AARON HIBELL RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM, ‘SYNCHRONICITY’
Aaron Hibell is a trailblazer who bravely asked the question, “What if Interstellar had techno?” The answer is Hibell’s escapist euphoric universe that will take on a life of its own in the mind of every listener, no two the same.
If you took Hanz Zimmer, early 2000’s Tiesto, and threw in maybe a splash of Odesza, you’d have the cinematic, electronic mastermind that is Aaron Hibell, who released his debut album,SYNCHRONICITY, on March 6, 2026. In a press conference on March 12, Hibell took the time to speak a little bit about the album and how it came to be after ten years of making music.
SYNCHRONICITY is a bold sonic journey to the furthest corners of Hibell’s imagination. While the continuous listen clocks in at only 38 minutes over 11 tracks, expansive is the best way to describe it. It dabbles in techno, trance, melodic, and ambient sounds interwoven by cinematic film score.
Hibell spoke of the things that inspired him, and it’s no wonder it’s so sonically diverse, from track to track, minute by minute. Visible patterns that connect us all, Tiesto’s live sets from the 2000s, Hans Zimmer, Ludwig Göransson, the rugged and vast ocean down by his parents' house where the bulk of the album was written, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, Carl Young, the act of regularly achieving flow state, just to name a few.
Hibell is one of the only artists you’ll ever come across that will tell you putting the album together was easy, and that’s one of the reasons it’s called SYNCHRONICITY, because it came together so naturally. “It all belonged together; it wasn’t a jigsaw puzzle,” he said. He had the album concept for a while, and then he focused on letting the right tracks flow from him at the right time, “not interrupting patterns.” The album artwork is an image from NASA of Saturn's rings. Each ring is in their own orbit in perfect alignment with each other. SYNCHRONICITY was partially inspired by the sentiment that a Heron does not wonder why it is a heron. Humans are the only things in nature that question themselves; everything knows what it is meant to be. “Making music is tuning into those instincts and letting it flow from you.”
Hibell wrote the album over an extended period of time, almost six years. The first track he made for the album was “ghost,” the closer to the album, back in 2020. The track was originally an unreleased, unfinished work by Avicii. Hibell stripped it back to the vocals, while honoring the late producer’s foundation and original lyrics, and made it his own.
In discussing the progression of the creative process, Hibell mentioned “open your eyes” was a pivotal moment for him. “It became the solid center point of the album.” He said the album was considered “done” more than once, before ultimately deciding to go back and make changes, but now he says he wouldn’t change a single thing.
Hibell is gearing up to take on his first North American tour, kicking off in Toronto, Canada, on April 21st. He said he's most looking forward to playing “quasar,” which he was inspired to write back in 2022 by Radiohead. The hook came together in just a few minutes, but wrapping it into a cohesive track proved to be a challenge for Hibell. “The wrapping of it all was really difficult. The gritty rock-inspired topline was in congress to a dance format.” Hibell stated that the album was not written for the dance floor, and he plans to fine tune each track to optimize for the dance floor. He played his first NYC show back in September 2025. “The New York crowd was feral, just climbing on the walls” (I was there and I can confirm that this is true). “open your eyes” is another he’s looking forward to playing out because “it’s a really meditative experience.”
SYNCHRONICITY will blow your mind if you let it. The depth, the vastness, the world-building, and the range are exceptional. Give it a listen, you won’t regret it.