Back in 2017 we featured an incredibly talented artist by the name of Keenan Mathias. His songs ‘maple,’ ‘busta bus’ and ‘East Coast’ showed immense promise, drawing inspiration from artists like Mr. Carmack and QUIX. Despite becoming a SoundCloud favourite, the producer seemed to nearly disappear, without any releases for nearly an entire year. In May, he gave us a glimpse of hope by dropping an edit of ‘touch it.’ With a new EP out on SATURATE Records September 3rd, it looks like Keenan Mathias is officially back!
Today we have the pleasure of giving you a sample of what to expect from A Tremendous Interstellar Anomaly with the project’s closing track ‘Contact’. The full project is an outerspace odyssey and ‘Contact’ proves to be the perfect climax for the thematic trip. The opening blends distorted communications with otherworldly vibrations. Keenan Mathias creates tension adding in pulsing bass and driving drums. As a classic ‘Turn Up The Bass’ vocal hits we finally connect with the alien species over a joint love of bass. We caught up with Keenan to get greater insight into the project.
“I’ve tried to start an EP several times. I made the artwork first for this with a whole visual concept in mind. I basically made a bunch of tunes with this visual concept/short film thing in mind and was like scoring the film that I was playing in my head haha. The songs are basically played as a progression through that. I made several tracks for each part of the movie, so it’s like beginning/middle/end. I think I made around 10 or 12 songs and then chose the ones that fit best.
‘Contact’ is kind of like the climax of the first thing. There’s a second EP to accompany this one that I plan to release before the year ends. The name ‘Contact’ is like making contact with some “thing” that they’ve discovered inside the anomaly.” – Keenan Mathias
Keenan Mathias’ latest proves that his time away has only served to further refine his talents. Stream ‘Contact’ below and look out for A Tremendous Interstellar Anomaly next week.
