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Matt Herman

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1.
Always 02:06
2.
Disso Nova 03:13
3.
Mist 02:05
4.
Loft 02:41
5.
Aether 02:30
6.
September 06:02
7.
Standing By 03:14

about

My first foray into 'real' multitrack recording and mixing, I assembled this EP while living in the Philadelphia suburbs in 2006; early copies were printed on heavy photo paper and hand-cut with an Exacto knife to fit inside of a plastic sleeve, and the CD-Rs were burned on my home PC.

Only a couple of these songs were 'written' beforehand, rather most were based around an improvisation, and then as layers were added they became the songs that they are.

Noteworthy:

>Mist is the first song with which I'd utilized software looping. I again used software looping pretty heavily for my subsequent work Desperately Random, however since then I only use live in-the-moment looping devices

>I have no idea where the darbuka is that was used for the base loop of Mist; I bought it at Rhythm Fusion in Santa Cruz, and I miss it

>the base drums, Stick loop and delay effects for the first minute of Standing By were recorded in one shot in Pat Murray's basement; I then overlaid an accompaniment drum section from the same performance from a section later in the take

>the base guitar of Aether and Always were recorded in San Francisco, with all overdubs in PA, each section composed as I went

>September was recorded live at UCSC in Santa Cruz, CA during the Woodstockhausen 2003 experimental music festival. This is un-overdubbed, however there exists a heavily overdubbed/somewhat-industrial version, but I eventually felt the base soundscape was best

>all drums were recorded with one small Carvin condenser mic

>the cover shot is from the top of the Sears Tower

credits

released February 6, 2006

Matt Herman: Stick, guitar, effects
Pat Murray: drums
Kelly Lingard: vocals on Loft

Jeremy Pellani: perc loop on Mist
Ben Hesse: sonic counsel

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Matt Herman San Francisco, California

MATT HERMAN is a San Francisco-based guitarist / looper, akin to early-'70s space-rock as performed on solo guitar, with touches of jazz and classical.

Contact & Booking: desperatelyrandom@gmail.com

Photo by Jason Reimuller at the Hemlock Tavern
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