Codeine Dream Loop, by Matthew Hayes

Codeine Dream Loop

by Matthew Hayes

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Chris Humphries I get taken away listening to this stunning album, my go to music in the morning. A beautifully constructed ambient work that truely resonates when juxtaposed against the madness and fatigue of the world outside. Thank you Matthew Hayes.

irieart F**king brilliant!! Propels itself upon the gentle chaos that is this world. Nice album playing over there in the corner, window open on a summer day, pleasant breeze plays with the curtains.
tastes a little like Vladislav Delay.
memories from a dream lost.

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about

Veteran bassist of 30/70, Z*F*E*X, Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird and more, enigmatic composter and multi-instrumentalist Matthew Hayes returns with an album of twenty-two vignettes that draw upon loops, fragments, demo recordings and samples from his entire back catalog, creating a pastiche of lost fragments and memories that unite to form a seamless whole of ambient and experimental work. Bass guitar, drum kit, string sections, bells and more merge with vocal samples, field recordings, fragments of previous works and unheard demos to create a patchwork quilt of warm, hallucinatory compositions.

Assembled at his studio in Coburg on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung people in late 2021, the record, like many seen this year, has been deeply influenced by Melbourne’s extended lockdowns during various stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, a period that lasted a staggering total of 263 days in isolation.

“I think that all that time spent in quietness out of the hustle and bustle and in self reflection inspired me to excavate the last 6 or so years of musical ideas into something new. And a collection of music that feels like a book-end on this period of my life.” - Matthew Hayes

So we are presented with six years worth of fragments, recordings, ideas and dreams, a window into the first phase of an artist’s career as a solo composer. The record is intimate to say the least, sometimes deathly quiet, sometimes breaking into song like a sunbeam through cloud.

Samples on the record include guest appearances from many of Hayes’ frequent collaborators: Joel Trigg, Josh Kelly, Hannes Lackmann and more. It was mixed by Hayes before being mastered by Joseph Buchan in Melbourne, also known for his own fragmentary work under the pseudonym Other Joe.

Matthew Hayes 'Codeine Dream Loop' is out everywhere Friday, Oct 28 via Bedroom Suck Records / Flightless (AU/NZ), Cargo Records (UK/EU) & Dispatch Dept. (North America).

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credits

released October 28, 2022

Side A // Loops 1-12

Side B // Loops 13-22

Music arranged and produced by Matthew Hayes using recordings, moments, dreams and memories from 2016 - 2022.

Mastered by Joseph Buchan.
Artwork by Ingwa.

I acknowledge this album was created on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri Woi wurring people of the Kulin Nations and wish to pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be aboriginal land.

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Matthew Hayes Melbourne, Australia

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Embrace

Oct 2023
Codeine Dream Loop

Oct 2022
EFTEES Vol.1

Nov 2021
Barricade

Nov 2020
Live Slow

Dec 2017

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