'To everyone who has bought CDs, listened to my music, helped promote it in any way shape or form, thank you for your kindness.'
LATEST RELEASESThe Whispering VoidSusan's second solo album in as many months will be released by Siren Wire Recordings on the 19 August 2010Piano, Voice, Strings, Acoustic Guitar and Electronics combine to create a calm but edgy meditation on the sorrows of grief
In Search Of The Shadow WalkerSusan's first solo album for two years will be released on 19th July 2010.
A series of short classically inspired vignettes and piano compositions 'In Search Of The Shadow Walker' will be limited to 80 copies available from Sonic Oyster Records
AUTUMNAL ABDUCTION
Susan's audio visual project with Mark Ingram is now available to pre-order from our online shop: www.sirenwire.com The package includes a four track audio ep by Susan and a DVD featuring experimental films made by Mark in response to each of the ep tracks. The videos were created from footage shot by Mark and Susan in Cumbria last September.
Packaged in a double jewel case with full colour hand-made inserts, Autumnal Abduction will be released 13th May 2010Full track listing:In WaterEarth StammersOn Fire IslandThe Fragile AirAutumnal Abduction has been screened at the following venues:The FON Festival, Barrow In Furness, CumbriaThe Lanternhouse, Ulverston, CumbriaThe Blast House, CarmarthenShip of Fools, London
Silence Alight by Susan and Clutter is now available from Apollolaan Recordings This is strictly limited release (50 copies) in beautiful individually hand painted sleeves with full colour insert and 'wrap-around' outer sleeve.PLEASE NOTE: SILENCE ALIGHT HAS SOLD OUT
For more information visit my Website: sirenwire.com
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SUSAN MATTHEWS
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 (Doghouse, The Scribbler, Dogwitch)
Susan will be performing live with ORFEO 5 at The Blast House Friday 26th February 2010 and Tuesday 30th March at The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen.
'The Fragile Air' video created by Mark Ingram music by Susan. Created for F.O.N. Festival October 2009
Splinters, video directed by Yokna Patofa
COMING 2010:
- Grasp (experimental feature film by Mark Ingram with soundtrack and acting role by Susan) will be released on DVD
- '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.
- LightScapes a mix of music created by Susan for The Garden Of Earthly Delights Radio Show (broadcast November 2009) will be released on CD
Susan is currently working on two contrasting solo projects: 'Tales From The Forbidden Garden' (guitars, drums, visceral songs and rhythms) and The Self-Harm Handbook (intimate and disturbing songs and instrumental experimentations)
- Susan's Original Soundtrack for the independent movie Grasp will hopefully be released: IMDB page here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1620758/
- Please check my 'top friends' for Matthews/Lericolais a Myspace page dedicated to Susan's ongoing collaboration with Rainier Lericolais
For more information please visit Siren Wire Recordings
