Sonny E. Delivers New Single 'Time'

Sonny E.’s debut single under the Cyberbilly banner, “Time,” is less a song than a distilled idea — a small capsule where decades of artistic restlessness have been compressed into just over two minutes.

That brevity, far from feeling slight, lends the track an intensity, as if every second has been sharpened by long reflection. It is the sound of an artist not rushing, but instead waiting until the form itself felt inevitable.

At its surface, “Time” has the immediacy of rockabilly: a clipped rhythm, a strut, a refusal to over-embellish. Yet its textures carry the sheen of electronic innovation, the shimmer of a producer who has spent years shaping machines to dance. The contrast between these worlds — the raw swagger of teenage riffs and the precise circuitry of digital sound — is where the song’s real charge lies.

One hears echoes of Adamski’s past, though never directly quoted. There is the pulse of early Acid House, the memory of Ibizan nights, the unruly joy of 90s raves. But Sonny E. wears these histories lightly. “Time” is not nostalgia but transformation, and it feels more like a new genre being born than an old one being revived.

The conceptual clarity of Cyberbilly — the fusion of primal rock and futuristic electronica — is matched by the track’s execution. Its sparseness leaves room for resonance; its confidence makes length irrelevant. Where many artists clutter their return with excess, Sonny E. pares down, leaving only essentials.

Ultimately, “Time” is a statement of intent. It suggests that the Cyberbilly project will not be about indulgence, but about precision, vision, and playful defiance. Sonny E. has not just revisited his past; he has folded it into a future. The result is a track that feels simultaneously timeless and entirely of the now.