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Matt Mitchell

piano, junk, electronics, composition

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Member Since: 3/18/2008
Band Website: mattmitchell.us
Band Members: mostly just me. when it's Kaktus it's Aaron Meicht - trumpet and Lars Halle - drums and me. when it's Feigner it's Aaron Meicht - trumpet/electronics and Brendan Dougherty - drums/electronics and me. When it's Brown Grant it's me and Aaron Meicht. Unless otherwise noted, just me. I play with other people too. Used to play in Thinking Plague. I have a new trio with Brian Howell and Doug Hirlinger.I've also played with Ralph Alessi, Ravi Coltrane, Tim Berne, Drew Gress, Tom Rainey, Brad Shepik, Jim Black, Mark Helias, Ari Hoenig, John Swana, Chris Lightcap, Mark Ferber, Josh Roseman, etc.
Influences: Miles Davis, Merzbow, Iannis Xenakis, Morton Feldman, Cecil Taylor, Paul Bley, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Ahmad Jamal, Lennie Tristano, Bud Powell, Art Tatum, Monk, John Wiese, Bob Drake, Tod Dockstader, Zappa, Autechre, Brume/Christian Renou, Artificial Memory Trace, Das Synthetische Mischgewebe, Weather Report, AMM, Dick Raaijmakers, Gottfried Michael Koenig, Kevin Drumm, Keith Rowe, Steve Coleman, Ornette Coleman, New Blockaders, Ralph Alessi, Ben Monder, Jim Black, Tim Berne, Andrew D'Angelo, Venetian Snares, Vijay Iyer, Pierre Henry, To Live and Shave in LA, Kevin Drumm, like a bazillion others
Record Label: Scrapple Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

SIM, new music

I have another week coming up during which I'll be a SIM [www.schoolforimprov.org] core faculty member.  I'll be doing Week 1 of the Brooklyn Summer Intensive at the end of this month, July 28-Au...
Posted by Matt Mitchell on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:19:00 PST

bowerbird show

Poland was a blast.  Next up is a bowerbird show in Philadelphia at the Gershman Y.  Details here:http://www.bowerbird.org/newsite/events/080428/I'll be doing 'something' solo, either solo p...
Posted by Matt Mitchell on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:17:00 PST

the music currently on this page

sinewy nib - the newest thing, finished within the past week.  A result of multiple generations of violations of a portion of a Kaktus sessionvnoorf - solo piano improv, recorded 12/8/2000. ...
Posted by Matt Mitchell on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:26:00 PST

new tracks up at mattmitchell.us

Hey.  There are 6 new tracks up at my website, 5 of which are currently exclusive to that site.  They’re all of an electroacoustic nature.  So check them out!-mm
Posted by Matt Mitchell on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:02:00 PST

upcoming gigs

Thanks for reading and checking this out.  I plan to change the music on this frequently and put up different kinds of stuff.  More on that a bit later.Firstly, though, I have a couple gigs ...
Posted by Matt Mitchell on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:56:00 PST