Check out thors stone by forest swords on amazon music. Thors stone by forest swords, released 17 september 20. The song shares its name with the name of the cassette it will be released on. Stream thors stone lee scratch perry remix by forest swords from desktop or your mobile device. One day in late march, matthew barnes gave out his mobile number on social media and asked people to whatsapp him. Compassion was announced on 30 march 2017, and accompanied by another track from the album, arms out, featuring a video directed by sam wiehl and forest swords himself. In june 20, forest swords first new music in nearly three years arrived in the form of thors stone, a more streamlinedsounding track that heralded the release of the debut album. Over the next few years, barnes worked on scoring projects. Forest swords is one producer, matthew barnes, from the wirralliverpool, uk. First released in the summer of 2010 by oesb, this full debut ep from wirral wunderkind forest swords is razed from lostvinyl obscurity by london seers, no pain in pop. Jun 07, 20 wirrals very own matthew barnes, aka enigmatic artist forest swords delivers a new single called thors stone.
Forest swords dagger paths remastered and extended. It retains the uncanny qualities hes known for, but with dashes of hope. Debut album engravings out now through tri angle records. Forest swordsmatthew barnes soundtrack to art film the machine air is available to buy and stream now via his own label dense truth.
Check out thor s stone by forest swords on amazon music. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Enjoy the full soundcloud experience with our free app. Forest swords thors stone silence fell on forest swords following 2010s excellent genreshifting ep dagger paths. The video for thor s stone was directed by dave ma and was online in september 20, featuring spanish dancer guzman rosado. The second fulllength from uk electronic artist forest swords focuses more acutely on the musics organic elements. Forest swords have been gently edging out into broader and broader public consciousness for a while now, but it was the dagger paths ep that set the internet ablaze over matthew barnes melancholy folk dub, often sounding as though the melodies and atmospheres have been lifted from the spooky rustic breakdowns on records by bedroom black metal acts like wyrd. Jun 06, 20 forest swords thor s stone silence fell on forest swords following 2010s excellent genreshifting ep dagger paths. Engravings follows 2010s dagger paths ep as the first fulllength album from producer matthew barnes. Thor s stone lee scratch perry remix by forest swords published on 201126t20. Forest swords sound is an enigmatic web of field recordings, folk, modern rnb, dub, hiphop, wiry electric guitar, pounding percussion, rumbling bass and mysterious vocals.
Thors stone by forest swords free listening on soundcloud. It was released on 26 august 20 by tri angle background. Forest swords has put out a new video for thors stone, one of the best tracks off our recent album of the week, engravings. The video is interesting and definitely compliments the creepy. Merseysider matthew barnes initially piqued interest in his forest swords material with 2010s dagger paths ep, an eerie set possessed of considerable promise but then, silence the reason for the hiatus being that barnes was experiencing significant hearing problems. The album will be out on cd, double lp and digital download. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. The first single from the album, the highest flood, was released on 7 march 2017. Thors stone lee scratch perry remix by forest swords.
In june 20, forest swords first new music in nearly three years arrived in the form of thors stone, a more streamlinedsounding track that heralded the release of the debut album engravings that august. Engravings is the debut album by english music producer matthew barnes under the stage name forest swords. Dub has always played a role in forest swords shadowboxed productions, so its a welcome surprise to see lee scratch perry step up to the plate for a seamless remix of thors stone, featuring shuffleboard beats, lean synth lines and free associative verses about magic hammers, fireballs and bursts of energy. Thors stone lee scratch perry remix by forest swords published on 201126t20. Congregate by forest swords, released 27 september 2017 1. The immersive song boasts a synthheavy arrangement driven by vocal. Watch the video for thors stone from forest swordss engravings for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Forest swords is one producer, matthew barnes, from the wirral, liverpool, uk. Thors stone an intense metamorphosis marks the british producers latest bassheavy effort there was a moment around 3am when i felt a pure sense of all the elements coming together perfectly, recalls dave ma of shooting the video to forest swords atmospheric track, thors stone. The project of the merseyside, uk native matthew barnes, forest swords crept into the underground consciousness in 2009 with the release of acclaimed ep dagger paths olde english spelling beeno pain in pop a record so eerie and expansive that it touched on both ennio morricone and early massive attack, while still sounding resolutely unique. Nov 27, 20 engravings, the dark marvel of an album that the british producer forest swords released earlier this year, is one of those albums that seems to create its own genre of music. Its a hell of a debut, refining an organic sound that. Download forest swords songs, singles and albums on mp3. Over one million legal mp3 tracks available at juno download.
The second forest swords album, compassion, was released through ninja tune on 5 may 2017, with a video and streaming single release of lead track arms out and a set of worldwide festival and headline tour dates. A visceral hauntshock of a record, that shivers and shakes your ears into channelling something completely new and original. Wirrals very own matthew barnes, aka enigmatic artist forest swords delivers a new single called thors stone. Previously, thors stone had been shared in june 20 but without mention of the. Free recorded during the compassion album sessions. Created by speculative architect and director liam young, the machine air jams together youtube and liveleak rips with specially filmed aerial shots of indian textile factories and bolivian lithium. Aug 26, 20 the album is forest swords second, following 20s engravings. All proceeds go to ongoing and future aid work in puerto rico, the us virgin islands and mexico following the recent hurricane and earthquake devastation. Somehow, barnes makes it all sound completely natural. The video is interesting and definitely compliments the creepyslowdubbed out track. This album features in the top ten albums of 20 matthew barnes, aka forest swords, brought together one of the more brilliant eps in recent memory in the form of 2010s dagger paths released through no pain in pop, and his debut full length for brooklynbased tri angle records was no less spectacular.
Engravings, the dark marvel of an album that the british producer forest swords released earlier this year, is one of those albums that seems to create its own genre of music. A remix of engravings lead track thor s stone by dub artist lee scratch perry was posted online in november 20. Forest swords has recently released a video for their new song miarches. In june 20, forest swords first new music in nearly three years arrived in the form of thor s stone, a more streamlinedsounding track that heralded the release of the debut album engravings that august. A remix of engravings lead track thors stone by dub artist lee scratch perry was posted online in november 20. Forest swords will only be releasing 125 limited edition copies of the miarches cassette tape. Sep 27, 20 forest swords has put out a new video for thors stone, one of the best tracks off our recent album of the week, engravings. Forest swords thors stone wirrals very own matthew barnes, aka enigmatic artist forest swords delivers a new single called by petar kujundzic jun 7, 20. Previously, thors stone had been shared in june 20 but without mention of the album release. Thors stone lee scratch perry remix by forest swords, released 19 november 2015. Forest swords matthew barnes soundtrack to art film the machine air is available to buy and stream now via his own label dense truth. Aug 26, 20 this album features in the top ten albums of 20 matthew barnes, aka forest swords, brought together one of the more brilliant eps in recent memory in the form of 2010s dagger paths released through no pain in pop, and his debut full length for brooklynbased tri angle records was no less spectacular. Its a hell of a debut, refining an organic sound that is at once nuanced and accessible, innovative and.