matt shoemaker
mutable depths
(rhizome_06) 3" CD


Packaged in mini, gatefold paper sleeve.

On a year already full of outstanding releases, Mutable depths emerges as one of the very best. Mutable depths is both label and artist's sixth release, and consists of one self-titled piece of 20:02 minutes. After repeatedly listening to this release for over 3 days trying to review it I honestly give up. This release is simply fantastic: the careful level of detail and the use of vertical space (depth) is far beyond remarkable The first half is more textured and needly, more eerie and mutating. The second half is even, sooth, built with micro sounds and textures that work as a surface with a series of enormous drones and pads built from field recordings, working in the background. I barely remember a piece where the layers of sound where so carefully set, and where the textures had such an organic and living nature. Hands down one of the best releases of 2008, as Matt Shoemaker stands out as one of the best sound artists today.
- David Velez
, EARLabs