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Empire

by Matt Emery

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1.
Empire 03:58
2.
Orpheus 04:30
3.
Louloudia 05:35
4.
Mavericks 01:33
5.
Effervescent 02:25
6.
L for Luna 03:38
7.
Brushstrokes 06:14
8.
Asteria 03:38
9.
Atlas 03:42
10.
Blossom 03:34
11.
Oshimai 03:49

about

UK composer Matt Emery releases his elegant, spectral debut album of evocative piano and string pieces Empire through Injazero Records.

Emery’s music is described by The 405 as “ebbing from soft whispers to an ocean of sound that would calm even the roughest of seas.” Their words are apt. Though learned and erudite, Empire is experienced less in musicality but in mood. There is melancholia, jubilation, tension, beauty, dark ambience all deftly navigated within its various movements. Though it is delivered with the sombre grace of heavyweights such as Ryuichi Sakamoto or Ludovico Einaudi, and possesses a singularity akin to Lubomyr Melnyk or Bing and Ruth, its devastating depth of sentiment is all its own.

From the swooping strings of the album’s title track to the fluttering piano of ‘Effervescent’, to the intensity of ‘Orpheus’, it is evident that Emery has a heavy heart. Beneath the album’s compositional maturity and sophistication lies a very pure and clear picture of emotional expression. It is a record that sings without a single vocal utterance, captured with a credence missing from much of the broad ‘modern-classical’ world. A record that echoes the grandeur and myriad complexities of Greek mythology, its own central theme.

Emery’s profile as a composer has benefited from several placements across cinema and television, accumulating an incredible 30 million views on YouTube for his GoPro online ads. His music was used for the trailer of Anton Chekhov’s Seagull play, the highly acclaimed new adaptation that was directed by Matthew Dunster and showing at Regents Park Open Air Theatre in June-July 2015. Other placements include trailers for the British Academy’s Literature Week in 2015 and 1883 Magazine's ‘Life Less Ordinary’ - behind the scenes photo shoot amongst many others. And despite Empire being his debut album, previous self-released singles have enjoyed radio plays across many of the BBC’s music stations, KEXP and Amazing Radio among others.

An artist of many talents, Matt has done engineering work for other artists, mastering Kevin Devine’s ‘Live at St Pancras Old Church' album (Big Scary Monsters), 'Sofia Songs' (a Super Fan 99 Records compilation with covers of songs featured in Sofia Coppola films) and Nicholas Stevenson's 'Can You Bring a Camera' single for Record Store Day. He also hosts a podcast for Alcopop! Records, interviewing artists and industry people.

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released September 15, 2017

Cello performed by Fraser Bowles (except on L For Luna and Effervescent, where cello is performed by Lins Wilson).

Viola and violin performed by Will Harvey (except on L For Luna and Effervescent, where violin is performed by Kieran O’Malley and viola is performed by Simon Goff).

The album was recorded by James Kenosha (Lone Wolf, RHODES, Chapel Club) at his Lodge Studio in Yorkshire. Taylor Deupree of 12k (Goldmund, Hauschka, Loscil) mastered the album.

Cover art by Tyler Hobbs. Design by Pelin Morris.

(p) 2017 Matt Emery under exclusive license to Injazero Records
(c) 2017 Injazero Records

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