Hi! I'm Matt Estep and I study Sound Recording Technology at Fredonia. I started making and posting music on my personal Facebook profile under this name way back in 2011. I started with mashups of some of my favorite songs but as I became more and more involved with the music, I wound up forming my own ideas and making songs of my own. When I write and produce music for Sidestep I use skills that I've learned at my school as well as on my own and I always try to keep things fresh and interesting. I have a variety of musical influences ranging from The Beatles to Muse and to M83.

I write mostly instrument based electronic music but I'm definitely not afraid to stray away from my comfort zone in terms of genres. I love listening to and writing music that can bring me back to any point in my life - no matter how distant - and make me feel again as I once did. I strive to include that in my music and because much of my music is ambiguous my hope is that you develop your own ideas about what each song is about because once you press play, the song is yours. There is no right or wrong answer, there is only you and the music.

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New LP WHITES | OUT NOW on ANACHRONISME | ORDER: https://leveragemodels.bandcamp.com/album/whites
avant-pop. lyrics matter. 

https://www.passionweiss.com/2018/10/25/young-white-christians-doing-active-shooter-drills-in-school-an-interview-with-leverage-models/

https://www.popmatters.com/leverage-models-whites-review-2615171722.html

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18604-leverage-models-leverage-models/

Leverage Models makes pop songs about transubstantiation, ritual abuse, political apathy, divorce, white collar criminals, poverty, white liberal guilt, anxiety, & self-harm.   with roto-toms.
 
http://www.whyleveragemodels.com/

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A Lesser Culture is the solo project of multi­instrumentalist Christian Carpenter Fields, formerly of Phoenix, AZ band Skybox. Throughout the duration of playing with Skybox, Christian has had the pleasure of touring the country with the likes of Tally Hall, Jukebox The Ghost & Via Audio... playing such festivals as CMJ, SXSW, Lollapalooza and Old St. Pat's Block Party opening for Ben Folds.

After the dissolution of Skybox, he found himself with a valuable set of arranging skills that was left wanting for a foundation – A set of shapes and lines for which to set down his colors and textures. Reverting back to his childhood roots as a lover of hiphop, he soon found himself rifling through the pages of his rap hero's sources – A world of funk and soul, giving him a platform to hone is songwriting skills. Utilizing his self ­taught approach to music creation coupled with his fresh interpretation of said funk/soul conventions, Christian produces a confused and broken set of pieces that are danceable, full of pain & anger but not without a sense of humor.

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