Its a hell of a debut, refining an organic sound that. Forest swordsmatthew barnes soundtrack to art film the machine air is available to buy and stream now via his own label dense truth. Somehow, barnes makes it all sound completely natural. Created by speculative architect and director liam young, the machine air jams together youtube and liveleak rips with specially filmed aerial shots of indian textile factories and bolivian lithium. Dub has always played a role in forest swords shadowboxed productions, so its a welcome surprise to see lee scratch perry step up to the plate for a seamless remix of thors stone, featuring shuffleboard beats, lean synth lines and free associative verses about magic hammers, fireballs and bursts of energy. The project of the merseyside, uk native matthew barnes, forest swords crept into the underground consciousness in 2009 with the release of acclaimed ep dagger paths olde english spelling beeno pain in pop a record so eerie and expansive that it touched on both ennio morricone and early massive attack, while still sounding resolutely unique. The first single from the album, the highest flood, was released on 7 march 2017. Enjoy the full soundcloud experience with our free app. Debut album engravings out now through tri angle records. Forest swords will only be releasing 125 limited edition copies of the miarches cassette tape. Stream thors stone lee scratch perry remix by forest swords from desktop or your mobile device. A visceral hauntshock of a record, that shivers and shakes your ears into channelling something completely new and original. It was an experiment to explore new ways of communicating and connecting. A remix of engravings lead track thors stone by dub artist lee scratch perry was posted online in november 20.
The album will be out on cd, double lp and digital download. Forest swords thors stone silence fell on forest swords following 2010s excellent genreshifting ep dagger paths. Forest swords have been gently edging out into broader and broader public consciousness for a while now, but it was the dagger paths ep that set the internet ablaze over matthew barnes melancholy folk dub, often sounding as though the melodies and atmospheres have been lifted from the spooky rustic breakdowns on records by bedroom black metal acts like wyrd. Download forest swords songs, singles and albums on mp3. The video for thor s stone was directed by dave ma and was online in september 20, featuring spanish dancer guzman rosado. Wirrals very own matthew barnes, aka enigmatic artist forest swords delivers a new single called thors stone.
Thors stone by forest swords, released 17 september 20. The video is interesting and definitely compliments the creepy. In june 20, forest swords first new music in nearly three years arrived in the form of thors stone, a more streamlinedsounding track that heralded the release of the debut album. Engravings is the debut album by english music producer matthew barnes under the stage name forest swords. Jun 06, 20 forest swords thor s stone silence fell on forest swords following 2010s excellent genreshifting ep dagger paths. Thor s stone lee scratch perry remix by forest swords published on 201126t20. Merseysider matthew barnes initially piqued interest in his forest swords material with 2010s dagger paths ep, an eerie set possessed of considerable promise but then, silence the reason for the hiatus being that barnes was experiencing significant hearing problems. The song shares its name with the name of the cassette it will be released on. Forest swords matthew barnes soundtrack to art film the machine air is available to buy and stream now via his own label dense truth. Aug 26, 20 this album features in the top ten albums of 20 matthew barnes, aka forest swords, brought together one of the more brilliant eps in recent memory in the form of 2010s dagger paths released through no pain in pop, and his debut full length for brooklynbased tri angle records was no less spectacular.
Free recorded during the compassion album sessions. Previously, thors stone had been shared in june 20 but without mention of the. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. It was released on 26 august 20 by tri angle background. Over the next few years, barnes worked on scoring projects. Forest swords has put out a new video for thors stone, one of the best tracks off our recent album of the week, engravings. Congregate by forest swords, released 27 september 2017 1. The second forest swords album, compassion, was released through ninja tune on 5 may 2017, with a video and streaming single release of lead track arms out and a set of worldwide festival and headline tour dates. In june 20, forest swords first new music in nearly three years arrived in the form of thors stone, a more streamlinedsounding track that heralded the release of the debut album engravings that august. Those who did would receive some new forest swords music, free of charge. Previously, thors stone had been shared in june 20 but without mention of the album release. Thors stone lee scratch perry remix by forest swords, released 19 november 2015. In june 20, forest swords first new music in nearly three years arrived in the form of thor s stone, a more streamlinedsounding track that heralded the release of the debut album engravings that august. Forest swords thors stone wirrals very own matthew barnes, aka enigmatic artist forest swords delivers a new single called by petar kujundzic jun 7, 20.
Forest swords is one producer, matthew barnes, from the wirral, liverpool, uk. Sep 27, 20 forest swords has put out a new video for thors stone, one of the best tracks off our recent album of the week, engravings. Thors stone lee scratch perry remix by forest swords. All proceeds go to ongoing and future aid work in puerto rico, the us virgin islands and mexico following the recent hurricane and earthquake devastation. One day in late march, matthew barnes gave out his mobile number on social media and asked people to whatsapp him. First released in the summer of 2010 by oesb, this full debut ep from wirral wunderkind forest swords is razed from lostvinyl obscurity by london seers, no pain in pop. Compassion was announced on 30 march 2017, and accompanied by another track from the album, arms out, featuring a video directed by sam wiehl and forest swords himself. Nov 27, 20 engravings, the dark marvel of an album that the british producer forest swords released earlier this year, is one of those albums that seems to create its own genre of music. Forest swords dagger paths remastered and extended. Its a hell of a debut, refining an organic sound that is at once nuanced and accessible, innovative and. Aug 26, 20 the album is forest swords second, following 20s engravings. Forest swords has recently released a video for their new song miarches. Jun 07, 20 wirrals very own matthew barnes, aka enigmatic artist forest swords delivers a new single called thors stone. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube.
The video is interesting and definitely compliments the creepyslowdubbed out track. Watch the video for thors stone from forest swordss engravings for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Forest swords is one producer, matthew barnes, from the wirralliverpool, uk. It retains the uncanny qualities hes known for, but with dashes of hope. Engravings, the dark marvel of an album that the british producer forest swords released earlier this year, is one of those albums that seems to create its own genre of music. Stream thor s stone lee scratch perry remix by forest swords from desktop or your mobile device. The second fulllength from uk electronic artist forest swords focuses more acutely on the musics organic elements. Check out thors stone by forest swords on amazon music. Check out thor s stone by forest swords on amazon music. Director dave ma filmed dancer guzman rosado for eight hours in. Thors stone an intense metamorphosis marks the british producers latest bassheavy effort there was a moment around 3am when i felt a pure sense of all the elements coming together perfectly, recalls dave ma of shooting the video to forest swords atmospheric track, thors stone.
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