Jason van Wyk

Jason van Wyk (; born January 10, 1990) is a composer, music producer and musician from South Africa. He is best known for his electronic and experimental compositions and has been releasing records since the early 2000s.
Life and career
Jason was born in Cape Town on January 10, 1990. He grew up in a musical household with his mother being a piano teacher and at age seven took up the drums during his time in junior school. By age eleven, he had started producing electronic music at home with the music production software Rebirth and Reason and had his first release in 2005 through Gallo Records.
Producing mostly Trance music during this period, numerous singles were released through the Black Hole Recordings label with remix commissions extending to artists such as BT and Kirsty Hawkshaw, as well as the Armada Music label. These works were supported by the likes of Armin van Buuren, Paul Oakenfold, Paul van Dyk, Tiesto, Above & Beyond and more, with inclusion on compilations such as In Search of Sunrise and A State of Trance.
In 2013 Jason's first solo album Days You Remember was released. This is noted as his first major departure in style from his previous work, taking on a range of influences from abstract electronic music to post-classical and ambient.
His second album Attachment was released in 2016 and his third album Opacity in 2017, both on the Home Normal label. Chain D.L.K. praised Attachment for it’s "emotional intensity" and its use of sound design, awarding it 4.5/5 stars, while Opacity received an equally positive reception with Fluid Radios review calling it "one of the year’s highlights" and both HearFeel and Headphone Commute including it in their "Top 20 Records of 2017" and "Best of 2017" lists respectively.
Besides his releases, Jason has composed for various film and media projects, including the feature film Triggered (released 7 November 2020 by Samuel Goldwyn Films, in collaboration with Andries Smit), documentaries for the likes of The Criterion Collection, Taschen and LinkedIn, as well as sound design work for Roland and Virtual Sonics.
Jason signed to the American label n5MD in November 2018. His fourth studio album Threads is set to be released 23 July 2021.
Discography
Albums
* 2021 - Threads (n5MD)
* 2017 - Opacity (Home Normal)
* 2016 - Attachment (Home Normal, Eilean Records)
* 2013 - Days You Remember (White Notebook)
Soundtracks
* 2020 - Triggered (with Andries Smit)
Singles
* 2020 - Unsteady (with JPL & Cat Martin) (Black Hole Recordings)
* 2019 - Stay (White Notebook)
* 2019 - Kept (White Notebook)
* 2018 - Clouds (White Notebook)
* 2018 - Blinded (White Notebook)
* 2015 - Sun Rising (with Stephen J. Kroos & JPL) (Black Hole Recordings)
* 2014 - Fields (White Notebook)
* 2013 - Every Mile Away (with JPL & Cat Martin) (Black Hole Recordings / SongBird)
* 2013 - Winter (Black Hole Recordings / SongBird)
* 2012 - Safe (with JPL & Cat Martin) (Black Hole Recordings)
* 2011 - Someday (with Audien) (Black Hole Recordings / First State Music)
* 2010 - Moments (with Amex) (Black Hole Recordings / First State Music)
* 2010 - Dream On (Black Hole Recordings / First State Music)
* 2010 - September Rain (Black Hole Recordings / In Trance We Trust)
* 2010 - Always (Black Hole Recordings / In Trance We Trust)
* 2010 - Once Again (Black Hole Recordings / In Trance We Trust)
* 2009 - Far From Me (Redux Recordings)
* 2008 - Oceanblue (with Vast Vision) (Alter Ego Records)
* 2006 - Imagine (with Dreamquest) (Redux Recordings)
Remixes
* 2012 - Signum - Beyond This Earth (Jason van Wyk Remix) (Armada Music)
* 2011 - LTN - Ordinary People (Jason van Wyk Remix) (Enhanced Music)
* 2011 - Betsie Larkin with - The Dream (Jason van Wyk Remix) (Black Hole Recordings / Premiere)
* 2011 - BT ft. Kirsty Hawkshaw - A Million Stars (Jason van Wyk Remix) (Black Hole Recordings)
* 2011 - Susana ft. Dark Matters - Unwind Me (Jason van Wyk Remix) (Armada Music)
* 2011 - Kirsty Bertarelli - Set Your Body Free (Jason van Wyk Remix) (KB Recordings)
* 2011 - Meridian - Shifter (Jason van Wyk Remix) (Infrasonic Recordings)
* 2011 - Daniel Kandi - Promised (Jason van Wyk Remix) (Enhanced Music / Always Alive)
* 2010 - Protoculture - Early Bird (Jason van Wyk Deep Mix) (Spundae Music)
* 2010 - T.O.M. - Monsoon (Jason van Wyk Remix) (Black Hole Recordings / In Trance We Trust)
* 2010 - C-Systems ft. Van Dresen - Embrace (Jason van Wyk's Offshore Mix) (Black Hole Recordings / In Trance We Trust)
* 2010 - First State - Cape Point (Jason van Wyk Remix) (Black Hole Recordings / Magik Muzik)
* 2009 - Pierre Pienaar ft. Marcie - If You're Not Here (Jason van Wyk's Drifting Mix) (Media Records)
* 2009 - Javah ft. Tiff Lacey - One By One (Jason van Wyk Remix) (Redux Recordings / Spinnin' Records)
* 2006 - Pole Folder ft. Kirsty Hawkshaw - Silent Stars (Jason van Wyk Remix) (White label)
* 2005 - Rene Ablaze - Autumn Again (Jason van Wyk Remix) (Redux Recordings)
Miscellaneous
* 2020 - Jason van Wyk - Bridge (Appears on the compilation n5MD - Twenty Years Away, released by n5MD)
* 2019 - Jason van Wyk - Outset (Alternative Version) (Appears on the compilation Eilean 100, released by Eilean Records)
* 2019 - Jason van Wyk - Call (Appears on the compilation Grenzwellen Vier)
* 2019 - Thesis Project: Thesis Recurring 023 - Jason van Wyk (1-minute loop written for a still image)
* 2011 - Jason van Wyk & JPL - Elsewhere (Appears on the compilation In Search of Sunrise 9, released by Black Hole Recordings)
* 2011 - Jason van Wyk - Luminate (Appears on the compilation In Trance We Trust 017, released by Black Hole Recordings)
Film & Media
* 2020 - Triggered (with Andries Smit) (Feature, Samuel Goldwyn Films)
* 2020 - How Long Does It Take? (Experimental, feature)
* 2019 - nvr lnd (Short)
* 2019 - Love (Short)
* 2019 - Quand Les Fleurs Nous Sauvent (Documentary, short)
* 2019 - Taschen: David LaChapelle - Lost & Found / Good News (Documentary, short)
* 2019 - Taschen: 100 Years of Bauhaus (Documentary, short)
* 2019 - Taschen: Renzo Piano - Workshop Visit (Documentary, short)
* 2018 - The Criterion Collection: Studio Visits - Richard Haines (Documentary, short)
* 2018 - For Now (Music video)
* 2018 - Blinded (Music video)

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