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The newest record from Dorio, Strawberry Dream, hangs in the liminal space between upbeat orchestral pop and anonymous late-night lounge. Dorio is the songwriting project of Austin, Texas musician Chad Doriocourt, who produced and played most of the instruments on his second LP. All beginning on an 8-track tape machine, the escapist soundscape came together with lyric and vocal contributions from collaborator Rachel Rascoe. During completion of the ten-song album, Dorio spent daylight hours working in the library of the local classical radio station. By night, live DJs’ dance beats worked their way into the musician’s subconscious while working at an Austin nightclub. The integration can be heard in prominent string and flute arrangements, alongside house-influenced drum beats and melodic basslines. “That’s the contradiction between the noises in the background of the songs and the songs themselves, of two different worlds happening,” explains Dorio. “I tried to create my hyperaware world in the recordings, because I’m always hearing all these sounds, whether they’re good or bad.” Use of field recordings, like the side conversations and clinking glassware of “At The Restaurant,” was inspired by the environmental music of Japanese composer Hiroshi Yoshimura. Many of Dorio’s influences also aligned under Tokyo’s Shibuya-Kei movement, which merged wall-of-sound orchestral pop, Italian soundtracks, lounge pop, and deep house sensibilities in the mid-90s.