Billion One - Aoum (2019)

a man with a pen in his hand - focused on himself - exercise meditation

This is how the albumcover presents itself to the new album '' AOUM '' by Billion One. After three records and a few eps his new album will be released on Bunte Liebe Records. For almost 50 minutes, Sven Strohschnieder sounds a warmth that takes the synapses to an auditory nature trip. One synthetic layer slides over the other, completing the overall sound and lifting it into higher atmospheres. Billion One hikes on AOUM through electronic music; using ambient, downtempo / hip hop beats and house beats. Complex electronic sounds gain organic depth due to his sensitivity to sound and arrangement. He ennobles his tracks with pitched / chopped vocal samples. He is not concerned with content-related topics; he wants that the people inhale the melody, as it heard for example at '' Perfect Places ''.
AOUM is able to create suspense: After the danceable '' My Panda Shall Fly '' follows the beatstudy '' We Did Ok '', then the ambient-heavy '' Leaving The Universe ''. The versatility of the record is also reflected in the last track, a rework for UK-based artist Tiny Leaves. If there were not the small breaks between the tracks, it would seem that everything is blurring: timbres, melodies, instruments.
The album creates a thoroughly comfortable feeling with unique sound layers. It claims to merge an atmospheric-dreamy and psychedelic level with a house-oriented dynamic.