MECHANICAL MEMORIES IS KEVIN MATELA'S DEBUT SOLO ALBUM RELEASED IN NOVEMBER, 2012. IT IS A CONTINUOUS ALBUM INITIALLY INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC AND SOUNDS PINK FLOYD. 

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SPENDING MOST OF HIS TIME MIXING AND RECORDING OTHER ARTIST'S MUSIC, KEVIN DECIDED TO CREATE A SOLO ALBUM OF HIS OWN. AT THE TIME HE WAS WORKING AT A RECORDING STUDIO IN NEW YORK CITY, AND HAD ACCESS TO ALL THE INSTRUMENTS, MICROPHONES, AND MIXING EQUIPMENT HE COULD ASK FOR. AFTER WORKING ALL DAY RECORDING MUSICIANS, KEVIN WOULD OFTEN STAY LATE AFTER RECORDING SESSIONS TO WRITE AND RECORD HIS OWN IDEAS. THIS STARTED IN EARLY 2010 AND WOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS. HE DECIDED TO PLAY ALL INSTRUMENTATION ON THE ALBUM AND WOULD LATER INVITE SELECTED ARTISTS TO PERFORM SOLOS ON SOME OF THE TRACKS HE HAD WRITEN. THESE ARTISTS INCLUDE CHICAGO LOCALS ED REY, MIKE ARCISZEWSKI, AND BOBBY WOOTEN. 

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AT THE TIME KEVIN WAS LISTENING TO A LOT OF EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC AND IN DOING SO HE DECIDED TO MAKE THE ALBUM A CONTINUOUS COLLECTION OF SONGS. HE WENT ON TO WRITE THE SONGS IN THE ORDER OF THE STORY HE HAD IMAGINED IN HIS HEAD. THE STORY IS BASED STRONGLY ON THE STRUGGLE OF SEPARATING DREAMS FROM REALITY IN SEARCH FOR ONES IDENTITY, AND HOW THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN DAY TECHNOLOGY PLAYS A STRONG PART IN HOW WE LEARN AND ADPAT AS HUMANS TODAY, FOR BETTER, OR FOR WORSE. 

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KEVIN RECORDED MECHANICAL MEMORIES AT PLATINUM SOUND RECORDING STUDIO AND GERMANO STUDIOS IN NEW YORK CITY. MIXING WAS ALSO DONE BY KEVIN AT GERMANO STUDIOS. MECHANICAL MEMORIES WAS FINISHED AND RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 12, 2012. 

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