Right from the start this is ‘altered states of consciousness’ music. Opening sample gambit: “sure I will do it again sometime. But you know, to be with the person you really dig and…” It sort of sets the scene doesn’t it. You fill in the blanks but between the title and the sample Matt Cutler signifies whats going on in his community and delivers the soundtrack for their life. Thus bring on the high register psychedelic bright tones, wafting angelic chorus, off kilter wonked out beats, haltering tempo and mind f**k spatial effects. All wrapped up in a combination frame of hip hop meets psychedelic ambience with a new fit-out of tricks that make this a significant development from his debut album ‘Lemurian’. The production values have gone through a radical overhaul and it displays a keen interweaving of disparate elements in a cut-up, layer and effects driven technique.
To place it in contrast imagine it akin to hip hop, with the jazz heritage stripped out and only a faltering recognition of it’s form, meets a synth utopia of the Boards of Canada ilk. Combine that with a little nature insertion, a nod to environmental sound, and numerous in-jokes. There is even the development of a nascent funk vibe emerging from the crashing waves of tonal bliss bomb sonic assault. Generally it bodes well for Lone and I am sure this will find rapturous ears amongst a specific milieu. Perhaps eventually the music Cutler forms will speak to a wider circle of people beyond those friends with ecstasy.
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