Matthew Joseph Payne Oakland, California
Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and composer with a flair for the dramatic. Bluegrass, chiptunes, ondes martenot and more swirl through unexpected soundscapes with hidden meanings. Also memes.
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Crying came out of nowhere and absolutely blew me away. ES' distinct vocal style, and Ryan and Nick's GB/drums/guitar interactions draw you in with inital simplicity that surprises you at every turn.
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This record never gets old to me! The drum programming here is so expressive that it didn't even occur to me for the first few casual listens that it was in LSDJ! Expressive, complex, intense.
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Things We Dream About
by A/B Duo
I wrote "Echoloquacious" for A/B Duo to follow-up the LSDJ/flute piece I wrote for Meerenai, and I couldn't have imagined a better pairing than Ivan Trevino's "Things We Dream About.
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featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 2, 2016
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Dreamy doom-pop for the spooky season from Seattle's Tylo.
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With their blend of playfulness and graduate-level instrumentation, Dorcha deftly prove that improvisational zeal and conservatory-level precision aren't mutually exclusive.
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