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If Charlie Parker grew up listening to Pat Metheny, toured with Steely Dan while blasting Stevie Wonder and Jobim on his iPod for those long bus rides, and then composed the soundtrack to his adventures atop a body-shaking dancefloor groove, you’d have something resembling the sounds of Bloompocket. Fully flexing his jazz muscle alongside a penchant for melodic and uplifting soulful house music, Bloompocket wants nothing more than to make your insides smile while your outsides bounce.

Starting his journey at age 12 as an award-winning saxophonist, touring Japan and performing solo at the Los Angeles Music Center as a high school student, Doron Orenstein eventually found himself studying jazz and jamming with the greats in New York City. He went on to tour the world with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra at the ripe age of twenty-one. Naturally, after 11 years immersed in the sounds of bebop and beyond, furthest from his mind was the world of digital drums, samples, sequencers, and loopy grooves. Serendipitously inspired by the now-legendary desert dance parties of Southern California, Doron branched out into electronic music in 1997 alongside his classically-trained compatriot Gabriel D Vine. The two set out on a crash course in house music production rapidly resulting in an album and chart-topping internationally-released singles for Subliminal Records as house music duo, Monkey Bars. Among their supporters is a diverse bunch including Mark Farina, Kaskade, DJ Dan, Seb Fontaine, Steve Lawler and Pete Tong, as well as radio stations worldwide such as the UK’s BBC Radio 1, Los Angeles’ KCRW and Power106, along with Italy’s Radio Idea to name just a small sampling. Making waves in clubland as well as on dance music radio programs worldwide, their track “You Be Want Some Fun” was named the BBC’s Dance Tune of the Week while their single “Shuggie Love” hit the #1 spot on the UK’s Music Week chart. Years later their music remains relevant, as “Shuggie Love” was recently featured on ABC’s hit series “Samantha Who?”

Transcending the confines of the studio, Monkey Bars blazed new trails with their innovative DJ sets combining house music with live sax and keyboards, taking dancefloors in major venues throughout North America and Canada to the highest heights of drummy-jazz jubilation. Kicking things up yet another notch with their live sets, Monkey Bars shined like no other. Just ask anyone who heard them perform alongside Erick Morillo and P. Diddy at the Miami Winter Music Conference’s most massive of events, the Subliminal Sessions. Incorporating on-the-fly renditions of their biggest tunes bolstered by live instruments and combined with the stellar vocals of singer Rachael Hollingsworth, their shows have been described as “history in the making.”

As a sax-wielding gun for hire, Bloompocket’s Doron has accompanied some of house music’s biggest names both in the studio as well as alongside the DJ booth. Heavyweights such as Roy Davis Jr., Halo, Kemal, Rick Preston, J.T. Donaldson, and Eric Davenport (to name just a few) have called on Doron’s services to add his irreplaceable “house-meets-jazz” dimension to their groove-work.

Now, in the wake of a celebrated and influential run as one half of Monkey Bars, Doron has returned to his jazzy and soulful roots. The premiere single on his own imprint, Bloompocket Jazz entitled “All Around Us” features the stunningly soulful vocals and guitar work of Los Angeles’ extraordinary jazz and R&B veteran, Daryl Darden atop live horns, poppin’ electric bass, lush strings, and swirling keys bringing to mind the sounds of George Benson and Earth, Wind, and Fire. The fact that Doron himself was responsible for the melody, lyrics, and instrumental arrangement highlights the emphasis on traditional musical composition and songwriting alongside the ever-crucial club-stomping groove. Following “All Around Us” with a release on Milan’s Gotta Keep Faith Records, Bloompocket’s mission of spreading love and joy through music is well under way.

Click here to view Doron’s discography.