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Justine Suissa | |
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| Birth name | Justine Simone Freha Suissa |
| Born | 21 March 1970 |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Vocal trance |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 2000–present |
Justine Simone Freha Suissa (born 21 March 1970) is a British singer-songwriter, the vocalist of trance group OceanLab.
She has collaborated with Armin van Buuren, Markus Schulz and Robbie Rivera, and has continued to work with Above & Beyond outside of OceanLab, most recently on their 2016 world tour [1] and participating on four songs on the band's 2018 album Common Ground . 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. [2]
Suissa came to wider notice when she featured on the hit Chicane album Behind The Sun in 2000. She formed OceanLab with Above & Beyond, achieving a top-twenty UK hit with "Satellite" in 2004. [3] She also collaborated on a major dance hit, "Burned With Desire", with Armin van Buuren in 2003. [4]
She has been called "[one] of the electronic world's most powerful vocalists" and "a mainstay in the trance world". [5] [6]
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| Sirens of the Sea |
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| Sirens of the Sea: Remixed |
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| Song | Year | Album |
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| "Missing" (with Unclubbed) | 2009 | Unclubbed |
| "Sundeath" (with Mark Revell) | 2010 | Non-album singles |
| "Almost Home" [7] (with Above & Beyond) | 2021 |
| Song | Year | Album |
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| "Clear Blue Water" | 2001 | Non-album single |
| "Satellite" | 2003 | |
| "Sky Falls Down" | ||
| "Beautiful Together" | ||
| "Sirens of the Sea" | 2008 | Sirens of the Sea |
| "Miracle" | ||
| "Breaking Ties" | ||
| "On A Good Day" | 2009 | |
| "Lonely Girl" | ||
| "If I Could Fly on the Surface" (vs. Mike Shiver) | 2010 | Non-album single |
| "On A Good Day (Metropolis)" (with Gareth Emery) | ||
| "Satellite" (re-release) | 2015 | |
| "Another Chance" | 2016 | |
| Song | Year | Album |
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| "Girlfriend" | 2003 | Non-album single |
| "Float Away" | 2006 | |
| Song | Year | Album |
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| "Autumn Tactics" (Chicane featuring Justine Suissa) | 2000 | Behind the Sun |
| "One More Step To Heaven" (Silvester featuring Justine Suissa) | 2003 | Non-album single |
| "Burned With Desire" (Armin van Buuren featuring Justine Suissa) | 76 | |
| "Out There (5th Dimension)" (Masters & Nickson featuring Justine Suissa) | Non-album single | |
| "Somewhere (Clear Blue)" (Elevation featuring Justine Suissa) | 2004 | |
| "Perception" (Markus Schulz featuring Justine Suissa) | 2010 | Do You Dream? |
| "Phoenix From The Flames" (Boom Jinx featuring Justine Suissa) | 2011 | Non-album single |
| "Half The Man" (Boom Jinx featuring Justine Suissa) | 2015 | |
| "Alright Now" (Above & Beyond featuring Justine Suissa) | 2017 | Common Ground |
| Song | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
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| "Never Wanted This" (featuring Justine Suissa) | 2003 | Armin van Buuren | 76 |
| "Wall of Sound" (featuring Justine Suissa) | 2005 | Shivers | |
| "Simple Things" (featuring Justine Suissa) | |||
| "Little Something" (featuring Justine Suissa) | 2015 | Above & Beyond | We Are All We Need |
| "Naked" (featuring Justine Suissa) | 2018 | Common Ground | |
| "Cold Feet" (featuring Justine Suissa) | |||
| "Almost Home" (featuring Justine Suissa) | 2021 | ||
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with | Produced with |
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| "Sun & Moon" (featuring Richard Bedford) | 2011 | Above & Beyond | Group Therapy | Co-writer | Jonathan "Jono" Grant, Tony McGuinness, Paavo Siljamaki, Sorcha Shepherd | – |
| "Bittersweet & Blue" (featuring Richard Bedford) | 2018 | Common Ground | Co-writer/Producer | Jonathan "Jono" Grant, Tony McGuinness, Paavo Siljamaki | Above & Beyond, Andrew Bayer | |
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