Born 10 January 1990 in Cape Town, South Africa, Jason van Wyk has been rapidly building himself a name in the worldwide Electronic Dance Music scene over the last few years.

Being an all rounded musician, playing a variety of instruments and composing and producing in various genres, he signed his first single at the age of fourteen and had his club debut as a DJ at the age of thirteen. So it comes as no surprise that he’s constantly able to provide an intense level of detail, depth and musical ability in every track he does, producing a unique sound that will rock any dance floor as well as providing a deep and engaging listening experience, Jason’s tracks have captured the interest of listeners around the world and some of the biggest names in the dance music scene.

With support for his original productions and remixes from leading DJ’s such as Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Tiesto, Above & Beyond, Paul Oakenfold, Markus Schulz, Sander van Doorn, First State, Cosmic Gate, Max Graham, Andy Moor, Dash Berlin and many more, its quite clear he’s firmly making his mark on the international circuit.

Working under aliases and pseudonyms in his early years as a producer, 2008 marked the release of his first single under his own name entitled “Imagine”, which was released on the German label, Redux Recordings. A year later his collaboration with Dutch duo Vast Vision titled “Oceanblue” was released on the UK label Alter Ego Recordings, which received worldwide support and appeared on numerous compilation CD’s from DJ’s such as Aly & Fila, George Acosta and Abbot & Chambers, not to mention play listed on countless radio shows including Tiesto’s ‘Club Life’.

2009 showed his production and musical skills once again with his third single, and second on the Redux label, “Far From Me”, a deep melodic Trancer that received rave reviews and was licensed to Armada Music after which was seen play listed by Armin van Buuren on his ‘A State of Trance’ radio show.

2010 has so far been Jason’s busiest year yet. Starting the year out with two tracks, “Always” & “Once Again” being his first release of an exclusive deal with the renowned Black Hole Recordings label.
The release saw 5 star reviews and "Once Again" was featured on Cosmic Gate's 4th volume of their “Back2Back” CD series. Another new single was signed shortly after, titled "September Rain", which was featured on volume 8 of the prolific “In Search Of Sunrise” series.
His next single “Dream On”, was then released on Black Hole’s newest sublabel - First State Music. Launching the label, the track was awarded a 5/5 rating by Tiesto and was seen supported by Above & Beyond on their ‘Trance Around The World’ radio show two weeks in a row, by Armin van Buuren on ‘A State of Trance’, by Sander van Doorn on his weekly ‘Identity’ show, and was then licensed to vol. 16 of the “In Trance We Trust” compilation series as well as Max Graham’s “Cycles vol. 2” compilation.

Working full time as a music producer and performer, with his music being released and licensed to labels such as Warner, Sony, Black Hole, Armada, Lost Language, Spinnin’, Alter Ego and Media, not to mention an exclusive publishing deal with the prestigious Cloud 9 Music group and a possible artist album in the making, things are definitely going strong in the world of Jason van Wyk.
2011 and beyond is sure to please JvW supporters worldwide.

--Written by Alex Tyler, November 2010 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.