Since '74, Matthias was playing in progressive rock bands and developing electronics for them, especially guitar sounds. In '83, after graduating as electric engineer, he cofounded PARADIS (CH) and developed piezo pickups and polyphonic electronics there to complete his concept for a versatile, independent in-line guitar for all styles. In '84 he restricted his music to improvisation only. In '86 he discovered the LOOP and went to Rio to play New Age music. In '91, back in Switzerland, he develooped the LOOP delay and then licensed it to Oberheim as Echoplex digital pro.
His music brings peace and harmony but also some strange feelings sometimes. The longer pieces represent a process of tuning into a question, battling through it and gratefully relaxing to come back to the real world.
Sete: A short and heavy tribal beat in seven, all recorded in real time on two EDPs, one for Bira Reis' percussion and one for the guitar. All sessions were recorded on DAT, each instrument on a track. Then on the computer, we had the chance to move around phrases to make it all tighter.
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