Graphiste, musicien, amoureux du 7ème art … Ce touche à tout s’est épanoui à travers le cinéma de Carpenter, Spielberg, les dessins de Topor, les BO d’Edgar W Froese, Wendy Carlos ou encore Brad Fiedel. Son univers se caractérise par le mélange de ces passions… Froid, nostalgique, mélancolique, cosmique et poussiéreux, il est une sorte de neurochirurgien sonore nous faisant voyager à travers le temps, nous remémorant des moments intimes de nos existences.



All In Electro
www.allinelectro.com/thomas-barrandon-portrait/

"Cinéphile averti, il produit une musique electro mélancolique très bien travaillée. Ses tracks sont souvent marquée par une montée rythmique très inspirante et des boucles assez longues. Sa musique est une belle invitation au voyage…"


Le Choix
www.lechoix.fr/critiques/thomas-barrandon-escape-from-earth-2011/


La Détente Générale
www.ladetentegenerale.com/tag/thomas-barrandon/

"C’est cosmique, planant, tripant… Une beauté intersidérale…"


Tsugi
www.tsugi.fr/artistes/thomas-barrandon

"Neurochirurgien sonore, le garçon n'a pas finit de grimper en flèche sur Soundcloud avec ses tracks plus planantes les unes que les autres…"


Le Renart
www.le-renart.com/thomas-barrandon

Qu’on aime ou pas, une chose est sûre, les sonorités de Thomas Barrandon ne laissent pas indifférent


Radio Electro Lyon
www.radioelectrolyon.fr/dynatron-fireburner-thomas-barrandon-rmx

"On nous a glissé dans l’oreille que Thomas Barrandon pourrait venir nous visiter sur Terre d’ici peu…"

PARIS.fr
blogs.paris.fr/chuchotements/2013/02/27/thomas-barrandon-thats-all-i-see

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Genre	
Heavy Mental

Members	
Mr Majestic- Star Siren
Alex Kazam- Magician Musician
Bass Face- Masked Mad Man
Shred Head_- Razor Sharp
Sgt. Marmaduke- Beaten Drum

Hometown	
Belfast/Downpatrick


"as close to being the illegitimate lovechild of Spinal Tap and Electric Six as it is possible to be" Carrie Davenport - BBC Across The Line


Biography	

Imagine if the Misfits, Kiss and Ace Ventura decided to form a super group, actually wait, don’t bother, that band is Mental Deficiency.

A sound sound so rocking and so different they had to create their own genre, heavy mental.

Providing an audio assault so severe your ears have to visit a rape councilor, a live show so rich and sweet that your eyes get their foot amputated due to diabetes there is no act around like Mental Deficiency.

Mental Deficiency are the only sane ones left in a world gone mad and it’s only a matter of time until the lunatics take over the asylum.

Current Location	
Northern Ireland

General manager	
Jo Smyth

Band Assistant
Dave Sleator

Influences	
David Bowie, The Misfits, System of a Down, Bill Bailey, Beck, Public Enemy, Rick Astley, Timmy Mallet, Erasure, James Brown, Beastie Boys, Slayer, Mozart, Chopan, Puccini, Belina Carlisle, Bananarama, East 17, Loaded Weapon Part 1, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, John O'Shea, Malcolm X, Pat Sharpe, Mark Speight RIP, Anne Frank, Beebop and Rocksteady, Stephen Nolan.


Matt McGinn is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer from Hilltown in Co. Down, Northern Ireland.  He studied music at Queens University in Belfast, yet cites his early days as his real musical education trawling through his parents record collection – from Johhny Cash and Willie Nelson to Beatles and Beethoven. He learned complex harmonies in the school choir and later delved into the sounds Hendrix and Horselips. Then along came John Martyn, Nick Drake Bob Dylan, Planxty, Robert Johnson, Paul Brady & Andy Irvine. He drew inspiration from them all.
 
Matt began writing his own songs - a personal, intimate representation of where he is in the moment – and began playing live, opening for the likes of Chris Smither, John Hammond Jnr, Peter Green and Lucy Kaplanksy.
 
Matt recorded his debut album, ‘Livin’ in 2012, but it was his third recording, ‘Lessons of War’ in 2020 and its lead track ‘Bubblegum’ ft. Ciara O’Neill (written with Mick Flannery) that put him firmly on the map. It enjoyed significant acclaim and he was named one to watch’ by Hotpress Magazine.
 
In 2020 Aoife Scott, daughter of Frances Black, duet with him on his track, ‘Time Well Spent’ which became one of the biggest folk songs on Irish radio.  Since then,  Matt has had 4 singles top The BBC Radio Ulster and RTÉ Radio 1 radio airplay charts and released his fifth album, ‘Time Well Spent’ (2022)  
 
To celebrate Northern Ireland Screen’s digital archives, Matt composed, arranged and performed a 'Tribute to Willie Campbell’, a man who busked the streets of Belfast for 40 years until he died in 1969. The piece has been screened at film festivals as far as New York and Berlin and has been nominated for a FOCAL International award.
 
Matt McGinn is currently nominated for a Hotpress award for Best Irish Songwriter and releases his  sixth album, ‘Behind every Door’ in 2023.

Sounds and beats inspired by travel and friendships.


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