Noel Fanaeian is an Edmonton-based composer working under the name hundredmillionthousand. His pursuit of sacred futurity has moved across genres—from experimental hip-hop to electroacoustic processing—culminating in choral–electronic composition where the human voice functions as both ethereal presence and manipulated signal.

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His debut album, lp1, examined fractured collective identity and mental health through Persian and Filipino folk song fragments—an homage to his heritage—integrated within experimental hip-hop structures. For the vinyl release, Fanaeian invited buyers to share what made them anxious, hand-wrote each confession onto a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy worksheet with a personal note, and mailed it inside the jacket. This debut reached ranking on AlbumofTheYear.Org, with acclaim from Huffington Post and Paste Magazine, who hailed "A standout record of the year. This record is like none other you will hear".

 

His sophomore album, Attention Span, was a bleak commentary on modern relationships and romance subsumed by technology. Sounds were constructed from consensual recordings of sexual moments between couples who met through online dating platforms. These recordings were granulated into indistinguishable material and recontextualized with voice, cello, integrating ambient and post-techno elements--intimacy as signal, humans as consumable data. The Toronto Star described the album as “one of the most compelling and brazenly accomplished releases of 2022.”

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Fanaeian’s current work extends toward large-scale choral and ambient composition, transforming the human voice into immersive harmonic textures--voices composed as pads and signal processed into electronics. His forthcoming album was developed in collaboration with Pro Coro Canada and conductor Michael Zaugg, under the mentorship of three-time Grammy-nominated composer Benedict Sheehan, and premieres in Edmonton and Calgary in 2026.

 

He has presented his work in 11 countries across North America and Europe. His electronic music background includes study under Laurel Halo, and performances alongside Jonathan Kawchuk on programs featuring William Basinski and Kara-Lis Cloverdale.