The new album from Visible Light was created in collaboration with El Yunque rainforest. I’ve been so grateful to feel this work resonating, and am happy to invite you to join us to listen together. open.substack.com/pub/matthewh...

I’m grateful to have new music from Visible Light included in this truly melted mix. It's wonderful to hear the work brought into fresh contexts, and the open, outdoor, community-based event makes it even better.  ✅ Late Night ✅ Ambient  ✅ Lounge open.substack.com/pub/meltedfo...

Our new album ‘Sierra de Luquillo’ is available everywhere! We’re celebrating with an online listening party, July 2nd 7:00pm CST. Join us as we share insights and details on this new work. visible-light.bandcamp.com/merch/sierra...

Butthole Surfers Stan thread: The 90s was a wild time. For the Buttholes to finally release After the Astronaut now closes a long missing chapter. It's what happens when the acid wears off. What's next after a smash hit, a major record deal, and the cultural culmination of slacker rock?

Grateful to @doncampau.bsky.social for bringing Visible Light into the program. Always moved to hear the music find its place in someone else's world. 🌱🙏✨ www.podomatic.com/podcasts/nop...

"Música De Las Plantas," was created w/ electrical pulses from a living Dracaena trifasciata (Snake Plant), high in the Sierra de Luquillo in El Yunque rainforest. The piece traces the signals of this rich and vital ecosystem, forming the second movement of our new album.

Thanks @trevlad.bsky.social for featuring new music from Visible Light in the program! 🌱

Happy World Rainforest Day! Covering nearly 29,000 acres, Puerto Rico’s El Yunque is the most biologically diverse rainforest in the Caribbean. A living sanctuary for over 400 species of trees, flora, frogs, and wildlife, the forest truly comes alive at night.

I’ve been thinking lately about field recording, relating through sound, and creative restraint. You can read a few words in my recent piece here: substack.com/home/post/p-...

I’ve been thinking lately about sustainability and moving with the waves. I loved the recent piece by @shagunsingh.substack.com on endurance in art, and it helped to inspire this entry. On the parallels of Nature, creative adaptability, and dressing for the weather. substack.com/home/post/p-...

If you’re into adventurous listening, be sure to follow @dinzuartefacts.bsky.social. They specialize in a distinctly sensitive strain of deep experimental sound. I return often, well worth your time

'Green Green Earth' is a gentle, flowing album designed to bring comfort and connection — and is now officially sold out! The last existing copies are available exclusively through @dntrecords.bsky.social Grab a copy: dntrecords.com/product/hira...

I've been rolling around in the luscious new tunes from Matt Gold & Dustin Laurenzi. "Devotional Fade" is elegant and inspiring, pushing into new frontiers of rhythm and spirit. @wejazzhelsinki.bsky.social 🙏💛 dustinlaurenzi.bandcamp.com/album/devoti...

Many thanks to DNT for supporting and distributing my music. They’ve been sharp shooters since the beginning, and I’m excited for this era 2.0. I’m happy and proud to be included in their great new shop. Check it out: dntrecords.com

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about authenticity, the paradox of choice, and self-imposed constraint. Here are a few words I wrote on why we limit ourselves, and what happens when we let go.

I contributed some mysterious sounds to the brilliant new Wino Lodge transmission from Chocolate Monk honcho @chocolatemonk.co.uk Caution, will melt minds 🫠 www.mixcloud.com/resonanceext...

In the gator zone 🐊

I’ve been thing lately about mortality, finding happiness, and what we leave behind. I wrote a few words, plus reviews of four new releases. Check it out!

Happy Bandcamp Friday to those that celebrate. There's a wealth of amazing music out there. Here are a few new and upcoming releases worth exploring: 🧵🪡

I'm happy to be performing at the Cedar Cultural Center this weekend with Visible Light, as part of the great Drone Not Drones event. We’ll go on Saturday evening, alongside a host of friends and luminaries. #dronenotdrones

Pause for these new modes of expanding reality. Thanks to @foxydigitalis.bsky.social and friends for bringing these mindful moments to my morning 🙏✨

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about resistance through art, and creativity in times of crisis. Here’s a few words I wrote on the idea:

I’m happy to see Hiram “Solarium Songs” on this great list. Thanks to @tabsout.bsky.social - the realest in the game. ✨🌿🙏

Enjoying this: ‘Divine Music From Jail’. A soulful blend of Tuvan throat singing and button accordion, from incarcerated artist Oidupaa Vladimir Oyun. 🪗✨ ebalunga.bandcamp.com/album/divine...

Letting go of records has somehow pulled me deeper back in, the path is endless. Recently scored a lovely top want: "Spirit Dance". Beautifully unique, and not talked about enough. White's violin is in another dimension. 🌀 #impulse #jazzcollector #vinylnerd

Many thanks to @sun13music.bsky.social for the kind words on Visible Light! ✨🙏 "... could have been a score to a Jane Smiley novel." sun-13.com/2025/12/02/w...

Transcending the stigma of most cover albums, this one feels like an anomaly in Horn's catalog. Released in 1974, after Inside 1 & 2 and his Kashmir work, and before his peak a few years later with Inside the Great Pyramid

I’ve been thinking lately about the personal relationships we build with our record collections. I wrote a few words on sharing space, vinyl collecting, and our physical connection to music.

Your response to Visible Light has been overwhelming. It’s been two months since our debut album has entered the world, and it means so much to see the music reaching people. Thank you for listening. visible-light.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...

I’ve been thinking about landscapes, disappearing sounds, and whats left behind as things erode. Here’s a fresh 50-minute mix exploring these ideas, with a few words on the music. matthewhiram.substack.com/p/stonewashe...

Happy solar return to the great @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social 👑🎉☀️

Many thanks to @seausrise.bsky.social for sharing my new blog! I’m excited for this new space to gather thoughts and share stories. I hope you enjoy it

I’ve just launched a new Substack called STONEWASHED. This 1st issue reflects on live performance, travel, and aging. I’d be happy to connect there if you’re on the platform. Subscribe for reflections on life, nature, and music: open.substack.com/pub/matthewh...

Thanks to @ingalls1969.bsky.social for the lovely new review of 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 for Pop Matters! @popmatters.com “This is music that breathes life, offers hope, and provides solace.” www.popmatters.com/visible-ligh...

Lovely new tunes emerging today from @saapato.bsky.social — a beautiful project based on an artist residency with Alaska State Park Service. Thanks to @akprecordings.bsky.social for bringing the prime morning vibes ✨🧊 saapato.bandcamp.com/album/in-ala...

Thanks to @thetransmitterdown.bsky.social for spinning 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 on the program!

It means the world to Share music and find the ears Of those who listen

“Sierra de Luquillo: A Living Soundscape” premieres tonight in Brooklyn at Reforesters Laboratory. It’s been a joy to learn and explore the art of ambisonics, I’m excited to perform this new music for you in 24-channel spatial audio.

Thanks to @owmr.bsky.social and Orchestra Indigo for including 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 in the latest program!

✨Headed East! I’m so excited to return to New York for this residency and special ambisonic performance next weekend at Reforesters Laboratory in Williamsburg. ra.co/events/2277938

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Thanks to @hypnagoguepodcast.bsky.social for including 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 in the latest program! hypnagoguepodcast.com/2025/10/09/e...

Feeling grateful for a lovely weekend of music and connection, but gong practice is currenty on hold.

✨Tonight at MirrorLab! Amy and I will perform two pieces from the new 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 album, warming the stage for Jon Mueller & Tom Lecky's All Colors Present. Plus music from local luminaries Michael Gallope & Mary Hanson Scott! If you're nearby, we'd love to see you there. @jonmueller.bsky.social

✨ East coast friends! I'm happy to share that I'll be in Brooklyn later this month, for a special performance at Reforesters Laboratory, an intimate listening space in Williamsburg.

Many thanks to @richardchartier.bsky.social for including 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 in the new mix for @dublab.bsky.social ! ✨

For folks overseas, I’m happy to share that the new 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 album is available from the great Soundohm! www.soundohm.com/product/song...

I’m so happy and thankful to be included in Stephan Kunze’s incredible Zen Sounds Newsletter. Visible Light is featured in this months Best New Ambient! 🙏✨ “… will quickly transform any space into an autumn meadow in the wilderness of the American Midwest.” www.zensounds.de/p/best-new-a...

I checked, and I've been subscribed to the Vital Weekly newsletter since early 2008. Frans de Waard consistently reviewed music before anyone else really cared, regardless of name or perceived status. He helped put my own little label on the map, along with many other labels willing to send a copy.