Matthewdavid
All Bliss, Every Tree
*50 copies limited edition. All revenue from these tapes placed towards families in Gaza via mutual aid organisation Art Saves Collective, hand-marbled, each one goes different* Leaving label boss/producer/composer Matthewdavid presents a long-form cut from the Los Angeles trio of Aaron Shaw, Carlos Niño, and himself. The deep listening collage of zither, saxophone, and percussion was constructed through a process of re-sampling source material from the trio’s archive of live LA community concer…
Experimental Bliss
Tip! **100 copies** Matthewdavid is a co-founder of the Los Angeles label Leaving Records, and a collaborator of Flying Lotus, Sun Araw, Julia Holter, Laraaji, Odd Nosdam, among others. Experimental Bliss is his first album on Umor Rex, two long pieces devoted to the bliss of experimental music creation. This is unconventional music, aiming to assist the listener in attaining a state of bliss or relaxation. It incorporates obvious artifacts of compressed noise and texture with harmonic tonal ele…