Tribute to Madonna featuring pop acts

Cleopatra Records, Los Angeles, will release the first tribute to pop diva Madonna. In a marketplace subject to a flurry of tributes, VIRGIN VOICES offers up unique spins on the "material girl"'s career. Madonna, whose career began from the roots of New York City's downtown club scene during 1982, has undeniably challenged and changed the face of global music and culture.

The project, slated for a March 1999 release, has already enlisted the talents of a diverse range of pop club and dance artists. Enlisted pop acts such as HEAVEN 17, BERLIN, Annabella Lwin of BOW WOW WOW and DEAD OR ALIVE will share disc space with club acts KMFDM, THE VOLUPTUOUS HORROR OF KAREN BLACK, SPAHN RANCH, GENE LOVES JEZEBEL, and INFORMATION SOCIETY among others.

Cleopatra is also revisiting 80s metal pop acts with releases from QUIET RIOT, LA GUNS, CINDERELLA, BANG TANGO, WHITE LION, and PRETTY BOY FLOYD to name a few. These releases are a collection of the latest and greatest material set to be released on Cleopatra's newly formed imprint- Deadline Records.

Launching Deadline will be HUMANARY STEW- A TRIBUTE TO ALICE COOPER scheduled for March 1999. HUMANARY STEW boasts an impressive track listing of who's who in the hard rock genre. Members of Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue, The Who, and Def Leppard are among some of the artists who appear on the tribute offering rockin' interpretations to the King Of Shock Rock, Alice Cooper.

Recently, Cleopatra resigned an exclusive distribution deal with Caroline Distribution where the label stands as the top billing distributed label.

For more information contact Ali O, Cleopatra Publicity.