Birth name Cédric Steinmyller Years active 2012–present | Occupation(s) DJrecord producer | |
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Genres Deep housetropical house Instruments Digital audio workstationpianosaxophone Labels Klingande Music, Ultra Records Profiles | ||
Klingande ft broken back riva restart the game official video
Cédric Steinmyller (born 30 November 1991), best known by his stage name Klingande, is a French DJ and tropical house producer with a prominent use of the piano and the saxophone. The artist's name is pronounced "Kling-an-de", which is Swedish for "chiming".
Contents
- Klingande ft broken back riva restart the game official video
- Name origin
- Musical style
- 2012 Formation
- 2013 Punga and Jubel
- 2014 Klingande goes solo
- 2015present RIVA Losing U and Somewhere New
- Songs
- References
Name origin
The stage name, as well as some of his songs, are in Swedish because of Steinmyller's admiration of the language. According to him, it sounds like it's being sung when it's just being spoken. With this in mind, the name was founded after a search in a Swedish dictionary. Klingande is the present participle of the Swedish verb (att) klinga, which means '(to) chime' or '(to) sound'. The artist name thus means 'chiming' or 'sounding'. Klingande is also inspired by Steinmyller's admiration for Swedish artists such as Avicii and Swedish House Mafia.
Musical style
Steinmyller describes his music as "melodic house".
2012: Formation
Formed in December 2012, Klingande was originally a duo consisting of Steinmyller, and fellow Frenchman, Edgar Catry (born 1991) When they were 10 years old, Catry and Steinmyller met at the Cross School, in Northern France. Steinmyller was more interested in the teaching of music theory before he distinguishing himself as a DJ whereas Catry was more interested in piano in which he studied for more than four years. Steinmyller had moved to London to study at Point Blank Music College for a year. After returning from London to his hometown, Steinmyller had spent time with Catry before discovering their same admiration for deep house producers such as Bakermat and Nico Push. Klingande was soon formed.
2013: Punga and Jubel
Klingande self-released their debut single, "Punga" which gained attention and eventually made it to the French Singles Chart, peaking at number 86, the song has also peaked at number 62 in Austria, number 59 in Germany and number 41 in Switzerland. They found international chart success with their follow-up single "Jubel" which was released on September 10, 2013. The song peaked at number 5 on the French Singles Chart and at number one in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Poland. The song was also a top five hit in Australia, France, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom and a top 10 hit in Denmark and the Netherlands.
2014: Klingande goes solo
In 2014, they released a remix of Clean Bandit's "Extraordinary". Edgar Catry leaves the group shortly after, prompting Steinmyller to continue using the stage name, as a solo act.
2015–present: RIVA, Losing U and Somewhere New
On March 2, 2015, Steinmyller released his first single as a solo act, titled "RIVA (Restart the Game)" featuring French singer Broken Back. It was released via Klingande Music with exclusive license to Ultra Records. An official music video was uploaded by Ultra Records' YouTube channel on 19 March 2015. The song had charted in several countries including France, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Norway and Switzerland. It was also certified gold by FIMI.
In 2016, he released two singles titled "Losing U" featuring Daylight and "Somewhere New" featuring M-22. An official music video for "Losing U" was uploaded by Ultra Records on 11 March 2016.
Songs
JubelJubel EP · 2013
RivaWe Are Your Friends (Music From The Original Motion Picture) · 2015
Somewhere NewSomewhere New · 2016