Matthew Hiram
@matthewhiram.bsky.social
I’ve been thinking lately about the personal relationships we build with our record collections. I wrote a few words on sharing space, vinyl collecting, and our physical connection to music.
Stonewashed #003: Timeless Struggles & Simple Systems
Why I Spent Three Weeks Looking for Isaac Hayes.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I’ve been thinking lately about the personal relationships we build with our record collections. I wrote a few words on sharing space, vinyl collecting, and our physical connection to music.
Your response to Visible Light has been overwhelming. It’s been two months since our debut album has entered the world, and it means so much to see the music reaching people. Thank you for listening. visible-light.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Your response to Visible Light has been overwhelming. It’s been two months since our debut album has entered the world, and it means so much to see the music reaching people. Thank you for listening. visible-light.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...
I’ve been thinking about landscapes, disappearing sounds, and whats left behind as things erode. Here’s a fresh 50-minute mix exploring these ideas, with a few words on the music.
matthewhiram.substack.com/p/stonewashe...
matthewhiram.substack.com/p/stonewashe...
Stonewashed #002: Only The Sound Remains
Landscape music, disappearing sounds, and the places that shape us. Plus 13 suggestions for seasonal mind travel.
matthewhiram.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I’ve been thinking about landscapes, disappearing sounds, and whats left behind as things erode. Here’s a fresh 50-minute mix exploring these ideas, with a few words on the music.
matthewhiram.substack.com/p/stonewashe...
matthewhiram.substack.com/p/stonewashe...
Happy solar return to the great @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social
👑🎉☀️
👑🎉☀️
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Happy solar return to the great @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social
👑🎉☀️
👑🎉☀️
Many thanks to @seausrise.bsky.social for sharing my new blog! I’m excited for this new space to gather thoughts and share stories. I hope you enjoy it
One of our musician members, @matthewhiram.bsky.social
started a cool blog called Stonewashed: 'a new space for sharing thoughts on music, performance, and being an artist in the modern world.'
#MusicianLife
started a cool blog called Stonewashed: 'a new space for sharing thoughts on music, performance, and being an artist in the modern world.'
#MusicianLife
Stonewashed #001: Have Gong, Will Travel
The Art of Aging Gracefully (While Carrying Heavy Synthesizers)
matthewhiram.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Many thanks to @seausrise.bsky.social for sharing my new blog! I’m excited for this new space to gather thoughts and share stories. I hope you enjoy it
I’ve just launched a new Substack called STONEWASHED. This 1st issue reflects on live performance, travel, and aging.
I’d be happy to connect there if you’re on the platform. Subscribe for reflections on life, nature, and music: open.substack.com/pub/matthewh...
I’d be happy to connect there if you’re on the platform. Subscribe for reflections on life, nature, and music: open.substack.com/pub/matthewh...
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I’ve just launched a new Substack called STONEWASHED. This 1st issue reflects on live performance, travel, and aging.
I’d be happy to connect there if you’re on the platform. Subscribe for reflections on life, nature, and music: open.substack.com/pub/matthewh...
I’d be happy to connect there if you’re on the platform. Subscribe for reflections on life, nature, and music: open.substack.com/pub/matthewh...
Thanks to @ingalls1969.bsky.social for the lovely new review of 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 for Pop Matters! @popmatters.com
“This is music that breathes life, offers hope, and provides solace.”
www.popmatters.com/visible-ligh...
“This is music that breathes life, offers hope, and provides solace.”
www.popmatters.com/visible-ligh...
Visible Light Open Portals of Seasonal Consciousness » PopMatters
With Songs for Eventide, the new album from Visible Light, listeners may immediately feel this music is the perfect antidote to the chaos of 2025.
www.popmatters.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Thanks to @ingalls1969.bsky.social for the lovely new review of 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 for Pop Matters! @popmatters.com
“This is music that breathes life, offers hope, and provides solace.”
www.popmatters.com/visible-ligh...
“This is music that breathes life, offers hope, and provides solace.”
www.popmatters.com/visible-ligh...
Lovely new tunes emerging today from @saapato.bsky.social — a beautiful project based on an artist residency with Alaska State Park Service. Thanks to @akprecordings.bsky.social for bringing the prime morning vibes ✨🧊
saapato.bandcamp.com/album/in-ala...
saapato.bandcamp.com/album/in-ala...
In Alaska, by Saapato
7 track album
saapato.bandcamp.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Lovely new tunes emerging today from @saapato.bsky.social — a beautiful project based on an artist residency with Alaska State Park Service. Thanks to @akprecordings.bsky.social for bringing the prime morning vibes ✨🧊
saapato.bandcamp.com/album/in-ala...
saapato.bandcamp.com/album/in-ala...
Thanks to @thetransmitterdown.bsky.social for spinning 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 on the program!
Latest show, with music by Stereolab, Broadcast, Ecstatic Music Band, Spiritual Exit, Arianne Churchman & Benedict Drew, Sweet Williams, Flender, Lunt, The Plan, Brother Dragon, Dissociative Identity Quartet, Visible Light, and The United States of America
www.mixcloud.com/TheTransmitt...
www.mixcloud.com/TheTransmitt...
SHOW# 427 - Broadcast to the Infinite
The usual mix of noise and beauty
www.mixcloud.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Thanks to @thetransmitterdown.bsky.social for spinning 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 on the program!
It means the world to
Share music and find the ears
Of those who listen
Share music and find the ears
Of those who listen
Dude, I listened to
This album again today
And it’s still perfect
matthewhiram.bandcamp.com/album/solari...
This album again today
And it’s still perfect
matthewhiram.bandcamp.com/album/solari...
Solarium Songs, by Hiram
4 track album
matthewhiram.bandcamp.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It means the world to
Share music and find the ears
Of those who listen
Share music and find the ears
Of those who listen
“Sierra de Luquillo: A Living Soundscape” premieres tonight in Brooklyn at Reforesters Laboratory. It’s been a joy to learn and explore the art of ambisonics, I’m excited to perform this new music for you in 24-channel spatial audio.
October 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“Sierra de Luquillo: A Living Soundscape” premieres tonight in Brooklyn at Reforesters Laboratory. It’s been a joy to learn and explore the art of ambisonics, I’m excited to perform this new music for you in 24-channel spatial audio.
Thanks to @owmr.bsky.social and Orchestra Indigo for including 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 in the latest program!
Orchestra Indigo has sponsored playlist #784 a whole host of great new music can be found here, as well as tracks from the artists.
The link to the playlist can be found by following below.
www.oneworldmusicradio.com/full-playlists
#owmr #newmusic #instrumentalmusic #chrissiesheppard #playlist
The link to the playlist can be found by following below.
www.oneworldmusicradio.com/full-playlists
#owmr #newmusic #instrumentalmusic #chrissiesheppard #playlist
October 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Thanks to @owmr.bsky.social and Orchestra Indigo for including 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 in the latest program!
✨Headed East! I’m so excited to return to New York for this residency and special ambisonic performance next weekend at Reforesters Laboratory in Williamsburg.
ra.co/events/2277938
ra.co/events/2277938
ra.co
October 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
✨Headed East! I’m so excited to return to New York for this residency and special ambisonic performance next weekend at Reforesters Laboratory in Williamsburg.
ra.co/events/2277938
ra.co/events/2277938
✨🍂
#NowPlaying
First up on today's Cosmic Church @iheartnoise.bsky.social on @campradio.bsky.social
Visible Light (Amy McNally & @matthewhiram.bsky.social)
- Losing Leaves
visible-light.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...
listen.camp
First up on today's Cosmic Church @iheartnoise.bsky.social on @campradio.bsky.social
Visible Light (Amy McNally & @matthewhiram.bsky.social)
- Losing Leaves
visible-light.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...
listen.camp
Songs for Eventide, by Visible Light
5 track album
visible-light.bandcamp.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
✨🍂
Thanks to @hypnagoguepodcast.bsky.social for including 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 in the latest program!
hypnagoguepodcast.com/2025/10/09/e...
hypnagoguepodcast.com/2025/10/09/e...
Episode 464
Once the first set tells its lovely story, I talk to you about it a little. Then we’re off again from a somewhat odd launching pad, headed into dark and quiet spaces. Download Start Hari…
hypnagoguepodcast.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Thanks to @hypnagoguepodcast.bsky.social for including 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 in the latest program!
hypnagoguepodcast.com/2025/10/09/e...
hypnagoguepodcast.com/2025/10/09/e...
Feeling grateful for a lovely weekend of music and connection, but gong practice is currenty on hold.
October 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Feeling grateful for a lovely weekend of music and connection, but gong practice is currenty on hold.
✨Tonight at MirrorLab!
Amy and I will perform two pieces from the new 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 album, warming the stage for Jon Mueller & Tom Lecky's All Colors Present. Plus music from local luminaries Michael Gallope & Mary Hanson Scott! If you're nearby, we'd love to see you there. @jonmueller.bsky.social
Amy and I will perform two pieces from the new 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 album, warming the stage for Jon Mueller & Tom Lecky's All Colors Present. Plus music from local luminaries Michael Gallope & Mary Hanson Scott! If you're nearby, we'd love to see you there. @jonmueller.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
✨Tonight at MirrorLab!
Amy and I will perform two pieces from the new 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 album, warming the stage for Jon Mueller & Tom Lecky's All Colors Present. Plus music from local luminaries Michael Gallope & Mary Hanson Scott! If you're nearby, we'd love to see you there. @jonmueller.bsky.social
Amy and I will perform two pieces from the new 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 album, warming the stage for Jon Mueller & Tom Lecky's All Colors Present. Plus music from local luminaries Michael Gallope & Mary Hanson Scott! If you're nearby, we'd love to see you there. @jonmueller.bsky.social
✨ East coast friends! I'm happy to share that I'll be in Brooklyn later this month, for a special performance at Reforesters Laboratory, an intimate listening space in Williamsburg.
October 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
✨ East coast friends! I'm happy to share that I'll be in Brooklyn later this month, for a special performance at Reforesters Laboratory, an intimate listening space in Williamsburg.
Many thanks to @richardchartier.bsky.social for including 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 in the new mix for @dublab.bsky.social ! ✨
now streaming on @dublab.bsky.social
Between Two Points: September
exploring textures, tones, place, and space, featuring selections of experimental electronic, avant-garde, ambient works from the mid-20th century through to our current time.
www.dublab.com/archive/rich...
Between Two Points: September
exploring textures, tones, place, and space, featuring selections of experimental electronic, avant-garde, ambient works from the mid-20th century through to our current time.
www.dublab.com/archive/rich...
September 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Many thanks to @richardchartier.bsky.social for including 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 in the new mix for @dublab.bsky.social ! ✨
For folks overseas, I’m happy to share that the new 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 album is available from the great Soundohm!
www.soundohm.com/product/song...
www.soundohm.com/product/song...
Visible Light – Songs for Eventide (LP) – Soundohm
*100 copies limited edition* Soundtracks for the edge of day. Visible Light use their instruments to open portals of seasonal consciousness through site-specific recording and real-time composition. O...
www.soundohm.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
For folks overseas, I’m happy to share that the new 𝒱𝒾𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 album is available from the great Soundohm!
www.soundohm.com/product/song...
www.soundohm.com/product/song...
I’m so happy and thankful to be included in Stephan Kunze’s incredible Zen Sounds Newsletter. Visible Light is featured in this months Best New Ambient! 🙏✨
“… will quickly transform any space into an autumn meadow in the wilderness of the American Midwest.”
www.zensounds.de/p/best-new-a...
“… will quickly transform any space into an autumn meadow in the wilderness of the American Midwest.”
www.zensounds.de/p/best-new-a...
Best New Ambient (October 2025)
These records will take you places
www.zensounds.de
September 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I’m so happy and thankful to be included in Stephan Kunze’s incredible Zen Sounds Newsletter. Visible Light is featured in this months Best New Ambient! 🙏✨
“… will quickly transform any space into an autumn meadow in the wilderness of the American Midwest.”
www.zensounds.de/p/best-new-a...
“… will quickly transform any space into an autumn meadow in the wilderness of the American Midwest.”
www.zensounds.de/p/best-new-a...
I checked, and I've been subscribed to the Vital Weekly newsletter since early 2008. Frans de Waard consistently reviewed music before anyone else really cared, regardless of name or perceived status. He helped put my own little label on the map, along with many other labels willing to send a copy.
September 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I checked, and I've been subscribed to the Vital Weekly newsletter since early 2008. Frans de Waard consistently reviewed music before anyone else really cared, regardless of name or perceived status. He helped put my own little label on the map, along with many other labels willing to send a copy.
A bountiful wealth of beautiful, strange, and remarkable new music lately! Here's a thread of new releases that demand your attention🧵🪡
September 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A bountiful wealth of beautiful, strange, and remarkable new music lately! Here's a thread of new releases that demand your attention🧵🪡
Thanks to Frequency State for the kind words on Visible Light!
"... both organic and expansive"
Read the full review: electronica.org.uk/blog/visible...
@electronica.org.uk.web.brid.gy
🙏✨🍂
"... both organic and expansive"
Read the full review: electronica.org.uk/blog/visible...
@electronica.org.uk.web.brid.gy
🙏✨🍂
Visible Light – Boreal Shift: Ambient Dialogues with Nature - Frequency State | electronica.org.uk
Visible Light’s Boreal Shift blends cello, analog synth, and Minnesota field recordings into an immersive chamber-ambient soundscape from their debut album Songs for Eventide.
electronica.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Thanks to Frequency State for the kind words on Visible Light!
"... both organic and expansive"
Read the full review: electronica.org.uk/blog/visible...
@electronica.org.uk.web.brid.gy
🙏✨🍂
"... both organic and expansive"
Read the full review: electronica.org.uk/blog/visible...
@electronica.org.uk.web.brid.gy
🙏✨🍂
Thanks @dustinkrcatovich.bsky.social for shining a light on our new music! ✨Great deep zones here 🙏
Feeling like talking about some music I've enjoyed this year. Let's go!
First up: Visible Light, 'Songs for Eventide'. Had the pleasure of playing with them in St. Paul this year Gorgeous LP of focused, nature-centric wander. Mastered by Chuck Johnson!
visible-light.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...
First up: Visible Light, 'Songs for Eventide'. Had the pleasure of playing with them in St. Paul this year Gorgeous LP of focused, nature-centric wander. Mastered by Chuck Johnson!
visible-light.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...
Songs for Eventide, by Visible Light
5 track album
visible-light.bandcamp.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thanks @dustinkrcatovich.bsky.social for shining a light on our new music! ✨Great deep zones here 🙏