Album Alchemists presents: The Making of The Red Door by Philipp Johann Thimm

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presents: Album Alchemists - The Making of The Red Door - 

Join us for an intimate deep listening night with the artist Philipp Johann Thimm presenting his new album. A space to connect with the music - and the human behind it. Guided arrival, deep listening session, live storytelling & Q&A, performative extension.

The Red Door“ is Philipp Johann Thimm's second solo album. He’s actually everything but as a solo artist. The Berlin producer, musician and multi instrumentalist, looks back on an illustrious list of projects, performances, tours, and releases which he worked on with many different artists. The most prominent of his collaborations are the projects he worked together with Sascha Ring a.k.a. Apparat.

„The Red Door“ - What does this mean? Does this mark a new beginning? Does this highlight the next phase in his music?
Does it invite you to enter closed doors? Or does this mean a new world? Fact is: the work of Philipp Johann Thimm is dense - lively, together and in community. Almost all projects that he takes on. The main concepts are trust and a big chosen family. To go on tour with him means to meet friends and musical colleagues. From the beginning this network of people has been carrying him. Just like the band members, Abby and ensembles and bands he works with. This is also reflected in his work of the „The Red Door“. For example, his synergy with drummer Joda Förster, who actually is a reoccurring Person in many of his Projects (like ‚ „A Hum Of Maybe“ Apparat, 2026). Trust is a returning theme in Philipp's work, especially the trust in the people who he works with, the trust in the music and the process and the risk of laying it all bear while working on a project together with people. This is audible in the 10 songs of the album, they are complex, move between genres and break through the musical barriers. Club bangers collide with Cello, with Indie and Pop embedded in a bed of electronic production originating from an organic element. This becomes really visible on stage: from big festivals, to long club nights to intimate international concerts.

The opener "Have You Ever" funnels all these multiple facets of him together. An euphoric track with clear club energy that simultaneously changes into a Pop Hymn. ‘Have you ever thought of being another…’ a sentence that echoes past the track. The feature Reigne is a stand out, sung by KOKA - an Albanian raised Singer from Berlin with a classically trained background from Athens. Her voice sets the tone of the album. The focus on the track "JOYNESS" is centered on the identity of the singer JAMAL, and not losing hope in a dark world. Generally, the album circles around the themes of love, consideration and understanding. „The Red Door“ appears like a utopian future chapter and that creates openness, curiosity and togetherness. JAMAL is also featured on the title track “On The Rocks”. "MA CORE" is also a highlight in which Philipp Johann Thimm collaborated with Raz Ohara, a long time collaborator of Appart, he is an amazing vocalist that gives the album new depths.

Philipp was already on tour with Apparat's album ‘The devil walks.’ (2011)- and worked as a Cellist for Christoph Mäckie Hamann on European stages. He’s the co-author and producer of the Apparat band for many albums, such as ‘LP 5‘ and „A Hum Of Maybe“ , as well as many compositions in Film and Theater. For ‘LP 5‘ there was even a Grammy nomination, following projects for ARD, WDR, Deutschlandfunk, Deutsche Theater, Berliner Ensemble and audiobooks with Judith Lorentz. This is how complex Philipp’s background is, and that complexity is also the essence of the album.

The key lies within his extended musical family. Philipp is a family man. As a father and classically trained Cellist who came from a musical family. He is a thorough team player to which music means collaboration. Writing together, producing and experiencing with others. He already has taken on leading roles where he arranges and structures many compositions. He continues this on his solo album where many guest musicians meet with ease.

Next to Joda Förster drumming and JAMAL’s charismatic emotional depth, the songs move between atmospheric and international flair and Berlin's steadfast beat. Also ASKA from Los Angeles who’s been working with Philipp Johann Thimm for many years and has created a deep collaborative dialogue with him. This is exemplified in the process in a slow controlled exchange. The „The Red Door“ was created between many other projects, a mirror to the modern existence of musicians where creativity has to be found and space has to be held. This is the energy and strength of the album. It is a steadfast step through the door. A strong statement.

Samuel Wiese mixed the album and Mike Grinser from Manmade Mastering mastered it. Publishing was done by yours truly Random Noize Musick. The Berlin Label Monkeytown Records founded by Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary will release it due to recommendations from Daniel Meteo and Sascha Ring. The fitting hometown club culture meets pop architecture, epic moments on electronic fundamentals to organic depths. To adventure into the album means to open a well sealed package filled with energy, trust, combined vision and to open the red door.

We invite you to take a step behind "The Red Door"...

Artist: Philipp Johann Thimm
Album: The Red Door
Label: Monkeytown Records

Date: 27.05.2026, Time: 19:00 - 23:30, Location: LILIUM Berlin

Soundsystem provided by Restless.Audio
Hosted by The Listening Room Berlin

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