Avalon to Release Remix Album March 26 - First for Christian Music Industry Avalon's "The Oxygen Tour" returns for spring leg after successful fall

(Nashville, Tennessee) -Building on the momentum generated by Oxygen, the fifth album from Grammy-nominated vocal group Avalon, Sparrow Records will release O2 Avalon Remixed, a limited edition companion project to the best-selling record (released May 22, 2001). 

O2 Avalon Remixed - the first complete remix album in the Christian music industry- will include upbeat remixes of 10 of Avalon's No. 1 songs and will feature cameo appearances from ZOEgirl, Stacie Orrico, Out of Eden and DJ Andy Hunter. The new collection, releasing March 26 through Chordant Distribution and EMD, is an extension of Oxygen and a detour for the group. Remixed by DJ Tiesto (Sarah McLachlin, Dido, BT, Delerium), Ken Michaels (Nsync, ZOEgirl) and Ted Tjornhom (ZOEgirl, Stacie Orrico), O2 Avalon Remixed was created to appeal to younger Avalon fans as well as introduce new consumers to Oxygen and the group. The album will be a limited-edition release.

"Avalon has always been a premier pop vocal group, and now O2 allows their fans and new listeners to hear these hit songs in a whole new way," says Grant Cunningham, Vice President of A&R, Sparrow Label Group. "The group was excited to explore some new musical territory and create an album that sounds like some more of the music they listen to in their spare time. We hired some world class remixers from the US and Europe to transform these songs into a collection that will make them new all over again. It's all over the map stylistically. But, it's a legitimate remix project featuring the music of Avalon."

The songs on O2 Avalon Remixed were selected based on their previous success and remix potential. The new album includes cuts from Oxygen, In a Different Light and Maze of Grace. Remixes include "Oxygen," "Make It Last Forever," (Oxygen); "Wonder Why"(Oxygen); "Undeniably You"(Oxygen); "In Not Of"(In a Different Light); "Take You at Your Word" (In a Different Light); "Testify to Love" (Maze of Grace); "Maze of Grace" and a medley of "Give It Up," "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" and "Picture Perfect World."