mattsargent Matt Sargent New York Matt Sargent (b. 1984) is a composer, guitarist, and music technologist based in upstate New York. His work grows from interests in resonance and recursive systems, computer models of intelligence, and the making/breaking of long-form patterns. His music has been described as "a powerfully organic experience" (Paul Muller, Sequenza21) and "so simple and so natural, and yet sets up a complex set of interactions." (Jennie Gottschalk, SoundExpanse) Writing about his 2018 album, Ghost Music (Weighter Recordings), Bill Meyer states, "this music isn't about following in anyone's footsteps; it uses bare resources to establish a bounced and essential place." (The Wire Magazine) His full-length albums include Separation Songs (Cold Blue Music), Tide (for ten basses) (Marginal Frequency), and Ghost Music (Weighter Recordings). He was the recipient of a 2017 NewMusicUSA project grant for the recording and tour of Unwound Path, commissioned by the [Switch~] Ensemble. Other recent collaborators include Bent Duo (New York), Eclipse Quartet (Los Angeles), Ensemble Mise-En (Brooklyn), DesoDuo (Los Angeles), bassist Zach Rowden (New Haven), multimedia artist Paul Catanese (Chicago), and Large Furniture (Brooklyn). As a recording engineer, Matt recently produced Alvin Lucier’s 2019 album, Ricochet Lady (Black Truffle Records), Paul Catanese’s 2019 album, Century of Progress / Sleep, and collaborated with Robert Carl on his 2019 album, Splectra (Cold Blue Music), among others. Matt is a visiting assistant professor of music at Bard College. mattsargent’s tracks Ghost Music (excerpt - Weighter Recordings) by mattsargent published on 2018/04/16 18:03:10 +0000 More Snow to Fall by mattsargent published on 2018/04/02 13:40:28 +0000 Tide (bass) by mattsargent published on 2018/01/23 18:40:49 +0000 Second Illumination by mattsargent published on 2018/01/11 14:06:31 +0000 Pillars of Decay (excerpt) [2016] by mattsargent published on 2017/02/24 20:43:50 +0000 Soft Song by mattsargent published on 2017/01/28 14:51:35 +0000 Tide by mattsargent published on 2017/01/28 14:31:49 +0000 Three Illuminations by mattsargent published on 2016/10/04 18:32:09 +0000 Tide (2015) by mattsargent published on 2015/08/06 02:20:42 +0000 A Series of Breaths (2013) by mattsargent published on 2014/11/04 05:58:30 +0000