Contributing Writer
German-born, London-based electronic visionary Chris Avantgarde today releases his anticipated debut album Hyperreal, out now via his Hyperreal label. The album features previous singles ‘Rhythm Check,’ ‘Concrete Professional,’ ‘Obsessed,’ ‘The Other Side,’ ‘Down For The Night,’ ‘Dale,’ and ‘Energy’.
Across eighteen tracks, Hyperreal introduces the full scope of Chris Avantgarde’s creative world, an album rooted in cinematic sound design, industrial energy, and uncompromising club functionality. Built with meticulous attention to detail, the project brings a heightened level of polish and precision to club-focused electronic music, treating texture, atmosphere, and dynamic contrast as essential parts of its impact. Backed by an exceptional spectrum of support, from Adam Beyer, Anyma, Argy, CamelPhat, Joseph Capriati, Massano, and Vintage Culture to Armin van Buuren, David Guetta, John Summit, Martin Garrix, Max Styler, Oliver Heldens, and Tiësto, Hyperreal exists beyond genres. Unified by emotion, yet expansive in sound, it’s an album that speaks to every corner of the dance floor.
‘Origin’ eases listeners into the album’s immersive opening act before Hyperreal steadily broadens its palette through a series of unexpected left turns. Tracks like ‘Belter’ and ‘Jester’ inject bursts of restlessness, while ‘Where Do You Go’ and ‘Elysium’ create moments of tension and release that deepen the record’s emotional arc. At its center, ‘Desolate Lands’ sees Chris join forces with Adam Beyer for one of the album’s most commanding moments, merging their shared instincts into a track that feels both imposing and intricately controlled. By the time Hyperreal reaches its closing stretch with ‘All Is Good’ and ‘Like I Do,’ the album has revealed itself as a carefully sequenced journey, one that continually evolves while remaining anchored by a clear creative identity.
More than a debut album, Hyperreal represents Chris Avantgarde’s vision for where electronic music can go. Shaped by years spent moving between composition, production, and the dancefloor, the project embraces a level of craftsmanship more often associated with film scoring than club records, where every sonic decision serves the larger experience. That philosophy extends beyond the album itself into Hyperreal as a label, establishing a creative home for music that values artistic ambition and technical mastery. As both an artist and curator, Chris introduces a body of work that challenges the notion that club music and compositional depth exist in separate worlds, instead demonstrating how the two can elevate one another.
With Hyperreal, Chris steps fully into his own world, presenting a debut album that reframes club music through the lens of sound design, craft, and intention.