Matt Evans Releases New Album 'Daydream Observatory'
by Scott Osgood
“treats sound as both material and metaphor, assembling what he calls “zone poems” that operate somewhere between composition and collage, guided as much by intuition as by design” The Big Takeover
"calls to mind the goofy-sweet sounds of the Mario-verse with the squeaky synths utilized in this meandering, beat-driven work" KCRW
Daydream Observatory from drummer/producer Matt Evans is out today digitally and on bright orange vinyl.
Furthering the musical language established on past releases New Topographics and Soft Science, the new work oscillates between the meditative and cacophonous, an audio Loki of all things light, dark, wholesome, and misanthropic.
A collection of ten synth-saturated, drum-driven, “zone poems” the album sonically orbits the phantasmal chill-complexity of previous records while responding to several distinguished guests: Chris Ryan Williams (trumpet), Domenica Fossati (flute), Marta Tiesenga (saxophone), and Nyokabi Kariũki (kalimba). Their performances have been cut up, and re-sequenced meticulously to construct a kind of “soundscape bonsai” with a narrative logic that is simultaneously cathartic and lighthearted.
Inspired by Italo Calvino’s Mr. Palomar, Mark Bradford’s colorfully tattered collages, and maximalist referential streetwear brand BootBoyz.Biz, Daydream Observatory assembles a wide array of sonic worlds to present a detailed perspective on the everyday balance of tragedy and comedy.
