Name: Compassion
Brand: Forest Swords

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Extended format: Yes

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500 Copies Only. Deluxe version of the LP is a Gatefold sleeve housing an additional 12” x 12” art booklet and 12” x 12” insert.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-05-05

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Signed copies: No

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PIAS

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Artist

Forest Swords

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Electronic

Label GB

Ninja Tune

Forest Swords is one producer, Matthew Barnes, from The Wirral/Liverpool, UK. He creates a unique blend of jagged hip-hop and R&amp;B beats, looping guitar lines and manipulated samples. His evocative and emotional music reflects the sprawling Wirral landscape of river, coastland and woodland with all the haunting melodies of nearby city Liverpool’s enviable pop history.His sound can be compared to artists such as Oneohtrix Point Never, Blanck Mass, Steve Hauschildt, and Andy Stott. Forest Swords' music captures a similar atmospheric quality found in the works of Tim Hecker, Actress, and Holy Other. Fans of experimental electronic music will also appreciate his compositions akin to those by Demdike Stare, Fuck Buttons, and Pye Corner Audio.Influenced by a range of genres including ambient, IDM, dubstep, and post-rock, Forest Swords' style resonates with fans who enjoy the soundscape creations of artists like Laurel Halo, Emptyset, and Nosaj Thing.If you appreciate intricate sound design combined with mesmerizing melodies reminiscent of artists

Ninja Tune is an independent record label based in London, England. Established in 1990 by the duo known as Coldcut, Ninja Tune was created as a platform to release underground music free from the constraints of major labels. Inspired by a visit to Japan, Coldcut sought to pioneer the emerging hip-hop/electro scene of the eighties.

The label's success can be attributed to its constantly growing roster of diverse artists and their innovative approach to music and multimedia. With the combined expertise of Black and More, along with the graphic vision of Openmind and sound business practices, Ninja Tune has become known for producing quality music while providing unparalleled support to its artists.

Notable releases include DJ Food's 'Jazz Brakes' series, which showcased instrumental hip-hop cuts produced by Coldcut. Through their dedication to musical excellence and artist empowerment, Ninja Tune has solidified its position as a leading force in the independent music industry.

Forest Swords, aka acclaimed Merseyside-based producer Matthew Barnes, returns with his eagerly anticipated new full-length record. Compassion, the follow-up to 2013's critically lauded debut Engravings, is released via Ninja Tune. The album will be followed by a set of projects across multiple mediums by Forest Swords’ own Dense Truth, a new experimental studio and record label, including a series of music videos. Compassion engages with an uncertain world we’re experiencing, distilling it into a unique sound territory: Barnes' exploration of the mid-point between ecstasy and frustration, artificial and human feels timely and affecting. The result is an assured, compelling body of work, tying together the ancient and future: weaving swathes of buzzing digital textures, field recordings, clattering beats and distorted jazz sax with fizzing orchestral arrangements. The album shifts from The Highest Flood's skeletal bounce to Panic's claustrophobic paranoia; the rapturous hyperballad Arms Out to the windswept and cinematic Knife Edge, navigating through the orchestral glitch of War It to decaying jazz thump of Raw Language. The album is equal parts disorienting and immersive, balancing bold sweeping gestures and crumbling textures; tracks seemingly disintegrating and reassembling at points across the album. Blending both digital and specially recorded brass, strings and vocals, Barnes's processing never truly makes it clear what's new or old, sampled or unique, constantly blurring and toying with the line between digital and acoustic. Central to this enthralling world is Compassion, an album that's as weighty as it is vulnerable, sculpting the most striking parts of his previous work into something that feels urgent and necessary, and cementing Barnes as one of the UK's most significant electronic artists and composers.

LP - Standard version of the LP artwork comes with a 12” x 12” insert print.

LP+ - 500 Copies Only. Deluxe version of the LP is a Gatefold sleeve housing an additional 12” x 12” art booklet and 12” x 12” insert.

Compassion

Music GB

Discover Compassion by Forest Swords. The eagerly anticipated new full-length record from acclaimed producer Matthew Barnes. Available in LP and CD formats via Ninja Tune.