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M. Sommers


Matt Sommers Everything  


Active: 1968 - present
Location: Zionsville, IN


Notes: I make compositions using any instrument or technology I can get my hands on. My songs are made extemporaneously with any available equipment, and vary wildly in style and mood. Once I have a group of finished songs on my hard drive, I give them a collective title and move on to the next batch.

Each album contains everything I was working on at that particular time. Film scores, bits of interesting noises, sound collages, complete pop songs, soundtrack compositions, punk, folk, country, rock, metal, electronic, acoustic, whatever.

The truth is that I just love sounds. Even if they’re not organized, or actual songs, or even pleasant. I like the contrast of textures, the impact of dynamics, the sweetness of melody and the vibrational math of harmonies. I like to break audio down and reconstruct it into something new. I like to create compositions containing sounds no one has heard before.

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Articulation

Articulation

Year: 2012

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This body of work really just represents having fun in the studio with whatever comes to mind. I love playing with sounds and often just go where the music takes me. Included here are the ...  More >>

Tracks: 17

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Mission 457X

Mission 457X

Year: 2012

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Mission 457X - Phase II of this investigation includes the indexing, do...  More >>

Tracks: 1

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Everyotherday

Everyotherday

Year: 2012

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I created this body of work for the 2012 February Album Writer's Month com...  More >>

Tracks: 15

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Giant Robot

Giant Robot

Year: 2012

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An imaginary tale about space travel, other worlds, aliens and, of course......  More >>

Tracks: 13

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Heroes & Villains

Heroes & Villains

Year: 2011

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As I started writing new songs in the home studio, one by one they began to form a super hero narra...  More >>

Tracks: 17

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Igniter

Igniter

Year: 2011

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Settling into my new home studio, with all my instruments and electronic toys within reach, I sta...  More >>

Tracks: 12

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Pimento

Pimento

Year: 2010

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Inspired by the kitchen sink, this spicy little thing contains several piano compositions, a few ro...  More >>

Tracks: 12

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Suite : Kids

Suite : Kids

Year: 2010

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On April 28, 2010, Holly and I decided to take part in Big Car Gallery's Thrift store music project...  More >>

Tracks: 6

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Bliss

Bliss

Year: 2010

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This instrumental body of work is about finding peace in the storm and watching the sun rise on a n...  More >>

Tracks: 13

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Mutated 2

Mutated 2

Year: 2009

Notes: Another album of uniquely-realized cover tunes, this time with friends! Special thanks to all the artists (Jeff Sample, Chad Lewis, Gregg Kendall, Matt Walden and Shelby Kelley) that made this endeavor possible. Recognize any of these songs? Produced by M. Sommers @ mediumFUSION.  More >>

Tracks: 15

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Television

Television

Year: 2009

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Theme songs for imaginary programming. Add your own visuals.  More >>

Tracks: 10

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Bubbles

Bubbles

Year: 2009

Notes: Completely disposable, this collection of little ideas just gathered on my iPhone for a couple of months until I had time to let them talk. Rough concepts, field recordings, silliness and abstractions combine for a quick, strange listen into my twisted psyche and confirm my belief that there is m...  More >>

Tracks: 27

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Basement Suite

Basement Suite

Year: 2009

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I spent May - June 2009 in a basement apartment, living out of a suitcase....  More >>

Tracks: 1

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Dream

Dream

Year: 2008

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I turned 40 this year. I'm not sure if it's related, but I'm starting to look at l...  More >>

Tracks: 17

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Space

Space

Year: 2008

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The space that fills our lives. The space between us all. The space I need...  More >>

Tracks: 14

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Pieces

Pieces

Year: 2007

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Pieces, shreds, fragments & particles. These tracks are bits of ideas and ...  More >>

Tracks: 17

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Mutated

Mutated

Year: 2007

Notes: I've always enjoyed doing cover songs, especially when I can put my own twist on them. In the summer of 2007 I started dissecting tunes for a cover album. What makes a song memorable? It's hook? It's delivery or lyrics? The point of experiment was to take compositions by some of my favorite artis...  More >>

Tracks: 12

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Tiny Sounds 2

Tiny Sounds 2

Year: 2007

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This was fun to build. Between found-object jingles (The mystery) and play...  More >>

Tracks: 21

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Protein

Protein

Year: 2007

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Protein is about sustenance and strength. It's about being honest and dire...  More >>

Tracks: 17

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Legal

Legal

Year: 2006

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A reference to some government paperwork? Starting a business, suing peopl...  More >>

Tracks: 16

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Microphone

Microphone

Year: 2006

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I started messing around with Apple's Garageband™ recording product. Playing ...  More >>

Tracks: 19

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Groan

Groan

Year: 2006

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Groan is a reference to prying off the parameters of the prev...  More >>

Tracks: 16

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Grid

Grid

Year: 2006

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I wanted to see if I could create an entire concept album usin...  More >>

Tracks: 22

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Distortion

Distortion

Year: 2005

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The end of 2005 was rough. Every word seemed twisted and every...  More >>

Tracks: 18

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Empty

Empty

Year: 2005

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Opening with the title track (a reference to our need for fulf...  More >>

Tracks: 24

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Japan

Japan

Year: 2005

Notes: I've never been to Japan. This album is a response to the Japanese fascination with american culture. Imaginary TV theme songs ("The beast"), social behavior films ("A shocking fact") and post-modern sound sculptures ("Thin" and "Plink the pig") litter the landscape. I learned to scratch during t...  More >>

Tracks: 21

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Tiny Sounds

Tiny Sounds

Year: 2005

Notes: A true breakthrough. A dawning realization that I could make music with almost anything inspired this creative effort. I started making compositions that raised the bar of what I thought I could do. Each song came quickly and was drastically different from the previous. Complete rock songs organi...  More >>

Tracks: 25

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Migration

Migration

Year: 2004

Notes: Clocking in at 39 minutes for 22 tracks, this effort is comprised of various commercial soundtrack background music, ambient effects and some interesting guitar wanking. My computer was getting full of these little incidental pieces, and I made a promise to myself to clean house and move on to so...  More >>

Tracks: 22

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Cinema

Cinema

Year: 2003

Notes: I was thinking about soundtracks, surveillance and situations. I had spent time making short videos and wanted to apply what I learned to sonic endeavors. Perspective, setting and mood were on my mind. Some of this music is a study of the relationships between sounds. The opening track explores t...  More >>

Tracks: 15

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Real

Real

Year: 2003

Notes: As the title suggests, for this album I migrated almost completely away from any sampled sounds and started to fully produce multi-layer songs, playing every instrument. "Real" is looser and more organic than previous works. Ironically, the opening song ("A demonstration") is one of only 2 tracks...  More >>

Tracks: 18

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Rewind

Rewind

Year: 2002

Notes: More experiments combining samples with recorded sounds. More efforts to blur the line between composing "songs" and creating "art". Bits of pop sensability percolating up through the noise. I became more interested in the "feel" of a piece, having the work tell me what it wants to be. For exampl...  More >>

Tracks: 19

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Enough

Enough

Year: 2001

Notes: I started integrating other artists into my solo work. "I can see the light" features Dan Niswander. "U were the 1" was written with Jeff Sample. "Minotaur" was written with Lisa Ruth for a short film. "Sky Dome" used an old cassette LonPaul Ellrich gave me years ago (That's his friend's voice o...  More >>

Tracks: 17

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Close

Close

Year: 2001

Notes: Continuing towards structured songs with real instruments, this album represents various recordings that happened quickly. I was building steam and learning about studio effeciency. Three Serum 114 songs ("Big man", "If I could be with you" and "The prime") were tracked, as I was also working on ...  More >>

Tracks: 12

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Creep

Creep

Year: 2000

Notes: Another evolution in audio. I got excited again about the prospect of manipulating soundwaves. Acoustic recordings start figuring more promenantly in the recipie. Snippets of noises start creeping in. Sound becomes composition becomes art. This album contains my first stab at a vocal-based pop so...  More >>

Tracks: 13

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Ritual

Ritual

Year: 1999

Notes: As the title reflects, I was starting to get bored with the whole loop & sample way of making music. As a response, I began integrating acoustic sounds into the mix. Electronic sounds are paired with acoustic guitars, real drums and percussion is combined with drum machines and found sounds. Beac...  More >>

Tracks: 15

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Colony

Colony

Year: 1998

Notes: Venturing out into mixing samples, converting wave forms and tweaking electronics. Most of these tracks are experiments with overlays, beats and textures, relating as pop hooks and groove. I wanted to play bits of audio like a musician plays instrument. Samples and recorded sounds became notes in...  More >>

Tracks: 13

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God is a Virus

God is a Virus

Year: 1997

Notes: Early work containing many large samples and found sounds, woven together. Some fun mash ups and sonic journeys. Many of my favorite songs are on this one. The computer gave me such freedom to create and manipulate textures. This is where I really got the bug to pursue sound as an art form.  More >>

Tracks: 14

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Amagotharythm

Amagotharythm

Year: 1996

Notes: Presented here as percussion sculptures, these beats and loop tracks were written as rhythm beds for recordings and performances. I learned about manipulating digital sound while making these recordings, leaving the world of tape editing behind forever.  More >>

Tracks: 38

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