Matthew J. Saunders

Matthew J. Saunders
Matthew J. Saunders
	Matthew J. Saunders, 2006
Background information
Born	5 January 1972 (age 53); Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Genres	electronica; film score; tv; hauntology;
Occupation(s)	Composer, Mastering Engineer
Years active	1995–present
Website	twiseq.com
	Magnétophone

Matthew J. Saunders (born 5 January 1972) is an English composer, mastering engineer, and visual designer. During the first decade of the 21st century he was signed to 4AD Records^[1] — a British major independent label home to The Pixies, Cocteau Twins, Scott Walker and many others. He records and performs as Twilight Sequence,^[2] Magnétophone,^[3] The Assembled Minds,^[4] Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd.^[5] and also runs the record label Patterned Air Recordings.^[6]

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On 4AD, as one half of the art-rock electronic band Magnétophone (John Hanson being the other), he released two albums,^[7]^[8] three EPs^[9]^[10]^[11] and a 7" single.^[12] It was an unusual signing for 4AD, Magnétophone's first album being almost all instrumental, and this departure piqued the interest of journalists and fans of the label and band equally.^[13] The band were the first signing after the corporate restructuring of 4AD when co-founder Ivo Watts-Russell departed and the album was seen as a signpost of where the newly reinvented label might be heading^[14]

Before signing to 4AD, Saunders released records on several influential record labels including Static Caravan Recordings,^[15]^[16] Earworm Records,^[17] Spaceage Recordings and Ochre Records. He has recorded two Peel Sessions^[18] for BBC Radio One, two sessions for BBC Radio One's Rob da Bank, as well as sessions for BBC Radio 3 and XFM.

Saunders has collaborated on record with significant artists such as rock legends Kim Deal and Kelley Deal,^[19] Scottish folk legend and Mercury Music Prize nominee King Creosote,^[20] infamous drone rock band Spacemen 3's Peter Kember^[21] (who also joined Magnétophone as a performing member and manager in 2006–2008),^[22] Scottish folk singer/songwriter James Yorkston and others — all tracks that appeared on Magnétophone's second 4AD album, The Man Who Ate the Man or related 12" releases.^[23]^[24]

He is currently releasing records as "Twilight Sequence" and is signed to Castles in Space Records^[25] where he has released a 7" single^[26] on the subscription library, an etched 12"^[27] with artwork by Zeke Clough^[28] (this 17 minute track was used as the soundtrack to a public photography exhibition of hedges curated by Gareth Gardner^[29]), and a vinyl album.^[30]^[31]

He is also known for his solo electronic recordings as The Assembled Minds, having released two albums^[32] and numerous singles and remixes on a variety of record labels, gaining critical acclaim from magazines such as The Wire^[33] and Self-Titled Magazine,^[34] from music author and journalist Simon Reynolds,^[35] and numerous national radio plays on stations such as BBC Radio 6^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]

Saunders worked on the feature documentary film Valentino: The Last Emperor and is a credited composer on IMDb.^[40] He has also had music synced by BBC World News in daily continuity pieces and Sky in cross-network adverts. According to the official website,^[41] he is currently composing music for media in addition to running mastering house 808 Hz,^[42] where he has mastered albums by artists such as Wire front man Colin Newman, Eva Bowan, Malka Spigel, Anthony Reynolds, and Jon Thorne^[43]

In 2007 Saunders contributed a Magnétophone track to a prestigious arts project by New York publishing house Visionaire, a work called Visionaire No. 53: Sound,^[44]^[45] which saw him appear on record alongside artists such as Yoko Ono, Michael Stipe, U2, Liza Minnelli, Lalo Schifrin, David Byrne, Ad-Rock, Courtney Love and others. Each artist was asked to provide a unique piece of music which was then pressed across five pieces of vinyl and a cd, was housed in a large dome receptical and supplied with a record player in the form of a battery powered car.

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Matthew J. Saunders

Discography

Radio sessions

Film

References

External links

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