Ignacio Peña has always approached music as more than entertainment—it’s storytelling, teaching, and exploration rolled into one. On To The Stars, the three-time Emmy Award–winning artist sets his sights on the cosmos, blending shimmering synths, bright horns, and a beat designed for the body as much as the imagination. It’s a track that refuses to choose between dancefloor escapism and intellectual curiosity.
What’s striking about To The Stars is its balance between play and precision. The production, co-crafted with Isaac Sakko, is meticulous yet full of warmth: synths ripple with luminous clarity, Joe Keys’ horn arrangements burst like fireworks, and the Epoch House Choir anchors everything in a resonant human core. Every detail feels considered, yet the track never sounds sterile—it moves with the ease of a live performance, alive with joy.
Lyrically, Peña offers a tribute to Carl Sagan, reframing the astronomer’s meditations on humanity’s smallness into something celebratory. Instead of staring into the void and feeling insignificant, Peña responds with rhythm. His refrains remind us that our shared planet is worth dancing for, and that perhaps music is the language best suited to outlast us among the stars.
To The Stars doesn’t reinvent dance music, but that was never the goal. Instead, it reframes it—positioning rhythm as both escape and communion, a way to locate ourselves in the vastness of space. It’s ambitious, playful, and—most importantly—irresistibly fun.
