Do You by Felix Raphael

Do You by Felix Raphael

Mental health, or its absence, is hardly an unknown subject in pop songs: “insane” is a neat duosyllable that rhymes with so many other words. DO YOU , the latest full-length from Berlin musician Felix Raphael, is a deeper and more pointed exploration of mental health.

Not merely an increasingly known electronic artiste but also a social worker, Raphael extends the exploration across a 16-track song and mood cycle that frequently conveys the sheer turmoil of dealing with something that is supposedly “all in the mind.”

The experience as a social worker helps Raphael convey that; his multitalented musicianship adds to the conveyance. If synthesizers and mixdown modifications are expectedly primary elements, he also plays piano, guitar, and fluegelhorn.

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