Valerian, by Matthew Shaw

Valerian

by Matthew Shaw

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At the end of a cycle, a day, a week, a year, or a project, a journey or an experience it is necessary to give up control, to let go, to accept an ending so that can be a new beginning. In today's world it's a common symptom for us to to get stuck in one part of a cycle or in a set of habits. Looked at in the context of a day, this could be to not get the deep sleep necessary to give birth to a new day, to wake refreshed . This idea led me to create a piece of music to aid meditation and to create a bridge between day and night. to help induce good sleep.

Valerian is a perennial plant, the root of which acts as a natural anxiety inhibitor and sedative. Galen, the ancient Greek physician and philosopher prescribed it as a remedy for insomnia. The intention of this piece of music is to complement the herb and perhaps also be an auditory relation in it's own right.

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released November 20, 2014

Composed & performed by Matthew Shaw in Christchurch, Dorset, 2014.

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“Matthew is one of the most fascinating figures on the UK drone underground, collaborating with thinkers like Brian Lavelle (as Fougou) and Andrew Paine (as The Blue Tree) while releasing music under his own name and the Tex La Homa pseudonym via a host of labels. ... more

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