Artist/Band Profile: Jonathan Heslop (Planet Bliss) has been producing Electronic music since the mid 90s having been influenced by up-tempo artists like Orbital, The Chemical Brothers and down-tempo/Ambient artist like Edge of Motion, Brian Eno, Fila Brazillia. His music combines intricate, powerful beats with multi-layered and evolving synth soundscapes.
From 1996 to 1998 Jonathan studied Popular Music at the "Carlisle Collage of Art and Design". Over the 2 year course he learned how to work in a live and studio environment. Learning some key skills in stage setup, live recording and mastering/production. It was during, but outside this course that Jonathan progressed his skills at using Synthesizers, Samplers, Computers and his composition skills.
Jonathan is currently Finishing off his first Album for release in mid/late 2005. He is also working on Down Tempo re-mixes for independent and commercial artists including Faithless, FSOL and Artefact.
Similar Artists: Orbital, FSOL, Leftfield, Edge of Motion, Brian Eno, Daft Punk, The Orb, Boards of Canada, Royksopp, Zero 7, Air, Groove Armada, Vangelis, Moby, Fila Brazillia, Ibizarre, Boom Blip, Plaid, Röjksopp, Massive Attack, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Ulrich Schnauss.
Music Style: Downtempo, Triphop, Progressive Electronic, Ambient, IDM, Trance, Ambient.
Reviews: "... Every once in a while an artist taps into a nerve center awakening long forgotten memories of joy, peace and wonder. Welcome to Planet Bliss!
The debut album from Planet Bliss, Electronic Somewhere captures the very essence of tranquility in an "other-worldly" sense. Rich with atmospheric and minimalistic layers, each track takes you further on a every expanding journey.
Jonathan Heslop (Planet Bliss) is no stranger to the music scene. He has been producing Electronic music since the mid 90s having been influenced by up-tempo artists like Orbital, The Chemical Brothers and down-tempo/Ambient artist like Edge of Motion, Brian Eno, Fila Brazillia. Want to start the year with no stress? This debut album definetly one to check out! Be sure to check out the Planet Bliss website for more info. and how to pick up this awesome album..."
Review by:
Subsonic Temple
"...Now boarding passengers for Planet Bliss. Your pilot Jonathan Heslop and his lovely electronic bots will be offering a wide range of complimentary trip hop and IDM delicacies to satisfy your ever-growing appetite for electronic music..."
Review by:
music.download.com editor
Join Us:
"... And just when you were beginning to lose faith in Electronic Music, you stumble upon one of the reasons why you began listening to it in the first place. Lets just hope that for Bliss' sake that outside of the vocals, the song is an original piece not holding any resemblance to the pre-made-riffdom that all electronic artists dread. Cause if it was...he should be seriously ashamed of himself.
But frankly, I don't at all believe that he has anything to worry about.
I have no idea where this guy came from, but this track eerily titled "Join Us" is a masterpiece. The vocals are manipulated to the extent where they do not take a heavy influence on the lead, but they remain to make the song as a whole incredibly rich. And by the time that the song takes off in a full steady groove, the voices fall back in order for the lush strings to fill the song as a whole. As this song progresses, the feel of Air and Kruder & Dorfmeister takes a heavy prominence. Frankly this one track is as good as the majority of Air's earlier singles. In addition the pizzi-synth that glides in at 3:26 reminds me of the "Kiteless" days of Underworld. This track comes across amazingly warm, light, and spacy. This, my friends, is a person that knows how to make real music. The only problem I have is that in order to achieve the richness of that the song song deserves, the artist needs to spend....nah... never mind, this track is great enough where it stands ..."
Review by:
Gods of Music
Influences: Orbital, F.S.O.L., The Orb, Edge of Motion, Brian Eno, Air, Groove Armada, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Ulrich Schnauss.
Studio / Music Equipment: 2.2gh AMD computer
Emu Emulator X 1212m
Reason
Wavelab
Recycle
Vokator
Synthedit
Acid Pro
Doepfer A100 Modular
Microwave XT
Technics WSA1
Digitech Studio Quad
Spirit Folio SX
Ultrapatch Pro
Mackie 624 monitors
