Dorian Concept "Set and Setting" AD 245

Oliver Johnson aka Dorian Concept will release his new album What We Do For Others on 28th October on Brainfeeder Records. It’s the third studio album by the Austrian producer and synthesizer savant, famed for his singular, beautifully detailed sonic tapestries and wild, utterly joyful live keyboard jam videos.

What We Do For Others is a relaxed, quietly confident and intimate record, founded on delightfully loose arrangements, feedbacked soundscapes and blessed with snatches of cryptic vocals that are presented more as additional instrumentation rather than lyrical phrases. All the elements and layers were recorded without interruptions and deliberately not edited. “I think that's why this record has something of a ‘band sound’” says Oliver. “It's me playing all kinds of different key- instruments, singing and using fx-units to create these freeform compositions.”

The title came to Oliver in a dream and stuck with him. “One thing I often find interesting about my creative process is that when I believe to be making something that others could like, it tends to not really connect with people,” he says. “Whereas when I get to that special place and just work from my gut – the music tends to often speak to the outside world naturally.”

Johnson says that he tried questioning his internal voice of self-judgment and temper his constant urge for improvement during the making of the album.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:
Dorian’s earliest memories of being introduced to music through film soundtracks such as Batman Returns (1992)
Sound synthesis
The earliest influences on Dorian
Dorian being influenced by Dj Spinna’s “Heavy Beats Vol. 2” in his youth
Experimenting and improvising with Micro Korgs
Dorian learning how to play the piano around the age of 6
Prepared piano
The importance of having teachers that can nurture one’s individual creativity
Connections between music and video games
8 to 16-bit music used in early console games
Psychedelics
Set and setting
Questioning one’s perspective on using time
The intentionality of decisions made throughout one’s life
The compulsion for creating art
Dorian’s reasons for choosing to become a professional artist
His new album “What We Do For Others”
His track, Survival Instinct being the “heartpiece” of his album
Drawing parallels between creating a sculpture and creating music
Presenting complex points of view to a wider audience
Commercialization vs. arthouse creations
Breaking rules and questioning the process
Paradigm shifts in one’s own unique consciousness
Dorian creating lo-fi music videos for himself with the use of archival footage and processed through Blender

Artists Mentioned:
Dimlite (Musician)
Mike Slott (Musician)
Tupac (Rapper)
DJ Spinna (DJ)
John Coletrain (Saxophonist)
Edgard Varès (Composer)
Aphex Twin (Musician)
Little Snake (Musician)

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Originally Posted 10.30.2022

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