Order here:
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/matthewdavids-mindflight-holovr-schleissen-6/668593-01/

Emotional Response continues the second SchleiBen series with a pan-ocean exploration of meditative spiritualism meets psychedelic ambience. 

The 2nd of the 4 part series expands with the inclusive offerings from LA's Matthewdavid and London's HOLOVR for a cyclical journey of altered consciousness against lush 303-tinged harmonics. 

First, Matthewdavid provides a 20-minute live recording to showcase his "meditation with music". Beat maker, producer, label owner, radio host and now new age explorer, Matthew David McQueen has been a fixture of the City Of Angles music scene for over a decade. However, it was his association with Tropical Hi-Fi (SchleiBen 3) that first attracted the label's attention to dig deeper in to his developing sound. 

As Leaving Records founder he has a prominent role in shaping the cities sound that has seen him work with Sun Araw, Laraaji and a myriad of the label's roster. Here performing in most his recent incarnation, Matthewdavid's Mindflight - having just released the wonderful Trust The Guide And Glide double album opus - is Sonos. 

Recorded live at Dublab Radio's "Tonalism" event at Sonos Studios, the piece utilises Critter & Guitari Pocket Piano, Hulusi Flute and Ableton Live to create movement, fade and sequence. A looping realisation, music inside music, thresholds expanded, connecting the centre, a place, origin, a soul that allows a devout expression to exude and find mediation in sound. This is music to get lost and at the same, get found in. 

Set against these endless arp-loops, is HOLOVR, raising a more focused consciousness that is a perfect counterpoint. Having already appeared on the label via his recent, deep, eloquent remix of Sad City, as well as releasing with label favourites Opal Tapes, Further Records and Firecracker, the desire to work with another uniquely individual producer has been in place for several years. 

Recorded using only hardware; 303 lines, soft pads, arpeggio synths and Roland percussion capture a snapshot of time in a natural, in-the-moment negotiation of these different elements, giving trademark, open, drifting loops that let the listener within, while texture and tone engage, activating harmonic resonances almost as a drone. This progressive disintegration, tuning in and dropping out of musical spheres envelops while hinting at aphex influences and (artificial) intelligence.

SchleiBen shifts, expanding, growing, pulsating. Keep the faith and (un)listen.

ERß006 - Schleißen 6 - Matthewdavid's Mindflight / HOLOVR

duhnattlaasnaogho

Yeah, I'm thinking I'm back.

'Blame It All On Love', released 20 October 2023 on Counter Records: https://poolside.lnk.to/biaolSo

Heat

Tropical Heartache

Del The Funky Homosapien and Amp Live have teamed for Gate 13. The
full-length collaborative album pairs the Hieroglyphics veteran and
Grammy nominee with the Zion I and Unified Highway co-founder. After
working together during Amp’s authorized Radiohead remix project,
these friends from their Oakland days embark on 15 tracks that fuse
Hip-Hop, Funk, EDM, and more, with guests including Goapele and Eligh.
As they explore their overlapping chemistry and challenging music to a
new place, this album may be another portal into something
progressive, futuristic, and fun.

Del + Amp Live - HELP (FEAT. ADULT KARATE)

Breathe

Order here:
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/matthewdavids-mindflight-holovr-schleissen-6/668593-01/

Emotional Response continues the second SchleiBen series with a pan-ocean exploration of meditative spiritualism meets psychedelic ambience. 

The 2nd of the 4 part series expands with the inclusive offerings from LA's Matthewdavid and London's HOLOVR for a cyclical journey of altered consciousness against lush 303-tinged harmonics. 

First, Matthewdavid provides a 20-minute live recording to showcase his "meditation with music". Beat maker, producer, label owner, radio host and now new age explorer, Matthew David McQueen has been a fixture of the City Of Angles music scene for over a decade. However, it was his association with Tropical Hi-Fi (SchleiBen 3) that first attracted the label's attention to dig deeper in to his developing sound. 

As Leaving Records founder he has a prominent role is shaping the cities sound that has seen him work with Sun Araw, Laraaji and a myriad of the label's roster. Here performing in most his recent incarnation, Matthewdavid's Mindflight - having just released the wonderful Trust The Guide And Glide double album opus - is Sonos. 

Recorded live at Dublab Radio's "Tonalism" event at Sonos Studios, the piece utilises Critter & Guitari Pocket Piano, Hulusi Flute and Ableton Live to create movement, fade and sequence. A looping realisation, music inside music, thresholds expanded, connecting the centre, a place, origin, a soul that allows a devout expression to exude and find mediation in sound. This is music to get lost and at the same, get found in. 

Set against these endless arp-loops, is HOLOVR, raising a more focused consciousness that is a perfect counterpoint. Having already appeared on the label via his recent, deep, eloquent remix of Sad City, as well as releasing with label favourites Opal Tapes, Further Records and Firecracker, the desire to work with another uniquely individual producer has been in place for several years. 

Recorded using only hardware; 303 lines, soft pads, arpeggio synths and Roland percussion capture a snapshot of time in a natural, in-the-moment negotiation of these different elements, giving trademark, open, drifting loops that let the listener within, while texture and tone engage, activating harmonic resonances almost as a drone. This progressive disintegration, tuning in and dropping out of musical spheres envelops while hinting at aphex influences and (artificial) intelligence.

SchleiBen shifts, expanding, growing, pulsating. Keep the faith and (un)listen.

B3. Mycomorph

B2. Mind Movement

B1. Horizon Dub

A. Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Sonos

take me away
far from this place
where the dead lay
dug my own grave

yea im hoppin out the all black hearse that i died to get in again

yea im bleeding from my mouth think i went on a killing spree again

wolves feeding on the undead corpses
paranoia running thru my veins
you can find my heart in the place
where i dug my grave

watch the moon fall down from the sky now its crashing in the waves
wanna close my eyes i dont ever wanna fucking be awake

think they found me
demons all around me
i feel drowsy
mind is getting cloudy
lil bitch sayin that she down for me
took her in the back seat
screaming like a banshee

dug my own grave!

from the LP Sharing Waves out World Wide June 1st

VINYL WAVES NOW SHIPPING:
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RIDE THE MARITIME BANDCAMP:
coolmaritime.bandcamp.com/album/sharing-waves

Sean Hellfritsch returns to Leaving Records with his second outing for the label as Cool Maritime. Sean is an active mixed-media visual artist, and modern modular electronic composer living and working in North East Los Angeles with his wife Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. 

Sharing Waves is all-expansive environments, and fully-realized worlds to explore and get lost in. A persistent sense of adventure and excitement is practically baked into the songs, many of them having been recorded in inspiring and remote outdoor locations using a nomadic studio including a "lunchbox" modular system. The narrative flair of this instrumental music comes naturally to Hellfritsch, who is also an accomplished filmmaker. What you hear is musical ideas captured in moments of awe, happiness and inspiration. Although the sounds are largely electronic, the feeling is organic, with lush arrangements that breathe and breaststroke their way gracefully through the open air. Illustrative song titles like "Forest Bathing" and "Secret Caves" evoke inviting landscapes of reflection and resonance. Pristine and glassy droplets of sound pitter over damp and mossy beds of emotional chords and feelings, as escape turns inwards. 

In an interesting contrast to the nature-heavy motif, a number of the tracks on Sharing Waves were the result of a commission to create pieces for a large outdoor plaza in downtown Los Angeles. This dichotomy of nature versus development makes for an interesting fold in these fully realized compositions. As for the album's title, Hellfritsch, who is an inveterate surfer, explains: "Sometimes surfing can be a competitive environment with crowded breaks and not enough waves to go around. The 'right of way' rule is that the first person to catch the wave closest to where it’s breaking gets it. It’s a known rule and everyone expects you to respect it – but the exception to that rule is that friends love to share waves. It’s a joyful experience to be riding this big undulating ripple of water with a pal alongside you. Such a unique moment of fun and connection and excitement that always sticks with me."

Be it in a beautiful natural environment like those of the albums' creation or shut away indoors, Hellfritsch says he'd love for people to experiment with different ways of listening. "My favorite way to listen is laying on the floor in a dark space with some nice speakers. The tape deck in my 1987 Toyota van while driving very slowly along windy, foggy coastal road would be runner up." This idyllic image of a reliable old ride propelling through an endlessly unfolding seaboard perfectly captures the magic and mystery waiting to be found on Sharing Waves. Hellfritsch says, "the biggest thing i learned on this album was to trust my intuition when making music and not spend too much time second guessing myself. Just go for it and have fun!" Tune in with an open mind, and dare to share a wave.

VINYL

Cool Maritime - Climbing Up

late night calls on ft are my fav

SUPER amazing art by alicat
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you're the dream i never wanna wake up from

(lyrics below)

this song feels like vegas.

Update: Damn. So shit is getting real and you're dealing with a lot of confrontational situations but it's literally only because you know your worth. Try not to be totally swallowed by anger. Take time to relax and take care of yourself but respect your feelings.

- Destiny 

Broken and dead, broken and dead
Bitch be feeling like she fucked in the head
I'm broken and dead, broken and dead
Bitch be feeling like she fucked in the head

I been suicidal since 8
Please get the fuck off my dick
PTSD since 6
Please get the fuck off my clit
I'll be damned, if a nigga wanna come and suss me out
I'll be damned, man that nigga wanna fuckin suck me down

Look in the mirror, I am that queer!
I got no fear, all I got is these hands
I just need a pistol and rubber bands to aim at yo head while I'm takin yo cash
Takin yo cash and I'm robbin yo ass, if you run up my nigga you gone dance
For real man my siblings not feeling yo ass
I hit that nigga he land on his head

He, fucked around tested me, I leave you sleeping like you was on sedatives, pussy don't mess with me
I leave you leaking like pigs in the 70s, you is a meninist pig I'm a feminist 
Boy I'm a bitch that's gone sever you mentally
You full of pettiness that can't do shit to me
Say it direct, say it direct! Say that muhfuckin shit with yo chest
Blade in yo neck, blade in yo neck
Now you chokin til you fallen and dead 
Ballin while you niggas stallin again on my mama I will send my dogs to yo clique!

Fuck the drama, fuck the gossip, bet you'll fall off
Cop these commas, but I'll prolly be in jail tho
Am I rockin with these boys? Bitch that's a hell no
Niggas trash, men are trash and so is 12 hoe

I been suicidal since 8
Please get the fuck off my dick
PTSD since 6
Please get the fuck off my clit
Nah boy I aint gone play
I don't give a fuck about a straight
Tell a cishet bitch stop hatin'
Her nigga mad cuz I make that cake

Yeah I make that cake
Yeah nigga make that cake
Make that cake bitch make that cake
Bad bitch make that cake
Make that cake
Trans folks make that cake
Make that cake, make that cake
All my sibs make that cake

You don't want no smoke
Cishet hoe
Ol bitch ass hoe
Bitter ass hoe
Lil ass hoe
Insecure ass hoe