Classically trained since childhood, Sae Han first came
to Boston to study Cello performance at Berklee College
of Music before turning his concentration towards
Electronic Production & Design and starting his project
as mmph. Dear God marks a turning point in the rapid
evolution of this young producer, a merging of his
classical training, sophisticated composition, and unique
sound design. Han's ability to conjure a seemingly
contradictory series of influences into bespoken
universes places him alongside sonic puzzle makers like
Oneohtrix Point Never, Nicolas Jaar, Arca and Caribou.
The 5-song EP is guided musically by introspection and
personal experience, a multi-faceted landscape filled
with tragedy and dread. Opening with "Sun God" and
into "Facade," mmph paints a purgatory-esque desert
wherein an insurmountable pressure creates an infinite
feeling of desolation. The EP shifts with the wind chimes
and ASMR vocal samplings on "Past Lives" into a blissed
pool of remnant memories, drowning the listeners in
nostalgia, eventually freeing them from the seemingly
endlessness experienced at Dear God's opening.
