Deepriver is the recently formed intercontinental project of Cape Town-based Jason van Wyk and long time Stockholm-based collaborator Joni Ljungqvist. Having worked previously in collaboration mining the more introspective side of trance, Deepriver’s inaugural aural statement, “Volume One”, finds the two experimenting with atmosphere and composition to maximal effect. Van Wyk’s recent viscerally experimental direction seamlessly coalesces with Ljungqvist’s conceptually reflective approach in a way that recalls the sounds and nostalgia of electronic music from decades past. Having slowly formed through many iterations, “Volume One” is out on June 16.
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released June 16, 2023
Written and produced by Jason van Wyk and Joni Ljungqvist
Recorded during 2022 in
Cape Town, South Africa and Stockholm, Sweden
Mastered by Ian Hawgood
Cover art by Karen Lynch
Besides being a dear friend and collaborator for many years, Joni Ljungqvist is one of the most talented musicians I've ever come across. As one would expect, his first album Rymd is must-listen. Jason van Wyk
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