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01. Umberto - Grasp
02. Umberto - Spoonwood
03. Umberto - Empty Shell
04. Umberto - October
05. Umberto - Monkshood
06. Umberto - Vestige
07. Umberto - Dying Honey & Linden
ARTIST
TITLE
Black Bile
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
THRILL 612X-LP THRILL 612X-LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/23/2024

Pressed on amber color vinyl. "Black Bile compiles some of Umberto's most resplendent, sanguine music to date. The solo work of LA composer Matt Hill draws heavily from the world of cinema, spinning immersive narratives and rich atmospheres using sound alone. Hill, an active composer for film and television, recently scored the 2022 Jerry Pyle film Loveseat (soundtrack was released in 2023). Other recent scores include the 2020 thriller Archenemy, from the producers of cult classic Mandy. Inspired by the ancient Greek theory of the 'four humors,' an early medical theory linking the inner workings of the human body to the elements. Black Bile specifically links the feelings of melancholy with autumn. Hill's celestial compositions are an autumnal soundtrack conveying beauty, yearning, reflection and comfort. Many of the album's phrases are constructed from just two notes or sounds, arranged by Hill into complex patterns that undulate with an organic pulse. The spare melodic structure holds a myriad of small and beautiful details. The songs began with Hill improvising on the piano, to find the notes and patterns that created the musical and emotional structure from which he could expand with textural detail. Hill then would often remove the initial structure leaving a sparer and more skeletal one which he could again expand upon to create a full piece. The careful attention to each detail gives his minimal compositions emotional heft. The album masterfully stakes Umberto's claim among other avant-ambient boundary pushers such as Lawrence English or Laurel Halo."

"There is real compositional variety and intrigue in his songs? elaborate and unpredictable... it's hard not to be impressed with Umberto's evolution of late, as lacerating experience as it may be at times." --The Quietus

"Masterfully polished and skillfully arranged... dazzling" --Brainwashed