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John Matthias
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As we stagger onwards into the 21st century, musical genres begin to meld and mutate with increasingly random, and occasionally inspiring results. A number of artists have spent the last few years blending digital sound with acoustic, traditional forms with experimental structures and good ol' fashioned songwriting with the liberating dynamics of 'dance' music in all its myriad forms. Few have done it with the grace, beauty or soul of John Matthias.

John's background perhaps lends itself to this blending of tradition and futurism. As a child his skill as a violinist took him across Europe with a youth orchestra, honing his performance in front of thousands. Equally talented academically, John headed off to Exeter in the late '80s to read theoretical physics.

At university his interests in music and science continued to develop side by side, occasionally intersecting. In 1991 he co-formed the Exeter Contemporary Music Group, organising a three day festival of contemporary classical music. This included performances of their own music based on mathematical pseudo-random models in traffic flow systems. At the same time he was deep in research for a Ph.D in physics entitled 'Quantum Evaporation from Superfluid Helium' which was completed in 1998.

John moved to Bristol in 1998, but continued both his research work and his music. Musical collaborations include his violin playing on Radiohead's 'The Bends' and The Blue Aeroplanes recent LP, and work with the vastly different musical forces that are Lunatic Calm and Matthew Herbert.

As well as musical collaborator, Matthew Herbert is also owner of the Lifelike label on which John Matthias' first album, ‘Smalltown Shining’ was released. A collaboration between John and producer Nick Ryan (who previously recorded as 'Silverkick' for Fused and Bruised records), the project combines John's love of classic strong structures and live instrumentation with the loose grooves and dissonant arrangements of electronica. The unique melding of styles is brought together by John's sublime vocals and the experimental but engaging production from Nick Ryan whose experience in sound innovation led to his appointment as Head of Sound Design with the BBC's Creative Development department. Additional production work on the album comes courtesy of Matthew Herbert and Richard Bell.

The first track 'All The Time In The World' is the perfect introduction to John Matthias' sound. Gently melodic and underpinned with gloriously multi-layered production, this is a song that is genuinely experimental yet timeless. The rather wonderful cover artwork has been supplied by Radiohead collaborator and short story writer extraordinaire Stanley Donwood, and a video for the track has been created from 1950's film footage of Cyprus, supplied by drummer Tony Plato's father Aristophanes, and spliced together by Steve Phillips.

Recently, John Matthias has collaborated with Coldcut, co-writing and performing a track on their 2005 album and also with Corker-Conboy on the track ‘Radiant Idiot’ which is on their recent album of the same name. The request to remix ‘Radiant Idiot’ provided the opportunity to form ‘Derailer’ with collaborator, David Prior. The remix can be heard on Corker-Conboy’s ‘Six for five’ e.p. These collaborations have also moved John Matthias into the world of film music composition working with Corker-Conboy on ‘The Hamburg Cell’ (Directed by Antonia Bird) and ‘Three degrees colder’ (Directed by Florian Hoffmeister)


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THINK TWICE





Jul 8 2009 8:06 PM

LAST CALL ! ! ! Le clip réalisé par DOUBLEZERO. Censured Version!!
Have Fun


Roy Merchant





May 26 2009 9:11 AM

Hey......  Check out my mix for new girl group Fe-nix, on Universal....

http://zaphod.uk.vvhp.net/v-v/090520090355

Buy it buy it buy it....!!!!!
Korovo





Mar 24 2009 8:19 PM

I have great pleasure in announcing that a brand new track called 'A Picturebook of Saints' has been finished and uploaded to Myspace. We're very proud of it, and any thoughts you have will be gratefully received.

Check it out here...

http://www.myspace.com/korovo
'u Papadia !!!





Mar 11 2009 1:58 PM

Ciao, just e few minutes for listen to my new original "not yet UNSIGNED" project on myspace and get your feedback...
Genre: Italian RED-EARTH-ROCK
Thanks lot.
'u Papadia
Random lee ** Discolexcia out Now! **





Feb 16 2009 9:43 AM

BIG UP!!


CHECK OUT OUR LABEL CONCRETE BREAKS RECORDS
Esmoиd





Feb 11 2009 4:04 PM

Love your music :D

Is the clarinet score for King of a Small Town available?
Sonic! at the disco





Jan 14 2009 4:59 PM

man,
i bought stories from the water cooler the other day,
and i think i'm in love with you...........
wel.....
i really like your stuff.
FAN FOR LIIIFE.
xxx
gahs&Rocio





Oct 21 2008 3:12 PM

gahs ha inten​tado canta​r y no morir​ en el inten​to!​
con mas filtr​os q un motor​ de barco​ pero.​.​.​.​
es un nuevo​ tema CON ESTRI​biLLo​!​!​!​

"​empty​"​

PASEN​ Y ESCUC​HEN!
LA MILLY DELUXE





Sep 22 2008 6:36 PM

Hi, thank U very much for the add. U 're fantastic. Have a wonderful day. Sweet kisses from Italy, Milly Deluxe. Hugs.
Rüdiger Saß





Sep 22 2008 11:11 AM

Thank you for the add -
Thank you very much for your tunes!
windmill





Aug 30 2008 7:57 AM

hello thanks for add !!! great second album
Laurence





Aug 28 2008 11:25 AM

hey mr matthias, your great, please listen to ned collette, he is great too, nice and sad.
laurence
Dj Pit





Aug 27 2008 3:52 PM

Thanks for Add
Greetz from Berlin Dj.
Pit
Autumn/Ether





Aug 27 2008 3:37 PM

Hi John,
Thanks a lot for the add.
I discovered your music 3 days ago and bought your album on iTunes today, I love the whole of it but "king of a small town" is already very much stuck in my head after 3 listens.
I really like the use of acoustic sounds mixed with a way of producing usually found in electronic musics (that's how I hear it !)... and that voice !
I hope you come to play in France, near Lille one day.
Take care.
Loïc

Maxence Rimbot





Aug 27 2008 2:29 PM

Thanks for the add !
Sometimes your music sounds like Radiohead... And I like Radiohead...
I think I'll come back very soon to hear you again...

Maxence
Head Gardener





Jun 24 2008 5:43 PM

Palidzi





Jun 24 2008 4:21 PM

hi john,

really nice songs ;)

greets from slovakia,
PaliG

P.S.
thx for add
The WaxRoom





Jun 2 2008 3:25 PM

We rocked.
WARU*KAWA





May 12 2008 2:11 AM

There you are! I wanted to see you, John!
Eagerly awaited New album !
I'm going to get all of your works in the future.but,I have no idea whether those are available in Japan.
(I mean Blind/Stories From the Watercooler/Cortical Songs)
CandyCañon





May 9 2008 9:31 PM

Thank you very much for "smalltown, shining", one of the most important record I own. If you ever come to France and need help to play near Lyon...
mx
The Rocky Nest





May 8 2008 3:52 PM

Hey John............a Massive Hi 5 from The Rocky Nest.....POW!
diastole1 aka 'Jojo'





May 8 2008 3:05 PM

hey, how bizare that you have invited me as a friend and I actually have some of your releases from Bleep. com.
Thanks for the friend request.

Best,
Jojo
nonclassical





May 8 2008 1:10 PM

Hi John, sound amazing last night. Really enjoyed the whole performance and thought you had a wonderful tone and execution. Looking forward to the album release.
cheers Andy
WARU*KAWA





Apr 26 2008 1:43 AM

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