***Originally released on an extremely limited cassette by the Digitalis label, the album makes a welcome debut to the vinyl format. MATCHESS is the solo project of WHITNEY JOHNSON, singer & keyboardist for Chicago band VERMA. Johnson’s minimalist sensibility owes as much to the Berlin school as it does to early industrial & minimal synth pioneers like Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire. Matchess places Johnson in league with counterparts like Zola Jesus and Liz Harris (Grouper), carrying the torch of female experimental & electronic musicians in the 21st century. Vinyl-only release in an edition of 300 copies with download.