SANGUINE HUM’S SOLO OUTING
Matt Baber announces his debut classical-inspired electronic album.
Multi-instrumentalist Matt Baber releases Suite For
Piano And Electronics via Bad Elephant Music on June 15. Although the Sanguine Hum keyboard player recorded the solo album last summer, it contains ideas he’s been working on for the best part of two decades.
“It really came to fruition with a solo gig opportunity and I thought, ‘What’s going to work on stage?’ I started imagining more of an expansive sound with piano and sequenced synthesiser backing,” he reveals. “I’ve been cataloguing synthesiser loops for many years and I wanted to see what happened when I started improvising on the piano with them.
“A lot of my inspiration comes from composers like Steve Reich, Philip Glass and people like that; classical music with a motorik kind of feel. A massive amount also comes from the world of electronica as well, so Warp Records, Boards Of Canada, Aphex Twin… it’s the idea of two worlds colliding.”
The 10-track album follows on from his 2013 digital release Outskirts, and also includes artwork by Steven Wilson collaborator Carl Glover.
In the meantime, Sanguine Hum have been putting the finishing touches to their long-awaited new studio album. They plan to release Now We Have Power later this year. Baber will join up with vocalist/guitarist Joff Winks to perform an acoustic Sanguine Hum set at Eppyfest in Cheltenham in July.
For more about Matt Baber’s solo work, visit his Bandcamp page at www.mattbaber.bandcamp.com.