*Text from Rotown*
Peel Dream Magazine
The always-burning sun of Los Angeles is well represented in the work of Peel Dream Magazine. This funky music, drenched with 70’s drum computers, vibraphone trembles, and chamber strings is the brainchild of Joseph Stevens, which we can call the ‘mad professor. Joseph creates his very own fantasy world in his music, far away from reality he walks through his dream, taking everyone that listens to his music with him on his journey.
The best example of this is his latest release called Pad, a wonderful piece that feels like the cult classic Mother Earth’s Plantasia by Mort Garson. Pad has received outstanding reactions from the press in the likes of Pitchfork, NPR, and Stereogum. The record is perfect to fence off the grey winter days in Holland, with his performance in V11 being a highlight in the coldest month of the year.
M. Klein