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variex.

Lose with eloquence and smile.

About Me

Hi, I'm matt.

I program drums, play keys, make sounds, write words, record my voice, and mix.
I am currently working on a new full-length, but in the meantime The Cheap Wine EP is available directly from me to hold you over. It features ten songs, six of which are a preview of the new album, and a few of which probably won't see the light of day otherwise, at least not for a while. I'm asking six dollars, which includes the CD, case (gluesticked by yours truly), and shipping.
Variex - The Cheap Wine EP

"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason." - John Cage.
Here is some coming soon material:





My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/21/2004
Band Website: newcocoon.com
Band Members: matt g: drums, keys, bass, guitar, words, voice.
Influences: abandon building, the album leaf, alias, anticon, belong, biltmore dive, boards of canada, boy in static, brad hamers, brian eno, casiotone for the painfully alone, ceschi, clouddead, the dead texan, deep puddle dynamics, dose one, dosh, edit, ekocam, electric president, elliott smith, el-p, eluvium, fennesz, four tet, hammock, harold budd, her space holiday, hood, jatun, l'altra, lymbyc systym, m83, massive attack, merck, mono, mute math, my bloody valentine, n1nthcloud, n5md, nautilis, ninja tune, the notwist, odd nosdam, the one am radio, otem rellik, passage, pinback, portishead, the postal service, radical face, restiform bodies, sade, sketchie, skyrider, slowdive, sole, son lux, soso, stars of the lid, styrofoam, subtle, telefon tel aviv, telephone jim jesus, thievery corporation, thomas newman, tim hecker, ulrich schnauss, world's end girlfriend.
and dramatic movie scores.
and

Sounds Like: a failed soundtrack of subtly melodic atmospheric moody glitch hop composed to the motion picture screenplay of an unwritten book based on the diary of a boy who thinks too much.
Record Label: let's see you dance, sucka, you got nothin on me.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Cheap Wine EP

I am currently working on a new full-length, but in the meantime The Cheap Wine EP is available directly from me to hold you over. It features ten songs, six of which are a preview of the new album, o...
Posted by variex. on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:56:00 PST

Working on a new album...

I’ve decided to finally start kicking my own ass and work harder on this album I’ve been working on for over a year, and haven’t much more to show than six "completed" songs and four...
Posted by variex. on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:12:00 PST

"Why Are You Breathing On Me Like That."

Hiding behind a quivering lip.Running from that twitch in my palm.Holding on to weathered hands.Still I'm drowning in another lonely Friday night to wrap me up in a blanket of city fog and dead air. I...
Posted by variex. on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:54:00 PST

My favorite book.

Today I went to Half Moon Bay with my folks. I bought an amazing book. I would like to type the entire text, for you:"Love is mussing up someone's hairLove is loaning your best comic magazinesLove is ...
Posted by variex. on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:51:00 PST

What music are you always in the mood for?

Jazz, in the vein of Miles Davis and John Coltrane. And Elliott Smith.And Sade.How about yourselves?
Posted by variex. on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:56:00 PST

Why...

Why do family parties depress the fuck out of me.
Posted by variex. on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:21:00 PST

"Love Letters Floating In Cheap Wine Bottles."

The last time I was dancing with these silhouettes I held my head to the sky, knowing it wasn't going to get any better than this. But the moon is a bit too bright tonight, so let's close these curtai...
Posted by variex. on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:57:00 PST

Help me compile a list of songs.

I just went for a short drive to Walgreens and listened to the song "Throw An Old Man Into The Ocean With A Lead Weight Tied To His Leg" by Built Like Alaska.  This is one of my favorite songs ri...
Posted by variex. on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:50:00 PST

"I Think My Footprints Killed The Grass."

(I'm probably going to delete this blog in a day, because this makes me feel lame.)As long as I'm able to walk it won't ever matter what's on my feet.  Now that is the difference between us, they...
Posted by variex. on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:07:00 PST

The best music video ever made in the history of YOUR FACE.

Okay, Hector, me too.  Me too. ...
Posted by variex. on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:26:00 PST