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Texura reviews Matt Bartram’s “Moments Before”

So much of a recording’s effectiveness hinges on its mix—the spatial distribution of instruments, the layering of sounds, decisions regarding emphasis and de-emphasis, overall dimensionality—but such considerations assume even greater importance when shoegaze is involved. With the volume amped high, finding a way to achieve clarity in the mix and differentiation between elements poses an […]

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Blurb from Sound&Vision about the new Matt Bartram album Moments Before

Matt Bartram is unstoppable. Last year gave life to his new band You Walk Through Walls , in mid- Air Formation revived and now, aimed at 2016, announces his next solo material: Moments Before. This production will be the fourth in the side of the British shoegaze solo musician, and will hit the market next […]

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Igloomag.com reviews “Skeleton Taxa” by Damian Valles

Musician, artist and greengrocer Damian Valles enjoyed a bumper year in 2011 (highlighted by the birth of a healthy baby boy). He released two mini-CDs, a full-length, and rounded off his stint as curator of the admirable “Rural Route” mini-CD series. Most of the entries in said series can be characterized as ambient, as can […]

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