Forest Swords

Forest Swords is electronic producer and artist Matthew Barnes, based in Liverpool, UK. Barnes is known for rewiring sounds into innovative electronic worlds, most recently on his acclaimed third album 'Bolted' (Ninja Tune), remixes for Bjork and Neneh Cherry, and curation of a release as part of the the iconic DJ-Kicks compilation series. Over the past few years Barnes has also expanded into film scoring and sound art, composing the music for the Sundance award winning Netflix documentary 'Ghosts of Sugar Land’, the acclaimed Xbox video game 'As Dusk Falls', independent films 'Dogwatch' and 'Stephen', and projects for the Norwegian National Ballet, Shanghai Biennale and BFI London Film Festival.