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Every aspiring artist or bedroom beatmaker reading this will have made something they don’t like; it’s a near-universal experience among creatives of all kinds, but it’s not always an easy one to move past. British electronic artist Will Phillips, better known as Tourist, has some sage advice for those disheartened by such a creative block. “You will make so much shit music, and that’s absolutely great,” he says, “because you’re never going to get to the good stuff unless you stop being hard on yourself.”
Arriving on the electronic music scene in the early 2010s, Tourist has spent over a decade refining his sample-heavy brand of dreamy, atmospheric electronica, earning himself a Grammy Award in the process. His fifth studio album, , takes this sound to new heights inspired by shoegaze and psychedelic music. We ventured out to the producer’s home in London to check out his new studio space and find out more about how the album was made, and he was kind enough to open up his DAW and break down.
