Matthew Hayes - Codeine Dream Loop LP merch the Rolling Stones were already

the Rolling Stones were already very good

When this reissue of Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band’s Egypt Strut first arrived in store I was excited to potentially hear another cross-cultural jazz collab in the vein of Don Cherry or Archie Shepp

at a towering but overlooked figure in the postwar musical as well as artistic avant-garde

As sung by him

which is the best thing a future can be

Matthew Hayes - Codeine Dream Loop LP merch the Rolling Stones were alreadyVeteran bassist of 30 70, Z*F*E*X, Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird and more, enigmatic composter and multi instrumentalist Matthew Hayes returns with an album of twenty two vignettes that draw upon loops, fragments, demo recordings and samples from his entire back catalog, creating a pastiche of lost fragments and memories that unite to form a seamless whole of ambient and experimental work. Bass guitar, drum kit, string sections, bells and more