Being a sound designer doesn’t often mean you’re looking to use your own music, or even that you’re a musician at all. Sound designers are the folks who choose the right song to elevate scenes and make you feel a certain type of way in a TV show or the person who finds the right bit of background music to make your ad pop. In any case, you’re like a music scientist and detective in one — sourcing the right materials and experimenting until you find the solution to the mood and tone equation.
Native Austinite Keihl Phillips is seeking to buck a part of this trend with his own self-titled music project. Though the project began as a way to beef up his profile on the sound design side, Phillips caught the bug, and earlier this spring, he released A Mixed Bouquet, a synthesis and love letter of all of Austin’s music genres in one thoughtfully produced package. “Iced Green Tea” takes us down the more electronic and house veins of the city, providing a chill, pulsing groove perfect for a nighttime drive around the city and your Fourth of July playlist.