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It has been a monumental few years for the beautiful Susana. After capturing hearts around the world with her performance on the iconic “Nothing at All”, she reunites with fellow Coldharbour favorite Rex Mundi to deliver “All Time Low” – a prelude to her second artist album “Brave”.

Susana’s debut album “Closer” epitomised her rise in global popularity – resulting the Leiden native playing a prominent role in multiple Armin Only tours, as well as delivering outstanding performances at the recent Buenos Aires edition of the Ultra Music Festival. “Brave” will showcase her thoughts and feelings on many of life’s experiences, with All Time Low being a melancholic affair.

“Somewhere in my heart, I thought we’d make it work…” There was no better person to create a soundtrack to her words than Rex – a Coldharbour icon in his own right, and off to a huge start in 2012 thanks to his Opaque EP. Haunting at times, the original of All Time Low immediately sweeps the listener in thanks to Susana’s effort, simply because she sings about a subject almost everyone has encountered before. Having received its debut on Global DJ Broadcast, it has become an immediate listener request, as well as a personal favorite of Coldharbour label owner Markus Schulz.

Conducting remix duties are two talented producers on the rise. Dutchman Aerofoil needs no introduction to regular Coldharbour followers, thanks to his massive dancefloor tracks Caress 2 Impress and Vortex. However, with All Time Low, he showcases a different side to his talent, with a deeper effort allowing Susana’s vocal to shine. The release also sees a welcome Coldharbour debut to Ukrainian producer The Madison, providing a chunky yet melodic take to the package.

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2012 brings a new shade to the full-colour palette of Dutch singer Susana. As the first single of her brand new artist album, she presents her collab with Max Graham, ‘Down To Nothing’. Get ready to fall in love all over again.

She’s worked with the likes of Armin van Buuren, Dash Berlin, Josh Gabriel and many other of EDM’s masterminds. But the real rising start amongst these, is the lady herself. Making name with hits like ‘Shivers’, ‘Nothing At All’ and ‘Closer’, she was one of the first dance vocalists to release her own artist album. Instead of being the featuring on a song, the producers are the invited. And invited this time, is Canadian producer Max Graham.

Not only an expert in creating a warm, deep prog-trance sound, but also a wizard with vocals. That’s exactly what makes ‘Down To Nothing’ stand out. With the touching, strong voice of Susana to guide us along the melodic lines, ‘Down To Nothing’ has it all. After being featured on Armin van Buuren’s A State of Trance 2012 compilation, it now finally sees its official release on the Rebrand label!

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Armin van Buuren has selected the new Susana & Max Graham single “Down To Nothing” to be featured on his mixed album A State Of Trance 2012.

Armin van Buuren – A State Of Trance 2012 Tracklist

Out March 1st 2012 exclusively on iTunes.

CD1: On The Beach
1. Omnia & IRA – The Fusion (Armin van Buuren’s Intro Edit)
2. VillaNaranjos – Granadella
3. Sunlounger feat. Zara Taylor – Try To Be Love (Roger Shah Naughty Love Mix)
4. The Blizzard – Piercing The Fog
5. Audien – Keep This Memory
6. Alexander Popov – When The Sun (Eximinds Remix)
7. Nash & Pepper – Ushuaia Memories
8. Mike Foyle & ReFeel – Universal Language
9. Tenishia – Always Loved, Never Forgotten (The Day Will Come)
10. Andy Moor feat. Jessica Sweetman -  In Your Arms
11. Mark Otten – Hyperfocus (Wezz Devall Remix)
12. Armin van Buuren feat. Ana Criado – Suddenly Summer
13. Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Protoculture – Waking Up The Stars
14. Susana & Max Graham - Down To Nothing (A State of Trance Edit)
15. Lemon & Einar K – We Are What We Are

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Susana & Rex Mundi – Nothing At All (Acoustic Version)

Susana and Rex Mundi – Nothing at All (acoustic version) by susanavocalist

Susana & Dark Matters – Unwind Me (Acoustic Version)

Susana and Dark Matters – Unwind Me (acoustic version) by susanavocalist
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EDMinsider 1. What are some of your earliest memories of music? When was it you first discovered Electronic Dance Music (EDM)? Were you already working as a singer/songwriter at that time?

Susana: Music has been an important part of my life ever since I was a little girl. I think that even before I knew how to speak properly music was my outlet, my way of communicating so to speak. According to my parents I was only 3 years old when I first made up a song; my brother was just born and I expressed my happiness about that through singing about it. I would listen to my dad’s records and teach myself how to sing my mimicking the singers. When I was older I started buying CD’s myself and I spent a lot of time daydreaming with my headphones on or playing the music out loud in my room, something I still do to this day! When I was a teenager I joined a pop/rock band, we wrote our own music and my main focus was on the lyrics. I discovered EDM relatively late though. A neighbor of my family saw me perform with my band at one time and was impressed by my voice. He happened to know two EDM vocal producers and introduced me to them when I was 19. When I first came to their studio I wasn’t really familiar with EDM, besides maybe those tracks that crossed over to commercial radio and television. My first trance collaboration followed soon after this initial introduction, I think that was in 2003, and I felt like a whole new musical world opened up to me.

EDMinsider 2. Have you had any professional vocal training in the past? Do you know how to play any musical instruments? Do you know how to DJ?

Susana: No, I don’t play any instruments. Unfortunately I would say! Especially now that I’m writing more and more I sometimes feel like it could be useful to play an instrument. I do know a little bit how to DJ though. I took a few lessons out of curiosity and to be able to understand the ‘language’ so to speak of DJs, after all I work with them on a regular basis! I’ve learned how to beatmatch and mix a little bit and I enjoyed it a lot, so I got to understand the magic of it, but I wouldn’t dare to stand in front of a crowd and play! As for vocal training, I started taking lessons with a professional vocal coach – Kirsten Schotteldreier – when I was 15 years old and after all those years we still work together. Some people question the use of vocal training, but I really believe in it. It has helped me discover dimensions of my voice I didn’t know I possessed – Kirsten taught me classical techniques for example, which eventually resulted in me doing a classical inspired Desiderium 207 with Armin van Buuren. Besides that vocaltraining has helped me understand my instrument; it’s not just about the vocal chords, it’s about your whole body and state of mind. I also see it as a way to keep my voice healthy and in shape. Just like athletes train to maintain and develop their muscles, strength and stamina I believe a singer needs regular training as well.

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Set as aired on Dec 22nd 2011 at Afterhours FM (AH.FM) as part of their End of Year Countdown and now available here as a Xmas present from me to you! Thank you for all your support in 2011! Wishing you Happy Holidays and an Amazing New Year.

I will see you again in 2012!

Tracklist:

Rex Mundi ft Susana – Nothing at All (Original Mix)
Susana ft Julian Vincent – Fall in Deep (Alexander Popov Remix)
Susana ft A-Force – Running on Your Love (Spaxe Rockerz Mission Control Mix)
Susana ft Dark Matters – Sleepless Ocean (Nitrous Oxide Remix)
Susana ft Omnia & The Blizzard – Closer (Original Mix)
Susana ft Mike Shiver – Give me Faith (Mathias Lethola Remix)
Armin van Buuren ft Susana – Shivers (Original Extended)
Susana ft Bart Claessen – If I could (Dan Stone Remix)
Susana – Home (Daniel Kandi Retrofit Remix)
Armin van Buuren ft Susana – If You Should Go (John O’Callaghan Vocal Mix)

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Susana ranked 3rd place in the recent Beatsmedia Best Vocalist Of 2011! Thank you to all the fans that voted and to Beatsmedia for hosting the poll.

Most Voted For Vocalists of 2011:

01: Audrey Gallagher
02: Emma Hewitt
03: Susana Lise
04: Cristina Soto
05: Jess Bennett aka Jeza

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Susana will be preforming Live at Flight 32 in Beirut, Lebanon on Saturday, December 31st 2011 for New Years Eve!

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Susana has been featured as a ‘rising star’ in the latest issue of Centerstage1 Magazine! The article talks a little about her history and her newest release, Home. You can read the feature on Susana below!

Link: http://issuu.com/idealpr/docs/centerstage1_nov2011/46

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