Introducing: Aeron Aether

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Aeron Aether

Expert future breaks selector Johan Soh is on a mission to bring you the artists you really need to get more acquainted with. This week he sits down with Hungarian progressive breaks über producer and master of melodies, Aeron Aether.

Aeron Aether is one artist who has really caught my attention over the past year or so. This is a producer with a huge talent for really getting under the skin of melodic breakbeat. Fans of Hybrid back in the day are going to be shocked by quite how accomplished this music is, despite Aether's lack of breakbeat notoriety beyond his native Hungary. Take a listen to the exclusive mix he's put together for us, and prepare to set adrift on some serious memory bliss. The man himself also took time out from creating the equivalent of sonic nirvana (no, not the grunge act), to answer a few questions about what makes him tick.

Describe your music to someone who hasn't heard it
My music is a mixture of modern soundscaping techniques, tinkling little melodies with symphonic and other musical instruments and different types of rhythm styles. Symphonic movie soundtracks have influenced me a lot. The main point of my tracks is the melody, which is the essence of music, as Mozart said. If music is a human being, than the rhythm is the body, and the melody is the soul, and there's no life without soul. I'm always trying to achieve different things: if I make a nice sound on one of my tracks, then I don't start to make a lot of tracks with the same sounds, as many producers do. It's hard to describe my music, because it's always a little bit different, but I'm always trying to make something new, something that wants to get out of my brain. That's me, that's my music.

Why do you think Eastern Europe in general and Hungary in particular is such a hub for progressive breaks?
Hmmm, I don't really know. Maybe we are the descendants of an ancient immigrant breaks culture from Asia.

How far off is an album and what can we expect from it?
I've been planning my artist album for years, but I'm remixing a lot and doing collaborations with different artists in different styles, so that's why I haven't start it yet. But if everything goes well, I might finish it in summer or autumn this year. I can say just a few things now: I will try to make it as diverse as I can, from ambient to drum'n'bass, but I also will make some breaks for sure with different singers and vocals. It sounds very good in my head, so prepare for something special.

What is the biggest difference when producing breaks, compared to house and electronica?
When I'm working on a track or remix, sometimes it transforms into a breaks tune when I started off making a house tune or something else. Breaks is very complex, and it's a big challenge to make a really good breaks track (see minimal for the opposite). Sometimes I'm working on a breaks track for weeks to reach my goal, while other styles take just a few days. But maybe it's just because I'm bad in those styles, hehe.

What is it about making music that you love so much?
Music is mostly a self-actualisation, and a hobby. I make music if I have some problems, I make music if I don't have problems, so that's why music is cool. I love to see how my expressions grow into sounds and turn into melodies, and I love to see people who like my music, and I can touch their soul with my third hand, the music. I think I would write music even if nobody ever heard it, just for myself.

Anything extra special in the pipeline to look forward to?
A bunch of new tracks, remixes, collaborations. Let them be a surprise for everybody.