PHIDIPPUS
The Ghost

The past year has been rough for Phidippus. With mental health struggles, hospital stays and recovering from a car accident shaping his day to day life. Throughout this time, music was his only escape. Even being stuck in nursing homes didn't quell his need for music, working on songs and remixing old tracks with AI vocals giving him a sense of purpose and also fun during a very difficult time. With 'The Ghost', he has mostly moved away from AI with only a couple of tracks carrying that influence. The rest of the album is very much hands on production, live instruments and mixing in the way he has done it for decades.

The album is half drum and bass. Liquid, heady, experimental and reflecting his love for the energy and variety the genre allows. The rest of the album wanders through deep house, hard techno, pretty much whatever suited his mood at the time. He’s never content to stick to one style, and that has made for a very interesting mix. The Ghost captures ups, downs, reflection, and the triumphant feeling of finally being stable while looking back at everything he’s been through.

Phidippus has been producing for forty years, put out club singles since 1998, been on labels, on radio, on shows like Anthony Bourdain, nearly three million streams. He knows what he’s doing. Still, the album is messy in places, experimental, eclectic, exactly the way he wants it. This album is all about resilience, curiosity, and following music wherever it goes.