Temporal Waves
Temporal Waves

Out: April 12th, 2024 on People Places Records / Linear Fade Records (PPR|051  LP/CD/K7/DL)
Genres: ambient, electronic, synthwave, world fusion
RIYL: Suzanne Ciani, Beatrice Dillon, Oneohtrix Point Never, Michael Shrieve, Dynatron, The Orb

TEMPORAL WAVES — shawnmativetsky.com  |  temporalwaves.com  |  @temporalwaves
PEOPLE PLACES RECORDS —  peopleplacesrecords.bandcamp.com

Montréal’s Shawn Mativetsky has long been celebrated as one of Canada’s leading ambassadors of the tabla, and next to his exceptional musicianship, it’s his unquenchable curiosity that one most frequently hears praised. Mativetsky is an accomplished practitioner of Indian classical music, but is equally embedded in the contemporary music realm, where he has established himself as both a champion of living composers and a generous collaborator to the likes of Tim Brady, Nicole Lizée, and Dinuk Wijeratne. An avid improviser, he can also be found accompanying countless other artists across and beyond the spectrum between jazz, pop, and global traditions.

On the self-titled debut of his new moniker, Temporal Waves, Mativetsky’s tabla is bathed (and sometimes even fully submerged) in the neon glow of analog synthesizers, the woozy warp of hand-manipulated tapes, and the electric patter of drum machines. Spanning crepuscular murk to widescreen elegies, Temporal Waves is an excursion deep into aural science fiction. Ominous arpeggiations swoop in like robotic birds of prey as robust sawtooth chords trace a dim, smoggy horizon. And as Omnichord trickles into artificial landscapes, tabla punctuates the scenery.

Though it shares the limelight with a wide array of colours, Mativetsky’s primary instrument still manages to play many roles throughout the record. At times the tabla simply provides a rhythmic anchor, on other occasions it’s a textural tool, smeared beyond recognition with varispeed and distortion. Then, certain passages such as on “Data Cassette Sunrise” and lead single “Cortical Network Oscillations” thrust the tabla’s sizeable sonic vocabulary and dizzying syncopations right into the foreground.

Featuring production and performance contributions from Jace Lasek of the Besnard Lakes, the album was also mastered by respected synthwave denizen, Jeppe Hasseriis (AKA Dynatron).

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