August 5, 2020—“elegant and expressive, the score to a movie inside your head” – Headphone Commute The second single from the upcoming ambient album by Joshua Van Tassel is an “ominous, yet still inviting” (Independent Clauses) proposition that meets at the intersections of “lush yet dark” and “ambient yet classical.” – Listen to ‘Eternal Turtle’ – Dance Music Volume II, Van Tassel’s sixth LP, is held together by its use of the Ondea (a…
September 13, 2019—Juno-nominated musician, producer, and composer Joshua Van Tassel unveils a new work this week as part of the Museum of the Moon installation at The Bentway in Toronto at 250 Fort York Boulevard. A 30-minute custom composition, created specifically for this presentation, accompanies the seven-metre touring sculptural work by UK artist Luke Jerram, which fuses lunar imagery to bring the moon’s…
February 16, 2019—Crossworlds, Joshua Van Tassel‘s latest album and illustrated novella, has been nominated for a JUNO Award in the category of ‘Album Artwork of the Year.’ – view nomination // listen // order Crossworlds // read an excerpt of Crossworlds – The man behind the lovely illustrations that accompany the story of a woman defending her small island from an otherworldly force is Dartmouth-based artist Geordan Moore. His work can…