Hotel PM by Peter Matson
The Hotel PM album by Peter Matson is more than a place to stay; it is far from the noise and brings its own kind of warmth.
Releasing in time for the summer season, "Hotel PM" is the debut solo LP from Peter Matson, the Brooklyn, NY based musician/producer/DJ and co-leader of the band Underground System. The album is a psychedelic journey through sounds of disco and modern electronic music, with an attention to sonic detail, songwriting, and incorporation of world class musicianship that Peter is becoming revered for in many "underground" circles (no pun intended).
"Hotel PM" features a legendary roster of collaborators from Peter's musical universe, including Pahua, Kendra Morris, Toribio, Phenomenal Handclap Band, Sly5thAve, and core members of the Rapture, Ibibio Sound Machine and Poolside. The songs crafted within are an ode to a personal and a community journey during a turbulent first half of a decade.
Lyrical themes that dwell on psychedelic sense memory, time, ultimatums, and disenchantment with technology are delivered equal parts impressionistic and direct, as are the instrumental musical motifs. Sets of tunes that feature swirling strings and airtight brass are juxtaposed with raw no frills drum programming, percussion, and raunchy analog synth basslines. Meandering and lofty guitar work eventually gives way to pointed vocal performance, and ducks back away again in time to make you wonder just where it is you're staying. It's home for now.
Recorded between London and Sheffield England (where production and mixing was finished with Ross Orton (M.I.A., Arctic Monkeys) and Ewan Pearson (Depeche Mode, Confidence Man), Peter's home of New York City, Mexico City and Oaxaca, Mexico, and releasing via storied Brooklyn imprint Bastard Jazz, Hotel PM is the place to be. We suggest you book a room and stay a while.
Peter Matson - Hotel PM
Release Date 4th April 2025
Label Bastard Jazz Recordings
Tracklist
1. Lobby Call
2. Alien
3. Melancolía feat. Pahua
4. Never Know feat. The Phenomenal Handclap Band
5. S.Y.G. feat. Toribio
6. Lew Beach
7. White Noise feat. Kendra Morris
8. Shaky Escalator feat. Underground System
9. Toop Toop
10. 18th Floor