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Mixtape #175

01 September 2025

An adventurous and visionary composer, electronic musician and violinist, Matt McBane is one of the most exciting voices in contemporary music. Bridging the acoustic and electronic worlds in thrilling ways, his music engrosses you with its intricate patterns, lush soundscapes and emotional depth. His recent LP, Buoy, a record of patterns and ambiance for synthesizers and violin, is one of our favourite listens this year. So we're beyond excited to have McBane put together this month's mixtape with a selection of tracks tied to Buoy, echoing some of the influences and inspirations behind it. As McBane puts it himself:

"Here’s a playlist of music that I’d like the tracks of Buoy to hang out with — some I knew before making the album, and some I heard after. It’s a mix of music by friends, colleagues, mentors and/or heroes."

  1. Nobukazu Takemura – One Day [Thrill Jockey]
  2. Nathan Schram – Let Me Out [Better Company Records]
  3. Sam Prekop – Summer Places [Thrill Jockey]
  4. Florent Ghys – Gold [Cantaloupe Music]
  5. Laurie Spiegel – Patchwork [Philo / Unseen Worlds]
  6. Anna Meredith – Calion [Moshi Moshi]
  7. The Gloaming – The Sailor’s Bonnet [Brassland]
  8. Caterina Barbieri – SOTRS [Important Records]
  9. Michael Gordon – Light is Calling [Nonesuch]
  10. Nine Inch Nails – 01 Ghosts I [The Null Corporation]
  11. Tyondai Braxton – Multiplay [Domino]
  12. Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sophia Honer – Speaking in Parallel [International Anthem]
  13. Jean-Luc Ponty – Computer Incantation for World Peace [Polydor]
  14. Laurie Anderson – O Superman [Warner Bros. Records]

Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer unveil ‘Side by Side’ ft. Jeff Parker

03 June 2025

Photo: Charlie Weinmann

After introducing Different Rooms with the enveloping and hazy first single ‘Mean Solar Time‘, modular synthesist Jeremiah Chiu and violist Marta Sofia Honer have shared a second glimpse into their upcoming album titled ‘Side by Side’. On the track, “a spectrum of deconstructed and looped guitar lines by Jeff Parker form a stirring melodic soundscape that’s buoyed by Honer’s lush string arrangements”, as the press release describes. “As the tune develops, arpeggios slowly fade from the background to the foreground, revealing Chiu’s modular synthesizer as the engine underneath the hood.”

Listen to ‘Side by Side’ below and grab the album when it drops on June 20th through International Anthem.

Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer set to release new album, Different Rooms

10 May 2025

Photo: Colin Patrick Smith

Modular synthesist Jeremiah Chiu and violist Marta Sofia Honer return with Different Rooms, a follow-up to their 2022 duo debut Recordings from the Åland Islands. The album was pieced together between late 2024 and early 2025, with material developed onstage during their Autumn EU tour and later shaped in their neighboring home studios in LA. The title is both literal and figurative as most of the pieces were composed in parallel, each artist working in their own space, and a few others came from live sessions with Josh Johnson and Jeff Parker. Speaking about it, Chiu and Honer say:

“This record marks an evolution in our approach to studio production. Our studios are side-by-side. When we were writing this album, you might have found us tracking viola stacks in one studio while, in the other, we were writing through-composed themes and rearranging the material. Granular synthesis and tape manipulation are key tools we use to create variation and movement in a composition. This process often yields surprising results, capturing the emotion but expressing it in unexpected ways. It feels essential that we embrace a bit of chance.”

Unlike the dreamlike landscapes of their previous album, which was captured in an archipelago in the Baltic Sea, the upcoming Different Rooms stays grounded. “We want this music to meet you where you are”, they explained. Described as an “urban album”, on the record field recordings are still present, but they come from train platforms, city streets, and everyday domestic scenes.

The full album lands on June 20th through International Anthem and ahead of it they have shared the enveloping and hazy ‘Mean Solar Time’ as the first single. Take a listen now.