RELEASED OCTOBER 2021 by deep listening label/GALLERY LONGFORM EDITIONS - Nine Movements, IS a meditative INSTRUMENTAL composition developed for sound bathing people, featuring Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Carlos Niño - recently SELECTED BY THE GUARDIAN/OBSERVER AS TOP 'HIDDEN GEM' LP OF 2021.:
GUARDIAN/OBSERVER: “Ambient music can often be theoretical or medicinal; this record is both”
BOOMKAT: “touches on the sublime…commands a lush panorama”
LONGFORM EDITIONS: “Nine movements, many players, one spirit.”
ANT CHILDS, BANDCAMP: “surely one of the most deserving of the "devotional" hashtag that seems otherwise to be thrown around a bit haphazardly these days…pure bliss out”
universal outsider
RELEASED MAY 20, 2022
"Australian-born Matthew Liam Nicholson creates ethereal experimental folk rock, combining unexpected instrumentation with haunting melodies to create a universe all his own. His LP Universal Outsider features intricately layered orchestral textures and uniquely poetic lyrics, with a timeless quality that puts him far above the average singer/songwriter. For fans of Sufjan Stevens, Father John Misty & Animal Collective"
- Koze Music