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Biography

Jonathon Ng (born 23 December 1995), better known by his stage name EDEN, is an Irish electronic music producer turned singer-songwriter based in Dublin, Ireland. He formerly operated as The Spab Project, and would upload random songs and projects onto SoundCloud. After he had outgrown that phase, he changed his name to The Eden Project, an alias that was discontinued in 2015. Ng’s work as The Eden Project typically featured more conventional styles of electronic dance music such as dubstep and drum and bass, while EDEN saw him venturing into a more indie pop style. He made this alias change in April 2015, after the release of Final Call.

In an interview for Billboard, EDEN gives a little information about himself. He didn’t enjoy his school’s music subjects, yet started writing music at the early age of 7 or 8, and even performed in a band with some of his friends at the age of 13 or 14.

EDEN’s main inspirations are varied. He enjoyed Rihanna while at school, whereas his current musical inspiration ranges from Kendrick Lamar to even Hans Zimmer.
Some of his previous inspiration is also credited to Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson. EDEN’s interest in Jackson can also be confirmed through his cover of Billie Jean.

On August 8th, 2015 Ng’s EP End Credits was released for free download worldwide. The EP was released under Ng’s own label, MCMXCV (which stands for 1995) and under UK-based label Seeking Blue Records. “Nocturne” and “Gravity” were both released as singles, in June and July. The whole EP got 14 million plays on Soundcloud.

On March 22nd, Ng went on the End Credits Tour, with concerts in Dublin, London, Toronto, New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The tickets were sold out within a week, and an additional venue was set up in New York City because of popular demand. The tour ended on April 8th.

A little while after the End Credits Tour, Ng announced his new album, i think you think too much of me would be released on August 19th, 2016. On June 10th his first single, “sex” was released. About one month later, Billboard premiered the next single, “drugs” a day before it’s official release July 15th. A music video was later put out for “drugs” on August 18th, which has about 1.6 million views on Youtube. A second music video for “drugs” was put out, it was a 360 video degree video experience in VR. The video got 1.5 million Facebook views in one week. i think you think too much of me features a remake of “Fumes” which was originally released under The Eden Project, featuring Gnash. This album features two other re-releases of The Eden Project songs, “XO” and a remastered version of “Circles”. Ng promoted I think you think too much of me through the Futurebound Tour, which started on September 7th, 2016 in Vancouver, Canada. The tour included 33 performances in North America and Europe, which concluded on November 26th with a final show in Paris, France.
On September 28th, 2017 Ng released his first song since his international tour, “start//end”, the lead single for his upcoming album, vertigo.

Ng released after “start//end” two more singles from vertigo, “gold” and “crash”. On January 19th came vertigo, EDEN’s debut album with 10 brand new songs. EDEN released two singles in 2018, all you need is love and about time.