Artist description New Sounds in Percussion and Electronics

Music Style New Music

Musical Influences The Who, Bill Dixon, Pierre Henry, Sun Ra

Similar Artists Keith Moon, Xenakis, Radiohead, Sun Ra

Artist History Based in Northampton, MA, Matt Weston has performed throughout the US and in Europe, including such engagements as the 1994 Three Days In October festival (commemorating the 30th anniversary of the October Revolution in Jazz), the 1999 Vision Festival in New York, and the 2000 Autumn Uprising festival in Boston. He has performed with Kevin Drumm, Lę Quan Ninh, Jim O’Rourke, William Parker, Ken Vandermark, Jack Wright, and the Rotterdam Improvisers Pool, among others. He is currently a member of Barn Owl (with bassist Andy Crespo and Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase founder Chris Cooper); the Arthur Brooks Ensemble V (with trumpeter/composer Arthur Brooks, bassist Jeremy Harlos, and guitarist Justin Perdue); and The Compressions (with bassist Mike Bullock and saxophonist David Gross). He performs frequently throughout the Northeast US.

Group Members Matt Weston - percussion, electronics

Instruments Percussion, electronics

Albums Vacuums

Press Reviews "Weston's drumming is filled with subtleties. He uses a light touch to convey muted sensitivity by deftly massaging the skins and rims. His playing has a stark reality to it, a feeling of nomadic wandering without hope of reaching nirvana. When his playing becomes brusque on "Vacuums IV", the aggressiveness is overt to the point of being disconcertingly intense. Weston puts a unique spin on the drum solo and creates tones of atypical sonority. He is a sound explorer on an apparent endless quest for purity." --Frank Rubolino, Cadence magazine

Location Northampton, MA - USA

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