Mat Watson is an Australian based artist focussed on the exploration of electronic sound and the drum set.
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Underground Lovers / Moda Discoteca is back for one show at Northcote Social Club.
One final show on the drums with my pal Ella Hooper at Brunswick Ballroom on November 11.
Manifesto by Stephanie Lake Company. Super excited to be playing drums in this beautiful production. See link for tickets to the Arts Centre Melbourne season.
Excited to have some of my modular synthesiser sounds featured in September’s edition of Electronic Sound Magazine.
Kali Malone x Grand Organ + MESS Synthesiser Orchestra led by STATHIS//DAVEY//KIM
Sat 19 Aug | 7.30pm-12am
Melbourne Town Hall - Main Hall
Taipan Tiger Girls
Live at the Melbourne Town hall
Recorded in 2017, released in 2023 via It Records and Heavy Machinery Records. Pre-order via the link below!
Rooms for the Memory - Adalita
w’ Mick Harvey, Andrew Duffield, Mat Watson and Maddy Butler.
Recorded by Clinton Kraus and James Taplin
Mixed by Nick Launay
Filmed by Richard Lowenstein
Executive producer Jane Gazzo. Release coordinator Bruce Butler.
This is a really special project to be involved with. My deepest respect to all involved. This reworking of Rooms for the Memory was recorded and filmed at Sing Sing to help raise funds for Ollie Olsen as he battles with Multiple System Atrophy. You can preorder the LP now and watch Richard Lowenstein's beautifully moving footage from the session.
Regional Echoes: From Yabbies to Freeform Synthesis
Presented by FUSE Darebin at the Darebin Arts Center on March 16, 2023.
Free Fields is a new project exploring minimalist themes, evolving pulsations and modal meanderings using electronics, acoustic drums & often times, sampler.
Honoured to be working with Australian music legends Underground Lovers on their Moda Discoteca show. I am on drums, sampler and modular synthesiser.
Through using the current curated cabinet at the Australian Music Vault as a launch pad, Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS) co-founder Robin Fox will host a wide-ranging discussion with two exceptional artists - Nicole Skeltys (B(if)tek, clan-analogue, Artificial) and Mat Watson (Other Places, Taipan Tiger Girls, composer of Magnitudes for the MESS Synthesiser Orchestra).
This in-conversation will include a chance for a short public Q&A. Strictly limited seats are available as the talk will be inside the Australian Music Vault.
I will be premiering new music from my Pulses & Animations body of work in support of Black Cab at the Corner Hotel. My new set is a double Synthi bliss out for fans of Cluster, Laurel Speigel and Crystal Machine (by Tim Blake) . Hope to see you there!
I acknowledge the Woi Wurrung (Wurundjeri) and Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nations where I live and work. I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to land, water and community. I pay my respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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