DEEPRIVER – VOLUME ONE
Release date: 16 June 2023
Label: n5MD
Formats: Vinyl, digital
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 now on limited edition clear-vinyl and digital formats.
“The sheer emotional weight and gristling static these pieces carry make it something much more than ambient music.” – Elsewhere Magazine
“Sign me up for Volume Two.” – [sic] Magazine
“Lush and enveloping.” – Stationary Travels
“Magnificent electronic composition.” – Destroy/Exist
Year End List – Best of 2023 – Igloo Magazine
Year End List – Best of 2023 – Headphone Commute
VINYL & DIGITAL
01 Tides
02 Coastal
03 Home
04 Valley
05 Slower Waves
06 Motion Blur
07 Hours
08 Divided
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, Mokoshi Mastering
Cover art by
Karen Lynch, Leaf and Petal Design
Photography by
Nanje Nowack
DEEPRIVER – VOLUME ONE
Release date: 16 June 2023
Label: n5MD
Formats: Vinyl, digital
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 now on limited edition clear-vinyl and digital formats.
“The sheer emotional weight and gristling static these pieces carry make it something much more than ambient music.”
– Elsewhere Magazine
“Sign me up for Volume Two.” – [sic] Magazine
“Lush and enveloping.”
– Stationary Travels
“Magnificent electronic composition.” – Destroy/Exist
Year End List – Best of 2023
– Igloo Magazine
Year End List – Best of 2023
– Headphone Commute
VINYL & DIGITAL
01 Tides
02 Coastal
03 Home
04 Valley
05 Slower Waves
06 Motion Blur
07 Hours
08 Divided
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, Mokoshi Mastering
Cover art by
Karen Lynch, Leaf and Petal Design
Photography by
Nanje Nowack