Here is the debut, self-titled album from a.s.o., singer/songwriter Alia Seror-O’Neill, and producer Lewie Day. ‘a.s.o.’ is a thematic consolidation of the previous two singles and an impressive artistic progression. Day and Seror-O’Neill show they’ve mastered the format of the radio-friendly pop song and found how to subvert it completely. Across eleven songs, they have built a rich and compelling body of work.

We know where we are now, emotionally complex, trip-hop torch songs for club freaks. But the palette has broadened to encompass ethereal dream pop à la Cocteau Twins, slow-burning AOR-soul, and dubwise stylings. As a result, ‘a.s.o.’ is a satisfyingly coherent listen but never a musical monoculture. Variously there are nods toward Julee Cruise, Fleetwood Mac, and the uneasy listening of Portishead. It’s an album that wears its influences lightly, is never weighed down by them, and always sure of its own identity.

It’s anchored by Alia’s unique voice. Her words speak of restraint and release, taking us from the elegiac to the euphoric. This elegantly crafted, perfect pop music sounds like it has had enough of your shit. And Day’s music is the perfect foil; deep, slightly menacing, restrained, and powerful. The album has a cinematic texture, as with David Lynch; the seemingly familiar becomes uncanny and strange the closer we look. a.s.o. take our emotions for a joyride before leaving us floating in space.

‘a.s.o.’ is a journey; by its end, we all are changed.

Written and recorded by Alia Seror-O’Neill and Lewie Day at Quintagon Studios, Berlin and Palmerston Studios, Naarm/Melbourne in 2020-2023.
Mixed by Lewie Day except for Track 9 “Understand” mixed by Thomas McAlister
Mastered by Mikey Young
Artwork by Dylan Batelic
Words by Piers Harrison

2023 Low Lying Records
Cat. No. LLRLP001 – All rights reserved
www.itsaso.bandcamp.com

03 - Rain Down

Taken from 'Virtual Dreams II - Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999' (MFM072)
Buy Vinyl: https://www.musicfrommemory.com/
Buy Digital: https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/
© 2024 Music From Memory

Virtual Dreams II - Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999

1969

D3. Drawing Future Life - 1969

Circle of Dust

Remixes

Fender On The Freeway (Minor Science Remix)

Elaine Howley - Hold Me In A New Way

Strasbourg-based photographer, filmmaker, and DJ Hunay Saday blends UK techno with percussive rhythms rooted in memories of Azerbaijani weddings. A former Menthe Poivrée co-founder, she’s played across Europe and featured on Noods Radio, Root Radio, and Knekelhuis. Her Kiosk mix is a heartfelt tribute to her homeland, exploring memory and belonging through ambient textures and traditional sounds.

Hunay Saday @ Kiosk Radio 16.05.2025

Nothingburger EP

Nothingburger

Soaring Throbbing Praying.

This is for floating high over the globe as it turns at night, looking down at the lights and sounds of people coming together in harmony sadness and love. 

https://www.kexp.org/read/2025/6/6/midnight-in-a-perfect-world-skeleten/

David Sylvian - Answered prayers
Elaine Howley - Hold me in a new way
Mathimidori - Vibra
Alucidnation - Ambushed
Angus Mills - Alva 
Cantoma- The call
Space Biology - Sea dub
Slowdive - Sugar for the pill (Avalon Emerson’s Gilded Escalation)
XENIA REAPER - You
Derek Carr - The Maze
Clarissa Connelly- Wee Rosebud
Angel Science - Alborz
Mike Midnight - Here comes the sun
Fila Brazillia - A Zed and Two L’s 
Yves Tumor- Limerence
Kiss Facility - Prayer At The Dinner Table
Bracelet - FR8558

Skeleten - KEXP Midnight In A Perfect World Mix

Scrambles

"We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity."

🎧 Genre: R&B
🎹 Key: G-Moll
🕒 BPM: 100
🎚️ Prod. by iKaramba
📧 Contact: iKaramba.beats@gmail.com
📺Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DyAOklLnYc

Fender On The Freeway (Minor Science Remix)

DIIV

Recent comments

Lurka

Katiusha

CCL

Related tracks