MP4 by Matthew Pepitone

Following his touted 2024 release MP3, Portland based composer and producer Matthew Pepitone returns with MP4—a bold and enveloping new album that expands the scale, scope, and imagination of his work.

Where MP3 explored longform ambient soundscapes, MP4 takes the next step forward: bigger, more diverse, and more cinematic in scope. The project embraces minimal structures, shifting tonalities, and playful references that push Pepitone’s practice into new territory.

Drawing inspiration from Berlin-school masters like Klaus Schulze, Klaus Wiese, and Mathias Grassow—MP4 pays homage to the pioneers of drone and minimalist sequencing while charting its own adventurous course. Pepitone filters these influences through his obsession with modular synthesis, incorporating tongue-in-cheek nods to gear culture, YouTube influencers, and the often absurd rituals of music-making.

Equally self-aware, introspective, and playful MP4 weaves together unexpected references: from pop culture, mass market icons, and lesser know content creators. These moments highlight Pepitone’s unique ability to balance deep craft with humor curiosity, and a wide range of emotions challenging perceptions of what soundscape can be while celebrating the joy of experimentation.

The result is an album that is at once epic and intimate, reverent, and irreverent; a visionary furtherance of Pepitone’s sonic universe. With MP4, he invites listeners into a space that feels not only heard, but seen: a sprawling dreamscape whose vision remains long after the final note dissolves.

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