Matt Middleton

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Matt Middleton

A bit about

Matt Middleton

I am a recording artist based in Dunedin. I work under the 'Crude' moniker and have had albums released on Flying Nun and various US labels . I sell my most recently recorded work via my web-site's mail-order catalogue.

To an ever increasing degree my music and aural experiments are produced, groomed and disseminated digitally. I received a creative new zealand grant to perform in new york city in 2006.  My recordings are informed by the traditions of free jazz, noise, electronic music, dark ambient, musique concrete and lo-fi rock. Recent works are often freely available via the crude web-site.
For more detailed information, a catalogue of works, cover art, writing and a large link repository please navigate to thee web-site.

My work is comprehensively archived at the Audio Foundation hq, also the National Library and Dunedin's Hocken Collections.

Big Idea

I hope to gradually yet securely refine and consolidate my talents, to collaborate in a discerning, timely and universally beneficial manner, to make my works available to a greater and more diverse audience and to make sure the music ultimately finds its rightful place as either archival research material, sound for film or music/sound that inspires: as a utility for personal expansion, a provider of motivation and enjoyment in a work environment, a digital presence which allows the user to construct new interfaces or systems.

Contact Details

Organisation Website URL

http://www.crude.co.nz/

History

Member for

6 years 41 weeks

Connected With

Sound

Dunedin