Matt Hillier

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Matt Hillier is a contemporary musician, based in Cornwall in Great Britain. He has been active in the genres of ambient music and electronica since 1991, utilizing electric keyboards, synthesizers, tape loops and sampling techniques. His music, under the pseudonym Ishq, has been released commercially on several compilation CDs, plus the solo CD Orchid (2001). He has played festivals in his native England. His work has been influenced by Eastern religions (Buddhism, Sufism, raja yoga), yielding an exceptionally mellow, melodic, and often serene musical result. Private, reclusive, and cryptic, he is reputedly working on a long-term project titled Harmonizing Electrified Forms, about which little is known. [1]

[edit] Discography

the first release name is 'Ixland' was recorded as Indigo egg .It is unreleased to date commercially but can be found on the internet.

Ishq - Orhid (2001)
Ishvara - Magik Square of Sun (2005)
Elve - Infinite Garden (2006)

Matt also recorded as 1 of three people on

'Crystal moon ' and album on Kinetix records ( http://www.kinetix.ltd.uk/ )

and as a duo with long term creative partner Jake stepehenson on

' Alien mutation Vs Indigo egg ' - ' Microcosm Macrocosm ' also on Kinetix records.

[edit] Description

Matt Hiller's (Ishq) music can be described as a deep magic melodic ambient.Otherworldly and a bit like a sonic landscape.Matt writes music under various names including Ishq , Elve , Ishvara ( Ishqs more groovy project) but always with an emphasis on musical exploration.Ishq co-runs the record label Virtual which releases his more inventive music and everything from idm to deep deep soundscapes.

Matt resides at Cornwall in the uk near st ives.