The Nature of Imitation, by Dorian Concept

The Nature of Imitation

by Dorian Concept

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Please Note: CD release date is August 17th, 2018.

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1.	Promises 03:57	info	buy track
2.	Angel Shark 02:53	info	buy track
3.	J Buyers 04:51	info	buy track
4.	A Mother's Lament 01:52	info	buy track
5.	No Time Not Mine 03:56	info	buy track
6.	Pedestrians 03:56	info	buy track
7.	Self Similarity 04:12	info	buy track
8.	Dishwater 02:52	info	buy track
9.	E13 04:43	info	buy track
10.	The Space 03:36	info	buy track
11.	You Give And Give 02:27	info	buy track

about

Brainfeeder unveils “The Nature of Imitation” by the label’s newest signing: Dorian Concept.

Following the release of “Joined Ends” in 2014 - a deeply intimate and textured project he describes as his “chamber music” record - Dorian Concept performed everywhere from Glastonbury to Sonar to MoMA PS1’s Warm Up and then deliberately took himself off the radar. The time since has been spent meticulously un-learning his prodigious production process and developing a brand new sound that even the most clued-up won’t be expecting - showcased on ‘Promises’, in the most prominent use of his voice to date. The recording and processing of his vocals represent not only a more human expression of his highly technical sound, but also an inclination toward recursion - the challenge, ephemerality, and demand for attention of “unequal repetition” which shapes the build and deconstruction of energy throughout the record.

Taking inspiration from multi-generational eclecticism (‘60s jazz, ‘70s fusion, ‘80s neo prog-rock, ‘90s electronica), Dorian Concept sought to replicate “modern” music elements with old-fashioned methods, live-playing and hand-recording deceptively digital sounds in service of a tongue-in-cheek “parody of nostalgia”. Having produced the record largely in the years 2016 and 2017 - widely characterized as periods of a cultural reckoning throughout the democratic world - he ambitiously took timely themes of cumulative error, shortening attention spans and subjective experience and transposed them into his making. As is to be expected from him by now, for all the considered, high-concept musing, the result is refreshingly unpretentious: dizzying swells, cacophonous breakdowns and formidable rhythms are both expert and childlike, hyperactive and hyper-focused.

Left to freely associate, Dorian Concept describes the record as follows:
Using a different vocabulary.
“Lively, Chaotic and Loud”
Sloppy Virtuosity.
Deconstructed with Love.
Audible Uncertainty.
Visceral.
Crowded.
Somewhat of a Study.
Fast-paced.
Pointless ... Meaning there’s no dot at the end.

Born Oliver Thomas Johnson, the self-taught keyboardist and producer should be no stranger to those in the Brainfeeder orbit. He first caught the attention of the crew in its infancy, when head honcho Flying Lotus discovered Dorian Concept’s MySpace profile and swiftly included a remix in his lauded debut Essential Mix (2008). Dorian Concept went on to tour with FlyLo’s live band, appeared at some of Brainfeeder’s earliest international label nights in 2009 (Off-Sonar in Barcelona and the infamous Hearn Street Car Park session in London), and released a string of celebrated EPs and albums for Kindred Spirits imprint Nod Navigators, Affine and Ninja Tune - as well as remixing Taylor McFerrin, contributing production to Thundercat’s “The Golden Age of Apocalypse” and playing keys on Flying Lotus’ seminal “Cosmogramma”. The announcement of his signing comes alongside the reveal of a brand new live show, which he is set to debut at Brainfeeder’s takeover of Sonicmania in Tokyo on 17 August.

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released August 3, 2018

2018, Brainfeeder

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Dorian Concept Vienna, Austria

There is a certain element of playfulness and wonder that can be heard in the music of the Viennese-born, self-taught multi-instrumentalist and producer Oliver Thomas Johnson, aka Dorian Concept.

shows

Jun 29

Дворец Пионеров

Moscow, Russian Federation
Oct 06

Konzerthaus Schüür

Luzern, Switzerland

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