Jaël (aka Jaël Malli;
born Rahel Krebs; 19 August 1979 in
Bern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese
, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
, website ...
, Switzerland) is a Swiss musician who was the frontwoman and lead singer of the band
Lunik
Lunik () is a band from Switzerland. There are currently three members.
Lunik started in 1997 with Adi Amstutz, Luk Zimmermann, Mats Marti, Walo Müller and Anton Höglhammer. Singer Jaël joined the band in 1998 and Anton Höglhammer left the ...
from 1998 to 2013.
She worked several times with
Delerium
Delerium is a Canadian new-age ambient electronic musical duo that formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act Front Line Assembly. Throughout the band’s history, their musical style has encompassed a ...
, co-writing, and singing "After All" on their album ''
Chimera
Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimaira (Greek for " she-goat") originally referred to:
* Chimera (mythology), a fire-breathing monster of Ancient Lycia said to combine parts from multiple animals
* Mount Chimaera, a fire-spewing region of Lycia or Cilicia ...
'', "Lost and Found" on their album ''
Nuages du Monde'', and "Light Your Light" on their 2012 album ''
Music Box Opera
''Music Box Opera'' is the thirteenth studio album by Canadian new age/electronic music group Delerium
Delerium is a Canadian new-age ambient electronic musical duo that formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential indus ...
''. She is both internationally famous in the
trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged from the British new-age music scene and the early 1990s German techno and hardcore scenes.
Trance music is characterized by a tempo generally lying between 135–150 beats per minute ( ...
community as well as domestically famous from her work in
Lunik
Lunik () is a band from Switzerland. There are currently three members.
Lunik started in 1997 with Adi Amstutz, Luk Zimmermann, Mats Marti, Walo Müller and Anton Höglhammer. Singer Jaël joined the band in 1998 and Anton Höglhammer left the ...
. The origin of her pseudonym is that she had trouble pronouncing her real name correctly as a child.
Jaël also featured on
DJ Tatana
Tatana Sterba (born October 7, 1976 in Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic) as ''Taťána Štěrbová'' (), in 1980 the family emigrated to Switzerland) is a dance and trance producer better known under her alias Tatana ...
's 2004 single "Always on My Mind", which had moderate chart success in Switzerland upon its release. She can also be heard in two tracks ("You Remain" and "Stop Crying") on Mich Gerber's 2004 album ''Tales of the Wind'' and on the 2008 release ''
Sehnsucht
() is a German noun translated as "longing", "desire", "yearning", or "craving". Some psychologists use the word to represent thoughts and feelings about all facets of life that are unfinished or imperfect, paired with a yearning for ideal alte ...
'' from
Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friendsh ...
on the track "Tired".
Collaborations
*
Delerium
Delerium is a Canadian new-age ambient electronic musical duo that formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act Front Line Assembly. Throughout the band’s history, their musical style has encompassed a ...
** "After All" on ''
Chimera
Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimaira (Greek for " she-goat") originally referred to:
* Chimera (mythology), a fire-breathing monster of Ancient Lycia said to combine parts from multiple animals
* Mount Chimaera, a fire-spewing region of Lycia or Cilicia ...
'' (2003; co-writing and vocals)
** "Lost and Found" on ''
Nuages du Monde'' (2007; vocals)
** "Light Your Light" on ''
Music Box Opera
''Music Box Opera'' is the thirteenth studio album by Canadian new age/electronic music group Delerium
Delerium is a Canadian new-age ambient electronic musical duo that formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential indus ...
'' (2012; vocals)
** "Keep on Dreaming" on ''
Mythologie'' (2016; vocals)
*
DJ Tatana
Tatana Sterba (born October 7, 1976 in Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic) as ''Taťána Štěrbová'' (), in 1980 the family emigrated to Switzerland) is a dance and trance producer better known under her alias Tatana ...
** "Always on My Mind" (2004; vocals)
* Mich Gerber
** "You Remain" on ''Tales of the Wind'' (2004; vocals)
** "Stop Crying" on ''Tales of the Wind'' (2004; vocals)
*
Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friendsh ...
** "Tired" on ''
Sehnsucht
() is a German noun translated as "longing", "desire", "yearning", or "craving". Some psychologists use the word to represent thoughts and feelings about all facets of life that are unfinished or imperfect, paired with a yearning for ideal alte ...
'' (2008; vocals)
See also
*
Lunik
Lunik () is a band from Switzerland. There are currently three members.
Lunik started in 1997 with Adi Amstutz, Luk Zimmermann, Mats Marti, Walo Müller and Anton Höglhammer. Singer Jaël joined the band in 1998 and Anton Höglhammer left the ...
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
21st-century Swiss women singers
English-language singers from Switzerland
People from Bern
Swiss singer-songwriters
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