Matt Hill - Masterpiece (2015)

Matt Hill served as the Worship Pastor at !Audacious Church in Manchester for 5 years, and prior to that spent 3 years touring as guitarist for worship leader Noel Robinson. Now Matt is stepping into a new musical endeavour with his highly anticipated first solo record ‘Masterpiece’. With the velvet tones of blues guitar and the pocket grooves of 90s funk, the quality of musicianship shines through. “I wanted to strip things back and create space in the music. Space to breathe, space to explore, space to listen. “ The album features world class musicians Jimmi Clarke (Bass, Il Divo) and Jonathan ‘Ginger’ Hamilton (Drums, Jessie J), and was mixed by Jeremy Griffith (John Mark McMillan, Kim Walker-Smith) and mastered by Drew Lavyne in the US. However, this is no jam session. Here is the worked of a skilled craftsman. The arrangements are restrained—producing an incredibly mature sounding debut. The lyrics are evocative and emotive—inviting us to reflect and even participate. So what about that rather bombastic title? “I’m not saying this album is my masterpiece, but rather that we are heaven’s masterpiece. Just the way we are.”