Dorian Concept

Dorian Concept is the alias of Oliver Johnson, a native of Vienna, Austria who arrived during the latter half of the 2000s amid a wave of bedroom-bound experimental beatmakers. Johnson made a name for himself with his mastery of the microKORG synthesizer, showcased on his debut album, When Planets Explode (2009), and challenged himself with a change of approach for each successive album, as heard on Joined Ends (2014), The Nature of Imitation (2018), and the relatively tender What We Do for Others (2022). Despite varying working methods, virtually all of Johnson's output is to...