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Matthew Golombisky

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About Me

A recent performance of Tomorrow Music Orchestra at Strobe Studios in Chicago, IL.
director: "ears&eyes Records". we are happy to help out (slash) represent groups such as Video Gum Culture, Jason Steele Ensemble, Silences Sumire, James Davis Quintet, Tomorrow Music Orchestra, GKduo, Zing!, Pedway, QMRplus, and The Hall Monitors.
check out the myspace or website .
me: born/raised in piedmont north carolina . first playing cornet in concert band at 10, i swithced to the electric bass at 13 and played in the high school jazz big band, combo and in metal bands with barre gambling and jesse haff (see: www.DaylightDies.com ). after high school, i attended the university of north carolina at asheville. i played with a lot great musicians, including guitarist sam macy , doctor/pianist charles murray, drummer chad henderson.after graduating from UNC-A, i moved to new orleans . i began playing with various musicians, such as drummer milton villarrubia III & quin kirchner, guitarist tom sandahl, reedist gilly roth from rotterdam, pianist william thompson IV, (see: www.WATIV.com ), among others.
eventually, in new orleans, i started a master’s degree in ’classical’ composition at the university of new orleans and studied with a wonderful professor, Dr. Jerry Sieg.
i don’t live in new orleans anymore. KATRINA ’s a mean lady.
in chicago, i’ve put together a (very) large ensemble, Tomorrow Music Orchestra (see: TMO ). we play freshly composed music. also, check out these new bands: Golombisky-Kirchner Duo , Lucky 7s , Zing! , Pele’s Electric Glow , Dirty Snow , and backGammon .
Discography:
(album, group/band, label, year)
• Return is Selective, Silences Sumire, Ropeadope Digital, ’08
• For Jeremy, Robin Boudreaux’s New Symphonics, Tipping Point, ’08
• Jar Cell Dirge EP, Pedway, ears&eyes Records, ’08
• Magnetic Flux, Zing!, ears&eyes, ’07
• Volume One, ears&eyes Records (compilation), ’07
• Uhzoid, QMRplus, ears&eyes, ’07
• ITS TIME, Chicago Junglebop Syndicate, IZM, ’07
• Farragut, Lucky 7s, Lakefront Digital, ’06
• Baghdad Music Journal, WATIV, High Mayhem, ’05
• Introducing ::, GKduo, ears&eyes, ’06
• Live @ Ice Factory, Tomorrow Music Orchestra, ears&eyes, ’06
• neon jesus garage, Tomorrow Music Orchestra, ears&eyes, ’06
• New Orleans/Katrina=Chicago+Santa Fe, Grilly Biggs, Hi. May., ’06
• High Mayhem Festival 2005, High Mayhem, ’06
• Eightballs in Angola, The Other Planets, Attention Spaniel, ’06
• Live @ Elastic, The Hall Monitors, ears&eyes, ’06
• Redshift, Redshift, Independent, ’05
• backGammon, backGammon, Independent, ’06
• Dismantling Devotion, Daylight Dies, Candlelight, ’05
• no bitch ass hurricane can stop us, Grilly Biggs, Independent, ’05
• LIVE!, QMRplus, ears&eyes, ’05
• High Mayhem Festival 2004, High Mayhem, ’05
• To Tide You Over, Grilly Biggs, Independent, ’04
• Live at Left Bank, Macy-Golombisky Duo, Independent, ’01

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/29/2005
Band Website: matthewgolombisky.com
Band Members: Some of the bands I am, or was, in:
New Orleans (and/or Chicago)
...click the blue for more!:

Tomorrow Music Orchestra
JamesDavis .trumpet.
CarolineDavis .altoSax.
MatthewMcClimon .vibes.
HannaMathey .viola.
KatyMyers .cello.
LiliWosko .cello.
SamMacy .guitar.
QuinKirchner .drums.
JonathonKirk .trombone.
AndyNogal .oboe.
MatthewSmith .flute.
KatieWiegman .vibes.
DougJohnson .bass.
NatalieSzabo .clarinet.
MattOliphant .frenchHorn.
LoriAshikawa .violin.
CharlesGorczynski .altoSax.
RobClearfield .accordian.
KirstinHaahiem .bassoon.
CharlesGorczynski .sopranoSax.
JennySwanson .flute.
PabloChin .clarinet.
RobinClevenger .frenchHorn.
MichaelSalter .bassClarinet.
me .acousticBass/composition.

Golombisky-Kirchner Duo 'GKduo'
QuinKirchner .drums/tapes/melodica.
me .bass/melodica/likableNoise.

Zing!
JamesDavis .trumpet.
CarolineDavis .altoSax.
DaveMiller .guitar/effects.
QuinKirchner .drums.
me .electricBass/likableNoise.

Pedway.
CarolineDavis .altoSax.
QuinKirchner .drums.
me .acousticBass.

Lucky 7s
JebBishop .trombone.
JeffAlbert .trombone/tuba.
JoshBerman .cornet.
KeefeJackson .tenor sax.
QuinKirchner .drums.
JasonAdasiewicz .vibes.
me .acousticBass.

QMRplus
QuinKirchner .drums.
RobinBoudreaux .sax.
MatthewMcClimon .vibes.
me .acousticBass.

backGammon
JonathanKirk .trombone/euphonium/computer.
SteveSyverud .piano.
CaseyFarina .madeInstr/computer.
TheronHumiston .guitar/samples/noise.
JamesDiomede .voice/effects.
CarolineDavis .altoSax.
SeanMcCluskey .piano.
me .bass/likableNoise/others.

The Other Planets
AnthonyCuccia .percussion.
Dr.JimboWalsh .guitar.
TimMcFatter .sax/keys.
MatthewMcClimon .vibes.
QuinKirchner .drums.
DieselDan .bari/bass sax.
me .electricBass.

WATIV Trio/iii.iv.i.
MiltonVillarrubiaIII .drums/melodica.
WilliamThompsonIV .keys/samples.
Jeremy Bleich .oud/melodica/percussion.
me .acousticBass/electronics/melodica.

Dirty Snow
JamesDavis .trumpet.
CarolineDavis .altoSax.
MatthewMcClimon .vibes.
me .acousticBass.

Gunnelpumpers
DougJohnson .elec.uprightBass/effects.
MichaelHovnanian .acousticBass.
RandyFarr .percussion.
DougBrush .percussion/tabla.
JohnMeyer .guitar.
me .bass/effects.

Ear To The Ground.
DaveRempis .tenor/bariSax.
CarolineDavis .altoSax.
QuinKirchner .drums.
me .acousticBass.

Theory Anesthetic
MandyMatz .computer/voice.
WaltonRichmond .guitar/lapsteel/mandolin.
QuinKirchner .drums/samples.
me. bass/likableNoise.

Pele's Electric Glow
SamMacy .guitar.
QuinKirchner .drums.
MatthewMcClimon .vibes.
me .acousticBass.

Grilly Biggs
MatthewMcClimon .vibes.
QuinKirchner .drums/sampler.
MiltonVillarrubia .drums/melodica.
me .acoustic&electricBass/likable noise.

Red Shift
TomSandahl .guitar/keys.
MatthewMcClimon .vibes.
QuinKirchner .drums.
me .acoustic&electricBass.

The Hall Monitors
BrighamHall .keys/electronics.
SimonLott LA/NYC .drums.
QuinKirchner CHI .drums.
DavidPolk .sax/tamborine.
me .electricBass/likable noise.

A Lott Moore Golombisky
SimonLott .drums.
JasonMoore .tenor sax.
me .electricBass/likable noise.

Used Jet Trash
KyleHerbert .guitar/noise.
QuinKirchner .drums
me .acousticBass/likable noise.

Diesel Combustion Orchestra
DieselDan .bari/bass sax.
MiltonVillarrubia .drums.
DaveAnderson .bass.
RobinBoudreaux .sax.
ColinCorners .bass.
me .electricBass/noise.
trumpets.saxophones.drums.lots.

Simon Lott's Dynamite
SimonLott .drums.
me .basses/likable noise.
others.

fJutSchKo
DougJohnson .computer/loops.
me .computer/loops.

Jack&Jezebel
me .alive/electronic events.

Balkano.
BryanPardo .clarinet/tenorSax.
JamesDavis .trumpet.
DianaLawrence .voice.
JoeChellman .drums.
DaveMiller .guitar.
me .bass.

Influences: Spinal Tap. Charlie Haden. Jerry Sieg. Arvo Part. Opeth. Radiohead. Bela Bartok. Larry Grenadier. Squarepusher. Miles Davis. Steve Reich. Cinematic Orchestra. Gavin Bryars. Kneebody. Jaga Jazzist. Drew Gress. Brian Blade. Charles Ives. Dave Douglas. Ralph Vaughan Williams. Peace Orchestra. Jim Hall. Claude Debussy. Dire Straits. Arnold Schoenberg. Jean Sibelius. Aphex Twin. Igor Stravinsky. The Bad Plus. Les Claypool. Gustav Mahler. Chicago Underground Duo. Katatonia. Kurt Rosenwinkel. Hamid Drake. Wayne Shorter. Brad Melhdau. John Hollenbeck. Benjamin Britten. Placebo. Fieldwork. Tim Daisy. Henryk Gorecki. Tortoise. Jeff "Tain" Watts. John Coltrane. Ben Monder. Joseph Haydn. Jeb Bishop. Carl Nielsen. Charles Lloyd. Edvard Grieg. Nils Petter Molvaer. Mark Dresser. Anton Webern. Isotope 217. Andrew Hill. KMFDM. Dave Holland. Kurt Rosenwinkel. W.A. Mozart. Cuong Vu. Tim Berne. Erik Satie. Branford Marsalis. Eric Dolphy. Philip Glass. Joey Baron. Paul Hindemith. Coogan-Lott Duo. Harrison Bankhead. Jeff Ballard. Matthew Shipp. Led Zepplin. Beethoven. Jack DeJohnette. Richard Wagner. Sex Mob. Paul Motian. An Album Leaf. Thom Yorke. Dave Rempis. Keith Jarrett. e.s.t. Quin Kirchner. Ed Petersen. Elliot Carter. Bill Evans. Jeff Parker. Will Thompson IV (WATIV). Greg Cohen. Jeff Ballard. Ken Vandermark. Lee Konitz. Stereolab. Dark Tranquility. Postal Service. Scott Colley. Andrew Hill. Avishai Cohen. The Police. Aphex Twin. Rob Mazurek. Elvin Jones. Nine Inch Nails. Vijay Iyer. Krzysztof Penderecki. Daylight Dies. J.S. Bach. The Roots. C.P.E. Bach. Nels Cline. John Abercrombie. Silences Sumire. Cachao. Tony Williams. Bad Religion. William Parker. Pink Floyd. Peter Erskine. The Leaves. In Flames. Brian Eno. Tunng. Thievery Corporation. Video Gum Culture. Chad Taylor. Joe Henderson. Charles Mingus. birth. Sonny Rollins. Johannes Brahms. Beans. Amon Tobin. Marc Johnson. Chris Potter. John Zorn. Ron Carter. you. music that's true. and more.
Sounds Like: music. acoustic. mostly. composed. drum'n'bass. drums'n'bass. modern. mostly. electric. electronic. electronica. groove. jazz. not jazz. free improvisation. piano music. a lot of fun. complex compositions. drones. computer. moving bodies. string quartets. my dogs wrestling. likable noise. organized. and organized disorganization. song cycles. chamber orchestra. driving myself crazy.
Record Label: ears&eyes.HighMayhem.AttentionSpaniel.LakefrontDig
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Hosting "Connect the Dots", a radio show/ web stream!!!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCMENT! With co-host, DJ Laurie, we will be presenting radio show and live web stream, "Connect the Dots" on WNUR 89.3FM in the Chicago/Evanston, IL area or at http://www.wnur.org Sundays...
Posted by Matthew Golombisky on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:52:00 PST

Chicago Reader review!!!

I'm very excited about all the wonderful things mentioned about Zing!, along with other ears&eyes artists, James Davis Quintet and Algernon. Matt Ulery's Loom gets well deserved praise too!Click or r...
Posted by Matthew Golombisky on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:02:00 PST

film i "scored" here:

Film by AMPeters. Music by me: ...
Posted by Matthew Golombisky on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:22:00 PST

GKduo going on TOUR! look....

Hello friends. I just wanted to let you know that one of my groups is planning a East/Mid/South Tour for late April into mid-May. We'll head south from Chicago (IL, MO, AR, LA) to New Orleans and bac...
Posted by Matthew Golombisky on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:26:00 PST

new music....."Determining What's Next."

So I've posted some new music on my player. If you have a moment, give it a listen. It's slow developing and long, so patience may be in order."Determining What's Next." was written as part of my fi...
Posted by Matthew Golombisky on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:55:00 PST

WNUR interview.....

Hey folks. Here's the link where you can hear my interview with WNUR DJ, Merv. I thought I was going in for a 5 minute promo for TMO's gig tomorrow, but this guy did some "research" on me. Here's w...
Posted by Matthew Golombisky on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:10:00 PST

GKduo booking it's next tour!

Hello there. If you are a band, group, club, promoter or anyone who has leads or ideas or shows, let us know. We'd love to open for local acts.We'll be traveling from Chicago east to NYC/Boston, along...
Posted by Matthew Golombisky on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:28:00 PST

Chicago to NOLA to Big Brown

Written by Anthony Cuccia of The Other Planets:"We went to Chicago on December 7th to play some shows. First show was with the Tomorrow Music Orchestra. Ears&Eyes festival. This was a version of the b...
Posted by Matthew Golombisky on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:37:00 PST

West/Midwest Touring...

The Golombisky-Kirchner Duo is currently working on a West/Midwest tour. If you have any information that may be helpful, please email me. We'd love to open/share bills with groups playing jazz, roc...
Posted by Matthew Golombisky on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:51:00 PST

(my) "Top Friends".....

my top friends are some of the bands that i play with (or have played with...Daylight Dies...we're high school and college music friends/bandmates). you can find more music with me playing at all of ...
Posted by Matthew Golombisky on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:07:00 PST