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PASTURES OF THE FUTURE

by Jim Matus, Jerome Harris

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Milk Road 06:26
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Knotted Rain 05:44
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Dead Will 06:21

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Instumental music written by Jim Matus for laoutar and bass.
Laoutar is a combination of a Greek laouto and a mandocello.
It was recorded during the pandemic of 2020 in West Chesterfield Ma and Brooklyn NY.
As always, all titles come from dreams
Photo by Jim Matus: Fields Hill in Conway MA, the home of my father's father.

"Matus’ use of the electric laoutar, a lute and mandocello hybrid, is positively entrancing on Pastures of the Future. A vaguely Middle Eastern/Mediterranean/North African-sounding instrument, it conveys the mesmerizing, drone-like quality of Greek, Celtic, Indian and Gnawan music while Matus’ compositions remain firmly rooted in Western harmony and melodicism. And bassist Jerome Harris (a veteran who has recorded with the likes of Sonny Rollins, Bill Frisell, Don Byron and Paul Motian’s Electric Bebop Band) acts as a perfectly reactive low-end foil for Matus on evocative tunes like “Knotted Rain,” “Memorial Darkness,” “Sit Long Mother” and “Whisper in Midzone.” Exotic, dreamy music to get lost in".
— Bill Milkowski, contributor to DownBeat and author of “Ode to a Tenor Titan: The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker”

"These are like miniature dream epics that find their way through the atmospherics and ambiance. While one can’t really compare what’s here precisely to anything else out there, one may find similarities with Steve Tibbett’s fourth album Safe Journey, though without his heavy rock stuff. It’s a brilliant set of instrumentals full of mystery and invention".
- Peter Thelen, Editor, Expose Progressive Music Journal

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released October 19, 2021

Jim Matus; laoutar, Jerome Harris; bass
Recorded by Jim Matus and Jerome Harris
Mixed by Jim Matus
Mastered by Jim Chapdelaine

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