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Fem2Fem was an American techno group who released three albums in the 1990s. Featuring actress
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as a member, Fem2Fem were the first openly
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pop group to chart, although the band did contain both straight and gay women. The band appeared in the December 1993 issue of '' Playboy'' magazine.


History

The group was assembled by producers Peter Rafelson and Michael Lewis as a "pop project of dance music". Produced by Rafelson, with songs written by Rafelson and Lewis, Fem2Fem featured post-
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, pre- trance arrangements. The cover of their first album, including the font, was designed to be a distaff version of '' Trans-Europe Express'' by
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. Christina Minna (manager Michael Lewis' step daughter) was not in the group when Julie Ann Park, Michelle Crispin, Lynn Pompey, Lezlie Deane and Jennifer Wolf posed for ''Playboy'' magazine in December of 1993. Wolf left the group before a live performance occurred. Crispin left the group after disagreements with the management and Park soon followed. Andrea Adams later joined the group and sang lead vocals on the hit single "Where Did Love Go" from the group's second album, ''Animus''. Fem2Fem went on to star in the cyber-musical ''Voyeurz'' at the Whitehall Theatre, London, in July 1996, running for six months and drawing an audience of celebrities including Jack Nicholson. The original cast album sold out its entire pressing. Adams left the group before ''Voyeurz'', citing "creative differences" regarding the show's content. Some of the songs from ''Animus'' were featured in the show. That album generated three top 40 singles, including "Obsession" and "Where Did Love Go", reaching No. 1 on the UK charts.


Post-Fem2Fem

Crispin is now president of mediaHo entertainment. Park died on March 30, 2010. Alitzah Navarro left the group early on and later became the lead singer for the American pop girl group
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.


Discography


''Woman to Woman'' (1993)

#"Switch" – 5:17 #"Obsession" – 5:09 #"Woman to Woman" – 3:50 #"All About Eve" – 4:35 #"I Lose Myself" – 5:12 #"Coming Out" – 4:20 #"Waiting in Tangier" – 4:39 #"Charmed" – 4:33 #"Freedom of Choice" – 4:47 #"Switch" (Erotic Trance Mix)
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– 7:01 #"Woman to Woman" (Extended Mix)
onus track Onus, from Latin, indicates accountability/responsibility Onus may also refer to: * Blame * Burden (disambiguation) * Legal burden of proof (''onus probandi'') As a surname * Bill Onus (1906-68), Australian Aboriginal political activist, boom ...
– 6:17


''Animus'' (1995)

#"Animus" – 3:20 #"Sin" – 3:32 #"Insatiable" – 3:04 #"Naked Heart" – 3:54 #"Swing" – 5:54 #"Compulsive Jane" – 4:32 #"Where Did Love Go" – 4:30 #"Cruel & Unusual" – 4:18 #"Make Me Love U" – 4:35 #"Scream Queen" – 4:43 #"Worship" – 7:25 #"Animus Reprise" – 1:43 #"Where Did Love Go" (Bak2BASSiks Remix)
onus track Onus, from Latin, indicates accountability/responsibility Onus may also refer to: * Blame * Burden (disambiguation) * Legal burden of proof (''onus probandi'') As a surname * Bill Onus (1906-68), Australian Aboriginal political activist, boom ...
– 6:26 #"Take Control"
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– 4:08


''Voyeurz'' (1996)

#"Intro/Dreamtime" #"Animus" #"Sin" #"Reflections" #"Sex on a Train" #"Out in Style" #"The Hole" #"Xtropia" #"So Confused" #"Swing" #"Can't Talk Now" #"Kinda Slow Now" #"More's the Pity" #"Insatiable" #"Are You Insane" #"Go for the Kill" #"Nature's in Conflict" #"Cruel and Unusual" #"Until the Dawn" #"Animus (Reprise)" #"Tantric Trance" #"I'd Die for You" #"Stand Back" #"I'm So Sorry" #"Compulsive Jane" #"Evil" #"Worship" #"Finale" #"Where Did Love Go"


Members

*Michelle Crispin *Lezlie Denise Lonon (aka
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) *Christina Minna – lead vocals *Julie Park *Lynn Pompey *Jennifer Lynn Wolf


Notes


Sources

* Fem2Fem on Allmusicbr>Peter Rafelson interview
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