Avaion Releases Sophomore Album ‘To Make People Happy’
Music for dancing or for dreaming, depending how you’re feeling, has long been the mantra of electronic artist AVAION. His records land just as powerfully in a sweat-soaked club as they do in solitary headphone moments. With second album, TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY, the multi-platinum German producer amplifies that duality across fifteen tracks, using healing and happiness sound frequencies in every chord progression to, quite literally, make people happy.
Drawing the album title from a street side voice note captured by AVAION in Berlin where he overheard two strangers converse on why they do what they do, coming to the simple, yet powerful, reasoning of “to make people happy.” A sentiment that for AVAION, resonates deepest on the dancefloor, and for the listener, is a blank canvas to write their own story.
Opening track ‘WAY YOU SMILE’ is the testament to this. Beginning with airy vocals and a subdued, weightless bassline, before breaking into a rapid, kinetic drop built for peak-time release. It’s a record for both emotional release and euphoric rapture, all experienced in just three minutes.
The overall sonic identity of the albumis not confined to one genre. ‘COLORS’ treads the space in between deep house and electro-pop, whilst ‘NEED ME’ flirts with liquid UKG, and darker, minimal techno inspires the ambience of ‘BERLIN.’ All tied together with that signature AVAION sound stamp.
Stand-out releases from the last twelve months also feature amongst the trove of unreleased gems. Including viral Afro-House hit ‘WACUKA’ with Kenyan songstress Sofiya Nzau which has over 100 million worldwide streams to date, sultry single ‘SLOWLY’ with RANI, and fan-demanded ID ‘HOLD ME AGAIN’.
Sampled drums, lush chord stacks, and hand-shaped basslines from analogue hardware give warmth and texture to the entire track list, fused with future-facing sound design and modern processing techniques for maximum emotional impact.
Where 2024 debut album Selfreflection was about defining his sound, TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY is AVAION’s artistic evolution in motion. Shaped by two sold-out headline tours across Europe performed in his signature 360° live show format, it’s these core memory moments of body and soul feedback only live performance can offer, that AVAION channels into the album. Describing the crowd as “co-composers of the album’s DNA.”
The first chance for fans to experience the entirety of the album live, comes at the official release party at Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Friday 23rd January 2026. Before rolling out the full TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY Tour 2026 in April, visiting top European cities including Munich, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Paris, Vienna, and Warsaw.