Harold's story Chicago-based Harold wrote his first releases in the early 90’s with artists like Ron Trent, Terry Hunter, Maurice Joshua and Ron Carroll with songs such as “Ritual Of Love” and Barbara Tucker’s “I Get Lifted”. Throughout the late 90’s he was well known for his songs under his ‘Blak Beat Niks’ alias with production partner K. Fingers on PAN Records, Large Music and his own label Melodious Fonk with “The Sun Will Shine”. The 2000’s saw him move on to further projects with the likes of Slip N Slide, Mark Knight, Peppermint Jam, Glenn Underground, Makin’ Moves and Sean McCabe. Moving into the next chapter, “Peripheral Vision” is a genre-spanning journey, drawing influences from a multitude of angles and providing a true reflection of Harold’s passion for song writing and spoken word, with a host of guest producers and vocalists. In Harold's words he explains how the album represents 3 chapters of his life... "The first chapter represents an introduction to my creative side and vision when being unashamedly artistic. I consider what message I want to convey through my first opportunity. The middle chapter represents a time when I wrote about what I knew - my broken heart and a new beginning in life and music. The last chapter is my spiritual journey bringing me to some harsh realities that led me to the truth about myself and worthy of love and life being 'Who I Am'." Credits 2 Hands Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Darius M Matthews Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr Produced by Syl Messi Additional production by Sean McCabe Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Messi Productions BMI Metronome Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Sean McCabe Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr Produced by Sean McCabe Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control Pound Of Flesh Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Justin Stride Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr Produced by Justin Stride Additional keys by Sean McCabe Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control Peripheral Vision feat. Nickel Slick Written by Harold E Matthews Jr, Craig Simpkins, Scott Christian Hammond and Persean J Love Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr, Schott Styles, Azza and Sean Love Produced by Azza K Fingers Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control, Kayfi Muzik ASCAP Put Your Hands Together Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Philip J Evans Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr Produced by Philip J Evans Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control Into You feat. Dawn Williams Written by Harold E Matthews Jr, Darius M Matthews and Sean Mccabe Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr and Dawn Williams Produced by Sean McCabe Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Messi Productions BMI, Copyright Control, Messi Productions BMI Pause feat. Syl Messi Written by Harold E Matthews, Darius M Matthews and Philip J Evans Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr and Syl Messi Produced by Philip J Evans Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control, Messi Productions BMI Disconnected Written and produced by Harold E Matthews Jr Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr Additional production by Sean McCabe Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP Maybe Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Sean McCabe Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr Background vocals by Harold Matthews Jr and Angelina Mavanza Produced by Sean McCabe Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control Deep Into My Sleep Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Justin Stride Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr Produced by Justin Stride Background vocals by Harold Matthews Jr and Symone Additional keys by Sean McCabe Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control One Body feat. Symone Written and produced by Harold E Matthews Jr Vocals by Symone and Harold Matthews Jr Additional keys and production by Sean McCabe Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP Peace Written by Harold E Matthews Jr Production and vocals by Harold Matthews Jr Strictly Jazz Vibe from GU with Rhoads and piano solo Edits by Azza Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP This Place Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Sean McCabe Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr Background vocals by Harold Matthews Jr and Angelina Mavanza Produced by Sean McCabe Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control Love And Hate Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Sean McCabe Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr Background vocals by Harold Matthews Jr and Angelina Mavanza Produced by Sean McCabe Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control Who I Am Written by Harold Matthews Jr and Darius M Matthews Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr Produced by Syl Messi Additional production by Sean McCabe Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Messi Productions BMI Mastering by Walter Coelho, apart from "One Body" and "Peace" which are mastered by Sean McCabe Illustration by Schott Styles C&P 2022 Good Vibrations Music For licensing enquiries contact [email protected] http://www.goodvibrationsmusic.co.uk