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matt shoemaker // mercurial horizon CD

matt shoemaker // mercurial horizon CD

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This is a collection of unreleased sound sources by Matt Shoemaker, an American Seattle sound artist who started his career in the early 2000s and left many works for sound labels such as Mystery Sea, but passed away in 2017.

Contains a 60-minute sound collage that is as delicate as the artwork's ice and has a tension that feels like it might break at any moment. 6-sided digipak, shrink specification.

Labels and other worksplease use this form. ///Click here to see more Elevator Bath releases available at Tobira.

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"Previously unheard brilliance from the late Matt Shoemaker.

Work on "Mercurial Horizon" was largely completed during an incredibly fruitful period from 2008-2012, during which Shoemaker produced albums for The Helen Scarsdale Agency, Ferns Recordings, Mystery Sea, and Elevator Bath. He went on to finalize the material which would become "Mercurial Horizon" in 2015.

Though unreleased until some five years after completion, "Mercurial Horizon" is undeniably a fully-formed declaration; a meticulously crafted display of layered grotesqueries, as elegant as it is disturbing. This is classic Shoemaker at his most mesmeric: elongated metallic resonances, metamorphosed field recordings, expertly harnessed modular electronics ... These elements may seem familiar, but Shoemaker's strange magic lay in his ability to imbue these disparate pieces with a kind of natural tension, fusing them into a seamless puzzle. The results are both startling and beautiful , and always with a tangible sense of unease.

"Mercurial Horizon" may well be the last new music to emerge from Matt Shoemaker's extraordinary aesthetic. It is an assemblage to be explored, interpreted, and treasured.

"Mercurial Horizon" is released as a compact disc by Elevator Bath in an edition of 200 copies. Matt Shoemaker's probing and mysterious ice photography graces the six-panel digipak, inside and out. "

artist: matt shoemaker

label: Elevator Bath

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This is a collection of unreleased sound sources by Matt Shoemaker, an American Seattle sound artist who started his career in the early 2000s and left many works for sound labels such as Mystery Sea, but passed away in 2017.

Contains a 60-minute sound collage that is as delicate as the artwork's ice and has a tension that feels like it might break at any moment. 6-sided digipak, shrink specification.

Labels and other worksplease use this form. ///Click here to see more Elevator Bath releases available at Tobira.

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"Previously unheard brilliance from the late Matt Shoemaker.

Work on "Mercurial Horizon" was largely completed during an incredibly fruitful period from 2008-2012, during which Shoemaker produced albums for The Helen Scarsdale Agency, Ferns Recordings, Mystery Sea, and Elevator Bath. He went on to finalize the material which would become "Mercurial Horizon" in 2015.

Though unreleased until some five years after completion, "Mercurial Horizon" is undeniably a fully-formed declaration; a meticulously crafted display of layered grotesqueries, as elegant as it is disturbing. This is classic Shoemaker at his most mesmeric: elongated metallic resonances, metamorphosed field recordings, expertly harnessed modular electronics ... These elements may seem familiar, but Shoemaker's strange magic lay in his ability to imbue these disparate pieces with a kind of natural tension, fusing them into a seamless puzzle. The results are both startling and beautiful , and always with a tangible sense of unease.

"Mercurial Horizon" may well be the last new music to emerge from Matt Shoemaker's extraordinary aesthetic. It is an assemblage to be explored, interpreted, and treasured.

"Mercurial Horizon" is released as a compact disc by Elevator Bath in an edition of 200 copies. Matt Shoemaker's probing and mysterious ice photography graces the six-panel digipak, inside and out. "

artist: matt shoemaker

label: Elevator Bath