Aurory has spent the previous 12 months quietly constructing a world of his personal inside Melodic Home & Techno. Now, as momentum continues to develop, the main focus is on what comes subsequent. We sat down with Aurory to speak about his plans for 2026, upcoming releases, evolving influences, and the larger imaginative and prescient behind the challenge.
What key classes or shifts from 2025 are shaping the way you’re approaching 2026?
Hello, I’m Filippo, also referred to as Aurory — actually happy to be right here. I began this challenge nearly a 12 months in the past, so it’s nonetheless fairly new, however I’ve realized lots in a short while. One massive lesson from 2025 was that much less is extra: once you give tracks more room, they really feel stronger and extra intentional. Looking forward to 2026, I need to actually slender my sound and concentrate on fewer, however simpler synths.
When you consider 2026, what excites you most concerning the initiatives or concepts you’re planning to discover?
To be trustworthy, I’m nonetheless in a discovery section, the place I’m exploring totally different instruments and sounds to essentially outline who I’m as an artist. That’s what makes 2026 particularly thrilling for me — it’s about exploration and really understanding the course I need to take. I’m additionally actually wanting ahead to seeing how my upcoming releases carry out. I’ve a number of tracks prepared which have already been examined and obtained sturdy suggestions, together with my subsequent EP, which focuses on melodies impressed by the Center Jap world — a area that’s turning into more and more influential in shaping new artists and sounds.
Is there a private or skilled objective you’re setting for 2026 that feels particularly essential to you proper now?
As an artist, I’ve a really clear imaginative and prescient, and I need to transfer quick with out dropping focus. My objective is to be extra according to releases, but additionally to realize stronger outcomes when it comes to promotion for every monitor or EP. Too typically music is launched with out sufficient intention, so I desire fewer releases with extra focus behind them. This strategy additionally displays my manufacturing course of: I need to create stronger tracks with a gradual output, avoiding lengthy gaps between releases. On the identical time, I’m engaged on clearly defining my sound — one thing that can form my creative id for the years to come back.
How do you hope your challenge or model will evolve over the following 12 months in comparison with the place it stands right now?
I’m assured that I’m establishing my music — and myself as an artist — in the absolute best means. Right now, an artist must have management over all facets of their challenge, not simply the music. That’s why I made a decision to companion with an organization that helps me in a 360-degree means. I strongly consider that music is not solely about sound, but additionally about the whole lot round it: artist notion, recognizability, visible id, style, and the way in which you progress inside the scene. All of those components are important to taking the following step. I see subsequent 12 months as a 12 months of consolidation — each sonically and artistically — that means a real validation of the challenge, permitting me to push it ahead with rather more energy. This can translate into a number of actions that can assist me develop in a short time on an expert stage. And that is just the start.
Are there any collaborations, areas, or industries you’re significantly enthusiastic about exploring in 2026?
Each the Tech and Melodic House worlds actually fascinate me, and I’m curious to see the place they are going to take me. I’m additionally beginning a number of collaborations with well-known artists, which for now stay confidential. What I can say is that I’m very drawn to the Center Jap scene and to the constructive impression it’s having on the music industry — not solely by means of visually spectacular reveals, but additionally by means of sound and tradition. I’m equally within the North African scene, which is in sturdy growth, with international locations like Morocco main the way in which. On the identical time, markets resembling Turkey and India proceed to develop inside the style I work in. And of course, we will’t overlook the sturdy foundations in Brazil and Argentina.
What does “progress” seem like for you within the 12 months forward, creatively, culturally, or commercially?
A challenge constructed primarily round industrial objectives just isn’t actually a challenge for me, particularly within the early levels. Originally, the main focus needs to be on progress and long-term sustainability earlier than monetization. I strongly consider in giving to the trade earlier than anticipating something in return, which implies producing as a lot high-quality music as potential and contributing actual worth by means of sturdy tracks earlier than aiming for important industrial outcomes. This can be my principal focus this 12 months, and I’m assured it can result in significant growth within the coming years, not solely commercially, however creatively as nicely.
Is there one thing you’ve been holding again on that 2026 seems like the correct time to lastly pursue?
Sure, signing with well-established and extremely acknowledged labels is certainly a objective, as they may help elevate my profile and attain a wider viewers.
When you might describe your imaginative and prescient for 2026 in a single sentence, what wouldn’t it be?
Give attention to doing much less, however with extra impression — not solely within the Western world.
It’s clear Aurory isn’t simply occupied with his subsequent monitor or subsequent present, he’s occupied with legacy, storytelling, and long-term impression. With ambition, readability, and a sound that continues to evolve, the following chapter appears set to be his most defining but.
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