DORIAN CONCEPT - MINIATURES [10” LP]

Format: 10” LP
Catalogue No.: PLAY007LP
Barcode: 9180025770001
Release Date: 20 Mar 2026
Genre: Electronica

Limited run of 300 copies on 10” black vinyl.

SRD welcomes Oliver Johnson aka DORIAN CONCEPT after a number of releases on NINJA TUNE and two albums on Flying Lotus’ BRAINFEEDER label. 

Dorian Concept returns with "Miniatures," a collection of his renowned one-take synthesizer recordings that he’s been known for sharing online since the mid-2000s. “This release was right under my nose” he says. Over the past two decades, Dorian Concept has uploaded videos of himself "fooling around" on various synthesizers and keyboards – long before the rise of short-form content. These signature one- to two-minute performances have sparked countless covers, remixes and reinterpretations by musicians and producers alike. Through this project, Dorian Concept aims to celebrate a long-standing bond with his instruments and honor it in the form of a photo album. 

In his own words:
 
As a kid, every night before bed, I would sit in the same place and draw a comic. I rarely finished them, but I couldn’t go to sleep without having started one. These "Miniatures" and the preceding videos I’ve recorded come from the same place. They’re the expression of a ritual.

Around 2020, I created a compact setup using three devices – a mono synthesizer, an analogue reverb and a looper –which I separated from the rest of the studio. Every day, before I started working, I would improvise on this small setup and at the end of every month, I would record a video and share it with the world. These songs were made in front of you, in a Truman-Show like fashion.

Now they feel like diary-entries that capture the timeline of a deepening relationship, the harvest of limitation and repetition, and the beauty of simplicity.
 
The cover art is a drawing by the esteemed Austrian artist Leopold Strobl (courtesy of Gallery Gugging), who is known for his distinctive small-format work. The closing track, “An Unopened Letter,” features the genre-defying guitarist and producer Bibio.

Tracklist: 1) Decaying Dust 2) Hide (Raw) 3) Change Blindness 4) In A Mist 5) Space II (Raw) 6) Second Nature 7) Play Instinct 8) Everyday Lies 9) Swarm 10) Deformance 11) Rock Won’t Shine 12) Unknowing Action 13) Common Good 14) Low Hope 15) Live Weight 16) That Small Door 17) Shelf Life 18) Old Beginnings (Raw) 19) Façade 20) Blind Eye 21) Forever Tired 22) We Leave 23) Breathe 24) An Unopened Letter (feat Bibio)