Ryan and Alex Phelan, the true identities of the artists, have always had a very strong musical connection, and it’s made very clear on ‘Always With You’. Using dreamy, synth-pop production techniques, A1ASKA is able to put down the perfect underbed for Alex The OKs vocals, which in turn provide a beautifully infectious melody.<\/p>\n
The track is an expression of complications which arise within romantic relationships, and go into detail about “the thought of being in love with someone and them slowly pulling away until they are no longer there.”<\/p>\n
A native of Alaska, Ryan first started in electronic music and production about 10 years ago, and this year, having honed his skills during all that time, he began releasing music, and has so far put out nearly 50 singles.<\/p>\n
A1ASKA doesn’t feel the need to stick to one genre, and credits Kaskade, Marshmello, and Depeche Mode, as among his inspirations.<\/p>\n
‘Always With You’ will be available across all digital platforms from 15 November. You can find A1ASKA online on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>. Stream and download his music on Soundcloud<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/a1askamusic\/always-with-you\/s-wXVcj<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Out tomorrow 15 November, electronic producer A1ASKA has joined forces with his brother Alex The OK on his latest single, ‘Always With You’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":57171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,21445,21446],"tags":[23509,23511,23510,326,11720,77,370,403],"class_list":["post-57164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-a1aska","tag-alex-the-ok","tag-always-with-you","tag-electronic","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-producer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-eS0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75381,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/05\/were-feeling-the-nrg-with-de-royces-new-release-featuring-alex-t-o-k-moca-generation\/","url_meta":{"origin":57164,"position":0},"title":"We’re Feeling The ‘NRG’ With De Royce’s New Release, Featuring Alex (T.O.K.) & Moca Generation","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"05\/05\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"New single, 'NRG', is a tropical heatwave, that sees De Royce collaborate with Alex, from T.O.K, and featuring Moca Generation. 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