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Shanya Blayde

Shanya Blayde is an electronic pop duo consisting of Shane David Layden and Tanya Blanche Layden.

History
Shane began playing music while living on The Bluff, a suburb of Durban, South Africa. Shane played in various bands including What She Said (guitarist) and Afflicted Truth (bass guitarist). He was a founding member of several Bluff bands (Heaven's Trench, flawed, Glum, Klown, Arrestikaydee and Pilot On Board) that played at various venues in and around Durban (most notably The Beachgrove, The Winston, Jamies, Burn and Dusk Till Dawn).

Tanya began playing music while living in Montclair, a suburb of Durban, South Africa. Tanya was a founding member of Spanner (guitarist) and then Convalescence (guitarist).

In 2009 Shane and Tanya married and then went on to found an alternative rock band called Pure Motive. Shane sang and played guitar, Tanya played guitar, a friend, Shirley Myburgh, played bass and Warren Bernard played drums. Pure Motive played just two gigs (both at The Winston) before the birth of Shane and Tanya's son, Corgan (named after Billy Corgan), who made local headlines due to his tiny size, weighing just 520 grams after being born prematurely at 26 weeks. Following Corgan's 107 day stay in hospital, Pure Motive disbanded, having uploaded a demo song, "Death Becomes Us" to MySpace. Shane and Tanya continued working on new material and considered continuing with new bad members, but decided to move to the United Kingdom in November 2012. On a whim, they settled in Plymouth, England.

During 2013 Shane and Tanya decided to begin composing electronic music and so Shanya Blayde came into being. "Beyond Your Heartache" was released on the 5th of August, 2013 on Shanya Blayde's official YouTube channel and MySpace page. On the 16th September, 2013, "Beyond Your Heartache" was officially available as a download purchase online.

Singles
"Beyond Your Heartache"