Jwaydan Moyine

Jwaydan Moyine is a British, classically trained singer and composer of Egyptian and East European descent most known for her collaboration with renowned Egyptian trance duo, Aly & Fila.^[1] The critically acclaimed "We Control The Sunlight", originally composed by her as an acoustic song, made an appearance on the Armin Van Buuren show, A State of Trance.^[2]

Education

Jwaydan was born and raised in the United Kingdom, and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama resulting in a degree as a classical composer, pianist and cellist. Although initially a pianist/cellist, she gravitated towards classical composition and production and also trained to become a composer of Film music. She cites her parents inclination towards classical music as a pivotal inspiration in her development as a musician.^[3] Notable musical influences include composers such as Mozart, Tchaikovsky as well as Enya.^[4]

Jwaydan is a noted talent from within the electronic dance music scene, coming to attention of award winning Paul Van Dyk's closest colleagues who stated "after being in the industry for 20 years and not once have I come across a singer who is so multi-talented, and not average at what she does, outstandingly good at all of them". She gained attention from the likes of Armin Van Buuren, Paul Oakenfold, Gareth Emery, Markus Schulz becoming one of the most played singers in the electronic dance music scene on the radio for 2011. Outside of EDM, she has worked as a songwriter alongside producers whose involvement include artists such as Jessie J, Pixie Lott, Plan B, Demi Lovato, JoJo and Chipmunk.^[5]

Career

Jwaydan garnered considerable attention when she collaborated with Aly & Fila to release the critically acclaimed track "We Control the Sunlight", which eventually became the official tune of the year award from Armin van Buuren's highly acclaimed A State of Trance 2011, receiving 2,320 votes from listeners across the world.^[6] The compilation was released on 17 March and went straight to no.1 in the iTunes dance charts in both the UK and the US, and debuted at no.2 in Canada, France Ireland and Spain. WCTS gained a spot on the Beatport trance chart at no.1, no.1 on Audiojelly, no.1 on armada top 100 download making it one of the highest selling trance tracks of 2011.

Her second release "Untouchable", was added to Sirius XM's playlist as one of the most played tracks on their dance music station for 2011. She went on to write a second song for Aly & Fila "Coming home" added to Armin Van Buurens A State of Trance 2012, that charted at No.3 on Beatport. In 2013 she released 'Until The End' with Moldavian artist Andrew Rayel that gained the no.1 spot on the Beatport trance chart and no.70 on Beatport top 100 Electronic dance music tracks, making it her third trance release in the top 5 Beatport trance. Her non EDM releases include a song written for the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, "Standing our ground", composed by Jwaydan and produced by Mat Zo.^{[7][8][9][10]}

In 2010, she performed at some of the worlds most popular clubs including Pacha and Ibiza, opening for artists such as Tiësto and John Digweed.^[11] In 2011 she was invited to perform at the famous 'Miss world top model' beauty pageant held in Beirut, Lebanon, and more recently, invited to perform at Armin Van Buuren's ASOT 550 Den Bosch.^[12]

Discography

• We Control The sunlight (2011)
• Untouchable (2011)
• Xantic (2011)
• Standing our ground : Song for the Egyptian revolution (2011)
• Coming home (2012)
• Until The End (2013)

References