Inspirational Norwegian DJ and producer Matoma released today, “Heart So Big” – a collaboration with electronic dance-pop trio A R I Z O N A via all digital streaming platforms, which can be found HERE. The track was written with A R I Z O N A’s longtime collaborator PJ Bianco as a love letter to his son with autism.

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Matoma shares, “PJ sent me this idea he was working on and I immediately fell head over heels in love. This song was pure emotion. As we’ve been making these plans for release around National Autism Awareness Month, and we’ve been seeing the tragedies occurring in Ukraine, we really felt there is a wider message in this song – a message of celebrating the joys of love and humanity in all shapes and forms. We hope that some of our initiatives around this release will make a positive change and spread love at a time when we all need it.”

A R I Z O N A shares, “This song, along with the hopes of raising autism awareness, carries a special notion in general that we should remember to cherish and protect the ones we love in our lives. Sometimes we can be all they have, or vice versa.”

Matoma, who recently headlined Gravity Festival in partnership with EDM-juggernaut Proximity, has already used his performance to raise money for Red Cross’ Ukraine Crisis Appeal, and matching donations personally. His livestream broke past records for the festival and raised $10,000.00 USD in just 45 minutes.

Following previous singles ‘Take Me to the Sunshine’ featuring Super-Hi and Bullysongs, ‘Never Surrender’featuring Steve Garrigan of Kodaline, ‘Summer Feeling’ featuring Jonah Kagen, which scored record numbers of streams in their first week, Matoma is proving time after time that he is a force in the current electronic world. ‘Never Surrender’ has taken off with Steve and Tom performing the moving track on The Tonight Show (Indonesia) and God Morgen Norge (Norway).

Matoma is currently appearing as one of the most beloved judges on the Norwegian version of ‘The Voice’, having previously coached country singer Erlend Gunstveit to victory. Matoma’s 2018 debut album, ‘One in a Million’, has accumulated over one billion streams since its release, featuring hits like ‘All Night (feat. The Vamps)’ and ‘False Alarm (feat. Becky Hill)’.

James McLeod is a singer-songwriter from Toronto. While his primary focus was instrumental lofi hip-hop production under the name LaFlamme, James yearned to be his own artist with his own voice. Forthcoming debut LP, Is This How Memories Work?, runs the gamut of folktronic, lofi, bedroom pop and indie sounds, exploring the distortion of memories over time. 

His latest release, “Adore” (feat. AARYS), is a modern love song expressing profound gratitude for the seemingly unimportant moments we get to spend with people we love.

New wave electro-pop pioneers, Men Without Hats, are returning with a collection of 14 new original compositions entitled Again (Part 2). 

Inspired to embark on a new chapter thanks to the support of devoted fans, brothers Ivan and Colin Doroschuk, along with industry veteran Sho Murray, chose to explore themes including current affairs, love, the meaning of life, and the state of art within their latest songs.

Again (Part 2) includes “If The World Should End Today,” an upbeat slice of electro pop which explores death and rebirth, taking inspiration from seeing the most beautiful woman in the world for the first time.

NOA, the Dutch, Toronto born Pop/R&B artist blends vibrant, catchy melodies with resonant emotional themes from relationships to female empowerment and self-realization. Her artistic voice maintains a fun, lighthearted velvety tone that helps lift fans above the noise and negativity of everyday life.

NOA is at over 3 million career streams worldwide and averaging more than 100,000 monthly listeners across platforms as she approaches the release of follow-up EP, Hurting, to 2021’s Honeymoon.

Her latest single, “Gone,” was inspired by a breakup. “How this person, and the love that was once there, suddenly felt like such a distant memory and feeling, as if it just never existed,” she explains.

Les Cooper is back with the second single from his upcoming album, Noise, set to be released on May 20th of this year.

The Greater Toronto Area-based producer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter penned “Noise,” the record’s title track, at a time when one of his friends was dealing with mental illness. It features Caroline Marie Brooks from Good Lovelies on vocals.

“This song came out of a feeling of helplessness as I recognized my instinct to shield and protect them but struggled with the reality that that wasn’t my role,” explains Cooper.

The jaunty piece of percussive indie rock/pop features string arrangements which Les wrote, inspired by the sounds of Saturday Night Fever, as the song’s narrator tries to talk someone down from a manic high: 

It feels like the sky might fall down 

Rest your chemical head 

Turn the noise down