*GO TO https://www.leavingrecords.com TO BUY LTD PHYSICAL EDITIONS & DOWNLOAD .ZIP w/INDIVIDUAL TRACK MP3s
*ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS PROJECT WILL BE DONATED TO GAZA RELIEF (I will publicly publish a receipt after first month of sales)
*NOT ON SPOTIFY
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Uncleared is the name of my new 29-track instrumental beat-tape. In a more “back-to-basics” approach to beat-making, this tape began as a creative exercise for myself to return to the music that made me who I am. Around Q3/Q4 of 2023 I had read about a “one 4-bar loop a day” regimen to keep output flowing, and this practice was entirely effective in churning-out beats during self-imposed down-time for music making amidst my record label/family balance lifestyle. It was then that I had set a goal to produce & release 40 new beats by the time I turned 40. I found an almost entirely sample-based production flow in Ableton referencing an ongoing list I kept of material to sample & chop as the foundation for the track, culling from the timeless All The Breaks folder for the drums, and finishing the track with a synth bass-line that I’d quickly dial-in & play by hand using Teebs' old M-Audio midi keyboard controller that I am somehow still borrowing and cherish. Most of these beats are under 10 stems in any given project - drastically different in comparison to my projects in the past (Outmind, In My World, Time Flying Beats et al) where stems would be consistently breaching 50+.


Furthermore relating to the title, I was recently served an uncleared sample notice from a bigger label entity. It’s the first time this has happened so I suppose we’ve been lucky, and it’s honestly the first time I’ve reconsidered casually releasing this type of material - particularly on major streaming platforms. I’m not sure what lies ahead for sample-based music culture - but i'm hopeful it will be able to sustain and evolve as we attempt to emphasize the reclamation of the spaces on the internet where this music can be safely & responsibly shared, supported, and appreciated. 


During the last few weeks leading-up to release, artist neighbor / bestie Aaron Raays would come over to my backyard studio shed at night to listen to the developing material and provide me with trusted feedback notes. I have a habit of whip-testing music obsessively in my 2010 Prius driving around Los Angeles, and at the Leaving offices on the Mobius Acoustics system there. These check-ins were crucial in seeing this one through. Only 29 beats made the cut, but I had a lot of fun making these, and I’m having even more fun performing them.


- Visual art direction provided by painter/illustrator/rapper Maurice McCrimmon aka BlissArmyKnife, and mixed-media open-source artist/musician AndrewCS. Press photo by Eric Coleman. I’m eternally grateful to have the pleasure to be collaborating with and turned-on by these inspiring artists in our community daily. 


1_CAVESHRINE
2_DRAGONTEARS
3_WINDFISH
4_CHRONO
5_HATENO
6_SKYDIVE
7_KOROK
8_REGULATE
9_WALKONMEDLEY
10_STARMAN
11_JONI
12_DAYDREAMIN
13_THEFLAME
14_QUIETSTORM
15_BARRYBREAK
16_REUNITED
17_PROUD
18_DENNISANDREW
19_CONNY
20_BAMBOO
21_YOSHIMURA
22_EVENSONG
23_EVENINGSTAR
24_MARIMBAFUSION
25_BIGISLANDFLUTE
26_REFLECTIONS_W/CARLOS NIÑO
27_ZITHERTRONICCHOPS
28_EXPERIENCE
29_NBS

FREE GAZA

Matthewdavid - Uncleared

100% Zithertronics straight off the top.
https://leavingrecords.com/zithertronics-mixtape
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instrumentation:
*norns running &'s rpls script:
https://github.com/andr-ew/rpls
*zither
*critter guitari pocket piano + bolsa bass
*trogotronic pulse generator

track 11 features Carlos Niño
photo by Nico Georis

Matthewdavid - 100% Zithertronics

Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Trust the Guide and Glide
2LP VINYL: bit.ly/1prTyCy

It's Now! Eternally! Easy, Tender, Loving Sound.
The Guide is You. The Glide is Life. Be Yourself, Live Fully - 
That's what the Vibrations are Encouraging, Echoing, 
Waving, Glowing, Singing, Rippling, Radiating.

Matthewdavid's Mindflight is Heart Music. It's a record
of beauty that has evolved from explorations into his 
deepest emotions, visions and imagination. The Flights 
were most directly inspired by his profound connection 
with Michael Stearns' Planetary Unfolding (Continuum 
Montage 1981). You can feel that Trust is it's Brother. 
Stearns speaks of Dreams, Resonance, Unity, and Ecstasy. 
Matthew adds that this journey has been one of Healing, 
Discovery, Finding, and Transformation. The two and
their kindred are wondrous Sonic-Energetic-Midwives
helping to usher in this age of Expanded Consciousness.

The process and source are Extra and Terrestrial, 
Synthesized, Improvised (Live on Dublab Radio) Meditations. 
Sourced from the well of spiritual expression, these 
recordings were further realized in Ableton. You're flying 
through the mystical world of Gilbert William's cover, 
the software technology is dancing with circuitry, Flute, 
Harp, Hulusi, Water, Sonar, Quasar, and microtonal 
language are Tied and Dyed in the moment.

The Mind is programmed by the Heart. With an open 
Heart the Mind can apply our gifts. I asked Matthew 
what he's seen on / in his Mindflights: "Unconditional Love! 
Stillness - Centeredness," he replied. "I've seen and felt 
my ancestors, I've heard the songs of humanity . . ."

Welcome, Listen, Hear, Here, Now, Celebrate!

Joyously Written with Trust the Guide and Glide on repeat,
Tuesday, December 8, 2015, in Woodland Hills, California 
- Carlos Niño

cover painting: Gilbert Williams
@matthewdavids-mindflight
www.leavingrecords.com

2LP VINYL + DIGITAL

Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Unfolding Atlantis

One Hand Clapping (1989 N.O.W. Records)
Mystic Dreams - A New Age Mystical Music Experience (1994 Madacy)
Constance Demby - Ambrosial Waves (2011 Sound Currents)
Inner World 3 (1990 Relaxation Products)
Moods - Sailboat Voyage / Moods - Backyard Stream (1986 Gateway)
Randall McClellan - Healing Music of Rana [Mindflight Edit] (1987 Rana Press / 2014 Sun Ark)
Petr Michael Hamel - Nada (1980 Celestial Harmonies)
Sounds Of The Womb - Dr. Jay Freed (1996 self-released)
Daniel Kobialka - Sun Space (1993 LiSem Enterprises)
Inner-Harmony Music by Upper Astral - Entrance To The Secret Lagoon (1983 Valley of the Sun Publishing)
Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Orchestrator & Rhodes Improvisation (unreleased)
Laraaji - Deep Chimes Meditation 1 (unreleased)
SunPath - Stream and Crystal (1984 Jeff Berry / 2016 Leaving Records) 

A New Age Mystical Music Mix

Outmind

Group Tea (feat. Flying Lotus)

"We are The Dreamer AND The Dream!
Make the music however! Express at last!"
https://matthewdavidmcq.bandcamp.com/album/disk-ii-2

DISK II: a collection of ambient experiments originally released in 2012 as ltd. CDR is NOW re-mastered featuring unreleased collaboration w.Eola & a ltd. cassette edition.
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Shouts:
Mike Collins ripping weird guitar on "DISK II 3"
Edwin Mathis (Eola) a capella DMT on "DISK 4" + "DISK 6"
Cameron Stallones sorry I was biting your style on "DISK II 4" instrumental
dublab's Tonalism just in-general 
dublab's Tonalism Marfa edition when I remixed Sneaky Snake for their tape on "DISK II 5"
One-take improvisation recording
Ableton Simpler
Tape decks with pitch control
Roland SP-303 MFX#12

Cassette (edition of 200):
*die-cut Floppy Disk cassette sleeve
*MD paints your tapes (see pic)
*includes all tracks from the original 2012 CDR release (3 extra)
*remastered & pro-duplicated

LTD DISK CASSETTE

Matthewdavid - DISK II 66 (feat. Eola)

Made on the Waxing Gibbous Moon 2014 in Mt. Washington / Highland Park, and Altadena, Los Angeles.

Matthewdavid & EMV - Waxing Gibbous Moon

World Wide January 19th 2018
digital pre-order + cassette now shipping:
http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/album/matthewdavid/time-flying-beats

Los Angeles producer Matthew "Matthewdavid" McQueen drops 34minutes of unreleased beats. Cassette edition limited to 250, now shipping. 

"I also listen to a lot of Top40 hip-hop/trap, and regularly attend LA's Low End Theory club."

TAPES

Matthewdavid - Time Flying

NTS Show 53

Sounds of the Dawn NTS Radio March 2nd 2019

been a while since ive shared new music from the Mindflight realm, so here's a nice & warm demo from a longer piece im working on for the next proper Mindflight album - this was recorded last month in my bedroom in NE Los Angeles. -MD

process:
q-chord  --> norns mlr script --> norns glut script --> boss phase shifter pedal --> boss analog delay pedal

Waldorfian Glide (demo)

@matthewdavid hosts the radio show.
featuring 8 unreleased tracks.

tracklist
*matthewdavid - jillin (unreleased)
*Nailah Hunter - Nacre Meadow (self-released)
*matthewdavid - pocket norns (unreleased)
*matthewdavid - long mycelium (unreleased)
*matthewdavid - open zither space (unreleased)
*matthewdavid - culebra flute (unreleased)
*PJS - Particles (Golden Ratio Frequencies)
*matthewdavid - ghibli gothic (unreleased)
*Galdre Visions - Dark Fern (@LeavingRecords October 23 2020)
*matthewdavid - mycelium loom 1 & 2 (unreleased)
*matthewdavid - nornscelium (unreleased)

cover image by Oliver Barnett (IG: @oliver_barnett_)