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Recommended by us on 20th August 2010
...according to our Ant on Thu 19 Aug, 2010.
This is the work of Matthew Collings who as far as I am aware hasn't had a full solo release until now, having previously remixed Fieldhead and had a track on a limited Bedroom Community compilation. Immediately this strikes me as a very personal album and a real labor of love which began in 2004 and was completed this year. Collings effortlessly manages to bring the feelings of his Icelandic surroundings and cosey them up with huge emotionally resonant sounds and gentle vocals. Comes complete with remixes from Moskitoo, Federico Durand and Chihei Hatakeyama).
nothings66 long-awaited new release is,
from Iceland Reykjavik, the solo project by Matthew Collings, Sketches for Albinos.
He participated in our previous work, v.a. - duskscape not seen(N66CD001),
and this release becomes his first full CD album by Matthew Collings
who has created a lot of beautiful sounds so far.
A sworn friend, Ben Frost's tour support. An additional production for the Amusement Parks on Fire.
C.J.Boyd(Sounds are Active), Federico Durand(Spekk), Fieldhead(Home Assembly),
Reykjavik!(Kimi Records)... he makes a lot of the remixes and he plans to release new stuff
as Matthew Collings name from Bedroom Community this year.
He performs many shows in UK tour with Multiple Electric Guitars and local Reykjavik positively and plays
with Nico Muhly, Ben Frost, Tim Hecker, Kangding Ray(raster-noton) in Iceland Airwaves2009.
Camped out somewhere in deepest, iciest Iceland Sketches for Albinos makes music
from the ends of the earth. He who was swallowed in nihility scratched at tape as if he totally filled his
mind, and all began from what record it. Making the tape, the music of Sketches for Albinos born from the
process that he records an indistinct thing of this world moves your feelings as a sort of photograph album
and a sketchbook by what you listen to.
Fleeting moments... Leftover breeze at the end of a storm...
With a cold tone, there are overwhelmingly warmth and beauty will give a wavering to anyone's emotion.
The quiet and calm, and strongly even echoed coldest sound !
Chihei Hatakeyama who released a lot of works from Kranky amd Room40 in the past, and published a
new work from Home Normal and Own Records in succession in 2010.
Moskitoo who released an album from 12k, and play an active part as work participation to Simon Scott
and Grun Grun, and works as a painter, and is a vocalist of Filfla.
Federico Durand who released the debut album from Spekk, and have already refrained from the second
album from Home Normal.
This album includes their super remixes !!
01 : sorbonne midnight
02 : daniel likes birds
03 : red sky on fire
04 : romy schneider
05 : more dixieland and polka
06 : lotta
07 : anna karina
08 : kids with no energy
09 : a meeting at the merry-go-round
10 : we live for spring
11 : skeye
12 : she's with snoban now
13 : jol
14 : she's with snoban now (Moskitoo Remix)
15 : sorbonne midnight (Chihei Hatakeyama Remix)
16 : a meeting at the merry-go-round (Federico Durand Remix)
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