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Matt Weston

don't need no jewels in my frown

About Me

(Matt's blog is here . We know you'll love it so.)

Matt Weston plays percussion and electronics, and has performed throughout the US and in Europe. He has appeared on CNN, VH1, and CBS TV.

He has studied and/or collaborated with Arthur Brooks, Bill Dixon, Kevin Drumm, Milford Graves, William Parker, Jack Wright and others.

His work has earned critical praise from such publications as the Wire, the Village Voice, Signal To Noise, Cadence, All About Jazz, Grooves, and Bananafish. His solo album Vacuums has garnered international acclaim, as have his recordings with Barn Owl , Tizzy , and Thrillpillow .

He has recorded for the Tautology, Sachimay, Breaking World Records, Imvated, Crank Satori, BoxMedia, and Drag City labels. He currently records for the new 7272music label.

In addition to his solo work, Weston is a member of Barn Owl (with guitarist Chris Cooper and bassist Andy Crespo); and is guitarist with Thrillpillow (with guitarist/vocalist Plum Crane, bassist/vocalist Maggie Nowinski, and drummer James Z).

past performances include:

-Music/Dance Performance Workshop, School of New Dance Development, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (as a member of the Arthur Brooks Ensemble V)

-extended collaboration with the Rotterdam Improvisers Pool (as a member of the Arthur Brooks Ensemble V)

-Three Days In October festival (as a member of the Arthur Brooks Ensemble V), Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the October Revolution in Jazz

-Vision Festival (as a member of the Arthur Brooks Ensemble V)

-Autumn Uprising Festival (as a member of Barn Owl)

-Improvised And Otherwise Festival (with Blaise Siwula and Eric Zinman)

-appearances at the Knitting Factory, NYC; the Riviera Theater, Chicago; O42, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Washington University, St. Louis

-six national tours as a soloist

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/7/2006
Band Website: mattweston.com
Influences: the Who, Bill Dixon, Tizzy, Xenakis, Duke Ellington, Green, AMM, Sleater-Kinney, James Brown, Aimee Mann, Krzysztof Penderecki, Miles Davis, Pierre Henry, Sam Cooke, Barn Owl, Frank Wright, Francois Bayle, Merle Haggard, Cecil Taylor, the Clash, Sun Ra, Howlin' Wolf, Love, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Public Enemy, Scrawl, Keiji Haino, Albert Ayler, Charles Mingus, MC5, Yo La Tengo (pre-"Summer Sun"), Fela Kuti, M.I.A., Link Wray, Gal Costa, Luigi Nono, Maria McKee, Masayuki Takayanagi, the Temptations, Tony Oxley, Otis Redding, Alan Silva, Betty Davis, Kaoru Abe, Elvis Presley, Derek Bailey, Gyorgi Ligeti, Magic Sam, Ultramagnetic MCs, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Marvin Gaye, Os Mutantes, Tony Conrad, Smokey Robinson.
Record Label: 7272Music
Type of Label: Indie