Pull Him Along

If you had told me I would have recorded music today, and in fact, enough to warrant a release I probably would not have believed you. But somehow, here is my latest CD recorded and put together in the space of the last 5 hours or so. A short CD (EP really) returning to simple melodies and chords, a 180 turn from the last couple of CDs. All songs were spontaneously composed and ever so slightly produced to cut back on all that "terrible noise".

FREE DOWNLOAD: Folks going here can download and listen to "pull him along" in it's entirety.
http://www.archive.org/details/MattHenshawPullHimAlong_2 .

Packaged in a plastic sleeve attached to a floor tile with song and title cards enclosed.

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Bury Me Before I Die

Recorded in May and June of 2008 shortly after Hollow Stone Space. A further refinement and exploration into drone, noise, and improvisation. Different from what came before it and certain to lead to something new in the future.
Hand packaged in a DVD case, including a small handmade cut-out and sample of dirt for burying what you wish to leave behind

Check out a review of the cd here: http://memorywavetransmission.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/a-listen-to-matt-henshaws-bury-me-before-i-die/

Hollow Stone Space

A return to more consistent recording in 2008. These are two companion pieces growing from the Suite For Bad Neighbors set. Any more to be said would be telling...
FREE DOWNLOAD: you can hear both of these pieces in their entirety here
http://www.archive.org/details/MatthewHenshawHollowStoneSpace

Hand packaged in a DVD case, including additional photos/instructions and a small hand painted stone for contemplation, meditation, etc.

Suite For Bad Neighbors-Compositions for Piano and Guitar

Amidst a flurry of personal and professional upheavals (some good some bad) 2005 and 2006 were lost years on the musical front. I had recorded one piece in 2004 that, while I was pleased with it, did not seem to fit thematically with anything else. Inspiration came from a number of sources musical and "extra-musical" and a new composition was forthcoming in middle to late 2007 which gave the first piece an added dimension of meaning. What is here is extremely volatile and angry-a curse which allowed me to come to some level of peace and opened new musical possibilities in the releases that followed.
Hand packaged in a DVD case and including a short essay on the pieces.

A System Of Unknowns

"#6 in an ongoing series"-Similar in tone to Failure To Complete and in many ways its companion. It would be a couple of years before I returned to recording music for "public" consumption. Another relatively short-length CD with a bonus track.
Hand packaged in a DVD case

Failure To Complete

2004 saw the production of two shorter CDs and another longer piece. This is the first of the CDs-a marked attempt at shorter duration pieces of varying flavors. New influences are felt and progress and evolution are apparent.
Hand packaged in a DVD case

971682APE

A mini-project and third recorded output. An experiment in long form improvisation over shifting time signatures. It would be several months until the next pieces I would record.
Individually created artwork with order, packaged in a (randomly selected) colored plastic sleeve.

A Ghost, A Key, A Way Out

My second solo CD recorded shortly after Black Binder Clips and Tears. A little more varied in it's approach exploring various textures and a more experimental post-production process. First song is a "cover" of Frank Zappa's "Watermellon in Easter Hay" showcasing some of my influences up to that point.
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Black Binder Clips

This is my first CD of solo music. Previously I had played in the jazz-rock collective known as The Band Without A Name and had recorded a (now lost) project called HiVE. These recordings were made several years after this work, and reflected a different direction in my music. These were recorded in 2002 and 2003.
Hand packaged in a DVD case.