09/06/2026
I was knocked completely sideways recently by the passing of our dear friend Philippoo.
I wasn’t near my studio at the time but you can put pen to paper wherever you are… so I started writing…
It began as a tribute to him but became something more, a reminder of the essence of the scene which he definitely embodied.
It’s called “The air we used to breathe”.
Thank you for sharing the essay
“…Middleton writes from the perspective of someone who remembers the scene as a network of real friendships, shared rooms, unfinished ideas, late conversations, favors, remixes, parties, and support systems that existed before everything became so measured by numbers, visibility, and individual gain. …It honors Philipp as someone who kept reaching outward, kept checking in, and kept treating music as a reason to bring people together….”
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