Artist Info: Sky Mata

Sky Mata is the moniker for a Japanese fellow named Matthew Haya (aka Mashu Haya), and, as you might guess, this is his solo thing for fun.
His sound is very simple and stripped-down, almost like a minimal Marbles or Stuart Moxham, had he been part of the Elephant 6 collective. All his songs have a very intimate sound, as if he had recorded them in his apartment late at night, careful not to wake his neighbors with the drums (which are hit ever so lightly). [read more...]