Jvel
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Birth name | Joel |
Born | 1985 Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain |
Genres | Pop, Synthpop, Dance, Techno |
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Instrument(s) | Voice, guitar |
Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | Self released |
Jvel, previously known as Joel, is a Spanish dance and electropop singer-songwriter who started his career in 2005. He has collaborated with many important names of the Spanish electronic music scene and he has released three albums so far and many singles.
Biography
Jvel was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) in 1985. Since he was young he started feeling interested in electronic music and when he was still a teenager, he started performing in pubs in his hometown.[1] Some years later to pursue a musical career he moved to Madrid, where he met some renowned musicians and producers such as Marko Katier, producer of the famous artists and bands such as Marta Sánchez or La quinta estación, with whom he started recording his own material.
Apart from recording, the singer started composing his own songs and also performing in discos and in music festivals. He met and worked with more producers and musicians and in 2009, he started presenting his original songs in live performances. One year later, Jvel started studying musical production and composed new tracks this time in English.
In 2011, the young singer is finally discovered by Carlos Jean, arguably the most renowned Spanish electronic music producer, and collaborated in the seventh track of the album "El plan B", entitled "Keep the trance".[2] After that, he started collaborating with the DJ's Arake and David Van Bylen, who have remixed songs by artists such as Raphael, Amaia Montero and Soraya Arnelas amongst others. In 2012, his song "Now or never" was released and entered in many music charts, which is remarkable taking into account that he didn't have the support of a great record label.
In 2015, Jvel's first English album, "Genealogical" is released. He shot a music video for the title track and the album debuted in the 37th place of the iTunes chart, which is remarkable taking into account the lack of the support by the big record labels.
After this first release, Jvel released his following singles and albums in Spanish, his mother tongue.
Music style
Jvel's music has a heavy influence of electronic music, specially from styles such as dance, techno and synthpop, combining danceable tracks with ballads and more down-tempo songs. His lyrics and also his music videos, focus mainly on LGTB themes and show emotions such as melancholy, vulnerability, passion, sorrow and liberation.[3]
Discography
Studio albums
- Genealogical (2015)
- Interestelar (2017)
- 1985 (2019)[4]
Singles
- Now or never (2012)
- Cuento a los hipócritas (I'm counting the hypocrites)(2016)
- Cuatro días sin dormir (Four days without sleeping) (2017)
- Tierra (Earth) (2018)
- La nube (The cloud) (2018)
- No me pongo p'a llevar (II'm not for carrying) (2019)
- Cosas mías (Things of mine) (2019)
- Tarta de limón (Lemon cake) (2019)
References
- ^ "Su carrera comienza en Gran Canaria, y en enero de 2005 viaja hasta Madrid para grabar sus primeras maquetas".
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Keep The Trance" (in Spanish). discogs. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Jvel, la voz más bonita del pop español". liceomagazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Jvel nos presenta su tercer álbum". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.