Liberation From Excess, by Philip James de Vries

Liberation From Excess

by Philip James de Vries

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1.	I'll Be Dead 05:18	buy track
2.	A Collective Lullaby 08:03	buy track
3.	Speaking 04:46	buy track
4.	Be a Sun and Everyone Will See You 03:19	buy track
5.	Lines Down 03:46	buy track
6.	Oranges in the Sun 04:08	buy track
7.	A Revolution That Never Ends 06:28	buy track
8.	River Get Clean 03:48	buy track

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After a four-year hiatus from 2016-2020, Temparc Music returns with a new full-length album from label founder Philip James de Vries. Liberation From Excess is Philip’s second full-length work since his first self-titled album was released in 2012 on Wide Angle Recordings.

In the many years between these two albums, Philip has released a number of EPs and remixes, both in a more dance-oriented context and also more inline with his peculiar downtempo style.

Liberation From Excess sees Philip returning to slow, melodic music that sits somewhere between melodic techno and pop. Recorded slowly between 2015 and 2019, the album is comprised of heavily atmospheric works blending a mix of electronic sounds with vocal work and organic instruments. Many of the tracks on the album see Philip working again with long-time collaborator Ruby Randall, who lends her pristine vocal work to many of the album’s tracks. Liberation also sees a first-time collaboration by Philip with American cellist Jesse Ahmann on “A Collective Lullaby”—an eight-minute journey of emotional electronic music accented by layers of meandering cello tracks.

Liberation From Excess is inspired by German economist Niko Paech’s essay of the same name, in which Paech outlines his ideas for a post-growth economy—it’s an album for slowness and simplicity; for reducing the needless excesses of Western colonial-capitalist life in search of peace and tranquility.

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released March 1, 2021

All tracks written, performed, produced, mixed, and recorded by Philip James de Vries
Album art by Nelly de Vries
Mastered by Jani at Soun Studios
Additional vocals by Ruby Randall
Additional cello by Jesse Ahmann

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Philip James de Vries Guelph, Ontario

"Philip James de Vries is a Canadian producer whose talent radiates throughout each one of his emotionally charged productions. From writing lyrics and recording multiple layers of vocals, to tracking down the perfect instrument and fine tuning the complex arrangements, he uncompromising in his creation of original, thought-provoking music."
- Blake Sutherland, Wide Angle Recordings ... more

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