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Artist: Sam Matters
Title: Matter And Motion EP
Release Date: 11th June 2012
Format: Vinyl/Digital
Cat No: FR166/FRD166

Sam Matters came to our attention through a friend of a friend's cousin who sent a cassette demo to my sister in law to pass onto my wife to give to Freerange. A fairly convoluted and iffy way to get your music heard you might think, but not on this occasion, with Jimpster having recently fired up his Sharp VZ-2500 to listen to some old mixtapes, it was simply a case of press and play and Eureka! With no info on Sam or his whereabouts we got to the job of tracking him down which actually proved fairly easy what with our significant experience in covert intelligence and code breaking. What turned up was a very young and rather cheeky looking chap not unlike Oliver Twist.

The music itself certainly shows a maturity that belies Sam's youth with the title track Matter And Motion making excellent use of bubbling bass, filtering pads and driving cowbell pattern. Sam manages to create plenty of tension and build by layering up the arpeggiating synths whilst keeping the groove streamlined and uncluttered.

Weight Off My Mind builds around a slowly developing two beat loop with driving live hats and just a hint of disco edging in halfway through. Another unique track that we fell for in a big way and one that sounds deep, hypnotic funky and highly original.

Last up is a brilliant reworking of Matter And Motion from one of our longtime favourite German producers, Sebo K. Here he goes for a strictly 90's house vibe keeping everything raw to the core with bouncing Chandleresque bassline, delayed vocal cuts and simple two chord stabs adding plenty of peaktime energy to the track.





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