MATTIE's debut EP, 鈥淛upiter鈥檚 Purse," has received a coveted 8.0 rating from . has gushed over its trippy, alien sound. The Oak Cliff-based musician fuses elements of electronic music, hip hop and ambient to create deep meditations on identity, reality and transcendentalism.
鈥淭he music is really just myself happening in recordings,鈥� MATTIE said. 鈥淛ust that question of 鈥淲ho am I?鈥� It's like reaching out for the clarity of self. I want to know, and I want to know now.鈥�
MATTIE captured their self-reflections with help of Dallas producer , laying down tracks at Elmwood Recording Studio. The EP鈥檚 title alludes to Jupiter鈥檚 significance in astrology as a signal of growth and expansion.
鈥淲herever Jupiter is in your astrological chart, it's there to take something and to magnetize it, magnify it, and make it bigger,鈥� MATTIE said. 鈥淲aiting for the moment that we kick back into our remembrance of ourselves to expand it to light.鈥�
The EP鈥檚 five tracks follow a loose narrative guided by Mhuv, a character of sorts that MATTIE uses to personify human consciousness. MATTIE moves from moments of egotism (like on 鈥淐ellfish鈥�) to moments of transcendental clarity (like on 鈥淐loudts鈥�).
鈥淢huv is that energy that moves through all of us that says, you can't stop here,鈥� the musician said. 鈥淵ou can't stop in the human experience. You were before it, so you've got to make that full complete circle back around to remembering yourself as before [the human experience] as though you never forgot.
An , directed by visual artist , brings MATTIE鈥檚 music to life on the screen, illuminating their penchant for vibrant color and avant garde aesthetics. It also spotlights MATTIE鈥檚 other medium of choice: cosmetology.
鈥淚 get to work with all types of people, but normally with curly, kinky hair,鈥� MATTIE said. 鈥淪o, I'm working with my ancestry and working with the roots. That鈥檚 a really beautiful medium to bend and to mold.鈥�
Though seemingly vastly different mediums, MATTIE sees both music and hair as powerful modes of expression. They refer to both as 鈥渕irrors.鈥� (D Magazine鈥檚 Taylor Crumpton about MATTIE鈥檚 work as a hairdresser.)
鈥淛upiter鈥檚 Purse鈥� is out now.
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