We recently checked out Toronto based alternative / lo-fi producer + artist D. Park. D. Park’s cleverly-titled project Carbon Copies, is a 6-song collection of re-interpolations, spanning 50 years of pop music, featuring ubiquitous hits by Billie Eilish, Drake, The Beatles, Taylor Swift and Earth, Wind & Fire

You can check out “Carbon Copies” on Spotify Here and on Apple Music Here

Right before the pandemic, D. Park started a deliciously post-modern series on YouTube where he produced classical music as lo-fi beats. His channel attracted thousands of streams, as he bravely tackled the canon of Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach. These experiences gave D. Park’s process and his music a voice, and paved the way for his new project. “Carbon Copies came from a desire to experiment with perspective in light of the lo-fi classical productions. I wanted to make something that sounded original and weird, in a way that couldn’t quite be compared to anything. Ironically enough, I decided this meant doing a record covering iconic songs,” D. Park shares.

We are going to come right out and say it… “Carbon Copies” is an absolute stroke of pure musical genius. The approach that D. Park takes with these songs is refreshing,fun and original. Any artist can sit down and lay a batch of covers, However, D. Park works like a master painter to bring these song to life .

We were immediately drawn to “September” The 1978 classic from Chicago R&B/Soul/Funk band Earth,Wind & Fire. D.Park bravely transforms the classic dance floor hit into a hazy dose of slow-burn electro-pop-funk. Park comments “Nothing will ever be as good as the original, but I had fun reharmonizing the chords, using more contemporary scales, and chasing the feeling of the original but with a more modern approach,” he says. You can check out the video for “September” below

On “Eleanor Rigby” Park does a magnificent job of giving the song a modern pop update while staying true to the original arrangement.

“Hotline Bling” is reworked by D. Park to reveal a very well put together composition that has a very regal and royal sound .

We were on the edge of our seat with “Bad Guy” D. Park has given the Billie Eilish track the feel of a cinematic masterpiece. We were absolutely enthralled with the brilliance of this track .

“I always say, jokingly, I’m ruining classic songs,” D. Park says with a good-natured laugh. “There’s a certain freedom I have found in taking a song that everyone knows and flipping it on its head. When you write original music, the listener’s expectations are built a certain way, but doing covers, the game is more about defying expectations than meeting them. I love feeling like I can surprise listeners and myself with where I can take a song by recontextualizing it with my POV—where I come from, my own musical background.”

If you love music,then you owe it to yourself to check out “Carbon Copies “ from D. Park