{"id":61340,"date":"2020-04-06T13:12:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T12:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=61340"},"modified":"2020-04-07T10:56:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T09:56:50","slug":"jonny-ong-blasts-onto-the-psychedelia-scene-with-isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/04\/jonny-ong-blasts-onto-the-psychedelia-scene-with-isolation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonny Ong Blasts Onto The Psychedelia Scene With \u2018Isolation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>It\u2019s pretty rare that a song in the current musical landscape makes use of a Handpan, amongst other unusual instruments, successfully managing to sound unlike anything else around right now. But that\u2019s exactly what Singapore-born, London-based artist Jonny Ong has done with latest track, \u2018Isolation\u2019.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A remarkably relatable song for the current moment, Ong\u2019s voice acts on behalf of us all, lamenting the loneliness we all feel at the moment. But it\u2019s not just the vocals which turn heads. The instrumentation of this song signifies that Ong is not just another faceless male performer in the middle of a sea of Ed Sheeran-alikes. The use of brass, cello and other strings, as well as a host of evocative soundscaping effects, places Ong firmly in the world-psychedelic scene, alongside acts such as Kikagaku Moyo and House of Waters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ong has been drawn to music since early childhood, singing Sinatra covers at birthday parties before discovering The Beatles, and therefore, guitar-playing, during high school. His interest in psychedelia specifically was piqued during his teenage years, when he developed a love for unconventional instrumentation and musicality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u2018Isolation\u2019 in particular is a beautiful rendition of post-breakup pain and loneliness. It speaks to a world shut away in their houses, isolated themselves, but instead of wallowing, it instead celebrates the exquisite poignancy of the emotion. Aren\u2019t we lucky to be able to feel something this deeply?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u2018Isolation\u2019 was released on the 3rd of April via Sound Portal Studios and can be streamed and downloaded <a href=\"https:\/\/distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/jonnyong\/isolation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Isolation\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6m4b8BqvtPclSJxPElBQ4k?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s pretty rare that a song in the current musical landscape makes use of a Handpan, amongst other unusual instruments, successfully managing to sound unlike anything else around right now. But that\u2019s exactly what Singapore-born, London-based artist Jonny Ong has done with latest track, \u2018Isolated\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":61349,"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":[7,57,9,21453,21446],"tags":[24778,24777,24776,65,77,370,18471,7757],"class_list":["post-61340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-single-reviews","tag-handpan","tag-isolattion","tag-jonny-ong","tag-london","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-polly-havelock","tag-singapore"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-fXm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62739,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/jonny-ongs-fools-sees-a-maturation-in-his-sound-already\/","url_meta":{"origin":61340,"position":0},"title":"Jonny Ong&#8217;s &#8216;Fools&#8217; Sees A Maturation In His Sound &#8211; Already","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"03\/06\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2018Fools\u2019 is the follow up to Jonny Ong\u2019s psychedelically-charged ballad, \u2018Isolation\u2019, and sees a maturation in his sound - already.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0435.jpeg?fit=427%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":63083,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/jonny-ong-releases-the-existential-video-for-psychedelic-track-fools\/","url_meta":{"origin":61340,"position":1},"title":"Jonny Ong Releases The Existential Video For Psychedelic Track, \u2018Fools\u2019","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"16\/06\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2018Fools\u2019 is the latest track to see Jonny Ong melding East and West philosophies and musical influences in his astute observations of the human condition.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0403-3.jpeg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0403-3.jpeg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0403-3.jpeg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0403-3.jpeg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64699,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/08\/jonny-ong-releases-the-unique-sounding-chloe\/","url_meta":{"origin":61340,"position":2},"title":"Jonny Ong Releases The Unique-Sounding &#8216;Chloe&#8217;","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"25\/08\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Jonny Ong is a man of intrigue. 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