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Jean Claude Ades

Jean Claude[1] Ades[2] is a German-born electronic music producer.[3] He has resided and worked in Italy, France, and Spain,[4] specialising in house and electro music.

Jean Claude Ades
Also known asKrystal K, J.C.A., JCA
OriginGermany
GenresHouse, electro, techno, deep house
OccupationDJ / Music producer
Years active1995-present
LabelsB!CRAZY
Websitewww.jeanclaudeades.com

Biography

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Ades started DJ-ing at the age of 16. In 1995, he released his first single under the artist name J.C.A. In 2002, he changed it to Krystal K.[5] In 2006, he founded his own label, B!CRAZY,[6] which currently is also an entertainment venue in Ibiza owned by Ades.[7] He gained further prominence by releasing digital tracks through Beatport during the 2010s.[8]

Ades gained worldwide popularity after releasing "Shingaling" in April 2008 alongside another French producer Thomas Vincent.[9] The track is a mixture of electrotech and tribal house and features samples from the 1968 salsa hit "Shingaling Shingaling" by Puerto-Rican band Kako & His Orchestra.[10][11]

In 2019, Ades moved to a private villa in Mykonos (Greece),[12] where he resides up to this day. He has released mixtape podcasts since the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]

Notable contributions

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Particularly noted for his work with pop and dance vocalist Dannii Minogue, Jean Claude Ades co-wrote and produced Minogue's biggest hit "I Begin to Wonder", under the pseudonym J.C.A., along with three further tracks, "Come and Get It", "Feel Like I Do" and "Free Falling". He also helped produce the song "Lovers Till the End" with Christian Burns, for the album Simple Modern Answers.

His better known remixes include that of The Nightcrawlers' "Push The Feeling On", Coburn's "We Interrupt this Programme", Tomcraft's "Da Disco", The Roc Project's "Never (Past Tense)", and iiO's "At the End". Ades' hit singles include "Some Day", "Fly Away", "Nite Time", and Angel City's "Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)"[14]

Under the alias Krystal K, while residing in Munich, Germany, he produced a major hit on the Billboard Dance Top 40 chart in 2004, with "Let's Get It Right".[15]

Discography

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(selective)

as Krystal K

as J.C.A / JCA

  • 1995: J.C.A. feat. Alexxa - "The Colour of My Style"
  • 1998: J.C.A. - "I Want You"
  • 2002: J.C.A. – "I Begin to Wonder"
  • 2003: J.C.A. - "I'll See Her Again"
  • 2003: J.C.A. feat. Dannii Minogue - "Come And Get It"
  • 2003: J.C.A. Remix - "Sans Contrefaçon" (Mylène FARMER song)
  • 2005: JCA - "Fly Away"
  • 2005: JCA - "Some Day"
  • 2005: J.C.A. & Melih Ask - "Journey to Istanbul"
  • 2008: JCA Presents Solaphonics - Total Love
  • 2012: JCA feat. Tyra - "Only Tonight"

as Jean Claude Ades

  • 2008: Jean Claude Ades - Finally (album)
  • 2010: Jean Claude Ades & Mantu – "Blue Note"
  • 2012: Jean Claude Ades - We All Are Dancing
  • 2012: Jean Claude Ades and Rony Seikaly - East West EP
  • 2012: Jean Claude Ades - You Make Me Feel
  • 2013: Jean Claude Ades & Sharam Jey – Happy Mondays EP
  • 2013: Jean Claude Ades - Be Crazy Friends #1
  • 2014: Jean Claude Ades - Coming Home EP
  • 2014: Jean Claude Ades - East West EP, Vol. 2
  • 2015: Jean Claude Ades - Red Bus EP
  • 2016: Jean Claude Ades - Out of My Head
  • 2016: Jean Claude Ades - Between Spaces EP
  • 2017: Jean Claude Ades - Appassionata / Ordinary Day
  • 2018: Jean Claude Ades FT. Sterea - Ordinary Day (Tone Depth Remix)
  • 2019: Jean Claude Ades - Illusion
  • 2019: Jean Claude Ades - Atme
  • 2020: Jean Claude Ades - Best of 2010 - 2020

Charting singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions
AUS
[16]
"I Begin to Wonder" 2002 78
"Fly Away" 2006 79

References

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  1. ^ The name, be it a pseudonym or not, is not hypenated and is actually written as "Jean Claude".
  2. ^ Notabledance.com Interview with http://notabledance.com/2012/08/09/interview-jean-claude-ades-2012/ (August 9, 2012)
  3. ^ "Jean-Claude Ades - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  4. ^ Paoletta, Michael (7 September 2002). "The Beat Box: Hot Plate". Billboard. p. 26. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Jean Claude Ades". ADE. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Jean Claude Ades returns to Heart Ibiza with B!CRAZY every Friday". Decoded Magazine. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  7. ^ "JEAN CLAUDE ADES REVEALS OPENING LINE-UP FOR B!CRAZY + FULL SEASON CALENDAR B!CRAZY OPENING PARTY HEART IBIZA 31ST MAY 2019". The Partae. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  8. ^ "House". technomusic.top - #1 source for techno-music downloads, mp3 & more!. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Ryanair Stories: Ibiza with DJ Jean Claude Ades | Try Somewhere New". www.ryanair.com. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Featured artist: Jean Claude Ades – El Chiringuito Ibiza". 15 September 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  11. ^ Rada, Eileen (29 November 2018). "Jean Claude Ades: "Express and be yourself in the purest way you can"". Electronic Groove. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  12. ^ ""SCORPIOS is here with Jean Claude Ades & Kaz James 13|05"". The Haute Blu. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Jean Claude Ades". SCORPIOS MYKONOS. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  14. ^ Krystal K discogs.com. Retrieved March 2011
  15. ^ Lets Get It Right cduniverse.com. Retrieved March 2011
  16. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 144.
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