“ARI” emits a soulful rock captivation from Jhon Allan, a Swedish-Peruvian songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. The eclectic talent describes the track as “the soundtrack to a perfect love story beginning on the dance floor,” noting further that he “wanted to capture that instant connection and raw chemistry.” The result is thoroughly enveloping, strutting a hooky and easily digestible immediacy within a diverse array of influences — touching on R&B, rock, hip-hop, reggae, and ska.
“Let’s get out and dance fast,” Allan tempts in the opening lines, matched by funky guitar swirls and soulful backing vocal entrancement. “I’ma take my time,” he continues with debonair appeal, driving into a dash of strings and bursting guitar twangs — melding dancefloor-friendly energy with rock smarts, cohesively and infectiously. The track’s production dazzles in its variation between spacious momentum and impassioned eclectic flair; the final 30 seconds is especially engrossing, infusing a hip-hop intrigue in the backing vocal amidst the delectably smooth rock production. Jhon Allan’s “ARI” easily induces replays.
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The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Emerging Indie Funk, Soul, and R&B.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup, as part of the artist’s promotional campaign.
