Years active 1995–present Name Ared Arzumanian | Role Musical Artist Genres Dance music, Pop music | |
Born August 11, 1970 (age 53) ( 1970-08-11 ) Occupation(s) Record producer, songwriter, recording artist | ||
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Ared Arzumanian (born August 11, 1970) is a producer, songwriter, and recording artist. He is a Canadian of Armenian descent from Toronto.
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First Success
Ared had a taste of his first success in the music industry after he co-wrote and co-produced the hit song Open Up Your Heart by Mia Minx (1995, Hi-Bias Records Inc.), a collaboration between 5 writers and produced by industry colleague Mark Ryan (H.A. Der-Hovagimian).
Branching Off
In 1996, Ared branched off and began working with a number of other recording artists and producers in Canada. As a side project, he began to write a series of pop songs with his long-time friend, pianist and composer Serouj Kradjian. That same year, Ared was signed under a recording/production deal with Odeon Records, which led to his collaboration with local dance music artists Captain GQ, Alexia Phillips, Lana, Channelle (Freda), Emanuel, and Francesco. He also created his own project, Rhythm Reaction, (co-produced by Chris Phillips) which became popular nationally with songs including You're Not Alone (1997) and My Life (1999). The single You're Not Alone received a flurry of attention from DJs and radio stations across Canada and was on heavy rotation on Toronto dance/hit stations Energy 108, Hot 103.5 (now Z103.5), and Power 88.5.
Several songs written and produced by Ared were used as part of the soundtrack to the feature film More to Love (1999, directed by Paul Lynch), which won the Feature Film Award for Best Romantic Comedy (1999) at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival.
New Horizons
In 1999, Ared partnered with producer Maciej Kaniewski (of Dreamscape) to form the duo the Magik Brothers. Their earlier work includes dance music artist Jaade’s single No More (Popular Records), a remix for the single It’s My Nature by V.I.P. (Popular Records), and collaborations with dance music artist Paul London (Ti Amo Records) and pop duo NVS. A year later in 2000, Ared and Maciej recorded the hit song Zodiac, yielding the immediate attention of several record companies. Shortly after the single was aired on Z103.5, the duo was picked up by Universal Music Canada under a licensing contract. Their previously recorded single Sun also garnered national acclaim in Poland, when it was licensed by BMG (Poland). In 2002, Ared and Maciej then signed a management/production contract with UOMO, an imprint label under BMG Music Canada (now Sony BMG Music Canada Inc.). Under UOMO, the Magik Brothers completed their full-length album (2002) and produced remixes for other artists under the UOMO/BMG imprint including a dance remix for Shawn Desman's Get Ready (2002), which aired on weekly episodes of Electric Circus.
The Magik Brothers duo went on to create side projects such as EnVie (2003) and had the opportunity to work on remixes for existing artists including TLC, Gloria Gaynor, Amerie, Lyric (feat. Loon), Jerzee Monet (feat. DMX), Jarvis Church, Choclair (feat. Kurupt), Ghetto Concept, Nicci Gilbert, Andrea Lewis, Untamed, and Unique. In 2004, Ared's interest in the international music scene landed him a collaborative project working with Nune (Nune Yesayan), a popular Armenian pop singer. Nune's Manager and Executive Producer (of Prime Entertainment) arranged to record a song written by Ared in his earlier repertoire, Shame (Nune: International Album, 2005), which Ared and Maciej co-produced. Shame was released internationally across several territories worldwide and aired heavily on Armenian national radio.
Ared continues to write and produce music with industry colleagues in Canada, the United States, Poland, and Armenia.