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release notes
Original recordings 2016-2017 in Cambridge Uk
Mastered and produced by Matthew Florianz in 2023
released August 31, 2023
streaming
Play on Tidal
Ambient Blog
In his early days, some 25 years ago, Matthew Florianz referred to himself with the alias Liquid Morphine, and recently he picked that alias up again. With over 20 albums, he has built an impressive catalog of ambient music that can (sometimes, not always) serve as a tranquilizer in hectic times.
On A River Buried In Sand, Florianz combines his experience as a musical artist with that as a senior audio designer in the game industry: its subtitle is Ambiences For Imaginary Games. This also means that the soundscapes included are not primarily intended to ‘soothe’: they can be quite adventurous – like in a game environment. Especially in the first half of the album; the second half slowly ‘mellows into a serene space’.
It is up to the listener to decide what kind of images, memories, or mental environment this music evokes. But for Matthew Florianz himself, this feels like ‘a soundtrack for an exploration into the underworld, an ambience for an imaginary game and also as a reflection on the five stages of grief’.
Among Purgatory Pillars
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Among Purgatory Pillars (short)
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log 08 - My First Synth and How I Use It In The Studio
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