Music:
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