Between heartbeats and memory, Hiatus‘ ‘Matriarch‘ unfolds like a found photograph slowly coming into focus.
The British-Iranian producer has crafted something quietly profound here, where his grandmother’s sampled laughter dances through electronic arrangements with the kind of grace that only time can teach.
The track’s true magic lies in its careful fusion of worlds – lap steel guitar and kamancheh weave together beneath fluttering beats and deep bass movements, creating something that feels both rooted and utterly contemporary. It’s a piece that understands how joy and loss are always neighbours, and how sometimes the deepest respect can be paid through the simplest of sounds – in this case, the preserved laughter of a woman who lived long enough to see the joke in everything.
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