Pie Eye Collective is the solo project of Matthew Gordon, whose debut album ‘Salvation’ processes elements of ambient, broken beat, dub-techno and hip hop through a spectrum of tape saturated synthesis. With the album released via Alberts Favourites this Friday, DMC World caught up with the genre-melding electronic musician.
For anyone not familiar with you, please introduce yourself and what you do.
I’m Matthew Gordon and I make music as Pie Eye Collective. I’m from Bristol and I currently live in London. I produce electronic music on my own and I’m also in the bands of Hector Plimmer and Rosie Turton.
How would you describe your music?
I hope my music is equally intellectually and emotionally stimulating. I think the way I use polyrhythms and my approach to sound design and mixing is distinctive.
Please talk us through your debut album ‘Salvation’?
Salvation is a collection of music I’m very happy with and very proud of. Each track on the album explores a singular idea in three forms – the music, track titles and accompanying symbols are designed to be analogues of one another. I wrote, produced and mixed the record on my own, apart from two tracks made with my friends Hector Plimmer and MettaShiba.
Album link: https://albertsfavourites.lnk.to/TNuWZGTW
What have been the biggest influences in your music career so far?
Moving to London and meeting lots of different kinds of interesting people.
If money was no object, what musical instrument/ piece of studio equipment would you get?
A wardrobe-sized modular synthesizer system.
What’s the best piece of advice you have ever been given?
It is not necessary to react to everything.
What are three new tracks/albums you’d recommend someone to listen to?
Emma-Jean Thackray – Yellow
Nala Sinephro – Space
Wonky Logic – Transdimensional Fuunk (Transposed for Human Consumption)
