Living Things EP, by Matthew Frederick

Living Things EP

by Matthew Frederick

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Jan Naylor-Smith Prism Goggles is mesmerizing, and I love how it ends. Favorite track: Prism Goggles.

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1.	Instant Zen 02:04	lyrics
(Instrumental)
2.	Turn 03:46	lyrics
(Instrumental)
3.	Hilum 04:56	lyrics
(Instrumental)
4.	Ursa 02:40	lyrics
(Instrumental)
5.	Prism Goggles 06:20	lyrics
(Instrumental)

about

So, about this EP.

As a classically trained composer, I have learned to have my ideas translated through the language of live performance. None would deny the magic of this process, the joy of collaboration and risk.I had always been fascinated by electronic music, but I had a hard time reconciling my feelings about live music with the permanence of electronic music – that is, until about a year ago, when I first decided to make a record.

I was listening to lot of The Talking Heads at the time, particularly Remain In Light. The story goes that David Byrne did the lyrics for most of those songs by writing down unrelated phrases and pulling them from a hat, and this flipped a switch for me. Each of the songs on my EP are like Byrne’s scraps of paper – little mementos of whatever was going on at the time of their conception, preserved and given new life by bringing them out into an unforeseeable context. I see them as Living Things, to be released into the wild and allowed to thrive.

credits

released February 12, 2014

Personnel:

Megan Shung, violin (all songs)
Hannah Thomas-Hollands, cello (Instant Zen)
Sean Lyons, viola (Prism Goggles)

All songs composed, produced, engineered, and mixed by Matthew Frederick

Mastered by Alex Seaver

Album art by Vanesa Jeric

Special thanks to Keith Fitch, Steven Mark Kohn, Alex Cooke, Ilya Shapiro, and especially mom.

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Matthew Frederick

Matthew Frederick is a classically trained composer with a deep passion of electronic music. Beginning with the release of his debut EP ‘Living Things’ in February, 2014, Matthew Frederick seeks to weave together these two worlds. This 5-track EP playfully translates the language of concert music into a new medium, bringing out a live aspect seldom heard in the realm of electronica. ... more

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