Matthew Setzer
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Matthew Setzer
==Matthew Setzer==
Matthew Setzer[1] is a musician, composer, and music technologist living in Los Angeles California. He is the guitarist for the gothic industrial band London After Midnight[2]. In 2008 LAM played sold out shows in the US, Europe, and Mexico for the Un-American tour.
Matthew received a Bachelor of Music in Composition/Technology from the University of Montana[3] in Missoula (2005). He studied Composition with Charles Nichols. In 2008 Matthew graduated from the California Institute of the Arts[4] with a Masters of Fine Arts in Experimental Sound Practices. While at CalArts he studied with: David Rosenboom (composition, biofeedback systems), Ajay Kapur (programming, robotics), Mark Trayle (Max/MSP, interface design), Ulrich Krieger (composition, ritual methods), Morton Subotnick (composition), and visiting artist Trimpin (robotics). At CalArts Matthew developed an interactive microphone[5] enabling a performer to control audio/video elements with gestural movements. The idea came from watching rock vocalists move or squeeze the microphone to further portray emotion. While studying with David Rosenboom Matthew developed a musical electroencephalograph biofeedback system. He used the EEG system with Louis Fleischauer in a ritual suspension. Matthew and Louis have plans to showcase the EEG system in Paris with Louis's music/performance group A-M-F. Before CalArts Matthew trained with John Carruthers for luthier skills. From 2006-2008 Matthew worked as a luthier for the Moser Custom shop with Neal Moser. Matthew built his touring guitar (a Les Paul with an altered head stock) from the ground up. In the spring of 2009 Matthew was the assistant for the Musical Robotics class at CalArts with Ajay Kapur.
Matthew Setzer has performed live with:
-London After Midnight, guitar (2008-present)
-OOZE with ex-members of Bile, guitar (2006-present)
-Gen-XX with Gen from the Genitorturers, keyboard/samples (2008 @ Key Club in Hollywood)
-Satiate with Ben Graves, guitar (2009)
-Aesthetic Meat Front/AMF, laptop with EEG biofeedback and other various sensors (2007-present)
-Constructs of Ritual Evolution/CoRE, Music Director (2008-present)
Matthew Setzer is a Billings Montana Native born on August 10, 1982. He lives in the Hollywood Hills and works in Danny Saber's studio when not touring.