Matt Robertson - Enveleau

Matt Robertson

Enveleau


  1. Enoughness
  2. Enveleau
  3. Bees
  4. Syntropic
  5. Kalimba
  6. Post Truth
  7. Old Lens
  8. Want

About Enveleau

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Balancing ambient sound design alongside warm organic techno and ripples of delicate electronics; British-born, Canadian-based, Grammy-nominated composer, producer, and musical director Matt Robertson is set to release his new album ‘Enveleau’. It follows his warmly received ‘In Echelon‘ (2016) and ‘Entology’ (2018) albums, described as “symphonic electronica and leftfield techno that’s cinematic in scale” (Mixmag), “evocative, expansive, and original” (Electronic Sound), “magnificent...wild, electronic sound” (The Line Of Best Fit) and “Nils Frahm’s modern classical meets Jon Hopkins’ grainy techno” (MOJO).

“I love how the sonics of some records immediately put the listener in a comfortable space - just from the sound of an opening chord, you can be placed in a space and time. I am trying to achieve something similar to this on ‘Enveleau’, really concentrating on what the sounds make you feel, as a separate thing to what the harmony and the pitch make you feel. I’ve used a lot of different recordings I made outside, including natural textures wrapped into the drum sounds. It gives the record a sense of place.”

“Enveleau is a word I am taking to mean a sense of envelopment in your surroundings, and trying to take some comfort in that. In a sense, gratitude. The name also has a lot to do with water and how it flows along the easiest path. 2020 was a really challenging year for everyone. I think I found a sense of ease by concentrating on my family and getting outside if I could. The cover is a photo of an area near where I live, and it really captures a sense of the stillness that I have been trying to find within the past year.”
– Matt Robertson

Release Date: April 30, 2021.

Limited edition edition vinyl is available via our Bandcamp Store.


Credits

All music written, performed & recorded by Matt Robertson in BC, Canada.
Strings on Syntropic by the Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra.
Mixed by Matt Robertson. Mastering by Heba Kadry.
Photography by J. Robert Moss. Art Direction by Rocco Tyndale.


Press

Headphone Commute / Fluid Radio / Backseat Mafia / DMC World / A Closer Listen
In The Studio with Matt Robertson - Headphone Commute