The first thing you will have noticed when you started reading this post is that the genre is missing from the title. This is not a mistake, but a conscious choice. In preparation of my blogs I usually do some research into how other people classify the artists I discuss. However nobody seems to know how to categorize Alon Mor, a young and very talented producer from Israel. "What am I listening to?" is what I was thinking the first time I listened to Alon's song Jasmine. It starts out with a jazzy/Latin intro, followed by a middle-eastern sounding synth-melody and turns into a future house track. At 1.40 minutes there's a breakdown where the jazzy part returns, followed by ambient music and some classical strings which seamlessly flow into the house part again. I fell in love with the song and it became one of my favourite tracks of 2016.
In the
10 minute long song Demons Alon
manages to put in even more genres. The song starts out with a spacey bass line
followed by some dark techno but is then followed by middle eastern sounds,
classical piano, Spanish guitar, chiptunes and even an church organ.
Two
other superb songs are When Silence Kicks In, which is a blend of a fairytale soundtrack and future bass, and Adra De Khal, a very moody, more
classical song featuring a concert flute.
You'd
think that combining so many different styles, genres and instruments would
result in a messy track, but I think that Alon manages to mix everything
together in such a way that it becomes a very coherent piece. To get an idea of
Alon's versatility check out some more songs below, each one is completely
different from the others.
Other favourites: Intermission (Dark House
Vega (Glitch-hop)
Scattered Clouds (Electro waltz)
Pablo's Place (Latin)
Check
out more songs on Alon Mor's Official YouTube channel.
