The A side of a very limited edition tape of drone compositions I made for the June 2010 West Coast tour w/ Brother Raven. This track was recorded live to 2 tracks and is the piece I was performing on that tour. Still a few of these tapes available from Tomentosa if anyone wants one, btw.


Late but Serious

An outtake from the sessions for my new cassette "Gecko Dream Levels" on Gift Tapes. 

Advanced Gecko Cosmology

This song was meant as a legitimate apology to Our Dark Lord, Satan himself, who I felt I've done wrong to in my time here on Earth. I know that he hears it, and I hope that my message is felt.

From my new tape "Bowling Alone", available at mattcarlson.bandcamp.com

Apology To Satan

random recording I never used for anything. rhythmic just intonation synth patterns, heavy drone, phased-out rhythm box beat, peace out.

Dream Safari

Death Of A Solipsist

A Conscious Decision

Transcparient is a piece I made in 2009 and self-released in a barely-existent CDR edition of 30. This is the first thing I made with my modular which at the time consisted essentially of 2 oscillators, 2 EGs, a filter and a VCA. There is some Echoplex in there as well and the final section is a mix of synth and percussion recordings.

Transcparient

Live performance from July 6 2018 at Disjecta for Creative Music Guild's Improvisation Summit of Portland. Recorded and mixed by Branic Howard.

Live - Piano & Electronics -  2018

Original performance of the "Merv" piece, live at the Ella St Socal Club in Portland, Oregon. This performance was revised and adapted for television and can be viewed at http://vimeo.com/34774267 
This take is a little more raw and noisy than the Experimental Half-Hour version; I was less concerned with being able to understand the words. The text is a bit different and my vibe is a little more spaced-out and detached.
Thanks to Cody Brant for the recording!

"Merv" - live in Portland 9/01/11

My trip was Terry Riley meets Merzbow/Kevin Drumm. No arpeggiator, straight keyboard. Performed on my dot com modular & recorded to 4 track cassette.

The Future is Pure and Tasty

Composer, Synthesist, Musician
1/2 of Golden Retriever

Matt Carlson

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