Carl Matthews ‎– East/West [Cass] (1982, Mirage)

Mesmerizing D-I-Y electronic music from Cumbria, UK. Influenced by the Berlin School but, even more, by Tim Blake. Carl Matthews is by no means immune to the maelstrom of geocaching notebooks. Krautrock, guerrilla D-I-Y cassette-era artist, under­rated UK electronic composer. Man with a beard, surrounded by synths. Best of all, he was once described as the Edgar Froese of Cumbria. The Tangerine Dream legend needs no introduction here, but the Cumbrian question deserves further scrutiny. Indeed, in spite of the irresistible urge felt by many a chronicler of electronica to claim Carl Matthews for the Berlin School, this is unquestionably an artist who wrote, recorded and released music far from the madding krautrock crowd. Instead, he worked in isolation, splendid or otherwise. [SOURCE: SOUNDCLOUD]

Label: Mirage – M606 

Format: Cassette, Album 

Country: UK 

Released: 1982 

Genre: Electronic 

Style: Ambient 

Tracklist:

A1 Lamb And Lion 8:10 

A2 Cause And Effect 11:10 

A3 Bridge 5:00 

A4 Gura Ma 5:30 

B1 East/West 11:40 

B2 Aeon 4:30 

B3 Cities Of Shan 5:30 

B4 Motion 6:10 

B5 Nomad 1:10 

Notes:

Written, played and produced Nov/Dec '81

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