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. Listen free to forest swords engravings ljoss, thors stone and more. Engravings by forest swords, released 17 september 20 1. Forest swords, a project of british musician matthew barnes, caused a stir. Crow features exclusively on forest swords djkicks mix compilation.
Dagger paths 2010 engravings 20 compassion 2017 engravings is the debut album by english music producer matthew barnes under the stage name forest swords. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. While one can give ljoss a lot of fancy names, like neopsychedelia, or ambient dub, or neo ethnic, or, or, or, the truth is that this is a regular electronic track that if anything harks back to the late 90s and artists like leftfield. Cue forest swords, experimental electro project of matthew barnes, whose 2010 ep dagger paths netted wide critical acclaim and several yearsend best of spots. Thors stone is electronic music attempting to describe an imaginary scene, in. Forest swords blends an epic past with the presents love for edm.
Its an album that has facets from across the spectrum of experimental electronic music but, in the hands of the masterful sonic auteur matthew barnes, forest swords music sounds triumphantly singular. Forest swords is one producer, matthew barnes, from the wirral, liverpool, uk. It is strictly forbidden to share links to albums via file sharing sites magnet, torrent, kingdom leaks etc. Reviews of engravings by forest swords album, ambient dub. On forest swords 2010 ep dagger paths, the web of dub, psych, dance, and drone spun by uk producer matthew barnes felt instantly singular. After releasing 2010s critically beloved dagger paths ep, u. Its a hell of a debut, refining an organic sound that is at once nuanced and accessible, innovative and. Forest swords engravings 2016, gold with black marble. It was released on 26 august 20 by tri angle background. Engravings follows 2010s dagger paths ep as the first fulllength album from producer matthew barnes. Featuring news, merch, tour dates, music and video.
In these perfectionist times, three years is not such an unreasonably long incubation period for a fulllength album, but after the mouth watering psychrockdub fusion that matthew barnes concocted on his first release as forest swords the immeasurably. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. Taken from compassion album, out now via ninja tune. Engravings is out on august 26 in the uk via tri angle. Engravings is the eagerly awaited debut album by forest swords. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Engravings, an album by forest swords on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. 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. December 7, 2019 forest swords the machine air original score 2019 december 4, 2019 forest swords the machine air original film soundtrack 2019. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
His surroundings have always proved to be his biggest inspiration and thats certainly the case with engravings, in terms of both sound and aesthetic. The album is forest swords second, following 20s engravings. Forest swords the musical guise of matt barnes himself crafted this beautiful set of imagery to accompany his hypnotically repetitive music. A remix of engravings lead track thors stone by dub artist lee scratch perry was posted online in november 20. Users who ignore this rule will be banned from the site. Pretty good by ahmad dajani download forest swords. Engravings, his first fulllength, evokes a grayness of place so completely that it is utter, that there is no there there because there is only there there. The official website for electronic producer and composer forest swords, aka matthew barnes. 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. Well also host forest swords, kaitlyn aurelia smith and moodymann at victoria park on june 3rd. When people borrow gertrude steins notorious phrase there is no there there, their meaning is usually pejorative. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Full details emerge of new forest swords album, compassion. Matthew barness second fulllength will land on may 5th via ninja tune.
Forest swords fastapproaching debut album very nearly never came to be. Forest swordss stream on soundcloud hear the worlds sounds. The records dubinfluenced hypnagogic pop was an intriguing synthesis of crackling lofi production. After first arriving on the scene a few years ago, barnes had to take a break from forest swords due to hearing issues. Matthew barnes, it seems instead appropriate as the highest compliment. Forest swords engravings forest swords hugely acclaimed debut ep, dagger paths, was a minor revelation when it appeared forest swords hugely acclaimed debut ep, dagger paths, was a minor revelation when it appeared in 2010. The first single from the album, the highest flood, was released on 7 march 2017.