By Pat Ferrucci - New Haven Advocate
 

Courtesy of Abigail Zsiga

When Abigail takes the stage at The Space Saturday, she’ll be celebrating the release of the first single, "Better With You," from her upcoming album, but the Hamden resident will also be celebrating her new sound.

After moving from England to the states, she first settled in California before signing with Strictly Rhythm Records, a label popular for dance music. Abigail released three singles for the label, all three landing in Billboard’s dance Top 10; two of them hit the top of the charts. But while working on an album, the label went under.

"They wanted the album to be hybrid of acoustic meets dance," says Abigail, who also achieved success in the mid-to-late ’90s by turning rock songs such as "Losing My Religion" and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" into club thumpers. "After the label (went out of business), it was freeing and I was allowed to put more of me in the music. I took a step back and decided to create what I want out of this.

"It still maintains a cool electronic edge, but it’s more earthy. The electronics give it edge, though."

Abigail’s been living in Hamden for four years and says she loves it. "I didn’t want to live in (New York)," she laughs.
She then hopes to shop the record to college radio and "take it from there," maybe even have the same kind of success on the pop charts as she had on the dance charts.