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ARTIST
UMBERTO
TITLE
Black Bile
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
THRILL JOCKEY
CATALOG #
THRILL 612X-LP
THRILL 612X-LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
8/23/2024
Pressed on amber color vinyl. "
Black Bile
compiles some of
Umberto
's most resplendent, sanguine music to date. The solo work of LA composer
Matt Hill
draws heavily from the world of cinema, spinning immersive narratives and rich atmospheres using sound alone. Hill, an active composer for film and television, recently scored the 2022
Jerry Pyle
film
Loveseat
(soundtrack was released in 2023). Other recent scores include the 2020 thriller
Archenemy
, from the producers of cult classic
Mandy
. Inspired by the ancient Greek theory of the 'four humors,' an early medical theory linking the inner workings of the human body to the elements.
Black Bile
specifically links the feelings of melancholy with autumn. Hill's celestial compositions are an autumnal soundtrack conveying beauty, yearning, reflection and comfort. Many of the album's phrases are constructed from just two notes or sounds, arranged by Hill into complex patterns that undulate with an organic pulse. The spare melodic structure holds a myriad of small and beautiful details. The songs began with Hill improvising on the piano, to find the notes and patterns that created the musical and emotional structure from which he could expand with textural detail. Hill then would often remove the initial structure leaving a sparer and more skeletal one which he could again expand upon to create a full piece. The careful attention to each detail gives his minimal compositions emotional heft. The album masterfully stakes Umberto's claim among other avant-ambient boundary pushers such as
Lawrence English
or
Laurel Halo
."
"There is real compositional variety and intrigue in his songs? elaborate and unpredictable... it's hard not to be impressed with Umberto's evolution of late, as lacerating experience as it may be at times."
--
The Quietus
"Masterfully polished and skillfully arranged... dazzling"
--
Brainwashed
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