Unconscious Honey

Even as a kid, Unconscious Honey, aka Berlin based songwriter Björn Trenker, was obsessed with the idea that all sentiments can be bottled up in a three minute pop song. This appreciation for pop craft stayed with him ever since. Fittingly, the creative starting point for his debut album BEING A STRANGER, which was released on Random Records in the summer of 2020, were those records that shaped his mindset of youth. Deee-Lite's World Clique, Army Of Lovers' Massive Luxury Overdose and Soho's Goddess, to name but a few.

In 2017, Björn co-wrote two songs on his husband Snax’s seminal album, Shady Lights, an experience that sparked the idea of writing songs on his own. Thematically, Björn’s career work in the field of psychiatry, his sexual desires, and his hardships - specifically losing his sister after her battle with cancer - are all distilled in the sound of Unconscious Honey. Further influences were derived from disparate sources; the aesthetics of films such as John Cassavetes‘ A Woman Under The Influence, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and Todd Haynes’ Safe, plus the work of Gloria Steinem and Samuel Steward. The idea is to translate real life muddiness into pop precision. Ultimately, Snax was invited on board as co-producer. The result of their creative work are signature, melancholic synthpop songs. The aesthetic is DIY, while the liberal use of vocoder amps up the emotional impact. Think Hal 9000 meets Betty Boo.