Jason Arnold

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Jason Arnold ( ShyBoy or DJ ShyBoy ) is an American disc jockey , as well as songwriter and singer of the American melodic hard rock band Hypnogaja . As a DJ, ShyBoy can be assigned to the mashup , as he mixes the music of several bands with other musical styles, such as hip-hop . Probably his best known song as a DJ is "Atomic Bombs Over Baghdad" , where he mixed the music of the hip hop duo Outkast and the punk band Blondie . Jason Arnold currently lives in Los Angeles / California .

Career

Before Jason Arnold founded the band Hypnogaja in 1999, he formed a trip-hop combo with his bandmate and co-founder of the band Mark Nubar Donikian . This was rather unknown. Between 1999 and 2009 Jason Arnold released 9 studio albums together with the band, which are known in the USA and Canada . The band Hypnogaja has not become known in Europe, only the singer himself gained a little fame through his songs for the video game Devil May Cry 4. In addition to Hypnogaja, Jason Arnold also acts as a DJ, where he DJs songs from various bands with a wide variety of musical styles mixes.

successes

With Hypnogaja

Jason Arnold is better known as the singer and songwriter of the band Hypnogaja, with whom he released nine albums since 1999. The new album Truth Decay will be released on June 30, 2009. His greatest success with the band is the album Below Sunset , which was released in 2005 and which was well known even in Russia . On June 30, 2009 the band released their fifth studio album Truth Decay , which is their first pure concept album and was rated 9 out of 10 in Outburn Magazine .

As a DJ

ShyBoy is rather unknown as a DJ, as he mixes ( mashes ) several songs from different bands of different musical styles . You can download his so-called mash-ups on his homepage. Before he started to mashen music, DJ Shyboy played (still under his real name) two songs for the Capcom - video game Devil May Cry 4 . These are called "Shall Never Surrender" and "The Time Has Come" . Through his work as a DJ, he has already worked with musicians such as Beyoncé , Whitney Houston , Craig David and Donna Summer .

Discography

Hypnogaja

Albums

  • Revolution (1999)
  • Post-hypnotic Stress Disorder (2002)
  • Bridge To Nowhere (2003)
  • Kill Switch (2003)
  • White Label Vol.1 (2004)
  • Below Sunset (2005)
  • Acoustic Sunset - Live at the Longhouse (2006)
  • Audio From Last Night's Dream (2007)
  • Truth Decay (2009)

Singles

  • The March (2008)
  • I Can See Into Forever (2009 / with Sammy Allen)
  • Apocalyptic Love Song (2009)
  • Worship Me (I'm On TV) (2009)

DJ ShyBoy

MashUps (selection)

  • You Spin Me Upside Down (mixed with: Diana Ross and Dead or Alive )
  • Toxic Rehab's Not Right (mixed with: Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, and Whitney Houston)
  • Atomic Bombs over Baghdad (mixed with: Blondie and Outkast)
  • Masterpiece Theater (songs mixed with: Pharoah Monch , Justice , Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Justin Timberlake, LaTour , InDeep , Gnarls Barkley, Seal , Donna Summer, Tom Neville, Outkast, Blondie, Remy Ma, Danity Kane, Vanity 6, Diana Ross, Dead Or Alive, Bangles, Egyptian Lover, NERD, Shop Boys, The B-52's, Daft Pank, Blur, Garbage, MIA, Book of Love, Missy Elliot, Fedde Le Grand , Madonna, Hypnogaja and Eurythmics)

DJ ShyBoy has made his songs available as a free download on his homepage. You can download the individual songs directly as MP3 or the complete album as a ZIP file. For 2011 ShyBoy has announced that it will release its own album without MashUps. It will be released on Union State Records .

Albums

  • 2013: Water on Mars
  • 2014: Lost in Space
  • 2015: Zero Gravity (EP)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Arnold, Jason
ALTERNATIVE NAMES ShyBoy; DJ ShyBoy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American disc jockey, songwriter and singer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century