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Susan Matthews

About Me

For more information visit Susan's Website: sirenwire.com
Or for more incoherent ramblings try her blog susanmatthews.blogspot.com
SUSAN MATTHEWS
...the most important female British artist of our time... Alan Milne, 2008
A UK based avant-garde experimental composer, known for her intense, ambitious, hypnotic harmonies and industrial noise creations.
Her music...
...tangles the brutal with the fragile in a forbidding texture of sound that penetrates on so many levels at once, it's like being touched by a ghost... Dan Schaffer
SUMMER'S JOY REKINDLED - NEW EP RELEASE
The new collaboration between Susan and Alistair Crosbie will be released Monday 11th May by Siren Wire Recordings.
TRACK LISTING:
Summer's Faith In Summer's End
Summer Half-Remembered
Summer's Cloudcover
This is a Limited Edition of 40 copies and comes in a beautiful handmade sleeve:
Visit sirenwire.com to pay with PayPal
Price: £4.00 to Anywhere in the World
(Please note: Price includes Postage and Packing)
PRAGUE SOUNDTRACK - LIMITED EDITION CDR RELEASE
Susan's recordings for the aborted Prague art film soundtrack are now available on limited edition cdr. Susan edited the recordings in early December 2008 into a 20+ minute soundscape incorporating piano, voice, recorder, percussion and music box elements. The cdr is limited to 30 copies packaged in hand made card sleeves in an assortment of colours.
PLEASE NOTE: THE PRAGUE SOUNDTRACK CD IS SOLD OUT however it is now available as a download release from Earth Monkey Productions (earthmp.com)
NEW CDR available to buy direct from Siren Wire Recordings:
When The Ghosts Are Within These Walls (Susan Matthews & Rainier Lericolais)
Price: £3.98 to Anywhere in the World
(Please note: Price includes Postage & Packing)
Ten tracks in a plastic slip case with colour inserts.
- Check my 'top friends' for Matthews/Lericolais a Myspace page dedicated to Susan's ongoing collaboration with Rainier Lericolais
Splinters, video directed by Yokna Patofa
On A Theme Of Falling, video created by Shaun Blezard
COMING 2009:
- Two solo projects: 'The Whispering Void' (pianos, strings, calm but edgy ambience) and 'Tales From The Forbidden Garden' (guitars, drums, visceral songs and rhythms)
- Guest vocals on forthcoming solo album by Tony Wakeford. Released later this year by The Eastern Front.
- 'Motion.Silence.Echo' featuring a number of artists (Tony Wakeford, Rainier Lericolais, Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo, Clutter, Alistair Crosbie, Nick Grey, M, 1000 Aeroplanes Crashing In The Night, Damon Shulman, George Rogers) who've been invited to remix tracks from Susan's back catalogue. Released later this year by Tursa.
- Soundtrack for and acting role in forthcoming independent movie Grasp
NEWS
'AXIS VEIN'
Susan's fifth solo album Axis Vein, released 16th July 2008. Featuring ten tracks designed to carry you...
'...through various stages of terrifying emotional vivisection and inquietude'
Dan Schaffer 2008
An eclectic mix of styles encompassing noise, rhythmic, ambient and classical avant-garde genres
Read Dan Schaffer's full review here: www.sirenwire.com
Axis Vein is available from www.sirenwire.com
CLUTTER vs SUSAN MATTHEWS new limited edition EP Slow Corrosion now available from Earth Monkey Productions

Preview the ep Here
Purchase from Earth Monkey Here
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For more information please visit Siren Wire Recordings
More music at Soundclick
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Music:

Member Since: 11/18/2005
Band Website: www.sirenwire.com
Band Members: TO PURCHASE CDS PLEASE VISIT:
www.sirenwire.com
DISCOGRAPHY
Prague Soundtrack
Prague Soundtrack
Catalogue Number SW84
Siren Wire Recordings 2009


When The Ghosts Are Within These Walls
(by Susan Matthews and Rainier Lericolais)
On Solomon's Mountain
Waste And Desolate For The Want
Remember Me (Battle)
Under Shintor Fach
Heaven Unto The Earth
Kingswood
These Ghosts
Cefn Sidan
The Prince Of Deheubarth
In Gwenllian's Garden
Catalogue Number SW83
Siren Wire Recordings 2008


The Cartography Of Fear
The Cartography Of Fear 2
The Middle Child Has No Discernible Role
The Cartography Of Fear 3
Catalogue Number SW82
Siren Wire Recordings 2008


Axis Vein
Splinters
Breech Wretch
Moon Tremors
The Blood Harvest
Bound
The Empty Auditorium
Flex
(Moon Bound)
The Cartography Of Fear
The Architect's Demise

Catalogue Number SW81
Siren Wire Recordings 2008


Slow Corrosion
Slow Corrosion
Underwater Corrosion
Corrosive Corrosive
Hushed Deep Dub
A collaboration between Susan Matthews and Clutter
Catalogue Number EMC002
Earth Monkey Productions 2008


DreamScapes
A Pig Shaped Hole In The Universe
My Name Is Safe In Your Mouth
Lifelore
Splinters
On A Theme Of Falling
Prague Soundtrack 2
Broken/Are You In My Comfort Zone?
Keel (Combined)
Sanctuary
Blistered Sunlight
Breech Wretch
Grieving Naid
Catalogue Number SW80
Siren Wire Recordings 2008


Homothetique Ricochet (French Issue)
by Susan Matthews and Rainier Lericolais
(Identical track listing as SW78 but with alternative sleeve design)
Catalogue Number SW79
Siren Wire Recordings 2008


Homothetique Ricochet
(by Susan Matthews and Rainier Lericolais)
Introduction de la Performance
Un Silence Dysfonctionnel
Pas Encore la Verite
Passionee de Vous (edit)
Un Silence Dysfonctionnel (a’capella)
Passionee de Vous
Un Silence Dysfonctionnel (Instrumental)
Une Performance de Leurre
Un Long Silence Dysfonctionnel
Verite

Catalogue Number SW78
Siren Wire Recordings 2008


'The Garden Mix'
Mbox
Spiegelkabinett
Summer's Over
Samhain Lullaby
Veiled
Keel
My Name Is Safe In Your Mouth
A Dysfunctional Hush
Missing
The Passing
Catalogue Number: SW77
Siren Wire Recordings 2008


'The Silent Architect'
Dawn
Spring Dancing
The Mariner's Lament
Spiegelkabinett
Through Form
Weals
Almost February
Samhain Lullaby
Keel
The Passing
Catalogue Number SW75
Siren Wire Recordings 2007


'Silent Variations'
Weals (Alt.Ver.)
Spiegelkabinett (Alt.Ver.)
Through Form To Form
Lily (The Mariner's Lament)
Keel (Impression)

'Hope-Bound'

Passionate About You
A Decoy Performance
Joy's Farewell
Veiled
Seven Tears
Missing
A Dysfunctional Hush
SuffusionCatalogue Number SW74
Siren Wire Recordings 2007


'Lost Sorrows'

Blistered Sunlight
On A Theme Of Falling
A Passionate Hush
My Name Is Safe In Your Mouth
Blistered Moonlight
Catalogue Number SW73
Siren Wire Recordings 2007


Tiny Grief
'hello...'
Mbox
Grieving Naid (Alternate Version)
Mbox2
Catalogue Number SW72
Siren Wire Recordings 2006


bruiser
mbox2
Backup
Truth
Hushed Corrosive/Lifelore
Fortune
Flinch
The Message
Ellipse-Dream
Summer's Over
mbox
Catalogue Number SW71
Siren Wire Recordings 2006


Botanical Rites ep
Botanical Rite No.1
Botanical Rite No.2 'Aural Effigy'
Botanical Rite No.3 'Shift 8vb'
Catalogue Number SW70
Siren Wire Recordings 2005


SirenWire69
Hegemony
Botanical Rite No.1
Bruised Letter
Dysphoria
Blister Lip Mutation
Botanical Rite No.2 'Aural Effigy'
Black Plug
A Perfect Happiness
Grieving Naid
Botanical Rite No.3 'Shift 8vb'
Catalogue Number SW69
Siren Wire Recordings 2005


Full discography including compilations at www.sirenwire.com
Influences: To everyone who has bought CDs, listened to my music, helped promote it in any way shape or form, thank you for your kindness...
Record Label: Siren Wire Recordings, Tursa, Earth Monkey
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SPRING CREATURES, 1-31 MARCH 2009

An Experiment For SpringThroughout the month of March I'll be uploading a new song to my Myspace Player every day. That's 31 tracks!Each track will be new, previously unreleased, or released in a limi...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:10:00 GMT

Prague Soundtrack on NTNS Radio

Prague Soundtrack will be played on NTNS Radio in Amsterdam this weekend - as far as I'm aware it will be played in full (over 20 minutes!)More info here:http://www.myspace.com/ntnsradiohttp://www.int...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:22:00 GMT

Prague Soundtrack FREE DOWNLOAD

A long time ago I was asked to record a soundtrack for a short art film shot in Prague - I immediately began recording ideas but the project was shelved. In early December 2008 I edited the recordin...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:26:00 GMT

babycomeback, Jan 2009

I've contributed a new work babycomeback to the recently released Necktar 2017, Vol.1 This is a download only compilation album released by French WebLabel Le Colibri Necrophile Listen/Downl...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:10:00 GMT

DARK MATTER

I've contributed a new track Dark Matter to Paste Modeling Silence a compilation cdr curated by Rainier Lericolais on the THT Disques label.The full line up is: Simon Fisher Turner, Geoffrey Montel, S...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:50:00 GMT

NEW REVIEWS AT THE SOUND PROJECTOR

Ed Pinsent has kindly reviewed four of my cd releases for his website The Sound Projector:thesoundprojector.com
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:16:00 GMT

experimusic.com review AXIS VEIN, oct 2008

Many thanks to experimusic.com for a great Axis Vein review:'Matthews' use and combination of subtle textures and pronounced dynamics makes you drift into a warm and inviting abyss from which you don'...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:03:00 GMT

Save 209 Radio

209 Radio is a Community Radio Station operating on a not-for-profit basis. They exist to provide training and broadcasting opportunities to a wide range of people many of whom are not in a position t...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:41:00 GMT

TIME AND TIDE ltd ed release

AMALGAM, TIME AND TIDE RELEASE featuring SUSAN MATTHEWSDutch trio Time & Tide have just released Amalgam an album created from sound samples and music donated by fellow experimental sound artists incl...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:03:00 GMT

Slow Corrosion Reviews and Radio Play

SLOW CORROSION REVIEWSVital Weekly (http://www.vitalweekly.net/642.html) have reviewed Slow Corrosion'Slow corrosion...belongs to the darkest territories of trip hop with dragging beats slowly moving ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:57:00 GMT