Alex Arndt & The Sonic Universe
Sonic Paradigm
Music and Lyrics: Alex Arndt, Kay Glynn
Produced By: A. Arndt, K. Glynn, Kevin Fisher, Keith Lawrence

Engineering, Mixing: K. Fisher ** Vocals, Guitars: A. Arndt ** Bass, Guitars, Keyboard, Drums, Synths: K. Fisher ** Additional Drums, Percussion, Synths on Tracks 2, 3, 6, 7: K. Lawrence ** Backing Vocals: Maura Murphy - Track 6 ; Molly Litman - Track 7 ; K. Glynn - Track 9 ** Sax: Toby Karlin - Track 9 ** Piano: Ethan Greenblatt - Track 11 ** Classical Guitar: Mischa Wagner - Track 1 ** Mastering: Disc Makers ** Sound Textures on tracks 4 & 5: Freesound.org ** Graphic Design: A. Arndt (help from K. Glynn & carlabdesigns) ** Photography: Beth Alspaugh, Val Rosas, the24studio ** Thanks also to … Prabhupada's servant, Punya (heartbeatofglobalunity.com) - for his spiritually conscious thoughts that were so inspirational to our songwriting ** Guru ads (Roger Siegel) for inspiring our song from his poem "Endless Beginnings." ** SGI & Nam Myoho Renge Kyo ** Gretchen, Ray, & Elizabeth Arndt ; Molly, Torie, Kevin, & Wayne Litman ; Mike, John, & Arlene Glynn for their love & support ** & NASA … for exploring billions of light years into existence & allowing us to use "Hubble Ultra Deep Field," this photo of ten thousand galaxies (show inside the album pages).

Endless Beginnings (We Live As One)

Amanda has ranked #1 on Beatport International Top 100 Trance Releases 6 times. Additionally, She reached #2 on the Melodic House & Techno Chart earlier this year with Supernova [Coldharbour Recordings], which currently has over 200k plays on Spotify and was featured by Markus Schulz on his radio show. She hit #2 on the Trance Singles chart with Captured (single), and has frequently ranked on the top 40 of the Trance singles chart in the past 3 years. Amanda's latest EP "Eternity 2023" reached #19 on the SoundCloud international Trance chart for Hot&New. The remix for "Mystery" with Aressa by Adrian Alexander, along with the Original Mix signed to [Elliptical Sun], were played several times by Andrew Rayel. Amanda's music has also been featured on radio shows and playlists by reputable artists such as Super 8 & Tab and Aly & Fila. Amanda has opened for the top names in the industry including Darude, BT, Orjan Nilsen, Super 8 & Tab, Bobina, David Gravell, Kyau and Albert, W&W, Omnia, Jordan Suckley, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Heatbeat, and radio Mogul, Judge Jules (among others). In addition, her weekly 2 hour radio show, "AXION" was voted in the top 25 Trance Podcasts on the web (Feedspot.com) and is streamed weekly 8 times from 6 different countries (USA, Greece, Italy (2 stations), Belgium, Netherlands and the U.K.). About Amanda Darling: Is she from the future, or from the past? Known as The Time Traveling DJ®, she is a mysterious inter-dimensional space traveler who has come to the current age with the sole intent of uniting the world through music. With 2 albums under her belt, she continues to strive for the title of 'Queen of Trance' with her forthcoming 3rd album "Passages of Time" set for release this fall. Amanda Darling is a burgeoning superstar traveling around the globe and stationed in Europe in 2022-2024. She has played the top music festivals in the world including EDC (Las Vegas) and ULTRA (South Korea), and was voted in the to 10 female Trance DJs worldwide (TrancePodium). She has been main stage resident at Avalon Hollywood for the last 3 years (Ranked #33 club worldwide, DJ Magazine). Her DJ sets have garnered international recognition with millions of views on YouTube. Press contacts and media outlets are encouraged to use the contact information listed below to request interviews with Amanda Darling.

Los Angeles based band, The Sonic Universe is fronted by international recording and performing artist, Alex Arndt, a Virginia Tech graduate originally from the Washington D.C. area.  Arndt has toured and performed in over a dozen countries worldwide including Ireland, Netherlands, Japan, Peru, and Australia. He was featured at one of the largest electronic music festivals with 150,000+ strong crowd, Ultra Music Festival at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, Korea with DJ, Amanda Darling. In addition, The Sonic Universe has performed at other festivals such as SXSW (Austin, TX), Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI), NAMM Show (Anaheim, CA), Malibu Music Awards (Malibu, CA), Cosmic Convergence (Panajachel, Guatemala), Synthesis Festival (Chichen Itza pyramid, Mexico) and dozens more. They have shared festival/venue stages with noteworthy artists such as Joe Walsh, Jason Mraz, George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic, SEV, Colbie Caillat, Heatbeat, and Alex M.O.R.P.H.

For the better part of the last decade, The Sonic Universe (which is an international trademark) has been gaining notoriety around the Greater Los Angeles area with performances at premiere venues such as House of Blues Anaheim, The Belasco, The Roxy Theater, and Avalon Hollywood. Arndt’s deep and rich vocals seem to be somewhat nostalgic of the legendary David Bowie with a style that echoes hints of Mick Jagger and Steven Tyler.  The Sonic Universe has been pushing the boundaries of genre by combining elements of Rock, Pop and Electronic Dance Music (EDM) into an electrifying sound that is thrilling audiences. With their new anthemic high-vibe Pock/Rock EP releasing in 2020, The Sonic Universe is poised to extend their reach to new USA and international audiences.

"The Sonic Universe," formerly "Alex Arndt & The Sonic Universe" has always been a strong force for positivity with songs like “Oh Zalika” (on “Sonic Paradigm” album), used for a hungry children project; “Strength Through Peace,” used as USA presidential campaign theme song for peace; “Swallowed in the Pocket,” a song about drug addiction written for the hollywood feature movie “In My Pocket”; “Plastic Soup,” a song in connection with marine environmental organizations concerning the critical plastic problem in our oceans; and an EP called “Animal Compassion” which was performed at global conferences and has had years of international television coverage.