashion, the duo comprising Michele
Oldland and Kay Montano must be seriously considered for their musical merits as well as for
the affinity they have for the camera. Arranged by Sean Oliver (formerly of Rip Rig And Panic
and currently in collaboration with Terence Trent D'Arby), the dozen songs here are Oldland
Montano originals and charmingly insidious they are too. As you might expect, Time Has Come
cleaves closer to the sultry soul-jazz of Sade than the likes of Judas Priest. Yet there is a
sense of romantic urgency that propels most of these songs: the title track, for example, is
a Latin vamp so skittish it might induce cardiac arrest, and for a different set of reasons,
so might the breathy vocal interplay of Sugar Mommy and Am I Hooked. More songs of this
standard and Oldland Montano will lay to rest the expectation that a female pop duo is nothing
but a nice pair of bimbos. (3 stars out f 5)
| Track | Title | Playing Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | My world | 03:40 |
| 2 | Ocean of emotion | 03:25 |
| 3 | Just a game | 03:22 |
| 4 | Sometimes black, sometimes white | 04:02 |
| 5 | Skin deep | 03:35 |
| 6 | The time has come | 04:42 |
| 7 | Sugar mummy | 04:16 |
| 8 | Am I hooked | 03:20 |
| 9 | Love dimension | 04:07 |
| 10 | Sunken love | 03:35 |
| 11 | Problems | 03:35 |
| 12 | Forbidden fruit | 04:11 |
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Supernatural (1994) Columbia 475958 2 |
In the late 80's Virgin marketed a glossy pop-soul duo,
Oldland Montana, as the sisters Sade never knew she had. With Sade's cappuccino chic already
fading, they flopped, but while Kay Montana returned to her job as a make-up artist, Misty
Oldland re-emerged last year with a club hit, the languorous groover 'Got me a feeling'.
Supernatural is a collection of similarly relaxed, funky tunes. Stripped of
the polish of her earlier outfit, it's still easy-on-the-ear stuff with Oldland's willowy vocals
curling themselves around assured pop melodies. 'Wrote you a song' and 'You are the one' are
natural Radio One inhabitants together with the pop tease current single 'A fair affair', while
the meditative 'Caroline' finds Oldland exploring Joni Mitchell furrows.
With players rather than programmers, the seamless grooves falter only on
the uneasy reggae twinges of 'I often wonder' and 'Imprison me'. These aside, it's a strong set.
Hardly supernatural, but bewitching nonetheless. 7 Susie Boone
Q Magazine review by David Roberts
Music collectors with detailed memories and aging devotees of London's
sophisticated late '80s club scene may remember singer/songwriter Misty Oldland as half of
pop-dance duo and nearly-women Oldland Montana. Now solo and signed to a new label, classically
trained Oldland is taking another stab at commercial success. On the strength of this album she
may have hit a bull's-eye and missed the target. Supernatural's opening-track single, A Fair
Affair, is fabulous-sampling Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg's Je T'Aime in sassy, seductive
style with the addition of a lush, laid-back groove and flighty vocal to jazzed-up, raunchy
effect. But from there on it's fast downhill and even dogged persistence and the burning of a
score of late-night, mood-inducing candles can't make the rest of the record anything more than
a series of anonymous, amorphous grooves heightened by the odd sparky vocal and dashed by a
succession of ghastly soft-soul lyrics. Stick with the single. (1 star out of 5)
| Track | Title | Songwriter | Playing Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I wrote you a song | Misty Oldland / Joe Dworniak | 04:56 |
| 2 | A fair affair (je t'aime) | Misty Oldland / Serge Gainsbourg | 04:48 |
| 3 | Got me a feeling | Misty Oldland | 06:42 |
| 4 | Imprison me | Misty Oldland | 05:15 |
| 5 | Why do I trust you? | Misty Oldland / Kevin Pitts | 04:56 |
| 6 | Caroline | Misty Oldland | 04:22 |
| 7 | Kissing the planet | Misty Oldland / Don-E | 04:27 |
| 8 | One world | Misty Oldland | 05:02 |
| 9 | You are the one | Misty Oldland | 04:53 |
| 10 | Like I need | Misty Oldland / Joe Crisp | 05:31 |
| 11 | I often wonder | Misty Oldland | 04:29 |
| 12 | Groove eternity | Misty Oldland | 06:38 |
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 1997 |
This album was only released in Japan.
| Track | Title | Songwriter | Playing Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fireball | Misty Oldland | 05:01 |
| 2 | Magic man | Misty Oldland / J.Crisp | 05:56 |
| 3 | Finga in da pie | Misty Oldland | 04:53 |
| 4 | Born to grow | Misty Oldland | 04:59 |
| 5 | Filling me | Misty Oldland | 04:18 |
| 6 | Big enough | Misty Oldland | 05:38 |
| 7 | Freestyle | Misty Oldland / M.Mcevoy / J.Dworniak | 03:24 |
| 8 | Supersoul | Misty Oldland | 04:21 |
| 9 | Indentity | Misty Oldland / A.Beadle | 03:46 |
| 10 | Feel sad | Misty Oldland | 04:20 |
| 11 | Persephone | Misty Oldland | 06:43 |
| 12 | Growing pains | Misty Oldland / J.Dworniak | 04:04 |
| 13 | Misty games | Misty Oldland / A.Tidd | 04:05 |
| 14 | What a wonderful world | G.P.Weiss / G.Douglas | 04:08 |
Track 14 is a bonus track on Japanese release only (strange thing to mention since as far as
I know it's only been released in Japan).
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My Own Road (1998) |
This is a tribute album to French singer/songwriter George Brassens. Misty does a song on this album called "Beautiful stranger" (2 versions).
| Track | Title | Singer | Playing Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My own road | Slaughter | 04:25 |
| 2 | Beautiful Stranger | Misty Oldland featuring S. Kiv | 04:22 |
| 3 | I have the honour | Jason Scheff | 03:47 |
| 4 | Sirens of fame | Zen Cowboys | 05:08 |
| 5 | The prayer | Jefferson Starship | 04:40 |
| 6 | I made myself small | Black Uhuru | 03:53 |
| 7 | Watch the gorilla | Young MC | 04:02 |
| 8 | Beautiful stranger (English/French version) | Misty Oldland | 04:42 |
| 9 | Sirens of fame (English/French version) | Zen Cowboys | 05:08 |
| 10 | Watch the gorilla | Rodney Spanking Thomas | 04:14 |
| 11 | Friendship first | Asleep at the wheel | 03:55 |
| 12 | Lay me down by the sea | Martika | 04:25 |
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I wrote you a song Japanese release: ESCA 5986 (Epic Sony) |
| Track | Title | Japanese release |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I wrote you a song | I wrote you a song (7" edit) |
| 2 | I wrote you a song | I wrote you a song (Soulpower mix) |
| 3 | I wrote you a song | I wrote you a song (Soulpower hip hop mix) |
| 4 | Like I need | I wrote you a song (Surgery vocal mix) |
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Got me a feeling (1993) |
4 track release:
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Got me a feeling (7" version) |
| 2 | Still my heart |
| 3 | Got me a feeling (Misty's Magic Mix) |
| 4 | Got me a feeling (Hustlers of Culture Remix) |
2 track UK release:
Columbia 659787 2
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Got me a feeling |
| 2 | Still my heart |
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Got me a feeling (1993) |
| Track | Title |
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| 1 | Got me a feeling (7" edit) |
| 2 | Got me a feeling (Ian Green's radio mix) |
| 3 | Got me a feeling (Mellow 12" mix) |
| 4 | Groove eternity (Steely and Cleevie remix) |
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A fair affair |
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This CD-single was released in a 2- and 4-track version. The 2-track CD-single only has one version of A fair affair.
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Groove eternity Japanese release: ESCA 60345 (Epic Sony) |
| Track | Title |
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| 1 | Groove eternity (Straight mix) |
| 2 | Groove eternity (Dub vox mix) |
| 3 | Groove eternity (Album version) |
Misty Oldland did some session work for other artists. She probably did more but these are the only ones I know of.
| Artist / Group | Album / Track | Misty | Year | |
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| Chezeré | Upfront... And Personal (3 tracks) | bckgr vocals | cd | 1998 (?) |
| Morcheeba | Who Can You Trust? | bckgr vocals | cd | 1997 (?) |
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