Artist description Matt Davignon of Oakland, California has been performing and recording his own brand of experimental music for the last 9 years. Primarily self taught, he creates most of his music (both live and recorded) through improvisation, often imitating everyday sound phenomena or focusing on often-overlooked aural characteristics. Matt does not own or seek expensive equipment. He prefers to make do with what is already within reach. Instruments he uses include turntable, tape, sampling/looping devices, cd, found objects, field recordings, prepared acoustic guitar, keyboard, slide whistles and vocal sounds.

Music Style Experimental

Musical Influences faulty equipment, natural sound phenomena

Similar Artists Oval, Dead Voices on Air, Alog, Coil, Brian Eno, Zoviet France, Anticon

Artist History Matt is involved with the San Francisco Bay Area experimental/improvised music scene. He has organized events like the San Francisco Found Objects Festival and Sound/Shift Oakland. Currently, he's working on a series of 3" cd's, each exploring a different theme or musical process.

Press Reviews "This stuff is free of all the encumbrances foisted onto us by conventional technique! You're creating your own vocabulary!" - Tim Nelson "Elegant Processes, beautiful results" - The Quiet American

Location Oakland, CA - USA

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