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Matthew Evan Taylor - The Unheard Mixtape, Vol. 1-5 (2020-2021)

Matthew Evan Taylor - The Unheard Mixtape, Vol. 1-5 (2020-2021)

BAND/ARTIST: Matthew Evan Taylor

  • Title: The Unheard Mixtape, Vol. 1-5
  • Year Of Release: 2020-2021
  • Label: New Amsterdam
  • Genre: Soundtrack, Classical, Free Jazz
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 3:00:30
  • Total Size: 707 MB
  • WebSite:
Taylor’s self-described artistic manifesto, commissioned by Metropolis Ensemble during the pandemic, will be unveiled in five parts over five months.
Composer and saxophonist Matthew Evan Taylor releases the first installment of his Metropolis Ensemble-commissioned five-part series The Unheard Mixtapes on September 29 on New Amsterdam Records.
Taylor has a long and ongoing fascination with the dissemination of art through underground or backdoor channels, such as zines and mixtapes. He explains that “not only have these methods proved to be effective means of delivering art to people without the focus on commercial gain, but they often give insight into the character and taste of the curators of the material. I see the mixtape, especially as it is used in the hip hop community, as a wholly American (specifically African American) genre akin to the string quartet or song cycle.”
Though recorded during our current pandemic reality, the lo-fi/DIY mixtape ethos is the confluence of a longstanding aesthetic to which Taylor has been drawn.
Each album features original art from the team at Juniper Creative, LLC which includes renowned street artist and muralist Will Kasso Condry, his wife Jennifer Herrera-Condry, and daughter Alexa Herrera-Condry.
Matthew Evan Taylor has collaborated closely with Metropolis Ensemble since 2016, with projects that include an upcoming world premiere commission in collaboration with The Met Museum, Metropolis Ensemble, and Brooklyn Raga Massive for 2021-22.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Composer and saxophonist Matthew Evan Taylor (1980) has been hailed as “a promising new voice” (Miami Herald) and a “risk taker” (Huffington Post) whose music is “insistent and defiant ... envelopingly hypnotic” (Lucid Culture). A southern kid who worshiped at the altar of Cannonball Adderly, Ornette Coleman, Carla Bley and Charles Mingus, Matthew’s music has been performed across the United States and Europe by such ensembles as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, the Metropolis Ensemble, the Imani Winds, and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. As a performer, Matthew has worked with musicians Elliott Sharp, Marilyn Crispell, Tatsuya Nakatani, Taylor Ho Bynum, Mary Halvorson; visual artists Molly Zuckerman-Hartung and Dannielle Tegeder; and dancers Katherine Kramer, Sara Shelton, Laurel Jenkins, and Lida Winfield.
His most recent project, New Century | New Voices, is a concert series in Middlebury, Vermont celebrating the continued contributions of women and composers of color to the classical music canon. The inaugural season, which began in January 2019, included collaborations with composers Carlos Simon, Marcos Balter, and Gabriela Lena Frank and the Vermont- based new music ensemble TURNmusic.
Matthew is Assistant Professor of Music at Middlebury College in Vermont.

2021 - The Unheard Mixtape, Vol. 1: Follow to the End FLAC
Tracklist:
1.01 - Matthew Evan Taylor - First Sunrise (5:18)
1.02 - Matthew Evan Taylor - The Anguish of Knowing (3:22)
1.03 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Work Song and Rebellion (5:30)
1.04 - Matthew Evan Taylor - No Compass (7:45)
1.05 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Follow to the End (7:54)
1.06 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Sunset (1:57)

2021 - The Unheard Mixtape, Vol. 2: Language of the Unheard FLAC
Tracklist:
1.01 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Fear of a Gray Hoodie (12:27)
1.02 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Lament for Ahmaud (8:15)
1.03 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Optimism in the Midst of Despair and Outrage (9:31)
1.04 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Black Lives Matter (5:27)

2021 - The Unheard Mixtape, Vol. 3: Chamber Music FLAC
Tracklist:
1.01 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Passacaglia 1 (8:54)
1.02 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Nocturne 2 (8:56)
1.03 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Ballade (8:00)
1.04 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Passacaglia 2 (7:59)
1.05 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Nocturne 1 (10:21)

2021 - The Unheard Mixtape, Vol. 4: Isolation Blues FLAC
Tracklist:
1.01 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Denial of Gravity (8:21)
1.02 - Matthew Evan Taylor - The Path Is Unknown (10:05)
1.03 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Questioning My Shadow (4:52)
1.04 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Serenade for Earnestine (9:14)
1.05 - Matthew Evan Taylor - ...And Then We Went Home (8:43)

2021 - The Unheard Mixtape, Vol. 5: Abstractions in Sound FLAC
Tracklist:
1.01 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Soprano Saxophone Improvisation 1 (7:53)
1.02 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Alto Saxophone Improvisation 2 (2:49)
1.03 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Flute Improvisation (5:17)
1.04 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Alto Saxophone Improvisation 3 (2:58)
1.05 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Soprano Saxophone Improvisation 2 (2:06)
1.06 - Matthew Evan Taylor - Alto Saxophone Improvisation 1 (6:35)

Year 2021 | Jazz | Classical | Soundtracks | FLAC / APE

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