matchess: seraphastra

Originally released on an extremely limited cassette by the Digitalis label, the album makes a welcome debut to the vinyl format. Matchess is the solo project of Whitney Johnson, singer & keyboardist for Chicago band VERMA. Johnson's minimalist sensibility owes as much to the Berlin school as it does to early industrial & minimal synth pioneers like Throbbing Gristle & Cabaret Voltaire. Matchess places Johnson in league w/ counterparts like Zola Jesus & Liz Harris (Grouper), carrying the torch of female experimental & electronic musicians in the 21st century. ltd to 300 w/ download.