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at www.Backroads.com Call Backroads Music toll free at 1-800-767-4748. and now also at www.AucourantRecords.com   Matthew J Harris The Cure May Never Come First In The Renewable Music Series The Cure May Never Come is the first piece in Matthew's Renewable Music Series. These pieces will be long-form ambient pieces consisting of ninety-nine unique tracks to be played back at random. Using this technique, it is very unlikely that anyone would hear the same arrangement of these elements as another person would, or would hear it the same way twice themselves. The 99 tracks of The Cure May Never Come have been designed to work as one piece. The Piece shifts through numerous moods but is never resolved. It is hopeful, hopeless, bittersweet, pretty, and desperate. Read more about the piecehere. "You don't need a numerology/math fixation to appreciate Matthew J Harris' newest CD. The Cure May Never Come contains sublime examples of both parts of the "ambient/music" equation... With subtly abstract electrosymphonics, Matthew J Harris has worked wonders, then exponentially extended their listening range. Wow!" -David Opdyke Ambientrance "I'll admit to being skeptical that even someone like Matthew (whom I respect a lot based on his debut album) could carry off this feat. But, dammit, if he hasn't succeeded brilliantly. Through the use of an assortment of repeated motifs (bell-like tones, drones, snatches of repeated piano melodies, a hint of a phrase here and there), interspersed with ambient textures which are, by turns, dark, sad, scary, serene, and emotionally neutral, Harris has crafted something amazing. It's staggering how seamless this CD is. ...the delay inherent in the segues is more or less imperceptible (I never sensed the transitions were anything but a "typical ambient pause" which you hear in so much minimal ambient music). The Cure May Never Come is a work of both technical and artistic genius. I rejoice at what an album like this means - another envelope pushed, another boundary crossed, another barrier shattered." -Bill Binkelman Wind And Wire "Ambient Deity Brian Eno has been talking about generative music systems for years. The whole point is to create music that once given a basic structure, will continue to "evolve" playing an endless combination of patterns, so that nothing is ever heard exactly the same way. Certainly a cool idea, but rarely have I come across a decent working example. That was the case until I listened to The Cure May Never Come... The Cure May Never Come is a masterfully conceived project that never gets boring. I found that The Cure May Never Come got me thinking about more than just music. It set my mind off on a variety of tangents, applying the ideas of randomness to everything from drops of water from a faucet to the number of marshmallows in my Lucky Charms (ok, it was a late night). The point is, Matthew has managed to capture a set of ideas that could make you lose yourself in thought forever, and put it into music. No small challenge, and he has done it exceedingly well. Find this album today, and let your mind go to it." -Instrumental Weekly "This is an essential CD." -Jim Brenholts  Matthew J Harris Blind Cinema Blind Cinema is available through the Hypnos online store. Currently Blind Cinema is also featured on the Hypnos recommends page. "If you missed it, I can't recommend highly enough Matthew's 2001 release Blind Cinema, featuring some of the finest ambient composition available today." -Instrumental Weekly "Harris' Blind Cinema consists of a musical aesthetic that is quite different than most of his ambient spacemusic contemporaries, but he's used that to his benefit creating a dark and refreshing recording. " -Matt Borghi New Age Voice / July 2001 "...an alarmingly strong debut recording that should wind up in every ambient and spacemusic fan's collection... The mixture of beautiful yet melancholy minimalism mixed with dark ambient/spacemusic add up to a stunner of an album. Recommended? Absolutely!" -Bill Binkelman Wind And Wire Read the whole review at Wind And Wire "Matthew was seeking to fill a gap that he had heard (or not heard!) in modern ambience. "Blind Cinema" fills that gap quite capably! While there are certainly echoes of Matthew's influences, this album is neither derivative nor imitative. The music has a dark and desolate feel with symphonic nuances and orchestral timbres." -Jim Brenholts author of the book, "Tracks Across the Universe: A Chronology of Ambient and Electronic Music" and co-producer of the companion set. Read the whole review at Ambient Visions "Matthew has gone the distance with Blind Cinema and created an exceptional piece of work and one that will endure." -matt borghi composer / dj / freelance music journalist For information or for comments mail to Info@BlindCinema.com To purchase Blind Cinema go to the homepage.
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