Stay is a modern spin on a timeless plea. For you heartbroken lovers out there, this is your song.

Gotta love the bubbly opening. Immediately dropping in with arpeggiating sine waves and a loving female voice, the verse drops out of texture into NYA's extremely well trained vocals keeps us focused on the present. The song is perfect for ritzy night-clubs. The song itself is a classic pop feel: verse, pre-chorus, chorus, never feeding us with the dissonant drop phrases pervading the rest of EDM, but still holding us close with electronic textures. The whole musical spectacle makes the listener feel well taken care of blending beautifully with a kind of carelessness. Her lover is leaving, but the whole song is upbeat..so who cares, kinda? "I wanted you to stay", but you didn't. The POV knows clearly that her new flame is going to be a "memory" and I think it reminds us all to focus on the intangibility of the moment and find what happiness we can in that. 

Check out masterfully produced artist Monti with her new single "Echo ft Josh Stevens"

From her bio, Monti was born into an abusive broken home filled with drugs and alcoholism, Monti was a runaway who dodged foster care systems living off and on the streets, escaping a life of gangs, mental hospitals, group homes, and drug and alcohol abuse. Her turbulent past is brilliantly conveyed in her debut song Echo with moody synths and electro-pop. 

Coming from that sort of past to rock with these vocals and this well-produced of a track is astounding. Echo was produced by composer Josh Stevens (Calvin Harris, LMFAO, The Game). There is clearly pain in the piano rock intro, but the chorus of "we are the voiceless" shows that she truly sings for her fans and is doing her best to help them out and "make it". The chorus is epic and powerful, backing Monti with adults and children fighting through their plight. Monti, for her part, slays it with Sia and Jessie J power in her soaring vocals, coming as a vibrant surprise as the chorus comes back in. As a composition, the break with the R&B style almost sing-songy male comes at a very refreshing point in the song before our girl Monti comes back in and just decimates with her lungs again.

Keep your ear on this girl folks, she's doing good things. 

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Aash Mehta's "No Secrets" (ft. Alexa Lusader) is an inspiring track about letting go of a damaging past. Listen if you're ready to feel great about yourself

No Secrets is the cathartic, empowering track of releasing yourself from sadness and hiding. As lyricist Alexa Lusader says “I was held captive by this secret” and freed himself by being honest. The track starts with gentle, melancholy pads with a rising vocal line on the upbeat of the measure before the verse begins, pushing us forward through the song’s story. A happy understanding that his secret made him stronger than he ever thought he’d feel, the drop comes at an emotional point in his hero’s journey, bringing the boon from his darkness to us on the dance floor.

No Secrets is a top-notch track. Feminine vocals with Flume-style pulsing synths, blends well in the drops reminiscent of early 2010’s dubstep, complete soaring sing-along vocals in a triumphant end.

Great track if you’re coming out of a transitory phase in your life.

Connect with the Producer (Aash Mehta) and the Lyricist/Singer (Alexa Lusader) below!

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