Monday Choon: ARTY feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn - Lightning Strikes

 

Arty has been on a roll with his alias Alpha 9 over the past year but its great to see him return to his original stage name this year with his first release "Lightning Strikes". The Russian DJ has changed up the sound on his ARTY name with this track having a more melodic sound echoing a new direction going forward. Today's featured track see's him team up with American vocalist Jonathan Mendelsohn, a name that isn't a new a one to electronic dance music as he has lent his vocals to tracks from the likes of Dash Berlin, Hardwell and Blasterjaxx to name a few.  Johnathan has a "less is more" production style with his hopeful lyrics which he lends to the track and it really is a great fusion which is sure to have many hands in the air when played across the summer. 

Monday Choon: Jason Ross - A Place They Called Home

There's certain songs that just catch you from the first time you hear it, 90% of the time its from a major event and its labelled as an "ID" so you have wait patiently until someone puts their hand up and takes responsibility for this masterpiece. That is exactly what happened with today's track, I first heard it played by Above & Beyond at their ABGT500 celebrations in LA last year, it's a song with a melody that hit my heart, the light but ever so symphonic vocals made it even more harder to resist. It was by none other than American DJ Jason Ross, his CV speaks for itself, the albums he has released and artists he has worked with, and not to mention all the touring he does, its amazing he can still produce bangers like this with such a busy schedule. Speaking about this track, Jason had this to say, "‘A Place They Called Home’, is a tribute to my mom's side of my family, who left their home country, Iran, over 40 years ago. Growing up as a child, I was exposed to their beautiful culture and music; this is one of the reasons behind why I naturally gravitated to more emotionally driven music like trance and progressive. It was so nice to go back to my roots with this song. It’s a more modern approach to my earlier tracks like ‘Atlas’ and ‘Cairo’ while still maintaining that emotional identity."