As featured on El Guero Unico’s Best of 2013: http://theglobalbassexperience.com/el-guero-unicos-best-2013/ MTS Music, in collaboration with Narked Records, is delighted to announce the release of VICTORIOUS, a showcase project of Washington DC based music producer Matthew Shell featuring his collaborations with various artists. Victorious opens with GENESIS, an explosive instrumental collaboration between Matthew Shell & Arun Shenoy featuring Ian Cameron on violin & guest musicians from around the world. The rest of the album features many of Matthew’s favorite collaborators, bassist Markus Huber, pianist Vahagn Stepanyan, bassist Teo Lee, strings arranger Jonathan Wesley, drummer Sebastian Wyrobisch, guitarist Paul Jackson Jr., trumpeter Greg Adams, and keyboardist Marcus Johnson, among others. TRACKLIST 01. Matthew Shell & Arun Shenoy - Genesis * 4:56 02. Kenny McNeil - Another Way to Get to Heaven [feat. Vahagn Stepanyan] 4:44 03. Matthew Shell - Guitar Interlude 0:53 04. Taurus Soul - Highest Praise (Victorious Mix) [feat. Vahagn Stepanyan] 4:38 05. Matthew Shell & Marcus Johnson - Cherish the Journey (MTS Remix) [feat. Greg Adams & Paul Jackson Jr.] *** 5:53 06. G.P. Jackson, Javier Starks & Bomani Armah - The Moment [feat. Rufus Fly] ** 4:33 07. Matthew Shell - Continuum *** 1:56 08. Danielle Withers - So Sick (MTS & Domscott Radio Edit) [feat. Markus Huber & Vahagn Stepanyan] 3:37 09. Matthew Shell, Cristina Botnari & Anastassia Ivanova - O Mio Babbino Caro 1:41 10. Danielle Withers & Javier Starks - Believe 5:38 11. Matthew Shell - Konichiwa [feat. Matt Saba] *** 2:51 12. Matthew Shell - Peaceful Ballad [feat. Danielle Withers & Marcus Mitchell] 2:48 CREDITS 01. Genesis (Matthew Shell, Arun Shenoy, Ian Cameron) Arranged by Matthew Shell, Arun Shenoy & Jonathan Wesley Ian Cameron – Violins (Canada) Teo Lee – Bass (USA) Vahagn Stepanyan – Piano & Keyboards (Armenia) Sebastian Wyrobisch – Drums (Germany) Jonathan Anand Wesley – Strings Arrangement & Keyboards (India) Studio Pros – Electric Guitar Solo (USA) Conrad Osipowicz – Additional Engineering (USA) Alexander Brusencev – Drum Engineering (Germany) 02. Another Way to Get to Heaven (feat. Vahagn Stepanyan) (Kenny McNeil, Matthew Shell, Vahagn Stepanyan) 03. Guitar Interlude (Matthew Shell) 04. Highest Praise (Victorious Mix) [feat. Vahagn Stepanyan] (Matthew Shell, Bryant Figgins, Nigel Jackson, Vahagn Stepanyan) 05. Cherish the Journey (MTS Remix) [feat. Greg Adams & Paul Jackson, Jr.] (Marcus Johnson, Matthew Shell, Greg Adams, Paul Jackson Jr.) 06. The Moment (feat. Rufus Fly) (Darrick Atwater, Garrett Jackson, Javier Starks, Bomani Armah, Matthew Shell, Trey Eley) 07. Continuum (Matthew Shell) 08. So Sick (MTS & Domscott Radio Edit) [feat. Markus Huber & Vahagn Stepanyan] (Shaffer Chimere Smith, Matthew Shell, Dominic Scott, Danielle Withers, Markus Huber, Vahagn Stepanyan) 09. O Mio Babbino Caro (Giacomo Puccini, Matthew Shell, Cristina Botnari & Anastassia Ivanova) 10. Believe (Matthew Shell, Javier Starks, Ama Atobrah, Danielle Withers, Thomas Morris, Vahagn Stepanyan, Devin Spear) 11. Konichiwa (feat. Matt Saba) (Matthew Shell, Matt Saba) 12. Peaceful Ballad (feat. Danielle Withers & Marcus Mitchell) (Matthew Shell, Danielle Withers, Markus Mitchell) Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Matthew Shell at Blue Room Music Studio (Bethesda, MD) and Assembly Line Studios (Vienna, VA) * Co-Produced by Arun Shenoy & Mastered by Emily Lazar at the Lodge (New York, NY) ** Co-Produced by Agent Method & Trey Eley. Mastered by Darrick Atwater at Tree Sound Studios (Atlanta, GA) *** Co-Produced by Gordon Davies at Single Track Audio (Vernon, NJ) All other songs mastered by Matthew Shell at Assembly Line Studios (Vienna, VA) Album cover art photograph by David Stuebing & Edited by Melissa Davis Stuebing © 2013 MTS Music (BMI) Ⓟ 2013 MTS Music / Narked Records