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discography

production history: 1996-2024

(including released productions +

compilation appearances)

solo

all instruments: ethan janais

1. ultralight
2. what i am 2 u
3. my sparrows
4. white paper elephant
5. parity
6. parasol

with echo us: 2000-2023

inland empire (2023)

ethan j matthews: guitars, synthesizer, electronics, percussion –ethan janais matthews

bass – aaron bell (*)

1. Across The Star
2. Echo Us *
3. Dark Shock
4. It’s Time For Winter
5. Inland Empire
6. Nest Egg
7. From The Furthest Memory
8. Far Above The Sky
9. Solarium
10.Singing With You

windsong spires (2021)

vocals: charlotte engler

drums: andrew greene

all / other: ethan janais matthews

1. We Seek The Descending Levers
2. If You Can Imagine
3. The Night Sky
4. When The Windsong Spires
5. Squals
6. (Fly You Home)
7. And When They Dance At Dusk
8. I’ll Wave You In
9. (And Acquiesce )
10. If We Can Breathe Again
11. Under The Smallest Sky

to wake a dream in moving water (2017)

flutes: chris smith

viola: teri untalan

all / other: ethan janais matthews

1. Awakening Current
2. Aeriel (Satre Dance)
3. Begin to Remember vr 1
4. Begin to Remember vr 2
5. May Morning Dew
6. From the Highlands
7. Doina
8. To Wake a Dream in Moving Water

ii:xii, a priori memoriae (2014)

flutes: chris smith
harp: raelyn olson
vocals: henta
oboe: christina fitzgerald
all / other: ethan janais matthews

1. Vestige
2. Exordium (Apologue)
3. Solum Vobis (Only You)
4. Inventionem Memoriam (Chrysalis)
5. Residuum (Remainder)
6. Nightlight
7. Memento
8. Codicillus (From Far Away)
9. Restituendo (Where We Dream To Go)
10.Viseretque (We Always Know)
11.Denique In Perpetuum (Beyond The Blue Horizon)

tomorrow will tell the story (2012)

vocals: henta
harp: raelyn olson
harmonium: daniel panasenko
all / other: ethan janais matthews

1. Out Of The Blue
2. Beyond The Horizon
3. Docked At Bay
4. Archaeous Of Water V 1 / Part I: The Ears Of Eras
5. Archaeous Of Water V 1 / Part II: Anchors Away
6. Archaeous Of Water V 2 / Part I: The Light It Moves, En Vie Est Lumière
7. Archaeous Of Water V 2 / Part II: Echoes Of Eras, [IHVH-ADNI]
8. Iagla
9. Waves Of The Glacier [A View From A Pier]
10.The Mirror In The Window
11.Tomorrow Will Tell The Story
12.Aureole [Bonus Track]

the tide decides (2009)

bass: aaron bell
drums: andrew greene
harp: raelyn olson
all / other: ethan janais matthews

1. From Snow To Sea
2. We Surfaced
3. Trans Atlantic
4. State Of Expectation
5. The Tide Decides
6. Fantastic Elevation
7. Descending From The Dream
8. Shooting Scenes
9. Out At The Edge Of The World
10. And Sea To Sky (Bon Voyage)

echo us (2005)

bass: kai kurasawa

other: ethan janais matthews

1. My Sirens
2. Dreaming
3. Directed Study
4. Her Heart’s Army / White Wednesday
5. Who Loves You
6. To Save You
7. I Radiate I
8. Black Thursday
9. In The Fall

white ep (2001)

synths/gtrs: ethan janais matthews

vox/synths: matthew cahoon

1. Sometimes
2. Your Prince Isn’t Here
3. Last Night
4. Dreaming
5. I Lost Myself
6. Who Loves You

black ep (2000)

synths/gtrs: ethan janais matthews

vox/synths: matthew cahoon

1. Seduce
2. Stained
3. To Save You
4. She

with greyhaven: 1996-2000

greyhaven (2000)

drums: nick cipriano
vocals: brian francis
synths/gtr: ethan j. matthews
gtr: nate howard

1. Ride The Horizon
2. Setting Sun
3. Mirror My Eyes
4. Downfall
5. Approaching The Twilight
6. Shards Of Sky
7. Solitude Surrounding
8. Greyhaven
9. Cold Night By The Fortress

other releases / compilations

greyhaven (demos) 1996

drums: nick cipriano
synths/gtr: ethan j. matthews
gtr: nate howard

1. vessel
2. downfall

greyhaven (demos) 1999-2000

drums: nick cipriano
synths/gtr: ethan j. matthews
vocals: brian francis

1. mirage
2. bright light effect
3. influence
4. spirit
5. space
6. live love surround

Compilations (selected) Echo Us

Empire Art Rock 75 (2005)
WXJL · Volume 3 (2005)
Hunter’s Moon (2006)
Infectious Unease Radio
Zillo: Music From Time & Space (2012)
Vol. 53 SLAM (2014)
Sonic Seducer #233 (2021)
Sonic Seducer #247 (2023)

ethan j. matthews (“a new age” demo cassette) 1996

1. clockwork
2. glass labyrinth
3. arabesque