release date: May 29th , 2010
available format: CD-r
catalogue#: orl05
title: Ugly doll’s stories
artist: Matteus
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Content
Recorded in the last two and a half years between Athens and Iceland, Matteus’ “Ugly Doll’s Stories” is an ode to non-communication between human beings and the way people are taken advantage by others. Imagine yourself entering a toy shop shop and every doll has its own story to tell about how it got there or how it ended up there. The buying of a doll and the few minutes in the shop are transformed into a long journey with voices and stories ending up into a narration from each doll’s point of view dealing with matters such as love, emotional breakdowns, separation, solitude and happiness. The sound of this work is based on electronics while pianos, harpsichord, marimba and the theremin create a dark, retro, ambient atmosphere.
“Maybe for all these reasons it took me so long to finish this record… The need to fully understand these stories and the roles that those characters were playing inside my head. This need pushed me to search for solutions and possibilities all the way to Iceland. Stuck in a church Northwest of Iceland for quite some time, actually helped to capture all these voices that i was hearing. This record is the Morse signal that i tried to fully decode.” This is an example of artistic expression doomed to romantic naivety.
Background
Matteus was born in Athens, Greece in 1982. He started playing the piano at the age of 5 then started to experiment with analogue keyboards equipments and the harpsichord. At the age of ten the first record he buys is Laurie Anderson’s “Big Science” which later on was proved a big influence both sonically & visually. Matteus’ early works range from avant-garde vocal experimentations to noise / ambient recordings. His first full length work “Silent Radiowaves” was first presented live at the Athens Small Music Theatre in 2005. His next project was a series of songs entitled “Waiting for the Sunset to Drown”; a collection of songs written for piano and voice. Other unofficial works were the soundtracks to the independent film “Living With Ghosts” and the “Aelouda” visual installation. After a series of live performances, in the summer of 2008, Matteus started working on his next project “Ugly Doll’s Stories”, an ode to non-communication between human beings and the way people are taken advantage by others.
Details on the release:
Vinyl Cd-r. Two forged copper plates, industrial bronzed screws, hand cradted black cardbaord envelopes, 300 gms illustration printing paper. Edition of 50 copies.
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