OUT NOW ‘voyage on canvas’ by santpoort
santpoort is the indie electronic and beats project by Dutch, Sydney-based multi-instrumentalist, producer and illustrator Julien Mier. Named after Julien’s hometown, a coastal dune village in the Netherlands, his sound sits at the intersection of downtempo, ambient, and melodic electronic music whilst touching on themes of homesickness and melancholy with a sense of wonder and a naive child-like curiosity. His albums and EPs remains one of the most streamed catalog on the Friends of Friends roster.
voyage on canvas is a five-track EP that unfolds like a hand-inked adventure comic, pulling the listener through a tear in the page and into another corner of the fictional Santpoort world. Crafted by the Dutch-French, Eora-based artist, the EP lives in a drifting, ever-moving space — warm sepia deserts, lo-fi grain, and soft textures where motion hums beneath the surface and every horizon feels unfinished, waiting to be cut open and turned like the next page of a story.
Wavering patterns shimmer at the edge of focus as the train moves through imagined mountain ranges, rainforest jungles, and pine-lined forests. Landscapes bend and reassemble mid-glance, reshaping the atmosphere before you can settle. The city fades in the rearview mirror, ancient and distant, as the journey accelerates along chunky hip-hop grooves brushed with psychedelic undertones.
Flip the tape. Feel the heat. The sky opens wider than expected — a world that feels worn-in, lived-through, and quietly surreal. Each track functions like a frame on the page: fragments of travel, pauses between destinations, moments of stillness caught in motion. Rather than delivering a fixed narrative, voyage on canvas leans into world-building, inviting listeners to drift, interpret, and connect the dots themselves.
Inspired by the mirage-like clarity of a fata morgana and the expansive imagination of Moebius and Dalí, the EP trades linear storytelling for sonic exploration — curiosity, movement, and the gentle thrill of going onward. For those lost in obscure paperbacks, dog-eared comics, and half-imagined worlds they never quite want to leave.