N2BLÜ: "Neon Gold"
The just released new single “Neon Gold” by N2BLÜ is “inspired by our love of music and the power it had to touch us all. No matter our race, religion, gender, or sexuality, music is the universal language that we can all understand. It has the power to touch each and every one of us in a special and unique way that sometimes can’t be described. It’s intangible, but also tangible, like Neon Gold.”
N2BLÜ is a collaboration of Jonathan Arceneaux and Konstantin Smorodnikov begun in 2016. 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 favorite 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/Happy Madison 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 The Ashes”, 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 songwriting 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 songwriting 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 Peter Rauhofer 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.
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