Edward Maya on what’s common between Romania and India

Romanian DJ-singer Edward Maya has had an in depth reference to India ever since his first present in 2010. After having accomplished practically 50 exhibits right here, it’s protected to say India is his second residence. “Every present is a brand new expertise with a brand new viewers and expectations. I’m excited to be performing for the Hard Rock Cafe Asilo Tour,” says Edward, forward of his live performance on January 29 in Mumbai.

Edward feels there are numerous cultural similarities between Romania and India and this facet makes him come again once more and once more. “The structuring of society, its ethics and values are related in each the cultures of India and Romania. Musically, we’re carefully linked by varied means. Also, there are numerous similarities between Romanian delicacies and Indian conventional delicacies,” provides Eduard Marian who modified his stage identify to Edward Maya discovering resonance within the mystic magical atmosphere of India.

First and the very best

Edwards’ very first tune ‘Stereo Love’ in 2009 was an enormous worldwide hit and was considered greater than 700 million occasions on YouTube; it even received him his first Billboard Music Award in 2011. This spurred him to take his live shows worldwide. The techno-beat of Stereo Love additionally made it one of many high EDM

“Stereo Love is like my firstborn. That magnum opus will at all times be my child. I nonetheless can’t consider that this tune bought me the coveted Billboard Award. One ought to consider in a single’s creation and, finally, it would yield you success,” says Edward.

Songs like ‘This Is My Life’, ‘Desert Rain’, ‘Love Story’, ‘Miracles’, ‘Feeling’, Angels (Album), and ‘Harem’ adopted the success of ‘Stereo Love’. All his songs, in response to Edward, “specific the internal creative emotion of his coronary heart.” His collaborations with Indian artistes comparable to Sona Mahapatra, and teaming up with Kanika Kapoor and Badshah on stage have received him a gradual Indian viewers.

Tryst with music

Edward says he ‘met music at an early age’. “My grandfather performed the flute, the bagpipe and the accordion for me. My first inspiration was from Romanian folklore. At the age of seven, I found the digital music style, impressed by the likes of Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis. Once I began education, I found classical music on the radio and membership music. Across the years, my orientation was in the direction of a sure private path in music and that’s how I turned Edward Maya.”

Edwards wears a number of artistic hats — movie composer, DJ, producer, singer and songwriter — and shifts into every of those areas effortlessly. “That is what I consider in — being versatile and a multitasker. A superb and devoted musician at all times is aware of the right way to shuffle between the varied areas of music with ease. One must attempt to be a jack of all trades and a grasp in most of them,” he says.

Edward plans to journey between India and Dubai, making each territories his base for the music enterprise. “There are numerous Bollywood-centric initiatives I’m presently working on and a bunch of collaborations with Indian singers,” he reveals.