Matt & Matt
Portland
O/V/N/I, our new 7th studio album, is OUT NOW: https://microfilm.bandcamp.com/album/o-v-n-i
'Hauntology: 2010-2020', our decade-spanning, 17-track compilation, is OUT NOW; you can listen and purchase here: https://microfilm.bandcamp.com/album/hauntology-2010-2020
Email: microfilmmusic [at] gmail
BIO
2006:
Microfilm starts in Chicago.
Debut single 'Young Adult Fiction' played on BBC’s Radio 1, Rob Da Bank show
Remix Ladytron and Sarah Nixey
Release debut LP, After Dark
2007:
Release remastered After Dark and companion remix LP Blueprints on CD
Pitchfork feature their cover of Sufjan Stevens' "Chicago,"
Release 'Twilights' EP, a collection of 'After Dark' remixes
Matthew Mercer releases solo EPs Meantime and Meanwhile
2008:
Release their 1st music video for single 'Teenage Symphonies': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLa9CslROpM
Release cover of Magnetic Fields 'The Desperate Things You Made Me Do" for covers compilation
Release 2nd studio album The Slingshot Orchestra
Move from Chicago to Portland, OR
Release holiday single "There's No Snow Here for Christmas"
Remix tracks for Radiohead and Franz Ferdinand
2009:
Release chiptune-inspired EP, International Velvet
Release Blips Don’t Lie EP, the 1st to feature guest artists, Scissor Sisters’ Del Marquis and Black Box Recorder vocalist Sarah Nixey
2010:
Release double LP compilation of their 2006-2010 years:
- The singles/b-sides collection, I Am Curious (Microfilm)
- The comp of old and new remixes, I Am Rewired (Microfilm)
2011:
Matthew Mercer releases:
- Turbulence EP
- 1st full-length studio LP Pianissimo Possibile
- Short film score Vicious
Microfilm remix Sarah Nixey single The Homecoming
2012:
Matt Keppel (with Fred Royster, as Dubplate Dionysus) release debut single Upcoming Legendary
Microfilm remix Sarah Nixey single Silk Threads
2013:
Release 3 pre-album singles: Tilda Swinton, Taxi Zum Klo, and Romeo Rorschach
Release 3rd studio album, Aggro Pastels
Release the video EPK AggroPastels: an Introduction, about the inspiration and making of the album: www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla…ded&v=8RB9IR1ol00
Release I Am Curious (Others), a comp of remixes done for other artists: www.microfilm.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-ot…xes-2008-2012
2014:
Release the two-track EP, Chemical Robotics
2015:
Matthew Mercer releases his ambient drone LP, Supernatant
Microfilm release:
- 4th studio LP, 1,000,000 Neon Hz
- Bond theme-inspired single, Spectre
- Release 2 remixes of If You’re Waiting for that Kiss, the lead track from their 2015 album, and the corresponding video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZZCDxeIvo8
2016:
Matthew Mercer releases his 3rd studio LP, Salvo
Microfilm release 5th studio LP, Houndstooth Harmonics
2017:
Matthew Mercer releases three albums, his 4th, 5th, and 6th, this year:
- the soundtrack to the feature-length documentary Vintage Tomorrow
- the 2 techno albums Nebulae and Starward
2018:
Microfilm release:
-their 6th studio album Cherry Love Amour
-their cover of the Bjork/808 State song 'Ooops'
-the Boomboxx remix EP
-the 10th anniversary remastered/remixed release of their 2nd album, The Slingshot Orchestra
2019:
-Microfilm release a remix EP with artist Current Control
-Matthew Mercer releases his 7th studio album, the ambient Entropy
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