# cnc Announces Forthcoming Album House Opera as “Another Day in the Booth” Reaches ISC 2025 Semifinal

- Link: https://zadar.tv/cnc-announces-forthcoming-album-house-opera-as-another-day-in-the-booth-reaches-isc-2025-semifinal/
- Published: 2026-03-18T05:23:19+01:00
- Author: Suzana Darm

_The most ambitious electronic concept album of 2026 is on its way — and the world
is already listening._

_House Opera_ — the debut concept album by electronic artist **cnc**, based in **
Zadar, Croatia** — is set for release in 2026 via the groundbreaking platform **
Album Theater** ([album.theater](http://album.theater)). Eighteen tracks. Eighteen
different vocalists. Three acts. One sonic world that refuses to stay within the
boundaries of any single genre.

Before the album has even arrived, it is already making itself heard. The track **“
Another Day in the Booth”** — [the opening movement](https://zadar.tv/another-day-in-the-booth/)
of _House Opera’s_ first act — has advanced to the **semifinal round of the International
Songwriting Competition (ISC) 2025**, one of the most prestigious and competitive
songwriting platforms in the world.

## A Three-Act Journey Through Sound and Self

_[House Opera](https://zadar.tv/zavrsen-medunarodni-natjecaj-za-vizualni-identitet-albuma-house-opera-electric-nights/)_
is structured as an opera in the truest sense — three acts tracing a protagonist’s
passage from awakening to revolution, set against the pulsing backdrop of a city
that never sleeps. Drawing from deep house, UK garage, techno, trance, and bass 
house, the album moves between club floors and concert halls, between the intimate
and the epic.

Act I opens with the sleepless metropolis. Act II descends into love, betrayal, 
and the seduction of the synthetic. Act III rises toward collective liberation —
a dancefloor revolution, a search for the perfect beat, a final note of hard-won
unity.

> _“I wanted to make something that breathes like a living thing. Not a playlist.
> Not a collection of singles. A world you enter at the beginning and leave changed
> at the end.”_** — cnc**

## A Truly Global Cast of Voices

True to its operatic ambitions, _House Opera_ brings together vocalists from across
the globe. Confirmed performers already represent **Argentina, Poland, Ukraine, 
Italy, Colombia, and Germany** — with further collaborations still being announced.
From the Adriatic coast of Croatia to Buenos Aires, Warsaw, Kyiv, Rome, Bogotá, 
and Berlin, the album speaks in many voices, but tells one story.

## A Visual World in the Making

The sonic universe of _House Opera_ is soon to find its visual counterpart. A music
video for “Another Day in the Booth” is currently in pre-production, with the project
entrusted to director **Maja Šimić** and videographer **Dorijan Dukić**. The collaboration
promises a visual language as layered and intentional as the music itself.

![cnc Announces Forthcoming Album House Opera as “Another Day in the Booth” Reaches
ISC 2025 Semifinal](https://zadar.tv/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ISC2025SEMI-1024x1024.
webp)

## About the International Songwriting Competition

The ISC is widely regarded as one of the most credible and competitive songwriting
contests in the world, attracting tens of thousands of entries annually from over
150 countries. [Reaching the semifinal round](https://www.songwritingcompetition.com/winners)
places “Another Day in the Booth” among a small fraction of entries selected from
the global field.

## _About House Opera_

_House Opera_ is a concept album premiering in 2026 on album.theater — a platform
designed to present albums as theatrical, immersive experiences. The album features
18 tracks, each performed by a distinct vocalist, weaving a narrative that spans
existential struggle, digital romance, systemic rebellion, and the redemptive power
of rhythm. It is the work of cnc, an independent electronic artist from Zadar, Croatia.
