The Mattson 2 Bosheekwo 

Bohsheekwo is the result of pandemic isolation, history on the road, eight records under the belt, and it is the pinnacle of Mattson 2’s work as producers in their own right. Reflecting on what they learned working with Chaz Bear on multiple studio sessions including their most recent hit “Millenium” off of Toro Y Moi’s Mahal, the twins collage together an ecosystem of simplicity, minimalism, and lush maximalism of an almost surrealist nature. The record shifts from Lo-fi indie with crackles and pops that sound like crunching paper which then take you on a cruise to tropical Brazilian Jazz ala symphonic rock—think “Roman Blue” by Danger Mouse.

Included in the 10-song self-released LP is “Spiritual Things”, an extended, yacht-like jam session that takes its time. M2, Chaz Bear, and Anthony Ferraro (Astronauts, etc) recorded the tune together on Election Day, 2016 using Jared’s iPhone. The flagship piece “Addiction” features fellow blood-kin/ Oliver Tree producer Casey Mattson on keyboard. As the track title implies, lyrics like “the only thing I think about” and “it’s so cold inside” explore addiction of multiple kinds. While the lyrics give off a grim melancholic sense of feeling trapped, abandoned, and alone, the lush instrumental closing of the joint reminiscent of Flying Lotus/ Four Tet tells its audience everything will be ok.

TRACKLISTING
1) Muffin
2) C’est La Vie
3) Happy Hill
4) Monsters
5) Hayama Rain
6) 16mm Sunrise
7) Addiction
8) Flower Street
9) Spiritual Things
10) Beach Trance

released December 9, 2022

Jonathan Mattson: voice, the drums, percussion
Jared Mattson: voice, guitars, the bass guitar, keyboards, percussion

Produced & Recorded by The Mattson 2
Photo by Andrew Paynter

︎ $10.00

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Toro Y Moi 
Mahal
(feat. The Mattson 2) 

Toro y Moi’s seventh studio album, MAHAL, is the boldest and most fascinating journey yet from musical mastermind Chaz Bear. The record spans genre and sound—encompassing the shaggy psychedelic rock of the 1960s and ‘70s, and the airy sounds of 1990s mod-post-rock—taking listeners on an auditory expedition, as if they’re riding in the back of Bear’s Filipino jeepney that adorns the album’s cover. But MAHAL is also an unmistakably Toro y Moi experience, calling back to previous works while charting a new path forward in a way that only Bear can do.

MAHAL is the latest in an accomplished career for Bear, who’s undoubtedly one of the decade’s most influential musicians. Since the release of the electronic pop landmark Causers of This in 2009, subsequent records as Toro y Moi have repeatedly shifted the idea of what his sound can be. But there’s little in Bear’s catalog that will prepare you for the deep-groove excursions on MAHAL, his most eclectic record to date.

The second the album begins we’re immediately transported into the passenger seat, jeep sounds and all, ready for the ride Chaz and company have concocted for us. Seeds of some of MAHAL’s 13 songs date back to the more explicitly rock-oriented What For? from 2015. MAHAL was mostly completed last year in Bear’s Oakland studio with the involvement of a host of collaborators, Sofie Royer and Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Neilson to Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo and the Mattson 2.

“I wanted to make a record that featured more musicians on it than any other record of mine,” he explains. “To have them live on that record feels grounded, bringing a communal perspective to the table.” As a result, MAHAL is lush and surprising at every turn, from the cool-handed “The Loop,” which recalls Sly and the Family Stones, to the elastic psych rock of “Foreplay” and the dizzying Mulatu Astatke-recalling of “Last Year.”

Lyrically, the album zooms in on generational concerns, picking up where the Outer Peace standout “Freelance” effectively left off. Bear seems to be surveying the ways in which we connect with technology, media, each other, and what disappears as a result. Cuts like the squishy “Postman” and “Magazine” take a deep dive into our relationship with media in a changing digital world. “It’s interesting to see how we adapt to this new age. We’re so connected, but we’re still missing out on things,” Bear ruminates while discussing the album’s themes.

It’s not all introspection. Bear cools things down near the album’s end with the Mattson 2-featuring “Millennium,” a laid-back jam with tricky guitar licks about ringing in new times even when everything else seems upside down. “It’s about enjoying the new year, even when it’s been shitty,” Bear explains. “There’s nothing else to do.” Finding a sense of joy in the face of adversity is embedded in MAHAL’s DNA, right down to the jeepney that literally and figuratively brings the music out into the community. “We know that touring is messed up for now, and large gatherings are a fluke,” he explains. “It’s about the notion of us going out to the people and bringing the record to them.” And with the wide-open atmosphere of MAHAL, Toro y Moi stands to connect with more listeners than ever before.

TRACKLISTING
1. The Medium (feat. Unknown Mortal Orchestra)
2. Goes By So Fast
3. Magazine (feat. Salami Rose Joe Louis)
4. Postman
5. The Loop
6. Last Year
7. Mississippi
8. Clarity (feat. Sofie)
9. Foreplay
10. Déjà Vu
11. Way Too Hot
12. Millennium (Feat. The Mattson 2)
13. Days in Love

“Millennium (featuring Mattson2)” Written and Composed by: Chaz Bear & The Mattson 2
Performed by: Chaz Bear - Bass, Vocals
Jared Mattson - Guitar
Jonathan Mattson - Drums, Rhythm King 
Record Label: Dead Oceans

︎ $29.99

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Toro Y Moi
(feat. The Mattson 2) Ordinary Guy

Toro y Moi has covered “Ordinary Guy,” the closing track on Latin soul artist Joe Bataan’s 1967 debut Gypsy Woman. The cover features Toro y Moi’s frequent collaborators the Mattson 2. Proceeds go to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Hear the song below and buy it at Bandcamp.

TRACKLISTING
1) Ordinary Guy

Written and Composed by: Joe Bataan
Performed by: Chaz Bear - Bass, Vocals
Jared Mattson - Guitar
Jonathan Mattson - Drums, Rhythm King
Recorded at Women’s Audio Mission in San Francisco, CA (2019)
Engineered by: Maryam Qudus
Mixed by: Pat Jones at Honeymoon Suite, Los Angeles
Mastered by: Pete Lyman at Infrasonic
Photography by: Kelsey McClellan
Design by: Adam Guzman
Animation by: FISK
C + P 2020
Record Label: Company Studio

︎ $1.00

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The Mattson 2
Paradise

When things are right, they’re right; it’s rare that everything falls into place. It’s rarer still to capture that feeling on wax, which is what The Mattson 2 have achieved with their latest album, Paradise. It’s their second release on Chaz Bear’s (fka Chaz Bundick, aka Toro y Moi) Company Records, and first without Bear as a member of the band. The identical twins, Jared (guitars) and Jonathan (drums), have left their trademark virtuosity on display; within the 32-minute runtime they’ve managed to capture the arc of an entire relationship between two people. You can tell from how warm the guitars sound — we go from emotional equilibrium to longing to happiness to loss. “For years and years you’ve been on my mind,” they sing, and mean it. When the Mattsons sing the line “you’re so special, you’re so easy” it’s easy to forget they’re not talking to you.

Even so, it’s a record to throw a frisbee to — it’s a sylphlike, sylvan thing, meant to be used and enjoyed. “We don’t want people to think too hard,” they say. “We want to let people in!” That’s perhaps because it’s the first album they’ve written and recorded in their home, which is a wooden cabin in the hills of San Diego. You can hear the sun in the keyboards, in the 80s-inflected jazz. The singing is new, too. What it adds up to is a bigger, bolder sound than their previous work; the brothers say they went into it trying out a conceptually new, cohesive sound — a new sonic palette to create from. It’s a little bit of summer you can savor all year long.

They’ve been playing shows for 15 years without any vocals; on Paradise, though, the twins have added their voices to the mix, which adds a welcome new human dimension to the record. “No matter how much someone loved the instrumental set they’d ask if we sang!” Jared said. Even so, the lyrics are meant to be abstract, to conjure a mood. If you listen closely you’ll be able to discern what the Mattson brothers are feeling. There’s longing, in songs that are about getting what you want and realizing it’s not actually the right thing; there’s lyrics about not being free, in both the capitalist system and in the creative one. There’s a song about a loved one dying from an overdose. There are deep themes here, even if the subjects are treated lightly.

On “Naima’s Dream,” which opens the album, the Mattsons lock into a buoyant melody; it sounds like the feeling of lying in a park on a carefree, sunny day, watching the dogs chase the people throwing frisbees in the distance. That feeling carries through the rest of the album, too; on “Essence,” which describes a relationship in progress. “You’re so special, you’re so easy,” the Mattsons sing over a lush guitar arrangement propelled by a truly grooving bass line.

The range of human experience is vast, and the Mattsons have managed to capture a piece of it in stunning detail. Being alive demands every kind of adjective: difficult, boring, fun, sustaining, affirming, renewing, reviving, strenuous, punishing, arbitrary, unfeeling, inconvenient, and everything in between. The slice that the Mattsons describe in this album is uniformly sweet, but inflected with the knowledge of how quickly things can change, and how, most of the time, it’s hard to recognize that they’re changing until the metamorphosis is already complete.

TRACKLISTING
1) Naima’s Dream
2) Wavelength
3) Darkness Surrender
4) Essence
5) Moonlight Motel
6) Shell Beach
7) Isela
8) Sea Cliff

Produced by: Jared & Jonathan Mattson
Record Label: Company Record Label
Relase Date: 2019

︎ $20.00 

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The Mattson 2
Plays A Love Supreme

John Coltrane’s 1965 magnum opus “A Love Supreme” is one of the most revered and influential recordings in the history of jazz, widely regarded as the iconic saxophonist’s masterpiece. It might seem audacious at the very least to undertake a new recording of such a foundational album, but twin brothers Jared & Jonathan Mattson are nothing if not sonic risk-takers.

With their new release Mattson 2 Play “A Love Supreme,” the duo reimagines Coltrane’s avant-garde epic through a 21st-century lens, creating a new interpretation that remains faithful to the questing spirit of the original while pushing the music into bold new territory – which itself is fully in keeping with the composer’s forward-looking vision. The album, released via Spiritual Pajamas, translates the Coltrane Quartet’s acoustic jazz explorations into a modern language swathed in a haze of analog synths, ecstatic guitars, transcendent grooves and enveloping atmospherics.

“The purpose of our reinterpretation of A Love Supreme was to lean into the spirit of exploration and transformation that’s embodied in jazz.” says Jonathan Mattson. “We don’t claim to be traditional jazz musicians, for us it’s about creatively adapting the art form, decontextualizing it, and exploring the genre in new ways. Jazz has been confined to such a narrow definition over the years and we want to make sure the genre continues to grow and evolve. It should be a living, breathing thing.”

That mission certainly fits with Coltrane’s own intentions for thepiece, which is less a set composition than a framework for spiritual communion through improvisation. The Mattson brothers have a particular advantage when it comes to achieving that level of communication: the unique telepathy that exists between identical twins, an unspoken empathy that they refer to as “twinchronicity.” In A Love Supreme, the Mattsons saw a way to channel that rare connection into expansive new horizons.

The duo undertook an intensive study of the original composition, Coltrane’s notes, and every available recording by the Coltrane Quartet as well as later versions by the likes of John McLaughlin, Branford Marsalis and Alice Coltrane. They used that vocabulary to create their own take, which they honed through invaluable live performances before audiences largely unfamiliar with the original. “It was so incredible to see the way that a rock fans connected with the music,” Jonathan recalls. “There was yelling and crying, people getting really stoked and devouring every note we were playing. Seeing people’s minds getting blown by Coltrane’s music, was an inspiration for us.”

Those visceral reactions attest to the continuing impact of Coltrane’s bold vision. Mattson 2 Play “A Love Supreme” channels that vision with both reverence and inventiveness, creating a vibrant and electrifying new interpretation that will resonate with new generations of open-minded listeners.

TRACKLISTING
1) Acknowledgement
2) Resolution
3) Interlude
4) Pursuance
5) Psalm

Produced by: Jared & Jonathan Mattson
Record Label: Spiritual Pajamas
Relase Date: 2018

︎ $14.00 

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Astroanuts, Etc. (feat. Jonathan Mattson)
Living in Symbol

Living In Symbol is an ode to ambiguity, the future, and saying ‘so long’ to the known. A member of the last generation to experience life before total interconnectedness, Anthony Ferraro (digitally known as Tony Peppers) aims to be a bridge between two very different realities.

The spirit of change is especially pronounced in California’s bay area, where technologies dawn and disruption is the noblest goal. Critics and advocates of all stripes write columns and fill talk radio hours with their analyses of the times. Ferraro is a funny case: a sometimes Luddite with a romantic streak, he would probably be a doomsayer if it weren’t for his being situated in the middle of it all. As it happens, he ended up writing a generative music algorithm that sold on auction at the Smithsonian for $5,000.

His take on tomorrow is nonjudgmental, meditative, imaginative. It keeps away from unqualified hope or outright alarmism, choosing instead to embrace the indeterminacy as food for dreaming.

Ferraro’s friendship with Chaz Bear, who co-produced the album, began modestly enough: Bear walked into the coffee shop where Ferraro worked while attending UC Berkeley. The two became friends, and when Ferraro graduated the following summer, he signed on as touring keyboardist for Toro y Moi. Musical bonds were forged over the next few years, and the pair began collaborating on what would become Living In Symbol.

Sonically, the album weaves its influences into an alien drapery. “The Border” introduces Latin psychedelia to a groove à la David Axelrod, setting the stage for a vocal performance that manages to be equal parts Lee Hazlewood and HAL 9000. On “The Room”, a Borgesian story gets dressed up in an eerily graceful string arrangement reminiscent of Les Baxter. And “Who I Talk To” nods to George Harrison in a soft rocking arrangement that supports Ferraro’s ghostly croon.

Living In Symbol is a series of rooms, a choose-your-own-tomorrow story. Step in and peer through its open doors.

TRACKLISTING1. Symbol Land
2. Shut My Mouth
3. The Border (feat. Jonathan Mattson)
4. The Room
5. Off Year
6. Fly Over Me
7. Visitor (feat. Jonathan Mattson)
8. Who I Talk To
9. Stray Observations
10. Kelly On The Moon
11. Idleness

Produced by: Chaz Bundick
Record Label: Company Record Label
Relase Date: 2018

︎ $14.98

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The Mattson 2
Vaults of Eternity: Japan

After 20 tours to Japan, the Mattson 2 have decided to channel their fascination of the country’s culture and music into a collection Japanese covers performed, recorded, produced, and arranged entirely by The Mattson 2.

Two new Mattson originals, “Hayama Rain” and “Beach Trance,” complete this new full length. The Mattsons showcase their virtuosic skills of performance and transcription via the works of Ryuichi Sakamoto, Hosono, Akiko Yano, Shimizu, and more. Japanese guest vocalists include Gotch (Asian Kung Fu Generation), Chocolat & Akito, Jan & Naomi, and Tanukichan.

TRACKLISTING
1. Watering a Flower - Haruomi Hosono
2. Tibetan Dance - Ryuichi Sakamoto
3. Suiren - Yasuaki Shimizu
4. Itsuka Oujisama Ga - Akiko Yano (feat. Jan & Naomi)
5. Muji Original BGM - Haruomi Hosono
6. Hayama Rain - The Mattson 2
7. Still Park (Ensemble) - Satoshi Ashikawa
8. My Memories Fade - Shintaro Sakamoto (feat. Gotch & Tanukichan)
9. Tears in Rain - Vangelis
10. Thousand Knives - Ryuichi Sakamoto
11. Watering a Flower (Reprise) - Haruomi Hosono
12. Myun Myun - Chakra
13. Coral Reef - Haruomi Hosono
14. Rainy Walk - Tatsuro Yamashita
15. Storm - Tatsuro Yamashita (feat. Chocolat & Akito, Tanukichan)
16. Beach Trance - The Mattson 2
17. Muji (Reprise) - Haruomi Hosono

All songs performed and recorded by: The Mattson 2
Produced by: Jared & Jonathan Mattson
Record Label: Carpark Records
Relase Date: 2018


*Album Not For Sale - Only Available HERE

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Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2
Star Stuff

Chaz Bundick meets The Mattson 2 Star Stuff is the kind of record that only comes about every once in a blue moon. It slips into existence by the merest margins at the very edge of universal consciousness and then expands to fill a vacuum that we didn’t know needed filling until it appeared full right before us.

The unspoken brotherly bond of the Mattson 2 and the incredibly refined and aesthetic genius of Chaz Bundick (playing both the role of musician and producer) combined to invoke this album from the ether. The Mattsons’ brotherly forgetfulness acted as a catalyst for this most spectacular of collaborations: Jared Mattson (Guitar/bass/extra dimensional texture) forgot to pack a drum stool for Jonathan (Drums/Intra dimensional rythmality) for a show in Oakland in late 2014.

A mutual friend, photographer Andrew Paynter, said he knew someone nearby who might have one, that someone was Chaz Bundick. Chaz stayed to watch their show, and over the following few months they recorded with no set schedule, no set plan, no rules and no limits.

“We all got together after that first encounter, meeting at Chaz’s home studio in Berkeley. We had no set musical ideas because we wanted this to be fresh and pure and 100% collaborative… The songs started morphing and the camaraderie got so strong, inspired, and positive that it was absolutely exhilarating working together! We had the utmost trust in one another. It naturally became a joint record so it became fitting to call it a “meets” project.” – Jared Mattson

TRACKLISTING
1) Sonmoi
2) A Search
3) JBS
4) Star Stuff
5) Steve Pink
6) Disco Kid
7) Don’t Blame Yourself
8) Cascade

Produced by: Chaz Bundick
Record Label: Company Record Label
Relase Date: 2017

︎ $14.98 

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Toro Y Moi (feat. The Mattson 2)
Live From Trona

Following extensive touring behind “What For?,” his fourth studio album as Toro Y Moi, acclaimed musician Chaz Bundick brought the band to the middle of the Mojave Desert in April 2016 to play a special concert. “Live from Trona” documents this experience, recorded live beneath the geological wonders known as the Trona Pinnacles, which formed thousands of years ago in what used to be a prehistoric lake. The album features unique live arrangements of songs from across the band’s catalog, new music, and an expanded band line-up. On the congas, Bay Area multi-instrumentalist Brijean Murphy adds a layer of rhythm, switching between propulsion and deep atmosphere. And for a brand new song, “JBS,” the group is joined by tourmates The Mattson 2. This collaboration between Bundick and the Mattson twins takes on a classic groove with a jazz fusion approach.

For the film, nine-time Vimeo Staff Pick director Harry Israelson chose to break the fourth wall, revealing the filmmaking process by making equipment, lights, and crew visible at all times. With no audience in attendance and a spectacular natural environment that feels otherworldly, the film pays homage to rock films of a previous era. As the sun sets behind the pinnacles, the supernatural setting seamlessly weaves together with the 13 psychedelic tracks, all recorded on site over the course of an entire day. Through the use of hand-drawn animations and behind-the-scenes VHS footage, “Live from Trona” offers viewers a surreal concert experience, placing them front row at a private Toro Y Moi show. 2xLP includes audio download and discount code for concert film. Limited 2xLP on desert pink vinyl.

TRACKLISTING
1) Divina
2) What You Want
3) Buffalo
4) Still Sound
5) Ratcliff
6) Half Dome
7) The Flight
8) JBS (feat. The Mattson 2)
9) Lily
10) High Living
11) Grown Up Calls
12) Say That
13) Yeah Right

Produced by: Chaz Bundick
Record Label: Carpark
Relase Date: 2016

︎ $18.98 

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Chocolat & Akito Meets The Mattson 2

TRACKLISTING
1) The Graveyard Has No Color
2) Nothing to Fear
3) Sakura
4) Everlasting Mind
5) Earland
6) Velvet in Room
7) Baby Blue
8) I Love You
9) Temptation


Produced by: C&A & M2
Record Label: Rallye Label
Relase Date: 2016


︎ $44.91 

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The Mattson 2

Agar

Agar finds the Mattsons striding into a new realm of sound that blends their signature jazz soundscapes with the ethereal sonic structures and haunting landscapes of improvisational Raga techniques. This time around, the Mattson 2 have gone deeper and darker, balancing a perfect ebb and tidal flow of sound to create something truly mesmerizing. In order to create the stunning musical journey of Agar, the Mattson 2 went to the studio with producer Thomas Campbell and the legendary John X Volaitis – who has worked with the likes of the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and Phoenix. And for the first time ever, the Mattson 2 recorded the album live in the studio, further adding to the exciting layers of improvisation and perfectly composed chaos.

The much-anticipated follow-up to their dynamic Feeling Hands (2011) is truly a marvel of jazz-rock orchestration and arrangement. The droning vistas of Agar are as technically liberating as they are hauntingly avant-garde. And it shows the twins more telepathically connected than ever as they move in and out of colorful Raga forms and the exotic landscapes that transcend the concept of modern musical performance.

Taking the album name from the gelatinous substance that binds and connects items in a petri dish (also “Raga” backwards), one could say Agar is the perfect figurative definition of a duo continually fueling and feeding each other’s sensational musical creativity. Agar shimmers and shakes with sagely nods to the past and the soaring modern wizardry of Jared’s untamed guitars and Jonathan’s tribally-hard-bop drumming. With Campbell and Volaitis at the helm, Agar’s vast sounds and stylings explore new levels of sonic compositions while further connecting the unique kinship of the Mattson sound. Agar is awash with the sun and surf as much as it is mysterious metal jazz. It's an album that glistens with a beautiful weirdness, conjuring images of neon-light rain dances and electric fireworks into the darkening summer skies.

Agar has also found the Mattson 2 teaming up with Farmer Dave Scher (who has worked with Interpol, Kurt Vile and Vitiver). Scher’s musical capabilities bring a unique (and pivotal) symphonic layer to the diverse Agar sound vistas. And for the first time, the Mattson 2 have brought in a voice to add to the emotional complexity of Agar. Maryann Tran brings her unique hypnosis of wordless sounds that are both euphoric and “Easternly” majestic. All of this adds up to make a layer cake of moody sounds, hypnotizing effects, and otherworldly innovations. And further pushing the Mattson 2 into exciting new musical directions that don’t just go with the flow...they make the flow. Enjoy!

TRACKLISTING
1) Peaks of Yew
2) Dif Juz
3) Pure Ego Death
4) Meluminary
5) Agar

Produced by: Thomas Campbell
Record Label: Um Yeah Arts
Relase Date: 2014

︎ $16.00 

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The Mattson 2

Feeling Hands

The musical journey that is the Mattson 2 has culminated with the release of their latest album, “Feeling Hands.” After two years of touring, writing and collaborating, both Jonathan (drums) and Jared (guitar/bass) have created a record that celebrates the sounds and visions of a band hitting their collective stride at precisely the right moment.

Steeped in a breezy jazz brilliance and the swagger of surf and sun, “Feeling Hands” is an open invitation to an uncharted destination of artistry. Perhaps what’s most remarkable about “Feeling Hands” is the journey it creates for the listener, incorporating numerous influences throughout both the music and recording process. Moreover, it’s the uncanny ability of a duo to create a vintage sound that can champion the riffs of Dick Dale while triggering the confidence of Morrissey and the swoon of Chet Baker.

TRACKLISTING
1) Pleasure Point
2) Black Rain
3) Ode to Lou
4) Living Room
5) Spaceman 2
6) Mexican Synth
7) Chi Nine(feat. Ray barbee)
8) Give Inski’s (feat. Tommy Guerrero)
9) Obvious Crutch
10) Man From Anamnesis

Produced by: Thomas Campbell
Record Label: Galaxia
Relase Date: 2011

︎ $35.99 

Ray Barbee Meets The Mattson 2

 

The Mattson 2 have been playing together since they were conceived–as it should be for twins–and they’ve been playing their brand of jazz for nearly as long. The idea that Ray Barbee, guitarist extraordinaire, should team up with the Mattsons gestated much more recently. Both the twins and Barbee share a lot of commonalities: clean, fluid musicianship, a love of jazz in all its forms, and recording for Galaxia. It seemed inevitable that sooner or later they would collaborate on something special.

So, how did they meet? Barbee would be playing a show with his own band and every now and then the Mattsons would also happen to play the same gig–so a mutual appreciation soon developed. As the twins started recording the songs that would become Introducing the Mattson 2, they kicked around the idea to have Barbee play on a track for the record. That initial recording went so well that the three began to write and practice with a whole album in mind. This is the result.

TRACKLISTING
1) How You Doin? Here We Go
2) Yeppers
3) Short Strokes
4) Canoe and You
5) Speaker Breaker
6) Waiting to Breeve
7) The Mingle
8) Cheeks
9) Under the Rug
10) Maiden Voyage

Produced by: Thomas Campbell
Record Label: Galaxia
Relase Date: 2009

︎ $35.99 

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The Mattson 2

Introducing The Mattson 2

Identical twins Jared and Jonathan Mattson have been playing their swinging songs up and down California for years. Among their many accomplishments, they were nominated for best jazz band in San Diego by City Beat Magazine, have a following in Japan, contributed a song to Thomas Campbell’s surf movie The Sprout and toured with the movie when it was released, and occasionally accompany Ray Barbee when he performs.
After perfecting their unique melange of hot jazz, cool jazz, and contemporary post-rockist tendencies through ceaseless practice and tireless gigging, the band has released Introducing the Mattson 2. The twins at their best here, along with Aakaash Israni, who regularly accompanies them on bass, and the disc features guest appearances by fellow labelmate Barbee on guitar, John McEntire (Tortoise/Sea and Cake), and host of other musicians.

Recorded by John McEntire at Soma Studio in Chicago and Monte Vallier in San Francisco, Introducing the Mattson 2 is at times evocative of Ennio Morricone, Charles Mingus, and The Chicago Underground Duo. This lush record contains surprise after surprise–from the warm tones of the opening song, “Longing of the Leftist,” to the Ornette Coleman tendencies of “Julian the Mountain,” to the sophistication of “Met,” down to the last notes of “X=6, Y=8.”

TRACKLISTING
1) Longing of The Leftist
2) Airiar Britar
3) Julian the Mountain
4) Met
5) Noon
6) X = 6, Y = 8

Produced by: Thomas Campbell
Record Label: Galaxia
Relase Date: 2009


︎ $48.22