Hypnogaja writes and performs "melodic, sophisticated songs that cater to no trend” according to GRAMMY®-nominated songwriter Wendy Waldman (Garth Brooks, Vanessa Williams), producer of the band’s Acoustic Sunset – Live at the Longhouse.
The band has recorded and produced several critically acclaimed albums, toured the U.S. and Canada and garnered attention from fans around the world (including a Twitter following of more than 1 million people and over 3 million cumulative views on YouTube).
Founded by vocalist Jason “ShyBoy” Arnold and keyboardist Mark Nubar Donikian, Hypnogaja is the winner of several Hollywood Music in Media Awards, including Best Alternative Artist (for their performance of the song “Welcome To The Future”) and Best Male Vocal (for ShyBoy’s performance of the Donna Summer classic “On The Radio”).
Numerous television shows, motion pictures, video games, apps and soundtracks have featured Hypnogaja's music, including Warehouse 13 (SyFy), the Scream 4 movie trailer (Dimension Films/The Weinstein Co.), America’s Next Top Model (CW), Carrie (NBC),Cold Creek Manor (Touchstone), Dirt (F/X), FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage (Warner Bros. Interactive), Las Vegas (NBC), One Life To Live (ABC), Roswell (WB), Sex And The City(HBO), The Looking Glass Wars (Scholastic), Tru Calling (FOX), Valentine (Warner Bros.),Tap Tap Revenge 3 (Tapulous) and many others.
The band’s Below Sunset album was described by Outburn magazine as "enthralling, first-rate modern rock," Apple.com as "soulful rock with a subtle electronic backdrop" and theDenver Post as music that "pushes boundaries,” and their critically-acclaimed concept LPTruth Decay, was hailed by Outburn as an "expertly crafted album." Hypnogaja was honored with an invite from legendary Tears for Fears frontman Curt Smith to perform songs from the project on the debut episode of the web series Stripped Down Live with Curt Smith.