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M​å​ngata

by Matthew White

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Doll Eyes 06:07
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Lioness 04:10
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A Different Accent 06:10
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Honey Drops 05:37
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5.
Bridges Over Borders 06:50
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6.
Split Dye/French Plait 06:08
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Mångata
I’ve always loved the moon and water.
Combine them and it’s something magical, especially when you capture the reflection of the moon on the water’s surface.
Mångata is a Swedish word that describes the moon’s reflection on water when it looks like a road or path across the surface.
I stumbled across the phrase when looking into some other Swedish phrases and fell in love with the romanticism.
The image came about after a conversation with the ferociously talented James Budden (j_budden_art on Instagram for his actual work) about me not being able to get a photo of said moon reflection and he threw down a canvas and asked me to describe the ideal picture.
I put on the demos for this as he painted and he finished it as the last notes played out.



1 - Doll Eyes
The eyes are the window to the soul right?
Is this why it sometimes feels odd when we stare at a painting or a doll and feel like the eyes are watching us?
There's also something special when you can look into a person's eyes.....something that's been missing this year.
This one took a while to come together. Once the initial layers were put into the loop, the melody had me puzzled for a couple of days.
Really enjoyed getting to play with some reverse tape delay on this though and feel it helps to capture the mood I was aiming at.


2 - Lioness
This developed whilst I was on hold during a call. Grabbed my bass and started noodling.
I really digged the chordal voicings in this so quickly put it in the pedal for another day.
I wanted to keep the "Melody" super simple on this and focus on the lower frequencies in order to fill out the sound and create the layers.


3 - A Different Accent
The harmonics part developed initially during a late night practice.
Once I'd added in the chordal parts and layered the backing track the melody took over the emphasis.
I really like the tension created by the contrast in rhythms between the harmonics against the melody and bass.


4 - Honey Drops
This initially developed as a purely chordal idea. It wasn't until I had started to layer up the loop that the picked top voicings felt right.
Really enjoying playing with the octave pedals at the moment so was able to layer up 3 octaves on the lead line giving what I felt was a more ethereal tone.
I wanted to try and capture a sense of sweetness and smoothness with the melody to counterbalance the constant picking part.


5 - Bridges Over Borders
I'd been playing the melody for this for a couple of days wondering what to do with it.
Initially, I intended to have this more similar to "Nancy & George" or "Trippin'" where it could be played without the looper.
Once I'd settled on the key though, it started to develop further and I wanted to add more and more layers it became apparent that I was falling victim to my own desire to create a lush texture.
I particularly like where the upper melody part wobbles slightly where the pedal struggles with the polyphonic line and bends out and back in.


6 - Split Dye/French Plait
I've wanted to use this minor7 to major7 chord movement for so long.
After another phonecall being put on hold, I started playing around with the idea and finally fleshed out the chord structure.
A little while later it was in the RC-30 and I was trying to come up with a lead line.
Many hours later (some spent shouting at my hands) and after many cups of coffee I landed on a melody that I was happy with and started to develop into what made it into the recording.

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released November 27, 2020

Matthew White - Bass Guitar

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