Monssun Transports Listeners to an Alternate Reality with “Wonderland XX”

Lithuanian artist and producer Monssun released an enchanting electronic piece “Wonderland XX”, which is now available on all major streaming services. Even though it came out in 2019, the piece remains appealing to music lovers of atmospheric, genre-bending tunes.

Monssun, Simonas Gudavičius’s artistic name, offers an atmospheric piece uniquely blending IDM and downtempo genres. “Wonderland XX” is an outlier in that its very organic nature is achieved by having most of its timbres built using extensive vocal post-processing. With no lyrics in the song, the vocals are utilized as instruments in order to guide the listener through the evolving soundscape.

The song is an entrancing listen, designed to be relaxing as well as transporting. The melodies float languidly over the mix, with the feeling of drifting through some kind of fantasy domain—the title inspiration. The song was designed to be organic in tone with free-form construction, Monssun described. It is designed to balance relaxation with high-level engagement.

He is an artist with vast musical experience in genres of classical, rock, pop, and electronic music. Monssun’s productions borrow heavily from an extensive pool of influences from The Rasmus to Muse, and Grimes to Röyksopp. He began music production all the way back in 2012 before producing his first official productions in 2018.

Wonderland XX is an example of Monssun’s skill in combining all manner of disparate sounds in something engaging and moving. Fans of introspective, genre-mashing electronic music will be interested in hearing this single.