Voltage Scores, by Matthew Ryals

Voltage Scores

by Matthew Ryals

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1.	suitcase with a mountain in it 02:39	info
2.	metricity (take 5) 02:53
3.	thoughts all a-jitter (take 3) 02:20
4.	anthem for socialism (take 9) 05:32
5.	memory clearance (take 3) 02:47
6.	post-interiors (take 6) 02:30
7.	sand in my pocket (take 4) 03:39
8.	rain in my shoe (take 3) 03:19
9.	down and sampled (take 3) 04:07
10.	a syncopated view (take 10) 02:37
11.	swollen organs (take 13) 03:12
12.	lost connections (take 1) 05:35

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A head-spinning vision of a cybernetic future, Voltage Scores is the second full-length album by Brooklyn-based synthesist and educator Matthew Ryals for Oxtail Recordings. This time around, he brought a free jazz mindset to the modular synthesizer and went deep, cultivating a daily practice over the course of more than a year, and a process that allowed these pieces to bloom in a focused yet free way.

The results - recorded live - combine generative patching with free improvisation and unfixed forms. Unusual yet organic shapes, shifting tempi, and percolating sequences all come together in a kaleidoscopic sound world where the only constant is change. All music on Voltage Scores was recorded live during these explorations (each track includes its take number in the title) - except for the euphoric album opener “suitcase with a mountain in it,” which features cellist Clarice Jensen (Bjork, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Max Richter).

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All tracks recorded live with no overdubs using a eurorack modular synthesizer (except #1), April - November 2020. Written, performed, and produced by Matthew Ryals at home in Brooklyn, NY. Cello on #1 by Clarice Jensen. Mastered by Angel Marcloid at Angel Hair Audio. Artwork by Gabriela Del Valle.

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released October 8, 2021

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Oxtail Recordings Sydney, Australia

Ambient noise and broken songs.

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