Cathy Burton

Cathy Burton grew up in rural Devon in the UK, learned piano from an early age, and picked up guitar in her teens. Her acoustic-singer-songwriter background gives her vocal performances a distinctive warmth that distinguishes her from the more conventional vocal-trance singer profile. In 2007 her vocal talents were spotted by Dutch producer Raz Nitzan, and she entered the electronic-dance-music scene through the RazNitzanMusic / RNM Bundles ecosystem that has been her primary creative home. Her catalogue spans the full vocal-trance spectrum — from peak-time uplifting collaborations with Markus Schulz and John O'Callaghan to chillout-leaning work with Solarstone and Aurosonic. Notable records include "Let Me Know" with Markus Schulz (2010), "Reflections of You" with Trance Classics (2014), "Find Our Way Back Home" with Stargazers, and "Loving Overflow" with Aurosonic and AxelPolo. The breadth of producer collaborations — over fifty named partners across her career — places her among the most-worked-with female vocalists in the genre. The 2017 Best of Vocal Trance artist compilation and the 2020 30 Vocal Trance Hits release function as introductory anthologies for listeners new to her catalogue. Her Spotify monthly listeners sit at around 65K — smaller than some of her peers, but reflecting a genuinely engaged audience rather than playlist-driven streams. Burton is not a celebrity-vocalist in the way some of her contemporaries have become; she has remained primarily a working studio vocalist whose contribution shows up across hundreds of records. Producers return to her because the vocal performances always serve the song rather than competing with it, and the catalogue she has built across nearly twenty years is one of the genre's most consistently solid vocal bodies of work — particularly for listeners drawn to the chillout and softer-uplifting wings of vocal trance.