Jonathan Mendelsohn (born 19 June 1980) is an American singer and songwriter. He has worked with EDM DJs such as Hardwell, Brennan Heart and Blasterjaxx. Their collaborations "We Are Legends", "Imaginary" and "Ghost In The Machine" held the number one position on the respective Beatport Top 100,[1] while the song "Till Tonight" with Laidback Luke was ranked in the Dutch national charts.[2] Also two tracks with Dash Berlin received a nomination for 'Best Trance Track' at the IDMA's.[3][4]
Jonathan Mendelsohn | |
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 Jonathan Mendelsohn (left) at I AM Hardstyle | |
| Born | June 19, 1980 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Labels | |
| Website | www |
Early life
editMendelsohn was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and raised in Upstate New York. At the age of eleven he began writing his own songs after having learnt chord progression from his concert pianist mother.[5] He names Mariah Carey and Björk as an early influence, before getting in touch with electronic music during highschool.[6] In 2007 he won the 'Amateur Night competition' at the Apollo Theater, which caught the attention of Chris Brann and led to a record deal with Sony BMG.[7] Mendelsohn was also noticed by Nic Chagall and later Dash Berlin.[8]
Career in electronic dance music
editIn 2013, Mendelsohn did the vocals for the song "Imaginary" by Brennan Heart. It was part of the Defqon.1 endshow and got released on Brennan Heart's album "Evolution of Style".[9] The song held the number one position on the Hard Dance Beatport Charts and was ranked in the Top 100 for 777 days.[10] It was voted as best hardstyle track of the year by Q-dance.[11] In 2019, "Imaginary" was certified gold in the Netherlands, and achieved the platinum award in 2022.[12]
In 2015 Mendelsohn was featured in Hardwell's album "United We Are" with the collaboration "Echo". It was released as a single later that year and was ranked #1 on the Dutch iTunes charts and #2 worldwide.[13]
Starting 2017 Mendelsohn worked together with Swedish producer Kaaze. Their collaboration with Hardwell "We Are Legends" was released on the Hardwell & Friends EP Vol.1 and was ranked #1 in the Bigroom Beatport Charts.[14] Two more collaborations followed on Revealed Recordings in 2017 and 2019.
Discography
edit| Year | Title | Producer | Label | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | King Of My Castle | Wamdue Project | Pacha | Progressive house |
| 2009 | Forgiveness | Fierce Angel | House | |
| This Moment | Nic Chagall | High Contrast | Trance | |
| 2010 | Till Tonight | Laidback Luke | Mixmash | |
| Timebomb | Progressive House | |||
| Coming Back | Marco V | In Charge | Trance | |
| Love We Got | Laurent Wolf | Wolf Project | Electro House | |
| 2011 | Walking Away | Chris Kaeser | House And Love | Progressive House |
| Better Half Of Me | Dash Berlin | Aropa | Trance | |
| Wonderful | World Sketch | Roth Project | House | |
| Never Letting Go | ||||
| Ready To Love | ||||
| You Just Don't Love Me | David Morales | Ultra | Progressive House | |
| Bring Me Back | Dennis Shepherd | High Contrast | Trance | |
| 2012 | Something For Everybody | Cazwell, Get Far, DAB | Melodica | Progressive House |
| Where Did you Go | Morgan Page, Andy Caldwell | Nettwerk | Pop | |
| World Falls Apart | Dash Berlin | Aropa | Trance | |
| Back To Me | Jody Wisternoff | Anjunadeep | Deep House | |
| Out Of Reach | ||||
| Slowmotion | ||||
| Last Time | David Morales | Ultra | House | |
| Standing In Your Way | StoneBridge, Matt Joko | Zouk | Bigroom | |
| Tears | Gina Star | LOI | - | |
| 2013 | Imaginary | Brennan Heart | WE R | Hardstyle |
| Steal You Away | Dash Berlin & Alexander Popov | Aropa | Trance | |
| Tonight | Juanjo Martin | Supermartxe | Progressive House | |
| Hurricane | Dohr & Mangold | Trice | Bigroom | |
| 2014 | Apart | Orjan Nilsen | Armada | Trance |
| One In A Million | Andrew Rayel | |||
| A New Dream | Tenishia | Black Hole | ||
| Starlight | World Sketch | Roth Project | House | |
| Satellite | Tritonal | Enhanced | Bigroom | |
| Earthquake | Venom One | Coldharbour | Trance | |
| Follow The Light | Brennan Heart | WE R | Hardstyle | |
| 2015 | Echo | Hardwell | Ultra | Trance |
| This Time | Nic Chagall | Wake Your Minds | ||
| Give Me The Love | Bryan Milton | Sine | Electronica | |
| Shooting Star | Juanjo Martin | Clipper's Sound | Progressive House | |
| Thunda | Honey Dijon & Tim K | Classic | - | |
| Ghost In The Machine | Blasterjaxx & MOTi | Spinnin' | Bigroom | |
| All My Life | Cosmic Gate | Armada | Trance | |
| 2016 | Open My Eyes | Tom Swoon | Revealed | Bigroom |
| Memories | Juanjo Martin | Blanco y Negro | Pop | |
| Miracle | Fedde Le Grand | WePLAY | - | |
| Lost | ||||
| Way To Happiness | Mark Sixma | Armada | Trance | |
| World Like This | Alexander Popov | |||
| Be Here Now | Brennan Heart | WE R | Hardstyle | |
| 2017 | Home | Andrew Rayel | Armada | Trance |
| Forgiven | ||||
| Streets Of Gold | Standerwick | |||
| Sun Comes Again | Tenishia | Interplay | ||
| Black Rose | Blasterjaxx | Maxximize | Bigroom | |
| We Are Legends | Hardwell & Kaaze | Revealed | ||
| End Of The World | Kaaze | |||
| Broken | Brennan Heart & Code Black | WE R | Hardstyle | |
| Return To Love | Shane 54 | Armada | Trance | |
| In My Dreams | Futuristic Polar Bears | Knightvision | - | |
| 2018 | Ocean | Seven Lions & Jason Ross | Ophelia | Pop |
| This Is Where It Starts | Solarstone | Black Hole | Trance | |
| Coming Back To You | Brennan Heart | WE R | Hardstyle | |
| 2019 | Close Your Eyes | Jason Ross | Anjunabeats | House |
| Locked Out Of Heaven | Dash Berlin | Armada | Trance | |
| Nothing Hurts Like Love | Bodywrmr | |||
| Young At Heart | Navarra | Pitch | Pop | |
| Never Before | Gareth Emery, Ashley Wallbridge | Garuda | Trance | |
| Poison Lips | Kaaze | Revealed | Bigroom | |
| 2020 | Moving Mountains | Wolfpack | Smash The House | |
| Foolish Of Me[15] | Seven Lions, Jason Ross, Crystal Skies | Ophelia | Dubstep | |
| Hurts Sometimes[16] | Slander, Fairlane | Heaven Sent | ||
| Journey | Brennan Heart | WE R | Hardstyle | |
| 2021 | By My Side[17] | Wolfpack and Jerry Dávila | Smash The House | Bigroom |
| Make It Out Alive[18] | Blasterjaxx | Lmg / Outfly | ||
| 2022 | Down To Love[19] | Alpha9 | Anjunabeats | Trance |
| Final Frontier[20] | Alpha9 | Anjunabeats | ||
| 2023 | Lightning Strikes[21] | ARTY | Armada | Progressive House |
References
edit- ^ "Beatport Top Tracker". Bptoptracker.com.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Laidback Luke feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn – Till Tonight". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ "IDMA's – 2012 IDMA Nominees FOR 2011 – Winter Music Conference 2013 – WMC 2013". 2013-05-04. Archived from the original on 2013-05-04. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ "29th Annual International Dance Music Awards – Winter Music Conference 2014 – WMC 2014". 2014-03-12. Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ "Jonathan Mendelsohn – Artists". Insomniac.com. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ "Dance Music Cities – New York CityNew York City – Jonathan Mendelsohn". DMC World Magazine. 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ "Arcdsa Music: Jonathan Mendelsohn". Arcdsa.blogspot.com. 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ "ABOUT". Jonathan-mendelsohn.com. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ 1001Tracklists. "Brennan Heart & Jonathan Mendelsohn – Imaginary [WE R] Page #3". 1001Tracklists. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Imaginary Beatport Tracker". Bptoptracker.com.
- ^ "Dit is de Q-dance Hardstyle Top 100 2019 |". Hard News (in Dutch). 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ "Goud/Platina". Archived from the original on 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- ^ Cameron, John (2015-04-20). "Hardwell Releases Music Video For Echo". We Got This Covered. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ "We Are Legends Beatport Tracker". Bptoptracker.com.
- ^ Sclippa, Phil (2020-10-22). "Seven Lions and Jason Ross reunite, enlist Crystal Skies for 'Foolish Of Me' [Premiere]". EDM.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ Goldenberg, Ross (2020-10-26). "SLANDER establish Heaven Sent label with Fairlane and Jonathan Mendelsohn collaboration, 'Hurts Sometimes'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ "By My Side - Single by Wolfpack, Jerry Dávila & Jonathan Mendelsohn on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ Goldenberg, Ross (2021-05-05). "Blasterjaxx and Jonathan Mendelsohn clinch collaborative trilogy with 'Make It Out Alive'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ Goldenberg, Ross (2022-11-14). "ALPHA 9 pairs with Jonathan Mendelsohn for 'New Horizons' single, uploads full ABGT500 set". Dancing Astronaut.
- ^ Goldenberg, Ross (2022-12-13). "ALPHA 9's ABGT500 opening becomes third 'New Horizons' single, 'Final Frontier'". Dancing Astronaut.
- ^ "Lightning Strikes - ARTY". Traxsource.