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Matt DavignonLink to home page : Matt Davignon  Biography: Originally born in Agawam, Massachusetts, Matt Davignon has been developing his own unique form of improvisation since 1993. After moving to California as a teenager, he spent his musically formative years tinkering with tools such as lo-fi samplers, cassette tapes, contact microphones, household objects, 4-track compositions, extensive chains of guitar effects, prepared instruments, and field recordings. These explorations fuel and inform his current work, which most frequently involves processing the sounds of a drum machine in real-time with various electronic devices. Characteristics of his music include a focus on textures, arrhythmic patterns and musical imperfections, with a focus on evoking biological systems.On some occasions he can still be seen playing turntable, bass guitar, cassette tape recorders, live samples of other musicians or 'the bucket of crap' - an assortment of household objects and toy instruments. Matt has organized events such as the San Francisco Found Objects Festival and Sound/Shift Oakland. Mp3's of his work are available at: www.ribosomemusic.com/music CD's: SoftWetFish (2006) Bwoo (2005) Music at 1/2 Speed (2004) "tiny frequencies and irregular, almost spastic rhythmic emissions that prepare to something stronger, which inevitably arrives under the guise of subsonic bumps, synthetic tides and interrelations of biochemical composites whose movement is similar to the bubbles in a mad scientist’s alembic. ...the brain receives a rubbing in the 'right' way" - Massimo Ricci - Touching Extremes (Photo by Peter B. Kaars - www.peterbkaars.com) Work-In-Progress: Working on a new cd, with songs and different instruments.Phone: 510 459 1507 Email: mattdavignon@gmail.com CDs on which Matt Davignon appears:
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