Syn Cole

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Syn Cole
Birth nameRene Pais
Born (1988-03-25) 25 March 1988 (age 36)
Pärnu, Estonia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • record producer
Instrument(s)
  • Synthesizer
  • piano
  • guitar
  • drums
Years active2012–present
Labels
  • NCS
  • Spinnin' Records
  • STMPD RCRDS
  • Columbia Records
  • Sony Music
  • Universal Music
  • Virgin EMI Records
  • Epic Records
Website syncole.com

Rene Pais (born 25 March 1988), better known by his stage name Syn Cole, is an Estonian DJ and record producer. [1]

Contents

Early life

He attended music school from an early age and aspired to become a pianist. A friend made him listen to some famous dance tracks on cassette tape, and he fell in love with electronic dance music, turning into a producer when he was 19 years old. I started writing songs. He initially produced songs in the trance genre under the name "DNS Project", but then moved to his current house genre. [2] He is influenced by classical composers such as German composer Hans Zimmer and John Williams, as well as electronic artists such as Daft Punk, and his songs incorporate many elements. [2] After creating progressive house songs, he sent some demos to Avicii's LE7ELS label, but they were not well received at first. However, he did not give up and continued to send songs, and he sent a song called "April", which finally became a hit with Avicii and led to a contract with "LE7ELS".

Career

Syn Cole started out on Avicii's LE7ELS record label and management. [3] His singles and remixes have amassed over 1 billion total streams on YouTube and Spotify. Syn Cole has also released music on record labels Universal, Sony, Warner, Spinnin' Records, Ultra Records, NCS and Martin Garrix STMPD RCRDS. [4] He has played at the festivals Tomorrowland, Creamfields, EDC Las Vegas, Ultra Miami. In addition, clubs Ushuaia Ibiza, XS Las Vegas, Exchange LA and others.

Syn Cole kicked off his remix duties with Avicii's "Silhouettes", which became his first BBC Radio 1 spotlight. [5] As of January 2024, the remix has over 205 million streams on Spotify. [6] His second Avicii remix "Hey Brother" received both radio and DJ support across the globe. [7] His first vocal single "Miami 82" (with remixes from Avicii and Kygo) reached Top 10 US Billboard Club Play chart and Top 20 on the Billboard Dance Chart. [8] Billboard Magazine included it in their list 10 Best Electronic/Dance songs of 2014. [9] In 2018 it was soundtracked for Sprite’s TV commercial featuring BLACKPINK. [10] Syn Cole released "Feel Good" via NCS record label in 2016. [11] In 2017, a new version "Got The Feeling" was released via Sony/RCA, featuring kirstin from Pentatonix. [12] The single "Who You Are" reached the 4th spot on the Billboard Club songs chart in 2018. [13] His vocal single "It's You" was soundtracked for 2017 feature films 47 Meters Down and Reality High. [14] [15]

Discography

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positions
EST
Airplay
[16] 		US
Dance/
Elec.
[17] 		US
Dance
Club
[18] 		US
Dance
Airplay
[19]
"April"2013————
"Miami 82"
(featuring Madame Buttons)		—351117
"Bright Lights"2014————
"Pump!"
(with Felguk)		2015————
"It's You"———39
"May"————
"Feel Good"20162———
"The Daze"
(featuring Madame Buttons)		2———
"Follow Me"
(featuring Joshua Radin)		11———
"Californication"
(featuring Caroline Pennell)		————
"Sway"
(featuring Nevve)		2017————
"Got the Feeling"
(featuring kirstin)		————
"Who You Are"
(featuring MIO)		2018—26434
"Happy Again" [20]
(featuring Lissa)		————
"Getaway" [21] ————
"Horizon 83" [22] 2019————
"Lights Go Down" [23]
(with Dakota)		————
"Discovery" [24]
(with Victor Crone)		————
"Gizmo" [25] ————
"Cool with That" [26]
(featuring Golden Age)		————
"Mind Blown"————
"Keep Going"————
"Groove" [27] 2020————
"Cinematix" [28] ————
"Gold" [29]
(featuring Graham Candy)		————
"Rush" [30] ————
"Catch" [31]
(featuring Victor Crone)		————
"Over You" [32]
(featuring Carly Paige)		————
"Crawl" [33]
(featuring Sarah Close)		————
"Time" [34] ————
"Thinking of You" [35] ————
"Breathe" [36]
(featuring Kaspara)		2021————
"Feels Like Love"

(featuring Miya Miya)

————
"Drive" [37] ————
"Wicked" [38]
(featuring Jojee)		————
"Drift" [39] ————
"Sorry I Ain't Sorry" [40]
(with Willim and Katy Tiz)		————
"Melodia" [41] ————
"Like This" [42] 2022————
"Overdrive" [43]

(featuring Carla Monroe)

————
"Need Ya" [44] ————
"Shadow" [45]

(featuring Alida)

————
"Somewhere" [46]

(with Andrah)

————
"Do It Now" [47] ————
"Without it" [48]

(with Novia Bachmid)

2023————
"Reflect"————
"Lovely Day"————
"Let You Go"

(with ANML KNGDM)

————
"Holding Back"

(with Forester)

————
"Edge Of The World"

(with Katie Pearlman)

————
"iGotta"2024————
"Don't Break My Heart"————

Remixes

YearTitleOriginal artist(s)
2012"Silhouettes" Avicii
2013"Lucky Ones" Kerli
"Hey Brother"Avicii
2014"Find You" Zedd
(featuring Matthew Koma and Miriam Bryant)
"Unconditionally" Katy Perry
"Sing" Ed Sheeran
"First Love" Jennifer Lopez
"A Sky Full Of Stars" Coldplay
"No Enemiesz" Kiesza
"These Days" Take That
2015"Goodbye" Feder
(featuring Lyse)
"Warriors" Nicky Romero and Volt & State
2016"Don't Be So Hard On Yourself" Jess Glynne
"California Love"Cold Chilling Collective and The Rooks
2017"Chained To The Rhythm"Katy Perry
"Mama" Jonas Blue
(featuring William Singe)
"Younger Now" Miley Cyrus
"Changes"Hazers
"We Could Go Back"Jonas Blue
(featuring Moelogo)
2018"Give n Take"Call Me Loop
"I Wanna Know" NOTD
(featuring Bea Miller)
"Done for Me" Charlie Puth
(featuring Kehlani)
"Follow Your Fire" Kodaline
"Remind Me To Forget" [49] Kygo
(featuring Miguel)
"Secrets" P!nk
"Ocean" [50] Martin Garrix
(featuring Khalid)
"Solo" [51] Clean Bandit
(featuring Demi Lovato)
"Losing It Over You" Matoma
(featuring Ayme)
"Diamond Heart" Alan Walker
(featuring Sophia Somajo)
2019"Colder" Nina Nesbitt
"Selfish" [52] Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
(featuring Era Istrefi)
"What I Like About You" [53] Jonas Blue
(featuring Theresa Rex)
"Mad Love" [54] Mabel
"Never Really Over" [55] Katy Perry
"Using" [56] Ritual and Emily Warren
2020"Look Into My Eyes" [57] Brando
"Dancing Next To Me" [58] Greyson Chance
"Salt" [59] Ava Max
"Say Something" [60] Kylie Minogue
"Naked" [61] Jonas Blue and Max
"Baby" [62] Madison Beer
"Slow Grenade" [63] Ellie Goulding and Lauv
2021"Fake A Smile" [64] Alan Walker and Salem Ilese
"All I Know So Far" [65] Pink
2022"Three Little Words" (VIP Mix) [66] Lynnea M and Syn Cole
2023"Nothing Is Lost" [67] The Weeknd
"What Love Is" Zak Abel
"We Got History" Mitchell Tenpenny
2024"Exes" Tate Mcrae

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