Justine Simone Freha Suissa (born 21 March 1970) is a British singer-songwriter, the vocalist of
trance
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group
OceanLab
OceanLab (or Above & Beyond presents OceanLab) is a vocal trance group formed in London, England, in 2000, consisting of vocalist Justine Suissa and the three members of Above & Beyond: Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, and Tony McGuinness. Af ...
.
Career and collaborations
She has collaborated with
Armin van Buuren
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,
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and
Robbie Rivera
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, and has continued to work with
Above & Beyond outside of OceanLab, most recently on their 2016 world tour and participating on four songs on the band's 2018 album ''
Common Ground
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''. Three songs "Cold Feet", "Naked" and the album's lead single "
Alright Now" she appeared as a featured artist and the song "Bittersweet & Blue", featuring
Richard Bedford, which marked her first co-written credit.
Suissa came to wider notice when she featured on the hit
Chicane
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album ''
Behind The Sun'' in 2000. She formed OceanLab with Above & Beyond, achieving a top-twenty
UK hit with "Satellite" in 2004. She also collaborated on a major dance hit, "
Burned With Desire", with Armin van Buuren in 2003.
She has been called "
neof the electronic world's most powerful vocalists" and "a mainstay in the trance world".
Discography
Studio albums
as OceanLab
Singles
As lead artist
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As featured artist
Guest Appearances
Songwriting and Production credits
References
External links
*
Above and Beyond
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Living people
Trance singers
Armada Music artists
1970 births