Pop artist with a twist, DORYAN is a bold, flamboyant performer whose music fuses theatrical drama with unapologetic queer energy. Tackling themes like LGBT rights and sexual liberation with a playful, irreverent edge, he creates songs that are as defiant as they are fun.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland, DORYAN moved to London in 2014 to chase his musical dreams. That same year, he won London’s Pride Got Talent, catapulting him onto stages across the UK and Europe. In 2016, he dropped his debut EP The Line, alongside jaw-dropping visuals for the LGBT rock anthem “Sinsation” and the pop-grunge fetish banger “Life Is Hard.”

In 2017, he penned Pride in London’s anthem, The Rest of Us, performed by over 20 London artists and released as a fundraising single.

When COVID halted Pride celebrations worldwide, DORYAN fought back with glitter, releasing Peach in 2021, a Y2K-flavoured queer extravaganza designed to recapture the dance-floor joy that the pandemic had stolen.

Now, after a four-year hiatus, DORYAN returns in full technicolour with Sex with Strangers, the first single from his forthcoming 2026 studio album.

Inspired by the divas of the 90s and early 2000s, as well as icons like Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson, DORYAN brings a traditionally “female” pop sensibility into a male solo act, serving high-drama performances, explosive hooks, and a fearless celebration of queer identity.

Kevin aka Phaxe has gone from a no-name to an international player of the Progressive Trance elite within no time. Dropping his artist name Phaxe in 2007 provokes few, if any, reactions. Only 4 years later he has become a synonym for upper-league party music. Highly acclaimed live sets all around the world, applauded releases, and remixes for some of the scene’s biggest names tell an impressing success story. A story that makes the man from Copenhagen repeatedly being described as a “Progressive Prodigy”.

Looking back, the evolution of Phaxe`s sound is the history of a perfect storm brewing. It starts with excessive party weekends in the late 90s, awakening his interest in electronic music production. First creative steps are taken in front of a Nintendo gaming console. Eventually this new passion leads to a professional audio engineer training in 2006. These 3 stages of Phaxe’s career are still very noticeable today: His music is to-the-floor, playful, and high-quality in terms of sound.

This irresistible mixture is first to be heard in 2007 when a Phaxe track is released on IONO Music. One year later things take off: The title “Swing King” gains euphoric feedback from both party freaks and DJs worldwide. Within no time Phaxe is producing together with artists like Audiomatic, Morten Granau, Vice, Zyce, Flegma and many others. Great compliments are given to him when the still young producer is asked to remix some of his early Progressive Trance idols like Haldolium, Atmos and Symphonix. His long awaited debut album is signed on the prestigious label Iboga.

In addition to his solo activities, Phaxe keeps up a creative dialogue with some other producers - resulting in a great variety of sound and styles. Together with Morten Granau he is known as High & Mighty, delivering deep Progressive House. The name Sinister Silence stands for a mutual project with Dan Hessner and uplifting Progressive Trance. Last but not least there is O.T.B., a collaboration with Martin Daltoft of Vice.

Despite his impressive success story Phaxe always keeps a humorous and friendly attitude which is very noticeable when seeing him on stage. In this very situation his unbroken passion for Progressive Trance rubs off on the audience through vibrant sound waves.

Diamá (aka Claudia D’Addio) is an exceptional talent and unafraid to swim against the flow. This might be the best way to describe this Italian, power-voiced singer. Since her debut on a Swiss TV talent-show, conceptually similar to American Idol, she has emerged as one of the most charismatic Swiss personalities.

She has already proven her vocal-skills on an international level since she participated as part of the group “Six4One” as Swiss entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens (Greece). There she performed alongside “Andreas Lundstedt” of the legendary Dance formation “Alcazar”, Tinka Milinovic a Bosnian Superstar and three other singers form different nationalities. The project was led by renowned German composer/songwriter/producer Ralph Siegel, who is a veteran in the contest. In 2008 she collaborated with “Antonino Spadaccino”, winner of the Italian cult-show “Amici” and delivered a song called “Kick it!” for the compilation “Die besten Fansong (The best Fansongs)” created for the Swiss soccer union by the Swiss newspaper Blick during the 2007 European Soccer Championship held in Switzerland.

Effortlessly but full of energy she manages to perform at big events such as; Live Earth Zurich 2006 held at Hallenstation Zurich or the Pirelli Calendar Night.

It has been quiet for a while around the sultry singer, but she has been anything but idle. She has used the time to work on some side projects with different producers and to work on her first album. Since her performance at the 2006 Christopher Street Day Switzerland, Claudia has quietly become a Swiss style- and queer-icon. This was confirmed when she was booked as main-act for the 2008 Mr. Gay Finale and for the 2008 Swiss Gay Pride main-concert as opening act for international stars such as House-Legend “Ultra Naté” (“Free”), Superstar “Ari Gold” and Ex-Pornstar-Now-Singer “Colton Ford”- In addition together with Tanja La Croix and Donna Tella alias Alf Heller, she delivered the vocals to the official Christopher Street Day Hymn 2008 called “Pink Riot!”.

Her following appearances included the Miss Earth Finale 2009, Mr. Gay Switzerland 2009, DJ K-Skill’s Club-Idol tour and she was a judge at the 2009 Ms. Dragqueen Switzerland finale.

June 2009, Claudia performed at the Europride 2009 Main-Stage and is therefore one of the only Swiss singers to ever perform at a Europride Event. She performed on both nights and announced her new artist name “Diamá”; Friday June 5, 2009 when she performed as part of the “Glitzerhaus” DJ-set, since she is lead singer of their single “8 PM” (8 Pick-up Moves) together with Swiss Drag Queen-par excellence Stella Divine and Lady Mata Hari (1/3 of the DJ-Combo Glitzerhaus). On Saturday, June 6, 2009 she performed as Main act followed by artists such as LA Superstar “Guy B.”, Chris Willis main voice for many David Guetta hits, singer & DJ-ane Billie Ray Martin and Italian Superstar Tommy Vee. In her set she performed two songs (“La Mossa” & “Mare”) off her yet untitled debut-album. As a surprise during her set, New York power-voice-diva “Kelly King” entered the stage singing the first notes of Gloria Gaynor’s “I will survive” turning it into a duet of “Pink Riot!” with Diamá.

2011 marks an historic moment for Diamá. At the 3rd Artist Charity Night (Biggest Swiss HIV Charity Event) held in Zurich Switzerland, she test-drove two new songs “Drivin’ Tru” and “Calling all Angels” from her upcoming album. Only one week later at the Zurich Pride Festival 2011 she performs alongside Houselegend “Robin S.”. Together they performed “You know how to love me”.

After so much work en effort finally her first official album is ready and will be released March 15th, 2015. The three singles "Would you be mine?", "Mare" & “La Mossa (The Brush-Off)” are out now, available on iTunes and other selected digital music stores worldwide!

Diamá is definitely the embodiment of a real diva and still proves that quality is always the first priority when it comes to music.


Mario Ferrini
www.marioferrini.com
www.ferrinirecords.ch

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