Dream Character, by matt jencik

Dream Character

by matt jencik

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Łabandzi Śpiew "Jencik introduced some new elements to his work - live improvisations and a whole range of live instruments from guitars to organs. It's hard to wrap your mind around the fact how heavy and overwhelming the ambient he created is" ENGLISH: labandzi.blogspot.com/2020/02/matt-jencik-dream-character-2019-en.html Favorite track: Lifeless Body Train Ride.

Lars Gotrich Depending on your state of mind, Matt Jancik's drones will either lull you into a beautiful comatose or bury your bummer into a subconscious from which you can never return.

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MATT JENCIK - Dream Character (LP/DL)
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1.	Hallucigenia 03:28	buy track
2.	Dead Comet Return 03:53	buy track
3.	Night Gallery Pause 07:43	buy track
4.	DTK (Dressed To Kill) 03:09	buy track
5.	Lifeless Body Train Ride 03:41	buy track
6.	Fingerless Gloves (Skylarker) 04:16	buy track
7.	Woozy 06:04	buy track
8.	R U OK 02:52	buy track

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Matt Jencik is back on Hands in the Dark with his new album, 'Dream Character', the follow up to his first solo record 'Weird Times' back in 2017.

Whilst all the songs on his debut album were created using the same sampling method on the same instrument, this time the Chicago artist’s approach is slightly different. Using a combination of 4 track cassette, digital recording & sampling, he added live improvisations and a wider selection of instruments including guitar, bass, organ and string synth to his work.

What Matt Jencik achieves on 'Dream Character' this time is, like a powerful dose of psychedelic drugs, not to be taken lightly. There are layers, and if you’re prepared to dig you will find yourself drawn into a maze of pathways that can take you in multiple directions, via feelings of escape and release alongside suffocating claustrophobia, or soaring, triumphant beauty paired with cold, lonely despair. These eight titles can both tuck you in and make you feel like you’ve got to fight your way out. Either way there is great value in the experience. There is a purity and a clarity to Jencik’s sound, but one that can only truly be accessed by listening with your own intention.

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released December 13, 2019

Cat.#: HITD 049

Recorded in Chicago, 2017-2019 by Matt Jencik
Photos by Christopher Michael Hefner
Sleeve by Craig Mccaffrey
Mastering by Helmut Erler @ D&M

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matt jencik Chicago, Illinois

Matt Jencik is a musician based in Chicago who currently plays guitar in the band Implodes that has released two albums on Kranky. Jencik has been performing and recording since the early 90's with bands such as Hurl, Don Caballero, Thee Speaking Canaries, & Taking Pictures as well as playing bass on the 2007 & 2013/14 Slint reunion tours and guitar and bass for PAPA M from 2009-2012. ... more

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