Jes Brieden

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JES
Birth name Jes Brieden
Born New York City, United States
Genre(s) Progressive Electronic, Pop, Rock
Occupation(s) Singer, Producer, Songwriter
Label(s) Black Hole Recordings, Magik Muzik
Associated acts Guardians of the Earth, Motorcycle
Website www.tiesto.com

Jes Brieden (aka JES) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer and a frequent guest vocalist.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Guardians of the Earth (-2002)

Jes Brieden is a singer, songwriter and producer. Born and raised in New York City, she studied art and singing in an art school. She first began experimenting with music production at her friends’ studios. By age 16, she made her first vocal recordings as a reference vocalist, and was also working as a backup singer for several major recording labels. [1] After Jes answered an ad in the newspaper called The Village Voice when she was still a teenager, she recorded her first song. At the time, she sang in various bands. In 2001, while she was working at a recording studio in LA, Jes met Mike Olson, and the two formed Guardians of the Earth. Songs they produced include Star Children and One Moon Circling. Star Children was included on Paul van Dyk's 2001 Ministry of Sound compilation The Politics of Dancing. Inspired by this new voice of herself, she began working with more DJs and producers and went on to form Motorcycle with Gabriel & Dresden and vocalled the instant club hit and Billboard No.1 “As The Rush Comes”.

[edit] Motorcycle (2003-Present)

Her most well known works were created with Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden, known as Gabriel & Dresden. They formed the group Motorcycle, and its 2003 hit As the Rush Comes was a number one single on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart in 2004, where it also became the first year-end number one Dance Airplay track of the same year. As The Rush Comes gave Jes international exposure, which then allowed her to perform in larger venues and festivals such as the Bacardi Festival (Lebanon), Fresh (Malta), World Electronic Music Festival (Toronto), Escape In The Park (Wales), Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena and Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Denver). Jes had performed in England's "Top of The Pops" TV show with Beyonce and Maroon 5. [2]

Motorcycle released a new song called Deep Breath Love. A mash-up by Dave Dresden with Sedna by 16 Bit Lolita's was included on Sharam's prestigious Global Underground 029: Dubai.

Since meeting Tiësto, Jes signed with his record label, Black Hole Recordings, and released her first solo album [Disconnect]. She also graced Tiësto’s newest artist album Elements of Life with the song Everything and continues to wow crowds as the opening artist for the Tiësto Worldwide Tour of Elements Of Life. Jes has also collaborated with DJs like D:Fuse, Deepsky and Solar Stone, producing tracks like Living The Dream, Ghost, and Like A Waterfall. The last appears on the internationally acclaimed DJ Tiësto’s In Search of Sunrise 4; her other songs "People Will Go" appears on In Search of Sunrise 5, and "Imagination" on In Search of Sunrise 6.

Jes continues to write and released her second album Into The Dawn with Black Hole Recordings in January 2008. Currently Jes Brieden is working on a cover album for Pink Floyd, [3] and has been performing live on Tiësto's Elements of Life World Tour. [4] Her songs One Moon Circling and Talk Like A Stranger were recently covered by Mark Norman on his album Colours.

[edit] Discography

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[edit] Singles

JES/Guardians of the Earth

  • Star Children (2001)
  • One Moon Circling (2001)

JES/Motorcycle

  • Around You (1997)
  • As The Rush Comes (2004)
  • Imagination (2004)
  • Deep, Breath, Love (2004)

JES/Deepsky

  • Talk Like A Stranger (2004)
  • Ghost (2006)

JES/Solarstone

  • Like A Waterfall (2006)

JES/D:fuse

  • Everything With You (2004)
  • Into Me (2004)
  • Living The Dream (2005)

JES

  • Around You (1997)
  • I Need You (2000)
  • Don't Say (2000)
  • People Will Go (2006)
  • Ghost (2007)
  • Heaven (2007)

JES/Tiësto

  • Everything (2007)
  • High Glow (2007)

[edit] Awards / Nominations

2004

  • Won WMC Best Progressive / Trance - As The Rush Comes - Motorcycle
  • Nominated WMC Best Underground Dance - As The Rush Comes - Motorcycle

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