Grammy-nominated reggae/hip-hop/alternative artist. The new self-titled album, Matisyahu, is out now on vinyl, digital and CD.

Bass player and drummer currently living in Visalia, CA.  This page is a place for me to show some of old music as well as upload new tracks I'm working on.  Ultimately, hopefully it will help me find other similar musicians to jam with in the Central Valley of CA.  I would consider my style as some combination of the following: rock, funk, heavy funk, melodic, clean, energetic, good-feeling but dark at times, deep, seeing beyond traditional societal norms, meaningful, and spacy.  I also derive influence and inspiration from hip-hop and electronic/techo music.  Ideally, I will create a sound that pulls from all of those influences, but most of the basic songs I write are more bouncy rock/funk songs.   Hopefully as I move forward I can realize my influences more to create something that represents me appropriately.

Bass influences: P-nut (311), Flea (RHCP), Dirk Lance (Incubus), Tim Commerford (RATM), Victor Wooten, John Myung (Dream Theater), Mark McDaniels, Mark J. Smith, John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Jaco Pastorius, Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne), James Leach (Sikth), Thomas McCoy (Minivoid), Chris Wolstenholme (Muse), Justin chancellor (Tool), and several more.  I'll add more in time.

Drum Influences: Chad Sexton (311), Chad Smith (RHCP), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Billy Seals, John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Tony Royster Jr., John Blackwell, Jose Pasillas (Incubus), and any other drummer who knows how to groove and keep it in the pocket.

General music that I really enjoy but that do not have a specific musician that I am influenced by necessarily include: John Frusciante, Remy Shand, Soulive, My Morning Jacket, Buckethead, Opeth, Slightly Stoopid, Stephen Fesperman, Myers Gilmer, Lance Jones, B-Fresh, Troy Russell, Tribal Seeds, Pepper, Norah Jones, The Shins, Modest Mouse, Zac Brown Band, Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, Telefon Tel Aviv, Radiohead, Kaskade, Bela Fleck, Daft Punk, Rebelution, Afrojack, Ralph Stanley, Iration, Alpha Blondy, Old Crow Medicine Show, Nathan Fake, Umphrey's McGee, Ziggy Marley, Twista, Snoop, The Avett Brothers, The Doors, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Animals As Leaders, and the list goes on and on.

Ultisol is following