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ARTIST
MATCHESS
TITLE
Stena
FORMAT
Cassette
LABEL
DRAG CITY
CATALOG #
DC 923Z-CS
DC 923Z-CS
GENRE
EXPERIMENTAL
RELEASE DATE
9/27/2024
"The work of
Whitney Johnson
a.k.a.
Matchess
, is, in their own words, 'a material history of reproduction.' From our grateful vantage point, it sounds like sequences of hypnotic and engaging forms, a combination of musical concepts and available materials for the purpose of transcendence.
Hav
(DC 923A-LP) and
Stena
challenge linear description, and even language, reflecting the perceived values and details of multiple times/intentions/places into essential aspects, repurposed as music.
Hav
and
Stena
began to exist in 2021 while Whitney was researching the Cult of Hermaphroditus and visiting all the available sites of the cult's activity in Cyprus and Greece. She collected materials from the sites via VHS footage, 35mm photos, and field recordings. The cover image for
Hav
is from that trip, as are some of the field recordings included on
Stena
. During her travels, Whitney read
Shelley
's
Frankenstein
for the first time. As a sequel to that harrowing moment, and with respect to Shelley, the two new releases feel within and without themselves like creatures of post-mortem assembly, collaged more than birthed.
Stena
in particular sifts through fragments of once-was, surgically bonded and given electric shock treatment to induce music. Its sequence contains a hidden cover of
The Nuns
' 'It's a Dream.' A lot of
Stena
was recorded in Miller Beach, Indiana. Other recordings were made in a barn in rural Sweden during the winter of 2022, where Whitney was living alone and working on music while mulling over considerations of biological and symbolic ancestry. The cover image for
Stena
is a burial cairn photographed while there. As with 2022's
Sonescent
, one way to examine these records is how they resonate in the body. Throughout their gestation, attention was given to the use of certain frequencies as a focused means of transport; the Solfeggio Frequencies, a conception in sound healing, are referenced often in these new works."
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