I was in Ashland, OR, in August, for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival--thank you Claudia and OSF!!--and the amazing Carol Bonney introduced me to DenizenTV; we shot this performance at their studio:
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
recent shows, upcoming
Hey Everyone, long time no speak, been trying to keep up with gigs...some highlights of the past two months:
BAMCafe--Muslim Voices presents Adam Matta and Friends: the show was off the chain, thank you so much to everyone who came out and filled the venue to capacity. I have DVD's available of the entire performance for anyone interested in viewing what transpired. We are working on a shorter edit of the footage, to show to presenters in other venues
The Stone--got to play with an amazing presence, Ned Rothenberg. Many thanks to him for putting the show together and offering the chance to create some grooves with him
Museum of Contemporary Art-Detroit--many thanks to LEMUR (League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots) for inviting me to come and jam with the mech ensemble. Here's a clip of some of what went down at the packed event (Detroit rocks....)
Had an excellent time rocking a great variety night in LA, The Status Show. Thank you so much Abby and Maria for having me!!
3 dates on tour with The Wiyos, opening for Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson--it was extra dope playing the huge stage with this great group of old-time/Americana musicians, good friends from Bklyn...check the site for info on the new record, which features my beatboxing on numerous tracks, and which has debuted on the CMJ and country music charts nationwide...The WIyos
Prospect Park Bandshell--with the awesome Luminescent Orchestrii, opening for Kronos Quartet. It was a rush to play the large stage, with the pinnacle of sound systems, and the pinnacle of gypsy/punk/klezmer/tango bands, you know, all those gypsy/punk/klezmer/tango bands....:)
Sycamore--*incredibly* psyched to have connected with Roy Nathanson and Sotto Voce. Beatboxer Napoleon Maddox has been the in house VP man for a minute in this spoken word/jazz/groove project led by Roy, but I'm gonna be on deck to fill in for him when he's touring with his own crew, IsWhat?!
World Financial Center--rocked with Karsh Kale and Timeline at this beautiful venue. Please check out Karsh's music: Karsh Kale. I'm ecstatic to be on his roster as well....
Jazzit, Salzburg, Austria--had the honor and pleasure of collabing with Nihan Devecioglu, whom I met at the Carnegie Hall workshop with Bobby McFerrin in '08. Nihan put together a project with the unreal Turkish fretless guitar player, Cenk Erdogan, and myself: we played extended sets opening for the Salzburg Opera Festival, and at the bomb venue, Jazzit; we also created a beatbox/vocal improvisation workshop for the public, with the heavy-hitting Austrian beatbox crew, Massive Beats Collective, and gave a brief interview/performance on local radio. Thank you so much to Nihan, and to Eva, for organizing this project. We are trying to continue it in the fall, with the newly-presented opportunity to record in Salzburg and perform some more dates....thank you Nihan and Cenk!
I'm currently en route to Portland, where I will play some more dates with the Wiyos at the Pickathon Festival, then I'll be back in NYC for a hit at South Street Seaport with Yo Yo Nation, orchestrated by Pat Cuartero, whom I met when we were invited to play a gig by Heavy.com in '07...then I'm excited to announce I'll be part of a brief tour of SE Asia, with beatboxers Kid Lucky, Reeps1, and Dharni, sponsored by Adidas...then, a week performing shows at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Green Show--two solo performances and one collab with Portland Cello Ensemble, as well as some workshopping of vocal percussion and Shakespeare...ongoing is an evening-length modern dance composition with beatbox score, in collaboration with choreographer, Tami Stronach, to be presented in March 2010: we will be presenting excerpts of the piece-in-progress Oct. 22-24 at Joe's Pub....
BAMCafe--Muslim Voices presents Adam Matta and Friends: the show was off the chain, thank you so much to everyone who came out and filled the venue to capacity. I have DVD's available of the entire performance for anyone interested in viewing what transpired. We are working on a shorter edit of the footage, to show to presenters in other venues
The Stone--got to play with an amazing presence, Ned Rothenberg. Many thanks to him for putting the show together and offering the chance to create some grooves with him
Museum of Contemporary Art-Detroit--many thanks to LEMUR (League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots) for inviting me to come and jam with the mech ensemble. Here's a clip of some of what went down at the packed event (Detroit rocks....)
Had an excellent time rocking a great variety night in LA, The Status Show. Thank you so much Abby and Maria for having me!!
3 dates on tour with The Wiyos, opening for Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson--it was extra dope playing the huge stage with this great group of old-time/Americana musicians, good friends from Bklyn...check the site for info on the new record, which features my beatboxing on numerous tracks, and which has debuted on the CMJ and country music charts nationwide...The WIyos
Prospect Park Bandshell--with the awesome Luminescent Orchestrii, opening for Kronos Quartet. It was a rush to play the large stage, with the pinnacle of sound systems, and the pinnacle of gypsy/punk/klezmer/tango bands, you know, all those gypsy/punk/klezmer/tango bands....:)
Sycamore--*incredibly* psyched to have connected with Roy Nathanson and Sotto Voce. Beatboxer Napoleon Maddox has been the in house VP man for a minute in this spoken word/jazz/groove project led by Roy, but I'm gonna be on deck to fill in for him when he's touring with his own crew, IsWhat?!
World Financial Center--rocked with Karsh Kale and Timeline at this beautiful venue. Please check out Karsh's music: Karsh Kale. I'm ecstatic to be on his roster as well....
Jazzit, Salzburg, Austria--had the honor and pleasure of collabing with Nihan Devecioglu, whom I met at the Carnegie Hall workshop with Bobby McFerrin in '08. Nihan put together a project with the unreal Turkish fretless guitar player, Cenk Erdogan, and myself: we played extended sets opening for the Salzburg Opera Festival, and at the bomb venue, Jazzit; we also created a beatbox/vocal improvisation workshop for the public, with the heavy-hitting Austrian beatbox crew, Massive Beats Collective, and gave a brief interview/performance on local radio. Thank you so much to Nihan, and to Eva, for organizing this project. We are trying to continue it in the fall, with the newly-presented opportunity to record in Salzburg and perform some more dates....thank you Nihan and Cenk!
I'm currently en route to Portland, where I will play some more dates with the Wiyos at the Pickathon Festival, then I'll be back in NYC for a hit at South Street Seaport with Yo Yo Nation, orchestrated by Pat Cuartero, whom I met when we were invited to play a gig by Heavy.com in '07...then I'm excited to announce I'll be part of a brief tour of SE Asia, with beatboxers Kid Lucky, Reeps1, and Dharni, sponsored by Adidas...then, a week performing shows at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Green Show--two solo performances and one collab with Portland Cello Ensemble, as well as some workshopping of vocal percussion and Shakespeare...ongoing is an evening-length modern dance composition with beatbox score, in collaboration with choreographer, Tami Stronach, to be presented in March 2010: we will be presenting excerpts of the piece-in-progress Oct. 22-24 at Joe's Pub....
Monday, June 08, 2009
BAMCafe, Joe's Pub
Hey everyone, getting very excited for this Saturday's show at BAMCafe:
Muslim Voices at BAMcafé
Saturday, Jun 13th 9:30pm
Free admission
Composer/producer Adam Matta is a beatboxing tour de force, melding hip-hop, electronic, jazz, and traditional Middle Eastern music for a unique and driving sound. Performing with his friends Dr. Fawzia Afzal-Khan (spoken word/voice), Nihan Devecioglu (voice), Noah Hoffeld (cello), Remi Kanazi (spoken word), Eyal Maoz (guitar), and Kenny Muhammad The Human Orchestra (beatbox), this second night of Muslim Voices in BAMcafé is sure to thrill.
Muslim Voices Festival
Hope to see you. Also, playing tomorrow night at Joe's Pub, with Sxip Shirey:
Sxip Shirey, with Rachelle Garnier and Adam Matta
Tuesday, June 9th, 9:30pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St. (Public Theater at Astor Place)
$12
Muslim Voices at BAMcafé
Saturday, Jun 13th 9:30pm
Free admission
Composer/producer Adam Matta is a beatboxing tour de force, melding hip-hop, electronic, jazz, and traditional Middle Eastern music for a unique and driving sound. Performing with his friends Dr. Fawzia Afzal-Khan (spoken word/voice), Nihan Devecioglu (voice), Noah Hoffeld (cello), Remi Kanazi (spoken word), Eyal Maoz (guitar), and Kenny Muhammad The Human Orchestra (beatbox), this second night of Muslim Voices in BAMcafé is sure to thrill.
Muslim Voices Festival
Hope to see you. Also, playing tomorrow night at Joe's Pub, with Sxip Shirey:
Sxip Shirey, with Rachelle Garnier and Adam Matta
Tuesday, June 9th, 9:30pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St. (Public Theater at Astor Place)
$12
Monday, April 20, 2009
Project Jenny Project Jan, London, Austria, Youtube, Joe's Pub...
The new Project Jenny Project Jan EP "Colors" is out now on Itunes, Amazon, etc....check their myspace for more info!! I appear on the track, "Caller ID," and I love what they did with it.....
Currently in London, where I performed at the International Human Beatbox Convention at the Southbank Centre. It was an excellent time, got to hang with some excellent beatboxers from all over the world. See Humanbeatbox.com for info, photos and reviews. Also played a great gig with Tubist, Oren Marshall, at a dope event called Gyspy Madness, orchestrated by the inimitable Amanda Rodgers, and played this last weekend at "White Mischief," an old-school 30's/40's themed party with everyone dressed to tha 9's.....
In the week in between, I flew to Salzburg, Austria, to work on a collaboration with vocalist, Nihan Devecioglu. She will be one of my guest artists at a performance at BAMCafe, June 13th, part of the Muslim Voices Festival. She has an amazing voice, classically trained, and influenced by Turkish folk music from her roots in Istanbul, and we spent three days rehearsing at a beautiful arts facility at the base of this snow-capped mountain in southern Salzburg. We also got to perform two gigs in Vienna, where the magnanimous/magnificent Sxip Shirey was playing, along with Benji Fox-Rosen. We hit up a swanky club, Lokativ, and an anarchist collective dance party in the ritzy section of Vienna...
Europe's been truly amazing, looking forward to coming back in a month's time, to hit up the World Championships Beatbox Battle in Berlin, where I'll be showcasing a set....
Before I came to Europe, I performed at Joe's Pub in NYC, with guest artists Noah Hoffeld, Yayoi Filipski, Zef Noise, and Ned Rothenberg. So glad I got to rock there, hope to be back there soon, THANKS to all who came out...
Finally, the Youtube Symphony Mahsup Video premiered this week, and my video of me beatboxing the "brake drum" and "snare" part was included, check it out:
Currently in London, where I performed at the International Human Beatbox Convention at the Southbank Centre. It was an excellent time, got to hang with some excellent beatboxers from all over the world. See Humanbeatbox.com for info, photos and reviews. Also played a great gig with Tubist, Oren Marshall, at a dope event called Gyspy Madness, orchestrated by the inimitable Amanda Rodgers, and played this last weekend at "White Mischief," an old-school 30's/40's themed party with everyone dressed to tha 9's.....
In the week in between, I flew to Salzburg, Austria, to work on a collaboration with vocalist, Nihan Devecioglu. She will be one of my guest artists at a performance at BAMCafe, June 13th, part of the Muslim Voices Festival. She has an amazing voice, classically trained, and influenced by Turkish folk music from her roots in Istanbul, and we spent three days rehearsing at a beautiful arts facility at the base of this snow-capped mountain in southern Salzburg. We also got to perform two gigs in Vienna, where the magnanimous/magnificent Sxip Shirey was playing, along with Benji Fox-Rosen. We hit up a swanky club, Lokativ, and an anarchist collective dance party in the ritzy section of Vienna...
Europe's been truly amazing, looking forward to coming back in a month's time, to hit up the World Championships Beatbox Battle in Berlin, where I'll be showcasing a set....
Before I came to Europe, I performed at Joe's Pub in NYC, with guest artists Noah Hoffeld, Yayoi Filipski, Zef Noise, and Ned Rothenberg. So glad I got to rock there, hope to be back there soon, THANKS to all who came out...
Finally, the Youtube Symphony Mahsup Video premiered this week, and my video of me beatboxing the "brake drum" and "snare" part was included, check it out:
Saturday, March 07, 2009
March updates
Hi everyone!
Sorry I haven't posted in a while, it's been a hectic few months...played the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville with Sxip Shirey--was an amazing time...got down to Jacksonville, FLA, to work with Al Letson on a poem/video shoot...had a great solo show at Banjo Jim's...much more to come...
Here are some upcoming gigs:
Thurs, Mar. 5 (7:30pm), Fri., Mar. 6 (8pm), Sat., Mar. 7 (9:30pm)
backing up Tami Stronach in the modern dance remix of "Cabaret," at Dancemopolitan
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette (Astor Place, Public Theater)
http://www.dancenownyc.org/dancemopolitan.htm
Saturday, Mar. 7, 7pm
The Wiyos and Friends
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette (Astor Place, Public Theater)
www.myspace.com/thewiyos
Sunday, Mar. 8, 9:30 pm
backing up chanteuse Stephanie Nilles
Rockwood Music Hall
Allen and Stanton
www.myspace.com/stephanienilles
Tuesday, Mar. 10, doors at 6:30pm
with Sxip Shirey, opening for Gary Lucas' Fast N' Bulbous Captain Beefheart Project
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker
$15
video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbpOoTEFD_g
Friday, Mar. 13th, 12 midnight
backing up Akim Funk Buddha
The Blue Note
131 W. 3rd St.
www.funkbuddha.org
Thurs, Mar. 26th, 9pm
Hank Roberts and Wingnut, plus Adam Matta
Castaways
Ithaca, NY
www.hankrobertsmusic.com
www.myspace.com/wingnutjazz
Saturday, April 4th, 11:30pm
Adam Matta and Friends, with special guests Noah Hoffeld (cello) and Yayoi Filipski (voice)
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette @ Astor Place, Public Theater
$12
http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,4456
Saturday, May 2nd
Adam Matta's "Gyroscope," part of the VITAL VOX Festival
Iati Theater
E. 4th St., more info TBA
Illuminating Islam: Adam Matta and Friends at BAMCafe, an evening of music and poetry, drawing from Arabic, Sufi, hip hop, Turkish, classical and avante-garde jazz influences. Special guests include: beatboxer Kenny Muhammad; spoken word artist/poet/vocalist, Dr. Fawzia Afzal-Khan; vocalist Nihan Devecioglu (Austria); cellist Noah Hoffeld; guitarist Eyal Maoz.
Saturday, June 13th
BAMCafe
Brooklyn Academy of Music
More info TBA.
Peace, hope all's well,
Adam
"Man, I can feel the 808 coming from your f@!!n chest!!!"--Henry Rollins
"Like a John Coltrane solo, Adam's Beat Boxing creates narratives which mere words could never accomplish."--Reg E Gaines, playwright, Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk
"...beatbox maestro..." Wired Magazine
"...virtuoso..." Flavorpill
"....brilliant...like sonic abstract expressionism..." Ithaca Times
Sorry I haven't posted in a while, it's been a hectic few months...played the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville with Sxip Shirey--was an amazing time...got down to Jacksonville, FLA, to work with Al Letson on a poem/video shoot...had a great solo show at Banjo Jim's...much more to come...
Here are some upcoming gigs:
Thurs, Mar. 5 (7:30pm), Fri., Mar. 6 (8pm), Sat., Mar. 7 (9:30pm)
backing up Tami Stronach in the modern dance remix of "Cabaret," at Dancemopolitan
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette (Astor Place, Public Theater)
http://www.dancenownyc.org/dancemopolitan.htm
Saturday, Mar. 7, 7pm
The Wiyos and Friends
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette (Astor Place, Public Theater)
www.myspace.com/thewiyos
Sunday, Mar. 8, 9:30 pm
backing up chanteuse Stephanie Nilles
Rockwood Music Hall
Allen and Stanton
www.myspace.com/stephanienilles
Tuesday, Mar. 10, doors at 6:30pm
with Sxip Shirey, opening for Gary Lucas' Fast N' Bulbous Captain Beefheart Project
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker
$15
video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbpOoTEFD_g
Friday, Mar. 13th, 12 midnight
backing up Akim Funk Buddha
The Blue Note
131 W. 3rd St.
www.funkbuddha.org
Thurs, Mar. 26th, 9pm
Hank Roberts and Wingnut, plus Adam Matta
Castaways
Ithaca, NY
www.hankrobertsmusic.com
www.myspace.com/wingnutjazz
Saturday, April 4th, 11:30pm
Adam Matta and Friends, with special guests Noah Hoffeld (cello) and Yayoi Filipski (voice)
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette @ Astor Place, Public Theater
$12
http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,4456
Saturday, May 2nd
Adam Matta's "Gyroscope," part of the VITAL VOX Festival
Iati Theater
E. 4th St., more info TBA
Illuminating Islam: Adam Matta and Friends at BAMCafe, an evening of music and poetry, drawing from Arabic, Sufi, hip hop, Turkish, classical and avante-garde jazz influences. Special guests include: beatboxer Kenny Muhammad; spoken word artist/poet/vocalist, Dr. Fawzia Afzal-Khan; vocalist Nihan Devecioglu (Austria); cellist Noah Hoffeld; guitarist Eyal Maoz.
Saturday, June 13th
BAMCafe
Brooklyn Academy of Music
More info TBA.
Peace, hope all's well,
Adam
"Man, I can feel the 808 coming from your f@!!n chest!!!"--Henry Rollins
"Like a John Coltrane solo, Adam's Beat Boxing creates narratives which mere words could never accomplish."--Reg E Gaines, playwright, Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk
"...beatbox maestro..." Wired Magazine
"...virtuoso..." Flavorpill
"....brilliant...like sonic abstract expressionism..." Ithaca Times
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