Following his touted 2024 release MP3, Portland based composer and producer Matthew Pepitone returns with MP4—a bold and enveloping new album that expands the scale, scope, and imagination of his work.

Where MP3 explored longform ambient soundscapes, MP4 takes the next step forward: bigger, more diverse, and more cinematic in scope. The project embraces minimal structures, shifting tonalities, and playful references that push Pepitone’s practice into new territory.

Drawing inspiration from Berlin-school masters like Klaus Schulze, Klaus Wiese, and Mathias Grassow—MP4 pays homage to the pioneers of drone and minimalist sequencing while charting its own adventurous course. Pepitone filters these influences through his obsession with modular synthesis, incorporating tongue-in-cheek nods to gear culture, YouTube influencers, and the often absurd rituals of music-making.

Equally self-aware, introspective, and playful MP4 weaves together unexpected references: from pop culture, mass market icons, and lesser know content creators. These moments highlight Pepitone’s unique ability to balance deep craft with humor curiosity, and a wide range of emotions challenging perceptions of what soundscape can be while celebrating the joy of experimentation.

The result is an album that is at once epic and intimate, reverent, and irreverent; a visionary furtherance of Pepitone’s sonic universe. With MP4, he invites listeners into a space that feels not only heard, but seen: a sprawling dreamscape whose vision remains long after the final note dissolves.  

Wowza

alt account: @derrida

1/2 of @PortlandCompressor, Action Sports and Julius Theory w/ @dylanmhowe

Co-founder of @PearsollPeak

Contact: mjpepitone at gmail dot com

Independent Record Label

Matthew Pepitone – MP4
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/mp4

Tam Lin – Fizzy!
https://thatwhichcrawls.bandcamp.com/album/fizzy

Jordan Christoff – Mystery Dimensions
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/mystery-dimensions

Lool 2 Luul – TTJ (Two Tier Justice) 
https://lool2luul.bandcamp.com/album/ttj-two-tier-justice?label=2158636432&tab=music

Norfik – Hundredfold
https://norfik.bandcamp.com/album/hundredfold

VA – Golly
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/golly

Matthew Pepitone – MP3
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/mp3

Jim Zweerts – Transients
https://jimzweerts.bandcamp.com/album/transients?label=2158636432&tab=music

Babak Ahteshamipour – Violent Violins Exposed
https://babakahteshamipour.bandcamp.com/album/violent-violins-exposed

Nandele & A-Tweed – Xigubo
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/xigubo

Carrageenan – Distorted Reality
https://carrageenan.bandcamp.com/album/distorted-reality

Soft As Snow – Massage
https://softassnow.bandcamp.com/album/massage

KAGAMI Smile – Melting_Heart_Data
https://kagamismile.bandcamp.com/album/melting-heart-data

Babak Ahteshamipour – Mind Flaying Flavored Flails
https://babakahteshamipour.bandcamp.com/album/mind-flaying-flavored-flails

Norfik – Realization
https://norfik.bandcamp.com/album/realization

Sentry - Perfect Blue Bubbles
https://flightcoda.bandcamp.com/album/perfect-blue-bubbles

African Ghost Valley - Hondas Goblins
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/hondas-goblins

Új Bála - Hideg Sors
https://ujbala.bandcamp.com/album/hideg-sors

Geomag - below the river above the air
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/below-the-river-above-the-air

Women of the Pore & Arrington - Hot Town - Rip Up the Streets
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/hot-town-rip-up-the-streets

VA - Content Aware
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/content-aware

Kritzkom - Fuzziness
https://kritzkom.bandcamp.com/album/fuzziness

African Ghost Valley - Iberville
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/iberville

Abaunz - Ilunpean Arnas Hotsa Entzuten
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/ilunpean-arnas-hotsa-entzuten

African Ghost Valley - AAM
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/aam

MOS FET & Eustress - These Days
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/these-days

Andrew Haines - Hidden in the Night
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-in-the-night

Új Bála - Lobban
https://ujbala.bandcamp.com/album/lobban

Reinartz - Interactions 
https://reinartz.bandcamp.com/album/interactions

VA - Crash Klang Bang Thang
https://jollies.bandcamp.com/album/crash-klang-bang-thang

contact » whatontheplate@gmail.com

Former Lacroixx blog

@karmelloz

1/2 of Action Sports, @PortlandCompressor and Julius Theory with @dylanmhowe

We also run @PearsollPeak

Magick can be FUN 🐈‍⬛🐈
Based in Barcelona 🌐🪩 Shipping to the whole Universe 🚀 Order by dm 👌🏻 or visit our BANDCAMP: https://linktr.ee/empty6pack.cassettes

Wowza

Jollies Records