moonlit pine needles.

a gathering in the trees.

nine faceless friends smile.

home (1st version)

A suite in one movement:

WESTERN MAN

-"Dissatisfaction"

-"Restlessness"

-"Witch Doctor/Sugar Pill"

THE VISION

-"Astral Love and Beauty"

-"Doubt/Affirmation (Cycles)"

REALIZATION/EMPOWERMENT

-"Dissatisfaction (Disillusion)"

-"Rage!!"

-"Western Man (Fall in Line)"

-"Death Throes"


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Featuring:

Xavier Del Castillo - Tenor Saxophone

Gabe Schnider - Guitar

Conor Szymanski - Drums

Mat Muntz - Bass

PLACEBO CULTURE

Constructed entirely from short samples of various parts of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme

dubbed supreme (experiment)

10 second techno jam

"Back home.... Very hard times..... Millions of people out of work.... This was written in 1855, by Stephen Foster.... It's called Hard Times Come Again No More"

max williams guitar

mat muntz bass

Hard Times

composed by Ornette Coleman

performed by:
Xavier Del Castillo - Tenor Sax
Ben Sutin - Violin
Joe Peri - Drums
Mat Muntz - Bass


Lonely Woman

From Northwest Cycle, composed by Mat Muntz

Ben Sutin - Violin
Patrick Bartley - Alto Sax
Xavier Del Castillo - Tenor Sax
Tyler Tritt - Trumpet
St. Clair Simmons - Trombone
Mat Muntz - Bass
Joe Peri - Drums

Tbilisi (The Dream)

TASTY TRIO IS

MAX WILLIAMS - GUITAR
MAX HOLMBERG - DRUMS
MAT MUNTZ - BASS

Where or When

an ode to those who reject their surroundings

Xavier Del Castillo - Tenor Saxophone
Gabe Schnider - Guitar
Conor Szymanski - Drums
Mat Muntz - Bass

Placebo Culture

The third movement of my suite dedicated to the Pacific Northwest. This movement concerns returning to a place for the first time.

Recorded live at Manhattan School of Music 1.27.13

featuring:
Patrick Bartley - Clarinet
Xavier Del Castillo - Tenor Sax
Tyler Tritt - Trumpet
St. Clair Simmons - Trombone
Joe Peri - Drums
Mat Muntz - Bass

math cannon