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Matthew VandenBrook
12+ albums
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about
Matthew VandenBrook (born May 21, 1972) is an American musician, composer, producer based in Detroit Michigan. His main instrument is the synthesizer and his music crosses over many genres including ambient, electro, industrial, techno, noise and pop. Matthew began exploring synth driven music immediately after graduating from high school and in 1991 purchased his first synth/sampler, a Casio FZ1. His first record was released in 1996 even though he had recorded with several projects before that. Unfortunately, none of those recording exist today. Influences include Skinny Puppy, Frontline Assembly, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Harold Budd. VandenBrook is currently attending Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan where he is working towards a B.A. in History. He has never been married and has no children. Discography includes (1996) Economic, Religion, Apathy, The Prophet, The Temple and Insanity, (1997) Twilight for Noise, (1998) The Patron Saint of Mediocrity, (2000) Reflections, (2003) Io, (2006) Transubstantiation, (2007) The Sankha & the Vajra, (2008) All He Knew Was That He Must Escape, (2008) Delete / End, (2009) Kleptocracy, (2009) Scavengers Soundtrack. In 2010 Matthew along with his partner Florence Keller created Five Cats Records and have released two new albums, (2010) No Longer Human, (2010) The Year of November, and the forthcoming (2010) Cadieux. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
