MKSTN

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MKSTN (em-kay-es-tee-en)
Blending elements of analog and digital with programming and live performance, MKSTN’s music is made for lucid dreamstates, for connection and exploration — emotional, intellectual, sensory. A conduit from his inner tenderness to the internet’s often impersonal and sometimes impenetrable machine, MKSTN’s blend of chillwave, dream pop, and lofi house influences explore themes of love, technology, duality and time.

Both sunny and sullen, club and bedroom, hard and soft, MKSTN’s music has been featured by notable artists like Washed Out and has been licensed in campaigns such as Haven x NIKE ACG. His debut album, Desires (2022), led to support from the iconic Berlin-based label, Majestic Casual, while his new album, CONTENT, leans into his local network, an impressive company of young talent. Collaborators like Chino De Villa (Jessie Reyez), Braden Sauder (Luna Li) and Madeleine Kay and Brendan Thomas (Strings From Paris) highlight MKSTN’s angelically-androidique vocals and his fluid production.

Fascinated by space, time and existentialism the Toronto producer started as a professional dancer specializing in street dancing. He often felt like an outsider, choreographing and dancing to obscure trip-hop and electronic music from artists like Junior Boys, Booka Shade, and Boys Noize, but found an entirely new world of music in the underground dance scenes.

“When I was dancing, I would often create mixes for myself and the dance crews I was part of,” MKSTN recalls. “I used a program called Acoustica Mixcraft to splice together pieces of downloaded music. Around the same time, a high school friend introduced me to making beats on a computer.”

A timely injury led MKSTN down an adventurous path, spending the money he’d saved for flights and accommodations to LA on a keyboard and DJ equipment instead. “That decision changed my life forever.”

CONTENT arrives May 15, 2025.

- Written by Caitlin Veitch
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Top tracks

01
Venice Lovin'
MKSTN
Venice Lovin'
04:08
04
Adorn
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Content
02:45
Writer: Michael Phan Le
01
Like We Used To
MKSTN
Like We Used To
03:52
Composers: Michael Le

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  • Discography
Albums
2025 less wifi, more lofi
15-05-2025
Content
01
Content (Intro)
MKSTN
Content
02:34
Writer: Michael Phan Le
02
Omni Eyes
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Content
04:10
Writer: Michael Phan Le
03
Black Sands
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Content
02:48
Writer: Michael Phan Le
04
Adorn
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Content
02:45
Writer: Michael Phan Le
05
So Long
MKSTN
Content
03:04
Writer: Michael Phan Le
06
Endlessly (Interlude)
MKSTN
Content
01:36
Writer: Michael Phan Le
07
The Calling
MKSTN
Content
02:29
Writer: Michael Phan Le
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less wifi, more lofi
23-06-2022
Desires
01
Mon Rêve Familier (My Familiar Dream)
MKSTN
Desires
02:13
Writer: Michael Le / Composers: Michael Le
02
Lust for Delirium
MKSTN
Desires
03:18
Writer: Michael Le / Composers: Michael Le
03
Desires
MKSTN
Desires
03:41
Writer: Michael Le / Composers: Michael Le
04
Slip
MKSTN
Desires
02:09
Writer: Michael Le / Composers: Michael Le
05
Super Model
MKSTN
Desires
03:21
Writer: Michael Le / Composers: Michael Le
06
Salt N Pepper
MKSTN
Desires
03:23
Writer: Michael Le / Composers: Michael Le
07
like we're an indie movie (feat. tiger del flor)
MKSTN
Desires
03:37
Writer: Tigerlily Cooley - Michael Le / Composers: Tigerlily Cooley - Michael Le
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Singles
2025 less wifi, more lofi
03-04-2025
Omni Eyes
01
Omni Eyes
MKSTN
Omni Eyes
04:11
Writer: Michael Phan Le
02
Endlessly (Interlude)
MKSTN
Omni Eyes
01:37
Writer: Michael Phan Le
03
When It's Over
MKSTN
Omni Eyes
03:02
Writer: Michael Phan Le
2025 less wifi, more lofi
27-02-2025
Endlessly
01
Endlessly (Interlude)
MKSTN
Endlessly
01:37
Writer: Michael Phan Le
02
When It's Over
MKSTN
Endlessly
03:02
Writer: Michael Phan Le
2025 less wifi, more lofi
23-01-2025
When It's Over
01
When It's Over
MKSTN
When It's Over
03:02
Writer: Michael Phan Le
Lekker Collective
16-02-2024
Dream Dance (MKSTN Remix)
01
Dream Dance (MKSTN Remix)
Flõstate
Dream Dance (MKSTN Remix)
04:14
Writer: Avery Seligman
02
Dream Dance (MKSTN Instrumental Remix)
Flõstate
Dream Dance (MKSTN Remix)
04:14
Composers: Avery Seligman
MKSTN
16-11-2023
Affinity (Piano)
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Affinity (Piano)
MKSTN
Affinity (Piano)
02:33
Composers: Michael Phan Le
Superbloom
08-09-2023
like we're an indie movie (url remix)
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like we're an indie movie (url remix)
MKSTN
like we're an indie movie (url remix)
02:58
Writer: Michael Phan Le - Tigerlily N Cooley / Composers: Matthew Bullard - Michael Phan Le - Tigerlily N Cooley
less wifi, more lofi
06-07-2023
Mon Rêve Familier (Forhill Remix)
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Mon Rêve Familier (Forhill Remix)
MKSTN
Mon Rêve Familier (Forhill Remix)
02:35
Composers: Michael Le - Brian Fata
02
Mon Rêve Familier (My Familiar Dream)
MKSTN
Mon Rêve Familier (Forhill Remix)
02:13
Composers: Michael Le
2025 CAPSUL, under exclusive license to SYNE, a division of Kurate Music Ltd.
27-10-2022
CAPSUL
01
Rendering
MKSTN
CAPSUL
00:49
Writer: Michael Phan Le
02
Final Render
MKSTN
CAPSUL
02:29
Writer: Michael Phan Le
less wifi, more lofi
10-11-2021
like we're an indie movie
01
like we're an indie movie
MKSTN
like we're an indie movie
03:37
Writer: Michael Phan Le - Tigerlily Cooley / Composers: Michael Phan Le - Tigerlily Cooley
(P) 2021 Majestic Casual Records
18-01-2021
Like We Used To
01
Like We Used To
MKSTN
Like We Used To
03:52
Composers: Michael Le
less wifi, more lofi
05-03-2020
Someday You'll Find Me
01
Someday You'll Find Me
MKSTN
Someday You'll Find Me
03:33
Writer: Michael Le / Composers: Michael Le
08-03-2018
Venice Lovin'
01
Venice Lovin'
MKSTN
Venice Lovin'
04:08
Featured in
Lekker Collective
30-06-2021
lovers don't say goodbye, Vol. 1
01
Miss You
Yabou
lovers don't say goodbye, Vol. 1
03:46
Writer: Kaiya Crawford - Yannick Boucsein / Composers: Kaiya Crawford - Yannick Boucsein
02
One Plus One
Leisure Centre
lovers don't say goodbye, Vol. 1
04:20
Writer: Hugh Rabinovici / Composers: Hugh Rabinovici
03
Soul Tie
sumbadi
lovers don't say goodbye, Vol. 1
03:14
Writer: Naiomi Joanna Glanville / Composers: Naiomi Joanna Glanville
04
Dream Dance
Flõstate
lovers don't say goodbye, Vol. 1
03:47
Writer: Avery Seligman - Michael Phan Le / Composers: Avery Seligman - Michael Phan Le
05
She
TESSA.
lovers don't say goodbye, Vol. 1
02:23
Writer: Lake Stovall - Ryan Caragio / Composers: Lake Stovall
06
Call
Bluestaeb
lovers don't say goodbye, Vol. 1
03:15
Writer: Harleigh Blu Low / Composers: Leon Giseke
07
Daydreamin'
Houis
lovers don't say goodbye, Vol. 1
04:24
Writer: Gabriel King Houis - Blasko Taleski / Composers: Gabriel King Houis - Blasko Taleski
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