Sun Araw & matthewdavid: LIVE PHREAXXX Tape
Two of LA’s finest sonic explorers, Cameron Stallones (Sun Araw) and matthewdavid, got together to create the exceptional LIVEPHREAXXX tape. This guitar-free excursion sets itself apart from much of...
View ArticleVisitation Rites Presents: Dream Massage, M. Geddes Gengras, matthewdavid,...
Join Visitation Rites' Los Angeles team this Saturday for a night of musical healing in a Chinatown home. Come early to potluck, and stay late to dance. Additional sounds will be provided by DJ...
View Articlematthewdavid Readies International EP for Brainfeeder
When you ask a millennial musician what their influences are, you tend to anticipate the Kid A, Merriweather answer even without hearing their tunes. So when Los Angeles-based producer matthewdavid,...
View ArticleMatthewdavid: "International (feat. Dogbite)"
Leaving Records founder Matthewdavid's International EP is out today on Flying Lotus's Brainfeeder label. The four-track EP's title track features a guest spot from past MD collaborator Dogbite as well...
View ArticleAltered Zones x 5X5W Update
[click here for full-size poster]Update: Girl Unit has unfortunately had to drop out of SXSW due to visa issues. However, we're thrilled to announce that Montreal dream-pop artist Grimes was kind...
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Altered Zones x 5X5X Remembered
[Projections by Tommyboy& VidKidz; photos by Weird Magic& Trent Lesicar; Austin, TX; March 16th, 2011]John MausPuro InstinctPictureplaneSleep ∞ OverLaurel HalomatthewdavidGrimes
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Altered Zones | March 2011 | Mix Series v7 | Matthewdavid
[image by Miko Revereza]Say hello to the seventh installment of our monthly mix series. Every month, we invite an artist to compile their favorite Altie Zonies tracks from the previous month, plus...
View ArticleMatthewdavid: "Group Tea (Feat. Flying Lotus)"
Matthewdavid's newest record, Outmind, is due to drop in just two weeks via Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder imprint. The cathartic, slow-melting album has been seeping into our every pore for a little over a...
View ArticleZoned In: Matthewdavid: Outmind
By Ian Paul Roger NelsonLos Angeles producer and sound collagist Matthewdavid is set to release Outmind, his first LP, on April 19th. His tunes are indebted to no one genre in particular, but he can...
View ArticleSamiyam: "Where Am I"
Just last month, Matthewdavid suggested to me that I check out fellow Brainfeeder resident Samiyam. He's certainly not a newcomer, having put out several albums and EPs in the past five years. His...
View ArticleLos Angeles Venue Show Cave to Shutter its Doors
Tonight, Los Angeles bids adieu to Show Cave, one of its most vital and active DIY venues. Founded by Eric Nordhauser and Hazel Hill McCarthy in 2006, and located at 3501 Eagle Rock Boulevard, it was...
View ArticleBest Songs of 2011 Thus Far
[image by Max Capacity]In celebration of one full year of Altered Zones, we're going back to where we began and observing our very favorite tracks of 2011 thus far. We pulled together all of AZ's...
View ArticleMatthewdavid: "Reunited"
On July 26th, Leaving Records will release SWEDISH FISH, a split cassette of ambient music from Odd Nosdam (co-founder of Anticon Records) and LR guru Matthewdavid. Most of the A-side is "Swedish...
View ArticleMatthewdavid, Serengeti Collab as Davis
Last time we mentioned Serengeti, the Chicago MC had just dropped his first solo album for Anticon, produced by Why?'s Yoni Wolf and Casiotone for the Painfully Alone's Owen Ashworth, aka Advance Base....
View ArticleMusic From Saharan Cellphones Gets Remixed
Last year, after returning from travel in Mali and Mauritania, Sahel Sounds released Music From Saharan Cellphones, a cassette compilation of found tracks copied from memory cards via Bluetooth...
View ArticleAltered Zones' CMJ Guide 2011
CMJ is finally here! While we couldn't be more stoked to present our own party at the New Museum this Saturday with Trash Talk, Eric Copeland, araabMUZIK, and Atlas Sound, among others, there's four...
View ArticleHarmonizer: "Landline (Matthewdavid Remix)"
For the past couple of months, we've relished in the ECM vibe heard on Harmonizer's most recent LP, World Complete, but on this remix of "Landline," Matthewdavid trades the track's deep world beat for...
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Words For The Road
In our year-and-a-half on the information highway, we had the good fortune of witnessing what was at once a very prolific time, a very confusing time, and a very exciting time in underground music....
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