I'm Waving, Not Drowning

by MATTE BLVCK

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Walter R. Moore Rye Fire is a monumental piece of music, a wall of sound full of jarring sensations. I saw it live and it marked me man, you need this in your life. Favorite track: Rye Fire.

Sol Roman Perfect combination of Darksynth & Gothic music, love it! Favorite track: Monumental.

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1.	Western Fold 05:12	lyrics
I... I lost control I lost my self in a middle row The sands of time Devoured soul My mind went clear As solid gold I... I lost control I’d give a dime in a Western Fold Believe eyes, My broken soul My past is sealed as the future goes Lie, Oh it’s you I hold All I need is a miracle Lie, Oh it’s you I hold All I need is a miracle I... I lost control I lost my self in this wretched youth Believe my lies, forgive my soul My past is filled with your tortured souls I... I lost control I’d give a dime in a Western Fold Believe eyes, My broken soul My past is sealed as the future goes Lie, Oh it’s you I hold All I need is a miracle Lie, Oh it’s you I hold All I need is a Miracle All I need is a miracle All I need is a miracle You’re a collector A bone collector Do you want a design ? Do you want a design? All I need is a miracle All I need is a miracle
2.	Pure 05:07	info	buy track
3.	Casa Blanca 04:15	info	buy track
4.	Bare 03:53	lyrics	buy track
You are You’re a miracle Give a correction day To sender, I My affection To see you cry Your miracle To see it bare You are You’re miracle Give a correction day To sender, I My affection To see you cry Your miracle To see it bare
5.	Stripped 03:57	info	buy track
6.	Panic Room 03:12	info	buy track
7.	Monumental 05:11	lyrics	buy track
Fate... Oil paint and sea, Own a different story A way to feel this sand Free... From my infancy It’s Monumental, A way to free the slave When I’m on my own When I start to feel Unto whom I hold the cross A way through you and me There is a home to call my own There is a way to feel the Sun High ........... Saint... Glass and painted faith It’s not enough Awake to feel insane Free of duplicity It’s Monumental, A way to free the slave When I’m on my own When I start to feel Unto whom I hold a cross A way through you and me There is a home to call my own There is a way to feel the sun High ........... credits
8.	Rye Fire 04:40	lyrics	buy track
I see you coming on the right side I can see you falling I can see it coming down I see you coming on the right side I can see you falling I can see it coming down

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“After years of performing in bands such as Julien K, The New Division, Moving Units and collaborating with heavy hitters such as New Retroeave’s DJ Ten and Timecop1983, MATTE BLACK emerges from a dark unexplored corner of the San Diego underground to deliver their debut I’M WAVING, NOT DROWNING. Inspired by the elements of the bands they have worked with and moving beyond them, Matte Black delivers a soundtrack of sinister pleasures for an uncertain world as if it was everyone’s last night on Earth.

Despite playing together for years, Alex, Bidi, and Daniel had never collaborated on their own music. Thus, they made the decision in 2019 to combine years of production and performance experience with their diverse range of influences to produce a fresh brand of mechanical tinged dance music. I’M WAVING, NOT DROWNING captures the band’s affinity for dark synth-wave while complimenting it with epic, gritty industrial anthems and unabashedly embracing their love of underground techno. Respecting their influences the band has recorded a cover of the Depeche Mode Classic, STRIPPED, which immediately summarizes everything Matte Black stands for musically and personally.

The record was mostly written and produced during the global shutdown due to Covid-19 and has spawned an introverted yet relatable sound that captures the feeling not just of the band, but life in general. The band understood that if they created an album in isolation that touched on topics such as pain, panic, and suffering they should also ultimately make it hopeful. To them, the title I’m Waving, Not Drowning isn’t the end, but is in fact, the light at the end of the tunnel.

MONUMENTAL, a song about spirituality versus the ingestion of organized religion. Touching on the topic of growing up in religious culture and its toxic effects. An upbringing structured to give a sense of guilt, shame, and negative reinforcement on one’s true identity. MONUMENTAL takes you through a dark tunnel with its tough grinding beats, ethereal undertones, and dark corners. A mix of familiar mechanical force with an ever-cool 90’s aesthetic. Only to propel you to an emerging light with sounds of bliss and weightlessness. Gonzales’s vocals emit melodies in a dichotomy between pain and a vulnerability towards finding a resolution “ there is a way to feel the sun, high…. “

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released November 27, 2020

All music written, composed and recorded by: Matte Blvck
Matte Blvck is: Alex Gonzales, Bidi Cobra and Daniel Corrales
Produced by: Alex Gonzales
Vocals by: Alex Gonzales
Mixed by: Israel Medina
Mastered by: Mike Marsh

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MATTE BLVCK San Diego, California

Matte Black is an electronic group out of San Diego CA. Producing sounds of sinister pleasures , visual arts and mechanical tinged dance music . The group captures lush dark-synth stylings complimented by gritty industrial anthems , while embodying their affinity for underground techno. Alex Gonzales , Bidi Cobra , and Daniel Corrales serve as the three-piece ensemble ... more

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