JONTOM: You Or Nothing At All

Jontom

You Or Nothing At All

© 2003 Jontom, Bmi (803763034127)

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A fresh electronic experience flowing from ambient moods to rock roughness; it will guide you through vaste soundscapes and haunting melodies communicating to your soul with honest and vibrating lyrics.

tracks

1 Second Existence
2 Barriers of Melodic Sleep
3 Pure Song
4 Drown Again
5 My Love
6 Trauma
7 Painted of Beauty
8 Witch
9 Cyanotic Seagulls
10 Other Globes

notes

Luca "Jontom" Tomassini was born in Rome, Italy on one of the coldest nights of 1979. It was 00:05 of January 3rd and no one was expected to see him but you know how late night shows go.. At the age of 5, he started to play on a small keyboard the first jingle of his life. That was an irritating melody, nothing to say about that (hopefully he doesn't remember it anymore). And then, he started to play keyboards in a high school rock band, sometimes he jumped on the bass, other times he strummed some guitars and other times he had the occasion to play the blues harp. He did background voices as well and that is where he learned to arrange vocal lines as any other instrument. He studied the piano for about 10 years, obtaining a license and then he completely focused over equalization, mastering techniques, post productions and everything runs around music.

According to u-g-a.com "... Jontom is a post modern italian composer, artist, media figure & impressionist, who paints soundscapes of minimalism & entrancing complexity rolled into an endless enigma of sight & sound, mind & imagination, in emotional platitudes both stark & enthralling. [...] Past the immediate sleeping dream of the temporal finite mind, to the ever awakening & expanding musical magic that is; this enigmatic artist's own unique & mesmerizing design of beauty."

One of the tracks, "My love", featured on "You or nothing at all" has been reviewed on godsofmusic.com. Here's an extract of what they they say: "I'll start off by saying that alternative rock isn't my area of expertise but with a song like "My Love" this doesn't really matter. I have never been intrigued by this musical genre because I found it lacked energy, the tracks I have heard always sounded like emotionless moaning. But "My Love" has soul and energy, it bursts with emotion and gets straight to your heart like good music should always do. [...] "My Love" is probably the most emotional track I have reviewed on Gods of Music. This is a very good song and I strongly suggest giving it a try especially if you're into alternative rock."
...and alternative rock in not even Jontom's main genre! He's spent about 5 years writing soundtracks for italian theatral shows and after having learned how to match emotions on the scene with the complexity of his ambient textures, he's moving to the next step. To develope a new way of making music, to use the power of electronic music like any other instrument making the computers sound more ...human!

Other extracts from godsofmusic.com: "Jontom is amazing. His song "Cyanotic" is almost perfect in all ways [...] The last time I heard such good mastering was in a song by a professional artist."

Perhaps you haven't heard of any Jontom song before but I'll tell you: I won't miss the chance to grab one of the most innovative and creative albums of the last years!

reviews

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  • Loved his work...
    author: Mark Iafrate

    Loved his work since I heard it on his site, and I finally got the CD.

  • Its exellente grande!
    author: Treisha Mcgeen

    I like it

  • One of the best ever....
    author: DJ

    Like so many CD's I've gotten from CD Baby, this one is above the mark of excellence. I love it, love it, love it! I want more from them....It's not often you get a CD where you LIKE EVERY SONG on it...this one does more than that....you wish there was more after the last one....i'm glad i have auto replay on my CD players!

  • awsome!
    author: Lauraq

    this guy is AWSOME! except when he starts talking in his songs...uhmm...he needs to work on that... but other than taht, a really nice chill cd with electronic-ish sort of sound to it! i suggest everyone to buy it!

  • very nice composition
    author: ascension

    I wish it would have had more of the songs that were in the media section of the artists website, but this will definitely appease my hunger for great sensual soundscapes and calming ambience. Can't wait for the next release :D

  • an awe inspiring journey that will leave you wanting more.
    author: Masters of New Age Radio

    You or Nothing at All is a masterful album that we love to play on our station. "Painted of Beauty" has got to be one of the most emotive, beautiful songs ever written. If you've never heard Jontom before, you're in for an awe inspiring journey that will leave you wanting more. We give it a 5++/5.

  • One of the most intense indie CD's of the year.
    author: Andy Orozco

    This CD is easily one of the most intense indie CD's of the year. I was blown away by the production, arrangement, perfomance, and overall appeal of the CD. It was amazing from start to finish.

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