‘DJ Elektrique Afrique’ dropped a debut single ‘Down on the Floor’ in 2019 featuring South African vocalist Sebabatso. The single became a cult Afro-Pop House hit and is still being played on Radio stations and in stores across South Africa.
The well-travelled DJ is a Dance music, house, Synthwave and Afro-pop producer. South African ‘DJ Elektrique Afrique’ achieved success in the UK, where his previous musical projects received airplay on BBC Radio One and were featured on world-famous brands like N.M.E, Evening Standard, Capital Radio and MTV Europe.
‘DJ Elektrique Afrique’ teams up with South African guitarist Brendan Peacock ( Boo, Soweto Gospel Choir, lucky Packet ) and F.E.F ( Futurist Electronic Foundation) for a House, Dance, Synthwave, Darkwave, Retrowave, Futuristic 80’s single entitled ‘Morning Shot’ Living in the Jungle. ‘Morning Shot’ comes with a 4k Full Length MusiFlick produced by Discover Media Digital.
DJ Elektrique Afrique was inspired by a trip to the South African Wild Coast and South Africa’s news analysis show and You Tube channel ‘Morning Shot’ with Roman Cabanac. DJ Elektrique Afrique is very pleased to announce that the ‘Morning Shot’ music is being used as the intro soundtrack for the Morning Shot Whinedown at 5 p.m. on You Tube everyday.
The ‘Morning Shot’ 80’s Rio Beach Yacht 12 Inch Remix has blown up globally with DJ’s already supporting it in Singapore, Turkey, Canada, UK, Japan, Ibiza, USA, Israel, Poland, Las Vegas, Australia, Qatar, Mexico, France, New Zealand, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Equador and in Ibiza, Spain where the track has received support from Club Legends Pacha. Dance music and BBC Radio legend ‘Pete Tong’ joined the Pacha Board of Directors in 2020.
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Synth pop and Independent electro dance pioneers N2BLÜ return with a hot, warm and strong new single entitled ‘Phoenix Heart’.
‘Phoenix Heart’ delivers a strong personal message of strength and resilience through hard times and pain.
We asked Jonathan Arceneaux what the song was about and he said ”
‘Phoenix Heart’ is a very personal song for me. I’ve always identified with the legend of the Phoenix in that I have had to start over many times in my life, picking myself up from the proverbial “ashes” and move forward to the next chapter. It takes an incredible amount of strength and will to keep going after we’ve been knocked down in this life and we all have to have a Phoenix Heart to survive it. This song is dedicated to all of those who don’t give up and don’t quit, no matter what.
Born in New Orleans, Jonathan Arceneaux started singing not long after he learned to talk and hasn’t stopped singing since!
At a very young age Jonathan began his career as a singer in a church choir and started taking voice lessons in both classical and musical theatre styles. During his High School years in Baton Rouge, LA, Jonathan continued singing in the choir and participated in several musical theatre productions.
He also started to tap into his writing talents as a freshman in High School, drawing inspiration from some of his favourite bands and artists like Better Than Ezra, Duncan Sheik and Savage Garden.
Over the years following, Jonathan began to realize that his true passion was singing and writing Pop music, so he changed his focus from classical and music theatre to be a full time Pop singer/songwriter.
He is a passionate, true artist with emotional expression through his writing, production, and performance. Jonathan also enjoys collaborating with other artists to meld unique tastes in sound and texture.
In 2008 he worked with hit producers I-ROC (Universal Music/HappyMadison Productions/BZEE ROC) and RADIO (Chris Brown’s “Dreamer”/Blake Lewis’ “End of the World”).
As a result of the collaboration with RADIO in 2009, Jonathan released “From TheAshes”, under the name Jay Arseno, his sophomore follow up to his debut album in 2008, “Face In You Crowd”, under the name Jonathan Adam.
After the loss of his father to kidney cancer in August of 2009, Jonathan took some time off from music and in 2013 he decided to move from his home in Houston, TX to Los Angeles, CA for an immersive experience in the heart of the music industry.
While he learned a lot about the industry and himself, Los Angeles was not a good fit for him. So, in 2015 Jonathan decided to get back to his roots and move back home to the Big Easy, New Orleans. Not long after moving to New Orleans, Jonathan met Konstantin Smorodnikov, a personal trainer originally from Russia who had a love and talent for music as well.
Jonathan and Konstantin had an instant connection as friends and decided to start working on music together. While Jonathan came from more of a pop music writing background and classical vocal training, Konstantin’s background was in the club and dance music scene.
The next couple of years lead to the duo developing a seamless blending of Jonathan’s lyrics and vocals and Konstantin’s beats and instrumentation to create a sound all their own. In July 2018 they were approached by Loren Israel to participate in his song writing mentorship program.
Little did Jonathan and Konstantin know that this would be an integral turning point in their musical journey.
After a year of instruction, guidance, and tough love from Loren and by honing their skills in song writing and lyricism, they have emerged as the duo, N2BLÜ.
Born and raised in Kostroma, Russia, Konstantin Smorodnikov fell in love with music at early age. It was the structure of rhythm and arrangement that most interested him.
Around 15 is when he was introduced to computer music production.
At 18 moved to America where spent most of his 20’s going out to local dance clubs and learning all he could about technical side of production and sound engineering. He drew inspiration from DJ’s like PeterRauhofer and Abel Aguilera.
In 2016 he met Jonathan Arceneaux. They realized that they both shared a passion for similar sounds and ideas in music and decided to give a musical partnership a shot.
London-based artist Prinz Leo released his new single The More You Give featuring the Portuguese singer Ola Ruth on Friday, 27th November 2020.
Danceable rhythms and sing-along melodies meets the spirits from the 80s. Produced by Camelle Hinds (best known from the UK funk band Central Line) and mixed by Nick Hunt (Depeche Mode), this song keeps what it promises.
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Prinz Leo was talking the inspiration for this song in an interview “When I moved from Austria to London I first lived in in Peckham (South London). I often saw Josh, a homeless man without legs, in his wheelchair. He always smiled at people wishing them a great day instead of begging for money. I sometimes gave him some coins. One day, I was busking in Peckham, Josh came over to listen and watch my performance and threw money in my guitar case. This event was so touching and a very powerful life lesson: The More You Give The More You Get (I’m talking about the kind of giving where you don’t expect anything in return).”
The song was written by Leonhard Wimmer (Prinz Leo), co-written by Robert Bridges and Martina Randes, produced by Camelle Hinds(Central Line), mixed by Nick Hunt (Depeche Mode) and mastered by Marcellus Frank.
