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John Matthias' Neurogranular Pop

The Fragmented Orchestra
Taking a quick listen to his recently released latest effort Stories From the Watercooler , one would think that, like Juana Molina or Six Organs of Admittance before him, John Matthias is simply an artist with a gift for drone folk. But there's nothing simple about the scientist and musician , or his brain, which is quite large indeed. His resume is deep. Matthias played on Radiohead's The Bends and released his solo debut on Matthew Herbert's Lifelike label. He completed his Ph.D. [...]