Biography
John Matthias is a musician, composer and academic who has released four albums via Accidental, Ninja Tune, Nonclassical, Village Green and collaborated with artists including Radiohead and Coldcut. In 2008 he won the UK PRS Foundation New Music Award (The 'Turner Prize' for music) with Jane Grant and Nick Ryan for the development of a huge sonic installation entitled 'The Fragmented Orchestra’. He is Associate Professor in Sonic Arts at Plymouth University, has a Ph.D in Theoretical Physics from Exeter University and is Co-Director of the Art and Sound Research Cluster at Plymouth University.
Jay Auborn is a producer and musician based in south west England. An art school drop-out that fell in love with the sampler. Much of his previous work is self-released under aliases exploring the boundaries between sound art and music. ‘Race to Zero’ marks his debut for Village Green, and the continuation of a creative partnership with John Matthias. Recent work includes sound design and music to accompany an exhibition of Gerhard Richter paintings for Artist rooms, scoring and producing music for Stanley Donwoods film ‘Broadmead’ and music for a variety of films including 2016 releases ‘Focus’ and ‘Poorboy’. Jay currently manages a recording studio for dBs Music.
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The duo recently soundtracked a film about Bristol’s Broadmead shopping centre by Stanley Donwood and Mat Consume and co-wrote additional music for the film ‘Poor Boy’ directed by Robert Scott Wildes which was premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York 2016.
Their debut collaborative album 'Race To Zero' will be out on June 2nd.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.