First press 180g Heavy Vinyl with artwork Design by Phantom.


Matt Edwards and Joel Martin need no introduction.

Whether its as Radio Slave, owner of Rekids, purveyor of fine and rare vinyl and a diggers digger, or together as Quiet Village, makers of one of the finest albums of the past ten years, these guys are serious music heads and on this, their first release for International Feel, their deep rooted musicality shines through.

In some ways, this continues where Silent Movie left off - deep, soundtrack inspired themes, bursting with emotional content, but Joel & Matt see ‘The Cell’ & ‘The Struggle’ taking it to the next level, focusing on beautifully constructed and played music to tug at your soul and alter your reality.

There’s been a major gap in everyone’s music collection since Global Communication’s and Amorphous Androgynous’s early freeform experiments and its time once again to look beyond the dancefloor, into that beautiful and amazing world that Satie called ‘Furniture Music’ and Eno ‘Ambient’.

However, this is NOT background music, this is the theme to your parallel universe, the easiest way you’ll ever find to move from Alpha to Theta and find yourself somewhere you’re not. The perfect piece of undiscovered library music that Joel never managed to dig.

So put on your headphones and stare at the sky – 20 mins later the world will seem a different, slightly bizarre place, like Matt and Joel have taken you somewhere in-between two worlds without you even realizing it.

And this is the real purpose of music.

Feedback:

Another classy release! Very rare to find such meticulously crafted introspective productions these days. Let's hope more producers will turn their hands to this inevitably 'soon to be revived' genre. The Struggle goes straight into my most cherished playlist of timeless ambient works. Already on repeat for the 5th time! - Tom Middleton

One of best ambient tracks ive heard in years... have been using as a bed in my show and playing it in full this week (well most of it anyway!) - Rob da Bank

Giles Peterson’s Radio 1 Show opened with ‘The Struggle’

Yes, I love both these tracks, they are so full of life and atmosphere. Perfect for those lovely sunset and sunrise moments – Chris Coco

Absolutely wonderful music. Matt and Joel are on some next shit! - Ashley Beedle

The Cell played by Bill Brewster in DJ History Podcast

Love the the new Joel and Matt release , look forward to playing this over the summer! - Phil Mison

Thought "the cell"was incredible, could easily have lasted 22 minutes and kept me firmly in the "zone" ! - Prins Thomas

Nice, will deff play this in Tokyo ... - Mixmaster Morris

What can I say that hasn't been said? The soundtrack gods Maxxi and Zeus are back from their quiet village. And what a return it is. Dipping deep into sound, places and spaces, The Cell and The Struggle are headphone highlights. Challenging and rewarding. I dig you. - Gerd Janson, Running Back, Robert Johnson

Timeless effortless beauty - more please !!!! - Mo Morris, Mountain of One

Many thanks, loving the Maxxi and Zeus!!! The Struggle my favourite, been listening to it nonstop the last few days... - Pete Herbert

Love em both, Beautiful – Twitch, Optimo

Definitely amazing - Lovefingers

Beautiful, just beautiful – Jim Stanton, Horsemeat Disco

This is precisely what I needed today, absolute space, brilliant! Thanks so much for sending it your way, and for putting out such amazing stuff... - 20 Jazz Funk Greats

I love both Maxxi & Zeus tunes. Absolutely gorgeous - Cosmo

HOLY COW !!! I do believe I’ve just visited the parallel universe you speak of. Amazing...........will show L.O.V.E !! - Pathaan

Gorgeous – Damon, Discobloodbath

Absolutely beautiful! Great to hear some new stuff like this once again - Jimpster

Loving Joel and Matt's stuff as usual...gorgeous - Soft Rocks

Very nice indeed - Severino Panzetta, Horsemeat Disco

Awesome tracks. haunting and soulful- – Brendon Moeller, Beat Pharmacy

Nice one guys.. Sounds beautiful - Nick Chacona

Maxi & Zeus is top blissed out gear - Dicky Trisco

Sun sets in Honey. Moon rises on Wine. This is just Dreamy. Thank you Maxxi & Zeus – Johnny Rock, Blackmarket

I definitely enjoy listening to these tunes, particularly "The Cell" creep feel good, nicely done – Jacques Renault, DFA

Thanks for sending this over. Sounds great. Just off on the Shinkansen to Osaka, got this loaded onto the ipod :-) - Max Essa

So beautiful man...perfect soundtrack for the beautiful spring weather here in New York right now – Roy Dank, Wurst

Dark, spacious, epic & evocative are words that come to mind when listening to The Cell and The Struggle.
In our humble but possibly biased opinion, these recordings by Matt and Joel are future-proof and insanely essential!
Another IFeel must have! - Ronny & Renzo

From their quiet village, Maxxi and Zeus take us here to their deep innerside to celebrate life with 2 pure beautiful gems of blissful nature ambient soundscapes and music to make you meditate! Thank you for sharing. Peace,Love, Harmony and Freedom - Alex Tokyo Black Star