DOCUMENTING THE MAKING OF '“NEW BREED”
Inside the studio, sound comes first. For Matthew Dear, making New Breed begins with listening: to synthetic hums, shifting tones, and fragments of motion translated into audio. What starts as an unfamiliar source slowly becomes musical through repetition, curiosity, and experimentation.
A founding member of Ghostly International, Dear moves fluidly between sound design and composition. Moments of trial and adjustment shape the track as it unfolds—tones are tested, rhythms emerge, and textures build through an intuitive back-and-forth with the material. The process is quiet, focused, and deeply tactile.
New Breed ultimately feels less like a response to technology and more like a document of transformation—sound evolving into music, and experimentation giving way to atmosphere. The finished track carries the imprint of its making: cinematic, exploratory, and rooted in the act of listening.
