Philip Glass
Gaetan Gravel
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ifukuba
Leonard Bernstein
Clint Mansell
Ennio Morricone
Thomas Neuman
Carter Burwell
and many others....
Tom Waits, the king of carnivals
Skinny Puppy
Dead Can Dance
Ravi Shankar
The Beatles
Nine Inch Nails
Delta Blues
The Cure
Klezmer music
The Bulgarian Women's Choir
and many many others....
Film
The Brothers Quay
Jan Svankmeyer
Jeunet et Caro
Aronofsky
Kubrick
Recently there have been a lot of inquiries about Deathwatch Beetle Repairman and future projects. Over the last few years I have been working on some tracks, almost all of which are in the earliest of development stages. Each time I gain momentum life comes along and requires my attention elsewhere. After a while I grew tired of this pattern and decided not to frustrate myself with the effort.
People have been contacting me all these years since that small release and telling me stories about their experiences with my music. That really shocks me, each and every time. Its the only thing that seems to perk me up and get me enthused again. If you're one of those people, Thank You so much. Its really humbling. It feels fantastic.
This past week there was a surge of old and new people saying such nice things about Hollow Fishes. One was an old friend. We sat in her car listening to my new song ideas and I found myself becoming very eager to complete them. Thanks Judy.
I've got a domain again and I'm hoping to get a Deathwatch Beetle Repairman site going. Perhaps instead of the old CD format I will release songs as I finish them. I don't know yet. CDs are nice to have when you made them yourself, but really its a defunct format. We'll see. Just keep pestering me.
Thanks everyone.
Matt Riley
Deathwatch Beetle Repairman's Friend Space (Top 4)
You, as a band, are much too good to be extinct. I hope that you will create more of the same as the demand for it is probably greater than you know. Nostalgia is definitely in, as is undeadness. That said, I fully appreciate what you have done thus far and encourage you to continue.
haha. i took it around this time last year on my brothers mac and mingled it with all of the millions of silly faces he has of himself and left it there for him to stumble across. i'd since completely forgotten about it and he only just found it this week.
Hey M... Why don't you come and see me tomorrow (Friday Night)? Will take care of you. Miss your stories, know someone who would like to hear them. Got a new tattoo you might like to check out, Rappanui! N : )
when i was younger before anything serious interfered with my heart or mind. when my perspective was narrow and shining with the kind of reason that can only come from a parents polishing,i remember dancing to your music. dancing while singing along, dancing while cleaning the kitchen and sometimes i just daydreamed. you made a sound that was a part of myself i've never tried to explain. i wouldn't have anticipated then, ever having a conversation with you. i'm so much more familiar with a person proceeding their art, and not the other way around. you really should write a children's book.
i wish you wrote children's stories... i think i'd really like a children's story by you. i happened upon some desert pictures the other night. they're for you. i need to scan them in.
