Oliver Heldens and Aevion's "Amnesia" Is a Dance Anthem for the Hopelessly Infatuated

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Love songs typically help you remember special moments, but Oliver Heldens and Aevion have crafted one designed to erase them entirely.

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Love songs typically help you remember special moments, but Oliver Heldens and Aevion have crafted one designed to erase them entirely.

There's a medical term for what happens when attraction overwhelms basic brain function, and Oliver Heldens and Aevion just turned it into a dance anthem, "Amnesia."

Out now via Heldeep, the track begs the question: How do you remember someone who makes you forget everything else? They've found the sweet spot between euphoria and complete mental breakdown, wrapping frantically love-struck lyricism in a propulsive beat: "Now that I found you I feel something deeper / Temperature rising, caught up in the fever / Head and my heart telling me that I need you / Baby, you give me a case of amnesia."

What's particularly clever here is how Heldens and Aevion's production mirrors the lyrical concept. Time becomes elastic in the track's hypnotic house rhythm, creating its own form of memory loss, much like the narrator has lost track of everything except the object of their obsession.

"The moment I heard the combination of the organic, melancholic piano and the catchy, powerful vocal sample in a demo that my super talented friend Aevion sent me last year, I felt right away that this could become a special track," Heldens recalled.

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"Amnesia" marks Aevion's debut on the venerable Heldeep label, launched by Heldens back in 2015. It arrives ahead of a massive summer of shows for the Dutch dance music superstar, including headlining performances at Tomorrowland, Creamfields, Ultra Europe and Parookaville.

You can listen to "Amnesia" below and find the new single on streaming platforms here.