‘...tangles the brutal with the fragile in a forbidding texture of sound that penetrates on so many levels at once, it's like being touched by a ghost...’
Biography
Susan Matthews is a UK based avant-garde experimental composer, known for her intense, ambitious, hypnotic harmonies and industrial noise creations.
She began composing experimental music, described as ‘...dazzling abstractions of grace and beauty’, in 1999 and has developed a comprehensive CV of achievements, including gallery works, festival inclusions and radio airplay, both home and abroad.
In 2005 she founded the independent record label Siren Wire Recordings through which she has released seven commercial albums and four eps.
She is the official accompanist for the Kidwelly Festival Choir and has performed in local events including the recent Town Twinning and Mayors Inauguration ceremonies.
She recently completed an exclusive 40 minute mix of her work for UK radio and contributed to the 2008 Zeppelin music festival (Spain)
Current projects include a new solo album (Axis Vein) and notable collaborations with some of her favourite musicians.
Releases
EMP075 | Various Artists | Field Notes
Download :: Stream :: Volume One Cover Art - Disc Art :: Volume Two Cover Art - Disc Art
Tracklisting: 1-1. La Donation - Interlo | 1-2. Silo Portem - Thunder Field | 1-3. Clutter - Garden Improvisation I | 1-4. Guordonark - Rural River | 1-5. Antisocial Services - Hold Up | 1-6. Simon Whetham - Clifton Suspension Bridge | 1-7. Internal External - Fallen Trees | 1-8. Swaying Smoke - Speaking Machines | 1-9. Bacillus - Birdsong | 1-10. Marco Lucchi - She Kissed Me (Ode To Melotron) | 1-11. Susan Matthews with Hoel Le Quenven - Keel Reverie
2-1. Chris Lynn - Lake Placid | 2-2. Beed & Fascia - Nera | 2-3. Pythagora - Field | 2-4. Dansette Curtsey - Skritch | 2-5. Cedar Lines - Astronomy | 2-6. Luís Antero - The Cathedral | 2-7. Pandacetamol - Fatal Extraction | 2-8. Adrian Carter with Scott D Buchanan - Heavy Duty | 2-9. Radio Scotvoid - Munroe | 2-10. Andrew Deakin - Pannus Mihi Panis | 2-11. Orfeo 5 - Invoking Air | 2-12. Drey Grade - Step On It | 2-13. Cousin Silas - Depth Of Field
Field Notes @ The Internet Archive :: Field Notes @ Last.fm
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EMP067 | Susan Matthews | Prague Soundtrack
Download: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Stream: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Download: Cover Art - Disc Art
Tracklisting: 1. Prague Soundtrack
Prague Soundtrack @ The Internet Archive :: Prague Soundtrack @ Last.fm
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EMC002 | Clutter vs Susan Matthews | Slow Corrosion EP (Ltd Ed of 80 3”CDr)
Tracklisting: 1. Slow Corrosion | 2. Underwater Corrosion | 3. Corrosive Corrosive | 4. Hushed Deep Dub
Preview Slow Corrosion @ Last.fm
‘a very interesting diversion and a bold and welcome sideways step into the unknown....which should always be applauded.’ - Wonderful Wooden Reasons
UK - £4 inc shipping | International - £4.50 inc shipping
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EMP050 | Various Artists | 50:50 An Earth Monkey Productions Compilation
Download: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Stream: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Download: Cover Art - Disc Art
Tracklisting: 1. 4th Alternative - Fossil | 2. Clutter - Watersmouth | 3. Dansette Curtsey - The Forests Of Europe Cloak So Much | 4. Cousin Silas - Room 50 Hotel Ereso | 5. Pandacetamol - A Particular Wind | 6. Adrian Carter - Deka (Edit) | 7. Des Slow And The Stop Pills - 50 Mill | 8. Radio Scotvoid - I Love Special K (Crunchtime Mix) | 9. Fonik - Fallout Beach | 10. ry-om - 110706 | 11. Good Noise Bad Noise - In Search Of The 3 Minute Single | 12. Susan Matthews - Moon Tremors | 13. Andrew Deakin - Grasmere Edit | 14. The Cardboard Lung - Backtrouble | 15. Halal Kebab Hut - Algorithmic Poetry
50:50 @ The Internet Archive :: 50:50 @ Last.fm
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TRB001 | Various Artists | The Resting Bench Remix Project - Volume 1
Download: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Stream: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Download: D1 Cover Art - D1 Disc Art - D2 Cover Art - D2 Disc Art
Tracklisting: 1.01. Components - First Arrival | 1.02. Lagesag - Moss Haiku (Lagesag Haiku Remix) | 1.03. Doctor Thrasher - Smoking Lime Green Melody | 1.04. Uncle Mum - Remox | 1.05. Susan Matthews - Susan's Sanctuary | 1.06. Incandescence - Strip Down The Eyeballs Of The Buildings | 1.07. Al - Smokin' Al | 1.08. Cousin Silas - Moss | 1.09. Cyte - Cyku Moss | 1.10. Mons - Children Smiling Beauty | 1.11. Becoming Animal - Detritivore | 1.12. Eclogue - Skeletal Waste | 1.13. Asezawallas - Voice Over | 1.14. Clutter - No Sanctuary | 1.15. Sheeldzy - Smokin' Five | 1.16. A Crown Of Amaranth - This Planet Is Without Water
2.01. Adrian Carter - Second Sight | 2.02. Binary Girl - Binary Moss | 2.03. Godot - Skelital Reconstuction | 2.04. Sascha Muller - Resting Bench | 2.05. Peter James - Mind Fog | 2.06. Five Aside - Song From An Open Window | 2.07. Incandescence - Smoking Fog, Bedroom Moss | 2.08. Gurdonark - 3 Lights Fog (Retrorhythmandelectro-bluesmix) | 2.09. Des Slow And The Stop Pills - Groundhog Day | 2.10. Soul Scent - Handprint Bedroom (Soul Scent Remix) | 2.11. AATMAA - GB500013 | 2.12. Lagesag - Moss Haiku (Lagesag Spoken Remix) | 2.13. Kristian Diod - 3 Lights Fog (Radio Friendly Mix) | 2.14. Six Moon Night - Haiku Moss
The Resting Bench Remix Project - Volume 1 @ The Internet Archive :: The Resting Bench Remix Project - Volume 1 @ Last.fm
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EMP025 | Various Artists | :: FALLING :: An Earth Monkey Productions Compilation
Download: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Stream: Hi-Fi - Lo-Fi :: Download: Cover Art - Disc Art
Tracklisting: 1. David Whitaker - 1st Move | 2. Adrian Carter - Low Orbit Descent | 3. 4th Alternative - Mote | 4. The Cardboard Lung - Fall Down Yonder | 5. 1000 Aeroplanes Crashing In The Night - Even Ms. Butterfly Knows The Sun Shall Set On Every Empire | 6. Susan Matthews - On A Theme Of Falling | 7. The Weedhaven Laughing Academy - Una | 8. Dawn Salvia - I Like To Be Down | 9. Clutter - Tree Falling Slowly With Reverb | 10. Des Slow And The Stop Pills - The Falling Don’t Love Again | 11. Species 8472 - Green Sky | 12. Andy Kirk - Cushions Make For A Softer Landing | 13. Cousin Silas - Crashed Bomber With Weeds | 14. Adrian Carter - Final Descent
:: FALLING :: @ The Internet Archive :: ::FALLING:: @ Last.fm
‘Bruiser is astonishing. Other-worldly and abstract - truly beautiful.’ - Noise Is A Friend
‘We love your experimental work! Thanks also for sharing:) It's inspiring to hear other artists out there paving their own unique pathways...’ - A Calm Nothing
‘Your music generates magical frequencies in the air. Truly wonderful sounds Susan’ - Sac
‘Your music is like glass! - brittle yet strong, solid yet liquid!! Very nice work’ - Strong City
‘Yr music is terribly beautiful. Shards of glass dancing in the sunlight...’ - Sustain - Release
‘Your music's very pretty-the kind that transforms the windswept raininess of Manchester into something romantic rather than dreary’ - The Friendly Patriarch
‘Love the way you (re)compose sounds in time. Wonderful!’ - Abdicated Cell
‘Oh wow. Your song "mbox" is killer killer killer! Very fresh ideas and sounds. I need to find me some of your releases!’ - Moon Fear Moon
Contact
Susan Matthews at Myspace | Siren Wire Recordings