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George Tutunjian

George Tutunjian (Armenian: Ճորճ (Գեւորգ) Թութունճեան, Geworg T’ut’unč̣ean) (born c. 1930 in Aleppo, Syria - died November 7, 2006, at 12:55 PM, in Montreal, Canada) was a singer of Armenian patriotic and revolutionary songs and lifelong supporter of Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF).

He started singing at the age of 22. Later on, Tutunjian used to perform with his four sons who were musically inclined. His oldest son played the piano, another son, the guitar, a third joined in vocals. He built a reception hall now owned and run by his three sons. He sang on Armenian stages for over 50 years and was an inspiration for many other Armenian singers such as Karnig Sarkissian, Harout Pamboukjian, Nersik Ispiryan. Being a pioneer in this genre, he helped accelerated the careers of such singers, with Karnig, being a protégé of George.

Tutunjian's fame was truly worldwide and his songs were spread throughout the Armenian diaspora and clandestinely on Soviet Armenia during Communist rule. He eventually settled in Montreal, Canada, where he died at the age of 76.

DEFAULTSORT:Tutunjian, George Category:Syrian Armenians Category:Armenian male singers Category:2006 deaths Category:20th-century births

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Jinian Wilde

Jinian Wilde
Also known as	Jin Wilde, Wilde!
Born	England
Origin	English singer, songwriter, musician, studio vocalist, producer
Instrument(s)	vocals
Years active	2002 – present

Jinian Wilde, sometimes Jin Wilde and Wilde!, is a British singer, songwriter, studio vocalist, vocal instructor and musician who has worked with a great number of musical projects< and now with UK's Paris Music. He is also founder of Wilde Rose Studio using the name Dr. VoX. He has collaborated most notably with Uniting Nations, Daz Sampson and since 2007 is lead singer in the David Cross Band, a band of David Cross who was the electric violinist of King Crimson and touring Europe and the UK and a new album due very soon.

Career In 2002, Wilde performed lead and backing vocals on Space Cowboy's "I Would Die 4 U (Extended Club Mix)", a remake of the famous Prince song. He performed lead vocals for the song alongside Nick Dresti (Space Cowboy) and his band on the UK Chart show Top of the Pops. Wilde also released a remake of "I Won't Let You Down" under the alias Wilde! on Hi-Bias Records in 2004. Wilde was credited for vocals and keyboards/programming. The original is a famous hit by Ph.D. He has also performed on many remake tracks with David Gainsford of Paris Music, including Axwell's hit "I Love U", a dance version of the David Bowie classic "Life on Mars?" (Paris Music Remix) and on "You".

Wilde is best known for his vocal work with English dance act Uniting Nations. During 2004 and 2005, he performed lead and backing vocals on a number of the group's international hits including "Out of Touch" (UK #7), "You & Me" (#15) and also on "Music in Me", "Tonight (in the City)", "Loving You", "Feels Like Heaven", "Make Love", "Destiny" and a cappella versions of five Uniting Nations tracks that featured on the group's album One World.

In 2006, Wilde continued collaborating with Uniting Nations' member Daz Sampson in his DJ Daz project, performing vocals and backing vocals on "The Whoa Song" and receiving credit as Jin Wilde. The track was released on Ebul / Sony BMG. 14th Precinct also sampled a Uniting Nations track "All Out of Love (Dance Remix)" and used the Jinian Wilde vocals. The song was used as the theme song for the American television series Cagney & Lacey.

Wilde was also featured in One Track Mind's song "Voices", a remake of band The Police track and Emma J's "When I'm Gone". Other credits include guitar and programming on Bass Monkeys track "Beautiful (Thrill Bill)" on In:stinct and lead vocals on Castle Avenue's debut single "When I Am Gone". It was produced by Soulshaker and has been licensed in UK and through Yummie Records in the Benelux territory. He also sings in four tracks in Small World Incident's album End.

References reflist

External links

• Wide Rose Studio
• YouTube
• Discogs

DEFAULTSORT:Wilde, Jinian Category:British male singers Category:Living people

Striger

Striger Laurent better known by his mononym Striger (born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian hip hop and ragga / reggae world fusion artist based in Montreal, Quebec.

Career

Beginnings

Striger started in music very early and by 12 had his first show. He was later signed to Les disques KLM and in 1997 formed the music collective IMPAACT that included amongst others Kulcha Connection and JD.

Vice Verset

Also in 1997 he formed the Quebec hip hop band duo Vice Verset with David Dubé. The duo released its debut album Vice City in 2006 on HLM Records with many collaborations that included Billy Nova, Sir Pathétik, Kaylah, Lukay, Supa Lexx, Loedie, Da Vinci, Sneaky Tone, Slim Sexy, 01Étranjj, L'Queb, Karl Wolf, Goofy Welldone, Stiff, King Ade, Bougat, Marokia and others.

The band took part in many competitions and appeared in Rap City '97 finishing third overall, but also named best French rap group for the year. They took part in events like Rockon 1998 dance competition and in Les FrancoFolies de Montréal in 2005. They also took part in UNESCO charity event alongside well-known names in France like IAM, LaCliqua, Oxmo Puccino and others. They also had a track on the compilation album for the event.

Collaborations

Besides his own and Vice Verset materials, Striger started collaborating with well-known artists. He was featured in Caroline Néron's massive number 1 hit and music video "Colle-toi à moi" that also appeared in Néron's album Reprogrammée. Also notably, he appeared the same year in Lebanese-Canadian Karl Wolf's debut album Face Behind the Face being featured in one of Karl Wolf's earliest hits called "Hollow Girl". In 2008, he was featured alongside Othello in Chub-e Pelletier's hit "Burnout" and in Dialekt's "Calmly Rushed" alongside Carleone Brown and Vcx.

Striger, specially after "Hollow Girl" has been an integral part of many of Karl Wolf's live shows throughout Canada and internationally and is featured, alongside other collaborating artists in the Karl Wolf reality television show WolfPack to be broadcast in 2013.

Production

Starting 2009, Striger started music production with several artists like Rime, Manny, Anthony Roussel and many others working from NOS Studios. He is also active in live shows, and festivals and appeared on CitiTV New Year's Eve celebrations in 2012 in Toronto.

He is also a partner and artist in Blast Productions, part of an international group, providing music shows and entertainment in North America, Asia and the Middle East.

He is working on a solo reggae and hip hop album.

Discography

Albums

as part of Vice Verset

• 2006: Vice City [HLM Records]

Solo

• 2013: TBA

Singles and appearances

• 2006: "Colle-toi à moi" (Caroline Néron feat. Striger) [1]
• 2006: "Hollwo Girl" (Karl Wolf feat. Striger) [2]

Referencess reflist

External links

• MySpace

Matt Hunter

DEFAULTSORT:Striger Category:Reggae fusion artists Category:Living people

Matthew Alexander Hunter Correa
Matt Hunter in a photo-shoot.
Background information
Birth name	Matthew Alexander Hunter Correa
Born	(1998-02-20) February 20, 1998 Manhattan, New York City
Genres	Latin pop, R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer, Voice actor
Instrument(s)	Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active	2009–present
Website	matthunterworld.com

Matthew Alexander Hunter Correa (born February 20, 1998), better known as Matt Hunter, is an American teen pop singer and voice actor with mixed Italian-Colombian origin.

In popular culture

• Matt Hunter participated in the Chilean Telethon on December 1, 2012. He has also performed at Teleton USA. Well promoted in Latin American media outlets, he has appeared in Chilevisión's youth program Yingo and Chilean Canal 13 talk show Bienvenidos and covered on Foxed News Latino.

• Dubbed the 'Latino Bieber', he says though he likes Justin Bieber's music, but he has his own style and music.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009–11	Go, Diego, Go!	Diego	Main role (Seasons 4-5)

Discography

Singles

• "Mi Amor" (2012)

Videos

• "Home for the Holidays"
• "Mi Señorita" (2012) Directed By Shomi Patwary

References Reflist

External links

• Matt Hunter's Official Website
• Matt Hunter on Twitter
• Matt Hunter on Facebook
• Matt Hunter's channel on YouTube

Rehan Khan

DEFAULTSORT:Hunter, Matt Category:1998 births Category:American child singers Category:American male singers Category:American singer-songwriters Category:American television actors Category:Child pop musicians Category:Living people

Rehan Khan (born in Mumbai, India in 1982) is an Indian singer who in February 2007 won Fame X, an Indian music competition broadcast on SAB TV. Besides a solo singing career, he is a member of the duo "Band Hungama". He also appeared in a number of Indian films.

Beginnings Rehan Khan was inspired early by his family to go into music. His father, Rizwan Khan was a professional sitar player but had to leave music to take care of the family by enturing the construction business, but always encouraged his son to venture into music. In 2005, Rehan Khan tried for Indian Idol but although making to the top 30, he failed to qualify for the finals.

Fame X In November 2006, he took part in the singing competition Fame X (in Hindi language Chal Udiye) inaugural 2006-2007 season. He beat the competition in the finals that included finalists Anandrupa Bagchi and Neethy Nairthe. The other top 10 finalists besides Khan, Bagchi and Nairthe included Rakesh Sharma, Banjo, Ashutosh Jain, Sammy Rajdeep, Aditya Jassi, Ritu Pathak and Arunima Bhattacharya.

Khan won a music contract from Sony BMG India, and a cash prize of Rs 50,00,000 besides being featured on Sony Entertainment Network. In 2007, after his win, he released his debut single "Naujawan".

After Fame X Visa International picked him to sing the "Inspire India Cricket" anthem in support of the Indian cricket team competing in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 held in West Indies.

He followed the release of "Naujawan" in 2007 singing in the soundtrack of the Bollywood film Heyy Babyy with the song "Mast Kalandar" composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.

In Band Hungama Rehan Khan also made a musical partnership with Raja Hasan, a winner of three singing reality shows to form a band named "Band Hungama". They went on to perform more than 250 live shows all across India, and in Indian diaspora communities in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates up to Hong Kong. The band was promoted and managed by X Factor Entertainment.

Acting Rehan Khan has also appeared in a number of films like 2009 film Fast Forward directed by Zaigham Ali Syed. He also appears in Click, Mumbai Diaries (in Hindi Dhobi Ghat) and Tum Milo Toh Sahi.

References Reflist

External links

• Werldwayd/Further Development 3 at IMDb
• Band Hungama Official website

DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Rehan Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Reality singing competition winners Category:Indian musicians Category:People from Mumbai

Unik (producer)

Unik
Birth name	Nikolaos Giannulidis
Born	(1986-09-27) September 27, 1986 Aachen, Germany
Genres	R&B, pop, hip hop
Occupation(s)	Producing
Instrument(s)	Piano, Guitar, Drums, Percussions
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Universal, Sony/BMG, Warner

Nikolaos Giannulidis (born September 27, 1986) better known by professional name Unik is a German record producer, musician and songwriter of Greek origin from Aachen, Germany. He has worked with a number of local German and international artists and producers. He is also the founder and owner of the production company Unik Music Productions located in Berlin, Germany.

Career Known as a piano prodigy, having started playing the piano at the age of 3, he has been making music tracks since 2004. In 2008 he teamed up with manager Pascal Knowles with whom he started workin on an international career with focus on the American music market.

He rose to fame in 2012 with featured production on rapper B.o.B's second studio album Strange Clouds on which he has produced together with Atlanta-based producer Cordale "Lil' C" Quinn. In addition, he has worked for and with many renowned artists, including Pitbull, B.o.B, Nelly, Cymia Telleria, Coco Jones, T.I., Trina, Brutha and Syleena Johnson.

Unik has worked with producers including Eric Griggs, Andrew Lane, Lil' C, and Tony Love. He has had many releases in his home country Germany with local major artists like Massiv, Azad, Rapsoul, Jonesmann, Sha and others. With such a broad stylistic range, Unik's music is diverse rather than genre-specific and ranging from pop, R&B, hiphop and country. He now resides in Berlin, but travels to many other countries for his work, including Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami and London.

References reflist

External links

• Official website
• Unik on Myspace
• Unik on Twitter
• Unik's channel on YouTube

DEFAULTSORT:Unik Category:German record producers Category:1986 births Category:Living people

Julyo

Julyo
Birth name	Giulio D'agostino
Born	(1978-12-14) December 14, 1978 Genoa, Italy
Genres	Various genres
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, musician, producer, DJ
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	2002 – present

Giulio "Julyo" D'agostino (born in Genoa, Italy on December 14, 1978) is an Italian guitarist, songwriter, producer and DJ of Italian origin who has several International Awards for his film scoring work. After starting his career as a session player for US Christian pop songwriter Steven Stewart, Julyo recorded and toured in Europe, US and Japan, from 2003 to 2006. member of various bands including 4Ever, Kharisma, Photosonic Orchestra, he began a solo career in 2006, and has released five solo albums and won three international awards for his film score for the Photosonic, a short film about the 'photosonic guitar' he developed. He is also involved with the music project ANiMA LiBERA.

Biography

Early life

Julyo began playing guitar at the age of 10. In 1999, he took guitar lessons from Japanese guitarist Katsumi Nagaoka and played in local bands, one of which was called "Out of Zone". He was influenced by guitarists including Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Brian May, Jimmy Page, Joe Satriani and jazz fusion guitarist Pat Metheny. Julyo attended Nicolo Paganini Conservatory. He also studied at Berklee College of Music, with Scott Tarulli, John Finn, Mark White.

4Ever

In 2002, Julyo joined Latin pop band '4Ever', performing on electric and nylon strings guitar. During his stay in Boston, Massachusetts, Julyo performed regularly at local jam sessions and worked intensively as a studio session player; Julyo guitar pieces had been featured extensively in local television and radio stations in Massachusetts from 2001 to 2003.

Kharisma

During 2003 Julyo relocated to Copenhagen, Denmark to work as sound engineer and session player, performing at Rust, Steingade, Vega and the Kobenhavn Music Festival 2004 in Rådhuspladsen (City Hall Square in Copenhagen).

After a brief experience as session player at TV 2 Zulu and MTV North Europe, Julyo started to perform with a glam-punk-rock band "Kharisma". Kharisma performed a series of short promotional gigs in New York, Munich, Milan and Amsterdam and released a self-titled EP at end of 2005. The band became prominent in the Italian and Japanese underground scene between 2003 and 2005. After a last tour, Kharisma broke up due to internal tensions. Upon leaving the group, Julyo moved to Tokyo where he performed as VJ in the Japanese underground scene as Photosonic.

Photosonic guitar

During the same period Julyo started to work on the 'photosonic guitar', a special MIDI guitar instrument used with a custom designed software. The 'photosonic guitar' was officially copyrighted during 2005. In 2006, Julyo moved back to Europe to work on a short film about the 'photosonic guitar'.

Photosonic short film

The movie Photosonic was filmed in Copenhagen, Denmark at Thomas Troelsen Delta Lab studios and at the Minerva Studio with the team work of film director Donato Russo, director of photography Søren Bay, make up artist Anders Lerche, special effects designer Sammy H. Larsen and costume designer Christopher Emborg.

The short was screened at a number of film festivals including Clermont Film Festival (France), the New York Independent Film Festival, the Odense International Film Festival (Denmark), Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival (Honolulu), Portobello Film Festival (London, England) and the Berkeley Video & Film Festival, Berkeley, CA.

Julyo won two awards for Best Score for Photosonic soundtrack including the 2006 International Award for "Best Music Score" at New York Independent Film Festival for the movie Photosonic and one nomination at the Berkeley Film Festival 2006 for Best Soundtrack.

Photosonik / Photosonic Orchestra

Photosonic Orchestra
Also known as	Photosonik
Genres	electronic music
Years active	Duo of Julyo & Vika (2008-2009) Band led by Julyo (2010-2011)
Past members	Duo (2008-2009): Giulio "Julyo" D'agostino Filippo 'Vika' Vicario Band (2010-2011): Giulio "Julyo" D'agostino Martyna Halas Reece Wardrop Steven Conroy

While touring in Japan, Julyo met Italian house music producer Filippo 'Vika' Vicario. Julyo and Vika started to perform as DJ and VJ duo in Tokyo, gaining popularity in the Japanese underground scene as one of the pioneers of 'color-sound music' in the electronic music scene. Encouraged by the increasing popularity of their shows the duo adopted the pseudonym of 'Photosonik' (later on changed to 'Photosonic Orchestra'), starting a weekly residency at the famous nightclub MOJOs in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.

During 2008 the Photosonic Orchestra performed extensively in Europe along with DJ Cheeba and during the same year Julyo started a 3 years residency at the Village as DJ and VJ. Julyo and Vika released the LP 'Anaglyph' and the EP 'Symphony V.2' during 2009 for Elec-Trip Records. The duo performed a mini-tour in Asia and released remixes for Cut Bit Motorz, Juma, DXR Records and Elec-Trip Records.

During late 2009 due to health problems Vika left the Photosonic Orchestra and relocated to Berlin, Germany.

Julyo decided to keep the band name as Photosonic Orchestra and get Polish singer Martyna Halas, Irish drummer Reece Wardrop and bass player Steven Conroy in the project line up.

The band new line up played their first gig together at the Body & Soul Festival 2010. After playing a set of gigs in Dublin they won the Dublin finale of the Guinness Our Thursdays contest.

During April 2011 the Photosonic Orchestra was nominated as Best Live Act at the IDMA Irish Dance Music Awards 2011. Shortly after the band participated to the Dublin's Got Talent 2011 classifying as finalists.

The band broke up in late 2011.

Solo

After break-up of Photosonic Orchestra, Julyo moved back focusing on his solo career, in particular doing gigs as DJ, VJ and guitar player. Thanks to a series of sold out gigs with Goldie and Alex M.o.r.p.h. the reputation as VJ was consolidated and by the end 2011 Julyo become a quite a name in the Dublin underground music scene. Julyo has celebrated the 4th year as resident DJ and VJ at Dublin famous weekly live music night the King Kong Club, performing every week at the Dublin infamous battle-of-the-bands night along with Keiron Campbell (Amazing Few), Hazey Lake and DJ Saul.

ANiMA LiBERA project

ANiMA LiBERA
Years active	2012-present
Members	Giulio "Julyo" D'agostino Pietro Gabriele
Website	animaliberamusic.com

During 2012 Julyo started a new project with Italian songwriter Pietro Gabriele, getting back in touch with Japanese inventor Masahiro Kahata (previously Mariko Mori) and Luciana Haill from IBVA UK. The new project (called "ANiMA LiBERA project") clearly represent Julyo new direction in exploring the link between music and science, art and spirituality. Of great reception was the track "BoY (il Bimbo)".

Various cooperations and works

Julyo has been in ambient music records like Airports (2007, with Keith Patchel) and in pop music with bands like The Sumerians (with Michael Maccini), and in Kino and the Map of The Universe and in The Radiant' (with Mark Mangold). He also scored in nationally broadcast TV and radio commercials, including Coca Cola's "Cappy" commercial and D&G fashion showcases, and contributed to feature films such as Laurence Gartel's Fetish America and Lars Gerhard's Erika Stone documentary.

Julyo has also recorded and toured with Armando Corsi (Paco de Lucia), Mike Mangini (Steve Vai, Extreme), Mark Mangold (Cher, Michael Bolton), Michael Maccini (Simple Minds) and Keith Patchel (Television).

Discography (selective albums)

• Kharisma (as part of "Kharisma")
• Anaglyph (as part of "Photosonic Orchestra")
• Symphony V.2 (EP) (as part of "Photosonic Orchestra")

Filmography

• 2006: Photosonic (short) (Screenwriter / Actor / Music score)

Awards and nominations

• In 2006, Julyo won the International Award for Best Music Score at New York Independent Film Festival in for the movie Photosonic. He was also nominated for the Best Music Video at Berklee Film Festival in 2009 for the same movie.
• In 2011, he was nominated for "Best Live Act" at the IDMA Irish Dance Music Awards for his band Photosonic Orchestra.

References reflist

External links

• Werldwayd/Further Development 3 at IMDb

DEFAULTSORT:Julyo Category:Italian musicians Category:Italian DJs Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:People from Genoa

DJ Mam's

DJ Mam's
Birth name	Morad Mameri
Born	1972 Marseille, France
Origin	French of Algerian descent
Genres	Various
Occupation(s)	Disc jockey Record producer
Instrument(s)	Turntable
Years active	1989 – present
Labels	Wagram label
Website	www.123marseille.com

Morad Mameri better known by his stage name DJ Mam's born in Marseille, France in 1972 is a Marseille-based French DJ of Algerian descent. He is signed to Wagram music label.

Career Mameri was born in Marseille to Algerian immigrants and started playing at immigrant community events. In 2007, he released his first album Mam's Mix Party and was active in organizing many music events.

DJ Mam's has worked with a great number of singers notably with Soldat Jahman, Doukali, Luis Guisao and Jessy Matador. His recent hits have included elements of African music particularly Coupé-Décalé, zouk, the Arab / Maghrebin chaâbi music and zumba Latin tunes.

Collectif 123 Marseille In 2009, DJ Mam's turned his attention to incorporating various music trends Marseille culture represented and the result was his founding of Collectif 123 Marseille that has grown to include many musicians, producers, songwriters in an impressive mixture of singing artists from France, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal and elsewhere incorporating French Marseille music, Mediterranean, African, Latin and Oriental Arab sounds, disco, pop, rap, funk, and using various world music influences and trends. 123 Marseille presently includes DJ Mam's, Mounir Belkhir, Doukali, Ilhem, Imène Eva, Luis Guisao, Lynn, Naro, Rania, Samia, Sofal-K, Soldat Jahman, Staff Jabbar and Youcef Zino.

The collectif is also multilingual in its various releases using French, Spanish, English, Arabic, North African dialects and African languages. Most of the songs are produced by Mounir Belkhir and DJ Mam's himself. Many of the songs are tried out live to see how well they are received prior to inclusion in studio releases.

Discography Albums

Year	Album	Peak position		Certification
		FR	BEL (Wa)
2012	Fiesta Buena Release date: 1 October 2012 Record Labels: Mam's Prod / Space Party under exclusive licence to Wagram Music	92	106

Singles

Year	Single	Peak position			Album	Music videos
		FR	BEL (Vl)	BEL (Wa)
2009	"Hella Décalé" (feat. Doukali & Soldat Jahman)	–	–	–	Fiesta Buena	[3]
2011	"Zumba He Zumba Ha" (feat. Soldat Jahman & Luis Guisao)	192	–	–		[4]
	"Zina Morena" (feat. Luis Guisao & Doukali)	–	–	–		[5]
2012	"Zumba He Zumba Ha (Remix 2012)" (feat. Jessy Matador & Luis Guisao)	7	42 (Ultratip)	17		[6]
	"Fiesta Buena" (feat. Luis Guisao & Soldat Jahman and special guest Beto Perez)	12	–	50		[7]
2013	"Hella Décalé Remix 2013" (feat. Tony Gomez & Ragga Ranks)	126	–	–	Non-album release	[8]

References reflist

External links

• Site Officiel
• Youtube
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Myspace

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Category:French DJs Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:French people of Algerian descent Category:People from Marseille

Flavel & Neto

Flavel & Neto
Origin	French duo with Brazilian and Cape Verde origins
Genres	Kizomba, dance music with various Latin and African influences
Years active	2012-present
Labels	Five Music Records
Members	Flavel Neto (Neto Furtado)
Website	www.flaveletneto.com

Flavel & Netto are a singing duo based in France specializing in Latin-based dance music, but greatly influenced by Angolan kizomba music. They are signed to Five Music label and are mostly famous with their singles "Eu quero tchu, eu quero tcha" and "Pedida perfeita (Tararatata)", the latter featuring Anna Torres.

Career Flavel (born c. 1993) is a Brazilian singer residing in France. Passionate about music and soccer, he developed his singing skills early inspired by zouk, R'n'B and very notably by kizomba, a genre of music originating in Angola and very popular with French Cape Verdean community. Neto Furtado (born c. 1992) coming from an immigrant family to France originating from Cape Verde was a childhood friend of Flavel. Neto had been heavily influenced by samba and kizomba and had started writing songs at age 13.

The duo's interest in kizomba and dance music caught the attention of Akad, a producer with Five Music label that already was producing African-French acts, notably Logobi GT, one of the biggest acts in logobi music. Akad signed Flavel & Neto to the label and produced the song "Eu quero tchu, eu quero tcha" for the duo. The song was already popular in a version by Brazilian Música sertaneja duo João Lucas e Marcelo, with the Brazilian footballer (soccer player) Neymar featured in a cameo appearance in the music video dancing to its tune... Neymar had a hand in popularizing Michel Telo's "Ai se eu te pego!" and Gusttavo Lima's "Balada" earlier with notable public performances of those songs. João Lucas e Marcelo single eventually reached the top of the charts in Brazil. The Flavel & Neto version of the song, became their first official release in July 2012. It found almost immediate success in French and European dance venues. It also gained favor with zumba aerobic dance clubs throughout France. Such clubs had been instrumental in promoting many Latin-based tunes throughout Europe.

Flavel & Neto follow up single was "Pedida perfeita (Tararatata)" released in February 2013 featuring the Brazilian female singer Anna Torres. The release proved to be an even bigger commercial success for the duo. What accentuated its success was that Flavel & Neto, in addition to the Portuguese version, quickly released a bilingual French/Portuguese one for the French markets. The song composed by Cássio Sampaio charted in the SNEP official French Singles Chart reaching number 19 in the chart with heavy rotation on dance-based radio stations in the country. Other versions popularizing the song were by Gabriela Moraes and by Maykow & Mandioca.

Discography Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions		Certification	Album
		FR	BEL (Wa)
2012	"Eu quero tchu, eu quero tcha"	–	–		TBA
2013	"Pedida perfeita (Tararatata)" (Flavel & Neto featuring Anna Torres)	18	19 (Ultratip)		TBA

References reflist

External links

• Official website
• Facebook

DEFAULTSORT:Flavel and Neto

Category:Musical groups established in 2012 Category:French musical duos

Eliad Cohen

Eliad Cohen (Hebrew: אליעד כהן) (born in Akko, Israel on May 11, 1988) is an Israeli producer, actor, model, entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Gay-ville, a gay-friendly vacation rental service headquartered in Tel Aviv. He became a prominent Israeli gay personality after being chosen as the cover model of the Spartacus International Gay Guide for the 2011-2012 issue, which led to various magazine covers around the world.

After completing his military service, Eliad Cohen began a modelling career, later branching into organizing of events, most notably Arisa and PAPA series, promotion of Tel Aviv Gay Pride events and various activities in support of gay-friendly Israeli tourism. He also established a prominent online service through his own Gay-ville website.

Career Eliad is well known for his role as the presenter of the Arisa party series, which is the first international party dedicated to Mizrahi, a form of Middle Eastern influenced music. Eliad was approached by the Arisa creative team and asked to star in one of their music videos. The first video proved to be a success and a video series was soon launched in which Eliad was prominently featured alongside Israeli drag queen Uriel Yekutiel. The Arisa videos have proved very popular and have an international following online. But they have also drawn criticism for their depiction of various themes and characters. In November 2011, the Arisa party line traveled to São Paulo, Brazil where Eliad and the rest of the Arisa team were featured in front of an audience of nearly 1,000 people.

He is the co-founder of Gay-ville (aka G-ville), a gay-friendly, global vacation and apartment rental network based out of Tel Aviv, Israel. Cohen is also founder of the PAPA Party that was launched in Tel Aviv in association with Tel Aviv Gay Pride. Since 2012, he has launched it internationally with events in various American, Canadian, European and Latin American venues.

Media A few months later Spartacus International Gay Guides contacted Eliad with the proposition of Cohen appearing on the cover of the 2011-2012 Spartacus International Gay Guide, which he accepted, and later heavily promoted in Europe.

In February 2013, Out magazine voted him as second in its "Top 10: Eligible Bachelors" feature with top spot going to Chris Colfer. Joe McElderry came third. The survey was based on a public vote.

Eliad has been featured in several international publications, including appearing on the cover of DNA (Australia), Junior (Brazil), and featured in interviews and articles in Têtu (France), Männer (Germany), Time Out Tel Aviv (Israel) and in the Gay Times (UK). His appearance on the cover of Spanish gay publication OhMyGod created controversy when Spanish photographer Juan Pablo Santamaria depicted Eliad Cohen under the provocative title "Eliad Cohen: El nuevo mesías gay de Israel" (Eliad Cohen: the new gay messiah of Israel).

He has also appeared in the 2012 documentary Undressing Israel: Gay Men in the Promised Land written and directed by Michael Lucas, adult-film entrepreneur and gay activist who had directed earlier Men of Israel in his debut as a documentary filmmaker. The documentary features interviews with a diverse range of local Israeli GLBT personalities including Eliad Cohen, talking about their experiences as an Israeli gay community.

Personal life Eliad was born on May 11, 1988 in Akko, Israel. After completing high school, he served in the Israel Defense Forces in an elite combat unit for three years. After completing his army service, Eliad moved to Tel Aviv where he worked as a barman in various bars and clubs before launched his career. He also ventured into modelling and posed for a number of advertisements. He always wears the chai, as a sign of pride in Israel. Cohen is openly gay after coming out to his parents when he was twenty years old.

References

External links

• Eliad Cohen Facebook page
• Gay-ville Official website
• PAPA World Tour website
• Werldwayd/Further Development 3 at IMDb

DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Eliad Category:1988 births Category:Israeli male models Category:LGBT people from Israel Category:Gay actors Category:LGBT models Category:Living people Category:People from Akko

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Haley And Michaels

Haley & Michaels is an American Country Music duo composed of Rachel Haley and Jake Michaels, both born in California. They released there debuting album Just Another Love Song through Capitol Records in early 2015.

Career Rachel Haley and Jake Michaels met in 2007, introduced by friends at a party in Los Angeles. In 2008 they started dating, in 2014 they were engaged and also signed a record deal to Capitol, they now have been married in late 2014 in Anaheim. They released there debuting album Just Another Love Song hit No.4 on the Country Albums also released four singles including a cover of The Proclaimers "Five Hundred Miles". They also toured with Toby Keith.

Discography Albums

• Just Another Love Song

Singles

• "I Still Love You"
• "I Need Too Drink"
• "Five Hundred Miles"*
• "Just Another Love Song"*

Music Videos

• "Five Hundred Miles"
• "Just Another Love Song"

Tours

• 2012: Smash Down Miranda Lambert
• 2014: Riser Dierks Bentley
• 2015: Tanlines and Pickup Lines Toby Keith

Notes

• Just Another Love Song and Five Hundred Miles, charted at No.45 and No.52 on Country Airplay.

External links

• Official website

Category:American musical duos

Alex Mica

Alex Mica
Background information
Birth name	Alexandru Cătălin Mica
Born	(1991-08-25) 25 August 1991 Timișoara, Romania
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Labels	1Artist Music, Voices Media

Alexandru Cătălin Mica (born August 25, 1991, Bucovat, near Timișoara), known as Alex Mica, is a Romanian dance/pop music singer. He is best known for the song "Dalinda", which reached the top of music charts in Romania. He sings in Romanian, English and Spanish.

Beginnings Alex discovered his attraction for music from age of 5. He started to wrote poetry at the age of 15 and it became his second big passion, after music. He grew up in Bucovat, a small village near Timișoara, where he lived until age 14, along with his parents, sister and grandfather.

In childhood, he was a part of the church choir alongside his grandfather, who saw a big potential in him. Alex' first appearance on stage was when he was 9 at a musical contest of young talents. He studied at the National College of Arts "Ion Vidu" in Timișoara, at the department of classical singing.

Career At the age of 17, in 2008, he participated at the preselection of season 3 of the Romanian Megastar show where he reached the finals along with Sign band (made up of Alex Mica, Razvan Stef and Andi Grasu). Then he participated at the National Festival of Music "Dan Spataru" where he got the "Special Award of Ilfov County Council" and became the winner of the trophy "Stelele Cetatii" (City's Stars) - Deva.

In 2011, he came on the Romanian music market through the collaboration with George Hora and Puya on "Doamna si Vagabondul" (The Lady and The Tramp). Afterwards, he collaborated with the artists from HaHaHa Production for recording the chorus of the song "Save Save", whereupon he released the hit-single "Señorita" with Allexinno & Starchild. The song was composed by Alex Mica and he sang the chorus on the release. In short time, he launched "Mi Corazon" along with DJ Fabio da Lera.

In the late 2011, Alex released "Dalinda", a song he co-wrote with Dony (Cornel Donici) and The Kid (Florin Cioran), and released with 1Artist Music. The song became hugely popular becoming one of the smash hits of 2012 in Romania, reaching #19 in the annual ranking. It peaked at #9 in April 2012.

Alex Mica remained signed to 1Artist Music for 3 years. At the end of the contract, Alex left Constanta and returned in his hometown, Timișoara, launching a collaboration with Voices Media label . His first single with the new label was "Nu mai cred in tine" (I no longer trust you).. The song featured additional vocals by Eli.

In 2012, with his success of "Dalinda", he won "Best New Act" during the Romanian Music Awards. Also in 2012, he won "Best New Artist" award during the Romanian Media Music Awards.

Discography

Songs

• "Dalinda"
• "Maria Maria" (feat Like Chocolate)
• "Mi Hermosa" (feat. Dony)
• "Breathe"
• "Save My Heart"
• "Ceas"
• "End of the Story (feat. Karie)
• "Dora Dora"
• "Hola Chiquitita"
• "Beso de adios"
• "Nu mai cred în tine" (feat. Eli)

References reflist

External links

• Facebook

DEFAULTSORT:Mica, Alex

Category:Romanian male singers Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:People from Timișoara

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