Natalie Gioia

Natalia Svistyelnikova was born in Armavir, Russia.^[2][4][5] She began her musical career at the age of 16. From 1997 to 2000, she was a member of the female pop project Pyostraya Zhizn` (Пёстрая Жизнь; "Colorful Life"), actively touring across Russia.^[6][7] In 1999, the group was recognized as the best musical project of the Kuban region. Natalia is a two-time winner of the Musical Planet competition (1996 and 1997) in the North Caucasus and has received an award for her creative contribution to the cultural development of the Kuban region. She also won first place in the "Voice of Russia" competition.^[2][3]

In 2000, she launched her solo career with tours supported by the French company Partush Group. This collaboration lasted several years, during which she performed in Tunisia. In 2005, while in Tunisia, she met Italian producer Flavio Demichelis, who invited her to join the Italian band New Trolls. In 2006, Natalia released the single Che donna vorrei, which was included in an Italian compilation of popular music.^[2][3]

In 2009 Natalia came to Ukraine, where she met her love Valeriy Sibekin.^[8] This fact influenced Natalie's music tastes and she tried to sing on the EDM tracks. After her first EDM collaboration was released through Angelu music label, Natalie immediately caught the attention of producers like EDU and Tucandeo, which developed her professionalism in this genre of music. Understanding this song are not the ones, which could be the center of her music career, she started to collaborate with Alex M.O.R.P.H. As the result, track Dreams was released on the A State of Trance (Armada) label. Dreams of Alex and Natalie reached TOP5 tracks (Beatport.com Trance Chart) and was included to the Universal Religion Chapter 7 (by Armin van Buuren).