If you are looking for blood pumping trance music, look no further than Tom Colontonio’s flip of his sibling’s original “Heart Stop.” The original brings it’s own juice to the table, featuring a gratifying topline, future bass sidechains, and overall smooth flow thanks to it’s arrangement. Tom Colontonio achieves a balancing act here, maintaining an eclectic blend of what the original had in store, while injecting a serious dose of trance done proper. The intense tempo and classic rhythm the genre always has to offer peaks the energy in the moment, while the bridge gives ease to the tension built up. All in all, Tom Colontonio hits the head on the nail with this one, considering the creative direction that was being sought after.
In his early teens, Tom Colontonio was always enamored with what electronic music has to offer. Raised on a wide variety of music, including rock and classic, it would only be a matter of time until he found his way into the studio – and that he did. In 1996 it was his first set of turn tables where things started getting more serious. His hunger and drive to be more in touch with the spirit of the music paid off well, clubs in Philly soon picking up on what he was putting down. A gradual development on the performance and production side eventually led to Colontonio playing alongside some of the biggest names in the industry, including Paul van Dyk, Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Marco V, John O’Callaghan and many others.
Having sold tens of thousands of records, being booked to play at venues in over 20 countries, and so much more, Tom Colontonio is a prime example of how to make a life long career out of dance music.
