Music Duo VO.X Release New Single 'The Awakening'
Independent non-denominational Christian music project VO.X, consisting of music producers and singer-songwriters Rián (Aram Rian) and May (May Zoean), have released their latest single 'The Awakening', taken from the upcoming album 'Beatitudes In Progress'.
"This year we'll be releasing some of the fresh Gospel-orientated music we've recently written and produced for the VO.X Project, brand new original material concurrently from our 3 upcoming albums: STEREOLOGUE (English), BEATITUDES IN PROGRESS (English), UNMADE IN YEREVAN (Armenian). We hope the new VO.X songs will once again manifest a meaningful synergy between beautiful melodies and sincere Christian messages that will touch listeners’ inner beings", explains the duo.
Previously known as a duo-band project (pre-2012) represented by Rián and singer-songwriter Gaya, then as Aram Rian's solo project (2012-2016) and subsequently as the current duo-venture (2016-present) comprising Rián and music producer May. Originally launched by singer-songwriter and guitarist Igor Siletsky in the late 1990s.
As a contemporary gospel music project, VO.X (featuring Rián and Gaya) was twice selected as the Best British Act in the category of Contemporary Gospel Music within the framework of British Gospel Music Awards 2003 and 2004 in the United Kingdom (the winning songs being "No Matter" and "Gone with the Wind").
In 2012 (as VO.X went solo and functioned as a studio collaborative project represented by Aram Rian), Rián's song "Off the Beaten Path" became an International Songwriting Competition (USA) winner in the category of Best Music Video.
In 2016, Aram Rian became known as a lucky music producer who caught Sir Paul McCartney's attention during the June 2 concert in Madrid (Spain). The legendary Beatle (whose music had immensely influenced Rián's songwriting and musical taste) personally accepted a gift pack from Rián, containing the music producer's album "From Rián to McCartney".
The autumn of 2017 saw VO.X go back to the duo format: along with female music producer May, Rián released a new VO.X EP album, "One-Way Ride" on November 14th 2017. The album featured elements of electropop, indiepop and chillout. One of the album songs, "When The Worlds Collide", became an International Songwriting Competition (USA) winner in 2017.
