"Weston's drumming is filled with subtleties. He uses a light touch to
convey muted sensitivity by deftly massaging the skins and rims. His
playing has a stark reality to it, a feeling of nomadic wandering without
hope of reaching nirvana. When his playing becomes brusque...the
aggressiveness is overt to the point of being disconcertingly intense.
Weston puts a unique spin on the drum solo and creates tones of atypical
sonority. He is a sound explorer on an apparent endless quest for
purity."--Frank Rubolino, Cadence magazineMatt Weston plays percussion and electronics, and has performed throughout the US and in Europe. He has appeared on CNN, VH1, and CBS TV.
He has studied and/or collaborated with Arthur Brooks, Bill Dixon, Kevin Drumm, Milford Graves, William Parker, Jack Wright and others.
His work has earned critical praise from such publications as the Wire, Signal To Noise, Cadence, and Bananafish. His solo album Vacuums has garnered international acclaim, as have his recordings with Barn Owl and with Tizzy.
He has recorded for the Tautology, Sachimay, Breaking World Records, Imvated, Crank Satori, BoxMedia, and Drag City labels. A new label, 7272Music, is set to launch with the aim of releasing limited editions of Weston's live performances.
In addition to his solo work, Weston is a member of Barn Owl (with guitarist Chris Cooper and bassist Andy Crespo); and is guitarist/vocalist with Tizzy (with drummer/vocalist Teri Morris and bassist/vocalist Jen Stavely).
past performances include:
-Music/Dance Performance Workshop, School of New Dance Development, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (as a member of the Arthur Brooks Ensemble V)
-extended collaboration with the Rotterdam Improvisers Pool (as a member of the Arthur Brooks Ensemble V)
-Three Days In October festival (as a member of the Arthur Brooks Ensemble V), Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the October Revolution in Jazz
-Vision Festival (as a member of the Arthur Brooks Ensemble V)
-Autumn Uprising Festival (as a member of Barn Owl)
-Improvised And Otherwise Festival (with Blaise Siwula and Eric Zinman)
-appearances at the Knitting Factory, NYC; the Riviera Theater, Chicago; O42, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Washington University, St. Louis
Seth Cluett is a visual and sound artist whose work includes photography, drawing, sculpture, video, sound installation, and performance. He lives and works in Troy, NY.His work is a comment on perception and nature. It is an examination of sound, light, weather, geology, and cognition. He uses dust, pigment, glass, sand, water, paper pulp, air pressure, and oxidation exposed to sound or light to show the potential of our senses. How does sound direct our gaze? How does light change how we listen? How do people use this knowledge for power and communication?
His work has been shown/performed at the ICMC in Habana, Cuba and the Acoustical Society of America; the Palais de Tokyo/GRM in Paris, the ICA, Mobius Artist Space, MassArt/nonpod in Boston; Diapason and Engine 27 Galleries, The Knitting Factory, and ABCnoRio in New York; Deep Listening Space in Kingston; and the Betty Rymer Gallery at the Art Institute of Chicago, Heaven, Artemisia Galleries and Deadtech in Chicago, amongst others. Seth's work is documented on Errant Bodies Press, Sedimental, Crank Satori, Wavelet records as well as upcoming releases on Kissy and Televaw records.