The Living Mirror, by Matt Marble

The Living Mirror

by Matt Marble

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1.	Scintilla 04:13	buy track
2.	Spoke of Dew 05:51	buy track
3.	Wheelworker 07:17	buy track
4.	Zahar 04:06	buy track
5.	Scintilla 03:56	buy track
6.	Spoke of Dew 05:38	buy track
7.	Wheelworker 07:06	buy track
8.	Zahar 04:13	buy track

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North Carolina "Musician, author and producer of the Secret Sound podcast. Matt Marble’s beautiful guitar album The Living Mirror comes to vinyl.

When reviewed on initial cassette release, writer Nick Roseblade said: “there is something fragile about these songs, like they have been created out of glass”, and it’s these delicate moving musical motifs that make Living Mirror such a special record.

Matt’s own exploration in the estoeric within music can be found in his voluminous podcast The Secret Sound and his book Buddhist Bubblegum: Esotericism in the Creative Process of Arthur Russel described by the New York Times as ‘groundbreaking work’.

The Living Mirror vinyl was manufactured in the UK onto limited edition white vinyl and brought to you by Echodelick Records (US), Ramble Records (AUS) & The Crystal Cabinet (UK).

For more of Matt's work please visit:

mattmarble.net "

The Living Mirror is a collection of acoustic guitar improvisations recorded at home in Greensboro, North Carolina from July to October in 2021. Developed into mirror form, there are two different versions (A & B sides) for four titles: Scintilla, Spoke of Dew, Wheelworker, and Zahar. Like much of my recent work, The Living Mirror is inspired by my ongoing divination dreamwork (the astramira or "Wondering Stars"). This music also co-evolved with a series of acrylic paintings, ink drawings, and short meditative songs, all exploring metaphysical spaces and supersensual tangibilities.

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Matt is the author of Buddhist Bubblegum: Esotericism in the Creative Process of Arthur Russell ("groundbreaking work," New York Times), published by Coolgrove Press. He is also the host of Secret Sound, an audio series revealing the influence of esoteric spirituality on marginalized voices in American music history.

Matt's visual art and music are often rooted in his own dreamwork divination practice - the Astramira or "Wondering Stars" - which has been featured as a solo art exhibition at Greensboro Project Space. Matt holds a BA in Speech & Hearing Science from Portland State University, a PhD in music composition from Princeton University, and a totemic black rattlesnake from his dreams.

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released November 11, 2022

Matt Marble - Guitar & Artwork
James Edward Armstrong - Mastering
Lucy Adlington - Graphic Design

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Ramble Records is an Independent record label based in Melbourne, Australia specialising in under-represented outsider music: guitar music, acid/avant folk, psych, no wave, post-punk, free / spiritual jazz, Indian classical, Middle Eastern, and avant-garde sounds from around the globe. ... more

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