JOWST

JOWST

Steen at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Press Meet&Greet
Background information
Birth name Joakim With Steen
Born (1989-06-27) 27 June 1989
Trondheim, Norway
Origin Kolbotn, Norway
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments
  • Synthesizer
  • guitar
  • drum
Years active 2011–present
Labels
  • Three15 Records
  • Red Line Records
Associated acts Aleksander Walmann
Website jowstmusic.com

Joakim With Steen (born 26 June 1989), better known as JOWST, is a Norwegian music producer and songwriter. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Grab the Moment", along with vocalist Aleksander Walmann finishing in 10th place.[1]

Early life and career

Steen was born in Trondheim and raised in Tiller. At age 14, his family moved to Steinkjer.[2] At the age of fifteen his main focus was guitar, punk, songwriting and band. After finishing his sound and music production education at the renowned Noroff Institute in Oslo, where he later also worked as a teacher and held lectures in the same field. At the same time he also worked as sound technician and producer for Earport Studios in Fornebu.[3] Joakim started Red Line Studio where he has worked as a sound engineer and producer since 2011. With the project "Making A Hit" and the hit song “Grab The Moment” he is now focusing on his own music under the artist name JOWST.[4]

Steen and Norwegian singer Aleksander Walmann were confirmed to be taking part in Melodi Grand Prix 2017, Norway's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, on 7 February 2017.[5] In the final, held on 11 March, JOWST and Walmann received the maximum 12 points from four of the eleven international juries in addition to winning the televote.[6] They subsequently advanced to the gold final, where they won the competition. [1] Norway competed in the second half of the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest, and they managed to advance to the final. In the final, they placed 10th out of 26th.[7][8]

Personal life

Joakim is cohabiting with Rita Rybakova, and together they have a daughter Sofia born in 2017.[9]

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
NOR
[10]		 AUT
[11]		 NLD
Tip
[12]		 SWE
[13]
"Thinking Through Thorough Thoughts"[14] 2016 — — — — Non-album singles
"Grab the Moment" 2017 6 73 24 56
[15]
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Remixes

Title Original artist Year Album
"Let Me Love You" (JOWST Remix) DJ Snake
(featuring Justin Bieber)		 N/A Non-album remixes
"We Are Dreamers" (JOWST Remix) Frida Sundemo 2017
"Night Train" (JOWST Remix) CLMD
(featuring Alida)
"Silvertongue" (JOWST Remix) Young The Giant

Production credits

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Title Year Main artist Role
Credited as Joakim With Steen,
Joakim Steen, Jowst or Red Line Studio
"Mirage" 2012 Heyerdahl Sound designer
c. 18 other songs 2015-2017 TBA Music producer
"Drama" 2017 Karin Melón Audio mixer

References

  1. 1 2 Weaver, Jessica (11 March 2017). "Norway: JOWST Wins Melodi Grand Prix 2017!". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Hovde, Kari (12 March 2017). "Trondhjemmer og MGP-vinner fikk hjelp på Facebook" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen/ adressa.no.
  3. ↑ "Jowst på LinkedIn" (in Norwegian). LinkedIn. 12 March 2017.
  4. ↑ JOWST Biography
  5. ↑ Her er MGP-artistene 2017
  6. ↑ Halpin, Chris (11 March 2017). "NORWAY: JOWST WINS MELODI GRAND PRIX 2017 WITH "GRAB THE MOMENT"". wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs.
  7. ↑ Jordan, Paul (9 September 2016). "Kyiv to host Eurovision 2017!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Jordan, Paul (21 January 2016). "Semi-Final Allocation Draw on Monday, pots revealed". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  9. ↑ – Ble nok litt «arrestert» av min egen tekst på låten
  10. ↑ "VG-lista – Jowst / Grab the Moment". VG-lista. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "austriancharts.at – Discographie JOWST". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "dutchcharts.nl - Dutch Single Tip | 20 May 2017". Dutch Single Tip. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "swedishcharts.com – Discography JOWST". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  14. ↑ Spotify: JOWST - "Thinking Through Thorough Thoughts"
  15. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
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Preceded by
Agnete
with "Icebreaker"		 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
2017
(with Aleksander Walmann) 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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