what matters is that it matters

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1.	things just fall where they want 10:25	buy track
2.	one side of the Border 10:20	buy track
3.	what matters is that it matters 10:21	buy track
4.	the innocence of deceit 11:27	buy track
5.	you can't escape the past (for HFS) 07:54	buy track
6.	the other side of the border 06:33	buy track

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Slow sounds for the soul

Simon Whetham is an acute listener, a field recorder, a thinker, a globetrotter, and a mobilizer. However, he is also a sonic cook. Wherever he goes, he picks up sounds and atmospheres as if they were exotic ingredients. And for "What Matters Is That It Matters", he made us a stew, slowly simmered until all the flavours come through.

"What Matters Is That It Matters", Whetham's first album for Baskaru, is slow music. And slow music deserves to be taken in slowly – you don't wolf comfort food down, you savour it, relishing its complexity, absorbing its warmth. Unlike most of Whetham's previous works, this album is not focused on a specific geographical location. As if the artist had given himself free reign. The resulting music has a career-encompassing feel, as Whetham touches base with pure field recordings, elongated instrumental textures, and treated snippets of melodies (piano, banjo). "What Matters Is That It Matters" provides an incredibly rich listening experience, pairing relevant esthetical concerns and listening enjoyment.

Englishman Simon Whetham has been exploring the art of composing with field recordings and found sounds for a decade, a period during which he released music on labels such as Crónica, Entr'acte, Helen Scarsdale Agency, and Line. He is perhaps best known for "Active Crossover," a workshop/collaboration/installation project with which he is travelling the world.

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A very interesting work, both conceptually and musically.
DARK ENTRIES, November 2015

What is in no doubt, though, is the vivid textures and rich sequences Whetham weaves with sound to sustain a rapt attention and fire the imagination.
THE QUIETUS, November 2015

It matters, and it matters a great deal.
AURAL AGGRAVATION, November 2015

Adepte d'un temps au ralenti où chaque seconde imprègne davantage que la précédente, Whetham nous offre le luxe infini de la plongée dans une nuit éternelle, où tout instant est précieux, telle une ancienne sagesse hors du bruit et de la fureur.
RIFRAF, November 2015

Opener 'Things Just Fall Where They Want To', covers a wide-ranging space of ambience that for the most part is uplifting and refreshing.
BLACK AUDIO, October 2015

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released March 18, 2020

Originally released September 21 2015
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Repurposing environmental sound, space, found objects and salvaged devices, Simon Whetham presents sonic collages that are both meditative and thought provoking...

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