Chicago Electronic Artist Turns Historical Obsession Into Music — and a Mission to Aid Displaced Ukrainians
Forty Years. Eight Tracks. The Story That Changed the World — Told Through Cinematic Electronic Music.
CHICAGO, IL / MusicWire / April 24, 2026 -- On April 24, 2026 in Chicago — April 25 in Ukraine, the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster — electronic music artist Billion releases Welcome to Chernobyl: Part I, a debut concept album years in the making. A monument to the liquidators, the evacuees, and the 600,000 who were never told what they were walking into. A mission to aid Ukrainians displaced by the ongoing invasion. And a sonic descent into the most catastrophic nuclear event in human history.
Eight tracks of progressive, cinematic electronic music — mid-tempo bass music built heavy, immersive, and designed to pull you into the darkness. Welcome to Chernobyl: Part I drops listeners into the worst nuclear meltdown ever recorded — not through textbooks or documentaries, but through sound.
“The most terrifying places you can go are the ones your own mind builds for you.” — Billion
The Music. The Mission. The Moment.
The April 24th Chicago release — April 25th in Ukraine, Chernobyl Eve — is no accident. Billion has spent more than 15 years as an independent Chernobyl historian, driven to learn every truth and angle behind the disaster — the lies, the cover-ups, the human cost the world was never meant to know, and an accident nobody was ready for. Every track is historically rooted, sonically precise, and emotionally relentless.
Companion historical documents and artist vision narratives for each track are available at OfficialBillion.com — for listeners who want to go deeper.
Welcome to Chernobyl: Part I, Track Listing:
- Reactor 4, Corium & The Elephant's Foot
- Stitches
- Graphite
- Iodine
- The Red Forest
- Dark Matter
- Decontaminated
- Nighttime in Pripyat / Ferris Wheel
Billion, Welcome to Chernobyl: Part I
High-resolution press artwork available in English and Ukrainian versions. Download at OfficialBillion.com/media.
Billion gives back.
A minimum of 10% of all proceeds — album sales, merch, and licensing — goes directly to Ukrainian refugee support, split between Razom for Ukraine, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to the people of Ukraine, and Sweet Dome Chicago Foundation, a Chicago 501(c)(3) providing homes for Ukrainian refugees.
“Every play, every share, every purchase supports what comes next — and moves the needle for people who need it most.” — Billion
Available April 24, 2026 on all major streaming platforms. CD & vinyl available for order at OfficialBillion.com.
The disaster was always going to get its music. It just took someone who couldn’t stop thinking about it.
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About
Billion is a Chicago-based electronic music artist and independent Chernobyl historian with over 15 years of deep study into the 1986 nuclear disaster — the lies, the cover-ups, and the human cost the world was never meant to know.
His debut album, Welcome to Chernobyl: Part I, is eight tracks of progressive, cinematic electronic music that drops listeners into the heart of the catastrophe. Heavy. Precise. Emotionally relentless. Each track is historically rooted and sonically crafted to pull you somewhere most people are afraid to go.
A portion of all proceeds from the album and all streams goes directly to Razom for Ukraine and Sweet Dome Chicago Foundation, both 501(c)(3) charities, and both supporting those displaced by the ongoing war in Ukraine. Part II is already written.
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Billion, Producer / Artist
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