<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Milk Inc. (Milk Incorporated) started as a studio-project of 3 young Belgian producers: Regi Penxten, Philip Vandueren and Ivo Donckers. All three were already active in the commercial house-scene in Belgium, doing succesfull things under various names, such as K-Lab (for Dance Opera), Regg &amp; Arkin, Karnak-X, some of the &quot;Illusion&quot;-compilations and remixes for different dance-projects.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Their first release La Vache under the name Milk Inc got a vocal remix by Praga Khan and this one took a flying start. The vocals were done by Nikki Van Lier (aka Nikki Mono aka Jade4U). The tune became a huge hit in France. After a while, Reggie had to look for a new stage act because Jade4U was way to busy with Praga Khan when Praga Khan got successful in the US.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">He found Sofie Winters which was present only on the second single &apos;Free your mind&apos;. From the third single on (Inside of me), An Vervoort was the frontstage girl and singer. (Regi being the frontstage boy). She was a dancer for Pat Krimson and graphic designer.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">On September 15th 2000 she anounced her departure from Milk Inc. She had decided to leave for Ibiza to start a dance-label Benimusa with her husband Patrick Claesen alias Pat Krimson (who has/had projects such as Nunca, 2 Fabiola). Linda Mertens became the new singer and face of the group.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">It has been confirmed from various sources that Ann didn&apos;t really sing live and the real singer was actually Karine Boelaerts (also the studio singer of projects like 2 Fabiola and Maurizzio). Ann could sing but for some parts her voice was not good enough.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>