Forest Swords is one producer, Matthew Barnes, from the Wirral, Liverpool, … Read Full Bio ↴Forest Swords is one producer, Matthew Barnes, from the Wirral, Liverpool, UK. A unique blend of jagged hip-hop and R&B beats, looping guitar lines and manipulated samples, his evocative and emotional music reflects the sprawling Wirral landscape of river, coastland and woodland with all the haunting melodies of nearby city Liverpool’s enviable pop history.
His studio EP – 2010′s Dagger Paths – received huge critical acclaim. Despite it’s EP length, it was named FACT Magazine’s #1 album of the year and Pitchfork’s #48 best, called “one of 2010′s finest underground records” by NME, and chosen a "Hidden Gem of 2010" by The Guardian. In November 2010, Pitchfork posted an article suggesting Barnes was part of a new generation of producer composers, alongside James Blake, Mount Kimbie, Bon Iver, Burial and Four Tet.
After 3 years of silence a new track - "Thor's Stone" - was dropped without warning in June 2013, receiving universal online coverage. Within 48 hours The FADER had published a think piece proclaiming the producer's music is "worth endless listens, endless re-examinations, endless re-contextualizing", and stating it "exists in that sweet spot of musical influence between everything and nothing."
Forest Swords' long awaited debut album Engravings was released in Aug 2013 through Tri Angle Records. The critical response has been unanimously positive, with Pitchfork giving an 8.5 Best New Music review and Resident Advisor a 4.5/5 review. Stereogum rated it at number 37 in their best albums of 2013 list, Wire Magazine at number 35, Pitchfork at number 34, Clash Magazine rated it at number 21, Dummy Magazine at number 16, and Tiny Mix Tapes at number 10.
His studio EP – 2010′s Dagger Paths – received huge critical acclaim. Despite it’s EP length, it was named FACT Magazine’s #1 album of the year and Pitchfork’s #48 best, called “one of 2010′s finest underground records” by NME, and chosen a "Hidden Gem of 2010" by The Guardian. In November 2010, Pitchfork posted an article suggesting Barnes was part of a new generation of producer composers, alongside James Blake, Mount Kimbie, Bon Iver, Burial and Four Tet.
After 3 years of silence a new track - "Thor's Stone" - was dropped without warning in June 2013, receiving universal online coverage. Within 48 hours The FADER had published a think piece proclaiming the producer's music is "worth endless listens, endless re-examinations, endless re-contextualizing", and stating it "exists in that sweet spot of musical influence between everything and nothing."
Forest Swords' long awaited debut album Engravings was released in Aug 2013 through Tri Angle Records. The critical response has been unanimously positive, with Pitchfork giving an 8.5 Best New Music review and Resident Advisor a 4.5/5 review. Stereogum rated it at number 37 in their best albums of 2013 list, Wire Magazine at number 35, Pitchfork at number 34, Clash Magazine rated it at number 21, Dummy Magazine at number 16, and Tiny Mix Tapes at number 10.
An Hour
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Glory Gongs ku terbangun di pagi buta karna musiknya menyentuh telingaku…
Panic I feel something's wrong But the panic is on I feel someth…
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@juansayagocheein9348
This song is so tender, so soothing but at the same so eerily obscure. I love it, it makes me feel so nostalgic, so real but so out-of-place, as if I'm in complete contact with the organic but also floating into space. Summing it up, this song makes me feel a lot of different (and even contradictory) things all at the same time. Maybe that's why music like this is that gorgeous; it transcends.
@morganolfursson2560
If you like this kind of vibe, you should definitely listen to the traditional Japanese folk songs of the Amami Island especially the magnificent songs sung by Ikue Asazaki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQK2JDy9-nk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpQUowcMqRk
And the crystal clear voice of her spiritual daughter, Rimi Natsukawa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8foQlu_yW70
@elcardio7477
@@morganolfursson2560 thank you so much!
@spectaclesociety
best song ive heard for long time..
@TheSilverDubberII
Beautiful!
@krystallinecestmoneau1358
my favourite from Engravings ! <3
@michieldewinne3070
An hour in five minutes! ;)
@sjoutdoor
The guitar tone is sublime
@teonirei
you made me traveled..thanks
@caroelipse
Very inspiring your music!!