For Iorie, the dancefloor isn’t just a place to lose yourself, but a place to find your way back.
With his new song, the Berlin-based producer is out to prove that dancefloors can facilitate emotional release. Singing about the idea of returning—to yourself, to others, to the communal embrace of music—Iorie reimagines them as sanctuaries.
In “Falling Home,” his innovative approach to music production strikes a delicate balance between authentic emotion and the undeniable physicality of electronic beats. As he puts it, he’s aiming for “true emotion” over booty-shaking clichés, although your body will still be moving.
Out now via Iorie’s own Serafin Audio imprint, “Falling Home” is a hypnotic track that feels like the lovechild of a heart-to-heart at 4am and a packed dancefloor’s catharsis. It’s the soundtrack to losing yourself in the crowd only to rediscover pieces of your soul in the process.
We caught up with Iorie to discuss his creative direction, concept of home and touring plans in 2025. Check out “Falling Home” below and read on to discover more.
EDM.com: “Falling Home” conveys a sense of catharsis and release on dancefloors. In what ways do you see this idea of “coming home” helping people reconnect with themselves after hardship?
Iorie: When choosing the title for this song I felt that “home” captured the feeling of being safe and good with yourself. After hardship usually that is what we seek to create. We want to feel good and safe again. Sometimes you need to build such a home to feel that way or when you feel that way again you realize that somewhere or someone suddenly feels like “home.”
EDM.com: The concept of “home” can be multifaceted—sometimes it’s a physical place, a feeling or a community. Take us through your interpretation.
Iorie: Most of the time home is a physical place. This can be the place where your bed is or it can be a place that you frequently go to like your favorite club. But I also know a lot of nomadic people that kind of carry their feeling of “home” with them.
I think the mutuality between both is that you feel safe and content where you are. For me this feeling can be created by other people as well, so home can be wherever these people are.
EDM.com: The depth and tenderness of your vocals in “Falling Home” feel like they’re rooted in personal experience. Can you share how your own life experiences, struggles or moments of introspection influence the creation of your music?
Iorie: There is a lot of raw emotion in this track. During the COVID years I struggled a lot with my music. I didn’t really know where I wanted to go and I felt kind of removed from my own music. With this song I feel like I was finally able to properly reconnect with my old musical self while still moving forward.
At the same time a very special relationship to a very wonderful human grew. This person is always able to catch me with ease whenever I seem to struggle. So it is a bit of a love song as well.
EDM.com: In a world where electronic music is all-too-often consumed in a passive, background way, how do you approach creating music that demands active engagement and reflection from your audience? Do you think that dance music can still offer this depth in today’s digital age?
Iorie: I totally believe that it is still possible to reach those who want to be reached. Club music can be background music at home or background music for consumption in clubs, but it can also be deeply emotional and enable catharsis.
On the one hand, I try to create these emotions to fill my lyrics and vocals with true emotion as well and not just “groove, move, shake your booty.” On the other hand I try to write tracks that create the strong bodily reaction that electronic music can create without using too much of the same sounds that were used over and over again and already became dull and feel not authentic that way.
EDM.com: How do you balance the simplicity of downtempo beats with those complex emotions you want to evoke in your listeners? Is there an element of restraint in your production that you consciously employ?
Iorie: In general the idea is to create space so the emotion can bloom. Downtempo can provide this due to its slower tempo, every element has a lot of space to speak and I believe there is more room for complex emotion to arise than with a lot faster tracks.
In the “Falling Home” track there is even more restrain, all the elements like kick drum, hi hats and melodies are limited to just a few frequencies so they become the mere essence of these sounds and leave a lot of space for the vocal and the very powerful and emotional synth line the second half.
EDM.com: The Berlin scene is known for its forward-thinking approach to techno and minimalism, but it’s also a place with a lot of history and nostalgia. How do you balance honoring the roots of Berlin’s electronic music scene while also innovating and pushing boundaries in your own work?
Iorie: I think the most important thing Berlin gave electronic music is the endless parties with no curfew. This way a kind of electronic music was able to arise that was not pushing for the most attention in the least amount of time, but to create an atmosphere that can bloom over a long time to grow to something truly special.
This way is also different and music always has room to live. I try to produce my music in this exact mindset. I try to create music that can carry on a night with rather being exciting than tiring.
EDM.com: How do you approach translating the intimacy of your production into a live setting, where the energy of the crowd plays such a pivotal role?
Iorie: This intimacy easily translates in my live set because I do live vocals. In my voice is a true emotion that is also in my songs and most people feel that because they also see it on stage. Not all of my songs have vocals in them which gives me the freedom to improvise vocals and lyrics on the spot that sometimes fit the situation better than anything prewritten could ever do, creating sometimes truly special moments.
EDM.com: After touring all over the world these last few years, can you point to a favorite performance?
Iorie: Fusion Festival in Germany and Envision Festival in Costa Rica were pretty amazing. Playing in front of thousands of people is a very special feeling. But also more intimate shows like the one at Bosburcht Festival last winter were really amazing. When a special connection between me and an audience forms and everyone is on board, it is just magical.
EDM.com: What’s in the Iorie 2025 pipeline for fans to look forward to? Any big releases or shows?
Iorie: There is a lot to come for 2025! I am super motivated to create a lot of original music, but I also have a lot of unreleased tracks that will be released this year. Some collaborations with California producer Sydka as well as with Berlin-based Madmotormiquel and Kotoe and many more.
The booking phase for 2025 only really started, but people will be able to catch me at a few festivals around Germany and Europe and I hope to be able to finally come to the US this year!
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