Only the dreamer knows it, by Matt Nish-Lapidus

Only the dreamer knows it

by Matt Nish-Lapidus

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1.	Only the dreamer knows it (Original Installation Stereo Mix) 12:23	buy track
2.	Casual Observer - 3rd Floor Scrape 06:07	buy track
3.	Jack Chuter - Floor 2 Remix 05:22	buy track
4.	Himelstein - remix 2 03:56	buy track
5.	Patrick Ryan Driscoll - 5 Patrick Ryan Driscoll's "Computer Music Will Never Die" Mix 04:23	buy track
6.	Ryoji Ikea - Seventh and a Half Floor Mix 03:34	buy track
7.	Toys in the Static - remix 1 03:32	buy track

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Originally composed as a site-specific six channel sound installation, this album brings together Matt Nish-Lapidus's stereo mix of the installation audio along with six new remixes from international electronic/computer music artists.

"Only the dreamer knows it" was commissioned by MOCA Toronto in 2023 for their stairwell sound installation space. Many thanks to MOCA, Kate Wong, and Alex Gregory for inviting me to create this piece and for their continued support.

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Exhibition Text (from MOCA Toronto):

Matt Nish-Lapidus uses rhythm, time, and memory to conceptualize the affective resonances left by the people, objects, and stories of a particular place. In this instance, the place is the building you are currently visiting. As a long-time resident of Toronto, Nish-Lapidus has had numerous encounters and holds many memories of this industrial building before MOCA occupied the space.

The audio track on the first floor alludes to these resonances by interjecting rhythms and loops onto various field recordings from the neighbourhood. The chord progression from the melodic audio on the second floor creates a science-fiction atmosphere which reminisces on past memories and possible futures. As one progresses up the stairwell, Nish-Lapidus disrupts the melody with rhythmic beats that echo from the highest speakers. These disruptions, encountered on the third floor landing, speak to differing perceptions of reality and literal disruptions from the construction in the neighbourhood.

The title of this sound piece, Only the dreamer knows it – is an adaptation of a line from the novel, Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin: “‘Did you ever happen to think, Dr. Haber,…that there, there might be other people who dream the way I do? That reality’s being changed out from under us, replaced, renewed, all the time—only we don’t know it? Only the dreamer knows it, and those who know his dream. If that’s true, I guess we’re lucky not knowing it.’”

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released October 13, 2023

Original sound installation and composition by Matt Nish-Lapidus.

Remixes by Casual Observer, Jack Chuter, Himelstein, Toys in the Static, Patrick Ryan Driscoll, and Ryoji Ikea using the original installation audio as well as additional sounds.

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