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That Phil Western is not a household name in electronic music today is more of an indictment of the state of electronic music than Phil Western. <\/p>\n
From his early esoteric and psychedelic tracks on Harthouse and legendary LA label Exist Dance<\/a>, collaborations with cEvin Key<\/a> such as Download and PlatEAU, appearances on records like Skinny Puppy\u2019s The Process<\/a> and solo productions that occupied his later years, Western\u2019s discography is among the most vast and inviting in electronic music<\/a>. Western straddled the line that many musicians in the field encounter: between collaborating with others, sometimes touring and then pouring himself into music made largely in isolation that would never and possibly could never be performed. In 2019 he had finished the 11th Download album in collaboration with Key just before he passed away. <\/p>\n