Matt Snowden

MUSIC

2011-09-22T07:15:00.000-07:00

Dream Dreams The Dreamer will be playing these dates...
2nd September - at the lamp tavern, Barford street, Digbeth, Birmingham.
9th September - secret show (a school in Birmingham)
12th October - TBA with Bong, Alienist, Iron Fist Of The Sun & more.
28th October - TBA soon

My other project Crash Night will play with Ruins Alone on 5th October

WRECKER

2011-07-18T17:46:00.000-07:00

MUSIC

2011-04-22T08:10:00.000-07:00

I'll be involved in Matmos' performance in Birmingham with some of the Dream Dreams The Dreamer orchestra. It'll be recreating telepathy experiments using vocals & sensory deprivation. Gonna be a great night.

A quick poster illustration I made for this show on June 3rd.

Also, Crash Night will be playing at the Wagon & Horses, Digbeth, Birmingham on June 15th with Human Hands & more.

2011-04-08T06:40:00.000-07:00

NEW WORK

2011-03-29T11:45:00.000-07:00

APRIL MUSIC

2011-03-24T10:15:00.001-07:00

I'll be playing these shows in April. The 14th with Retox (The Locust, Festival Of Dead Deer) is tickets only, buy here. Also I'm DJing at the Barge Pole show on 15th and with my buddy Bethan at Stitches & Hos on April 26th at Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham.

NEW WORK

2011-02-15T15:31:00.001-08:00

NEW WORK

2011-01-15T06:42:00.000-08:00

2011-01-08T06:25:00.000-08:00

END MY HEART

2010-12-21T07:53:00.000-08:00

GET OUT OF YOUR CHAIRS

2010-12-06T04:26:00.000-08:00

I'll be DJing at this show here in Birmingham for Riot Season Records/ Jesus Juice. Great line up, gonna be rowdy.

DJ SETS

2010-11-26T08:27:00.000-08:00

I'll be DJing some 30's & 40's swing at Moor St. Station, Birmingham on November 30th 6.30pm till 9pm. The Neighbourhood have organised a baking competition between some of the arts organisations throughout the city of Birmingham so come along, it's free entry plus there'll be cakes & drinks to enjoy.

Second DJ duties of the week will be a hell of a lot more crazier at The Bulls Head, Moseley, Birmingham for the monthly White Boy Shit night held upstairs. It's free entry 8 till late & guaranteed wild times. Playlists usually include shizz like Melvins, Black Flag, Slayer, Lydia Lunch, No Trend, Jesus Lizard, Drunks With Guns, Brainbombs, ZZ Top, Harkonen, Captain Beefheart, Tom waits, Black Sabbath, Arthur Russell, Suicide, Sunn 0))), Harvey Milk, Flipper blah blah blah.

CRASH NIGHT

2010-11-17T05:58:00.001-08:00

Crash Night will be opening these shows in Birmingham. Check out Eat A Book.

BEWARE OF ENDLESS YOUTH

2010-10-04T07:45:00.000-07:00

CRASH NIGHT

2010-07-11T18:12:00.000-07:00

CRASH NIGHT plays our first show July 12th at Basement Bar, Birmingham, 84B New Street (alternative entrance on Pinfold St), B'ham. B2 4BA.
Doors: 8pm. Cost: £2

MUSIC

2010-06-07T10:55:00.000-07:00

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Music updates - I'll be playing records on Rhubarb Radio again June 10th at 5pm. Also DJing for 3 hours at Stitches & Hos in Birmingham on June 29th. Dream Dreams The Dreamer is performing at Muthers studio, Birmingham June 23rd, on a street in Birmingham for July 11th (more info here soon) and the DDTD orchestra of around 10 on August 14th (with Ramleh and more). See Radio Black Forest for the info on those events.

2010-06-05T15:05:00.000-07:00

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2010-06-01T16:32:00.000-07:00

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2010-05-28T18:11:00.000-07:00

ARC

2010-05-19T13:50:00.000-07:00

I'll be playing a DJ set at Arc's May event at The Vaults, Birmingham. It's free admission all night from 6pm. "The Good Art Gallery project grew from submissions by local artists – only those confirmed as art by the keen eye of the infamous art-detecting machines made it onto the gallery walls. Extending this curatorial rationale to The Vaults, Art Detection Services invite you to an exhibition of works guaranteed to be 100% good – in fact, visitors can witness the live correction of bad works until they are nothing short of good.

If you are itching to find out whether your own creations are indeed art, bring them along! Art Detection Services Ltd will scan and certify your works, free of charge. There will also be artistic supplies available in order that you can create your own work to be scanned, or correct that which is deemed bad."

The Vaults, Newhall Hill, Birmingham, B1 3JH. E: arc.birmingham@googlemail.com
more info from Art Detection Services

2010-05-04T18:07:00.000-07:00

2010-04-25T17:17:00.000-07:00

More photos of the Good Art Gallery and curator Matt Moore hanging some older prints of mine in there. The exhibition runs from April 23rd till May 5th at Created In Birmingham store, Bullring, Birmingham, UK.

2010-04-21T16:55:00.000-07:00

GOOD ART GALLERY

2010-04-11T18:21:00.001-07:00

My artist housemate Clare and I have contributed a letter to Good Art Gallery at the Created In Birmingham shop in the Bullring, Birmingham. We made the second L of Gallery from reflective copper and black card. Good Art Gallery is there for the next few weeks and it's looking great so see it while it's around.

2010-03-19T10:06:00.000-07:00

This is based on an image I found in a housemate's sticker book. Full of weird stuff that I'm playing around with recently. Also, shirt designs are being chosen, there'll be news real soon when they're printed and available. Finally, I'm DJing in Birmingham this Saturday, some friends' bands are playing and it's bring your own booze so come if you're free.

2010-03-08T09:36:00.000-08:00

2010-01-21T16:55:00.001-08:00

NEW YEAR

2010-01-15T12:26:00.000-08:00

Don't fracture your hand then punch walls if you rely on it to draw work and play music. I'll have to remember this from now on. Been unable to function for a month, getting back into and art and music now so new/unfinished work will be up to see soon. In the meantime here's an image I've submitted for Atta Girl zine in Birmingham, UK.
Happy new year!

CHANGED

2009-11-21T08:56:00.000-08:00

Photos from a recent series of camera experiments in damage, chaos and unreality.

CAPSULE BIRTHDAY

2009-11-13T07:53:00.001-08:00

As part of Capsule's 10 year birthday celebrations, I've been commissioned to illustrate the programme for the December events. There are performances by Sunn0))), Lightning Bolt, Om, Modified Toy Orchestra, Six Organs Of Admittance, Seven Inch Cinema, Pram and many more. Will be a great month in Birmingham, recommend checking out everything you can.

HEAT & LIGHT

2009-09-20T11:43:00.000-07:00

Come to this show! I started Heat & Light earlier in the year, now made it a small collective and will be doing regular events/ creative stuff/ zines/ art/ music in Birmingham.

LOST CHILDREN

2009-08-30T19:01:00.001-07:00

Lost Children is a project I started over a year ago, collaborating with other artists/creatives. More info here. My friend Thomas Moore has recently contributed a dozen or so great pieces of short writing, some of which you can see above (the actual prints will probably be hand written).

Thomas' writing and blog were (and still are) a big inspiration for me, it's an honour to have him involved. Checkout his work, buy his books and get creative yourself. It feels good.

2009-08-18T19:22:00.000-07:00

2009-08-12T20:47:00.000-07:00

DDTD LIVE IN AUGUST

2009-08-11T20:29:00.000-07:00

I'll be playing 2 shows as Dream Dreams The Dreamer this August. Maybe solo or with the awkestra. Follow links for more info.

Saturday 22nd at Radio Black Forest alldayer (with Colin Potter and more.... & Saturday 29th at Milk Kitchen DS charity event (with Fuck Buttons DJ, Capsule DJ and more, all proceeds to Down Syndrome Association). 2 really great events after the comedown from Supersonic Festival here in July.

2009-08-02T13:37:00.001-07:00

Pen & ruler... ermm... rules.

2009-07-21T08:19:00.000-07:00

THERE IS ONLY US

2009-07-13T19:15:00.000-07:00

As part of this year's Supersonic Festival, I've been invited to submit a nine minute soundtrack to accompany ‘There are no others, there is only us’ - a multi-screen black and white video installation created by director Marc Silver.
"Exploring the ways in which people find peace in a world of chaos, ‘There are no others, there is only us’ is a dance of half a million swarming birds – a powerful visual metaphor illustrating the nature of collaboration and the power of crowds."

The audio piece will be exhibited alongside the moving image work at Birmingham Moor Street station, host to 12,000 commuters each day. The installation is open to the public from 24th to 26th July, 10am - 6pm daily.

DEAD AIR

2009-07-09T17:15:00.000-07:00

Spent some time as a guest at Rhubarb Radio today, opposite the reception in Custard Factory, Birmingham. An hour of me choosing records to play and talking with Mark 'Zip' Preston, captain of Ideal Skate shop & mini ramp (also in Custard Factory).
"Would you kiss the guy who runs Boss distortion pedals?"
"Ever thought about burning a police car?"
My answers to these plus laughs, blunders and punk/weirdo music.

Quick choices went to Crass, Harry Pussy, Melvins, Trencher, U.S. Girls, Back Stabbath, Aunt Sally (not Phew as announced), Devo, Toots & Maytals, Sunn0))), Hototogisu, John Wiese, Suburban Lawns, Mika Miko and Wipers. Didn't have time to blast out Cocteau Twins, Ocrilim, No Trend, Harvey Milk, Nico and more but maybe next time.
Listen again

Skate

Dance

FUTILITY EXERCISE

2009-06-29T15:18:00.000-07:00

Draft of cover illustration for Futility Exercise zine available soon.
Enquiries to futilityexercise@gmail.com
I'm enjoying zine activity a lot recently. News of my own art zine is coming. If you want to send me zines for free, I am into that.

AWKESTRA

2009-05-25T14:43:00.000-07:00

Visual documentation of the Dream Dreams The Dreamer show I played saturday night at Vivid arts space in Birmz. I expanded the orkestra to 3 drumkits, 3 guitars, 2 vocals, bass and violin. Thanks to the Capsule ladies. Photos by Stu Green and Pete Ashton.

-Loud as hell.
-Vocals so harsh the sound engineer cut them from the mix after 30 seconds.
-Lord Of The Flies (1963) projected behind us while playing.
-Suprisingly warm response from the audience and nice comments afterward.
-Also on the line up were Prurient/Cold Cave, Nicholas Bullen and Iron Fist Of The Sun.

-The awkestra increases in number for the next shows. More bass and the choir part will happen now there's enough people to sing.

GRRMAN RECORDS

2009-05-21T18:32:00.000-07:00

Grrman Records has an illustration of mine for their label logo on the new Battletorn LP. Go buy a copy before they're all gone!

LOST CHILDREN

2009-05-16T19:18:00.000-07:00

From the top: Eli, Christabelle, Emmeline, Ella.
Another fun ink club session with Clare this week created these illos for Lost Children. More info on that project here.

SHIRTS

2009-05-14T18:56:00.000-07:00

Brickface Press' shirts, with the illustration they commissioned me to create for them, are now available. The same illo is the cover for the new issue of their zine also, which includes an interview with Ian Mackaye in its content.
Check it out.

SOON

2009-05-10T06:44:00.000-07:00

My efforts to get more happening in Birmingham has just produced a great few weeks of busy ideas exchange with friends, and we're now in the final stages of securing a local space between a group of us - for music rehearsal, art exhibition, performance and other exciting plans. More news and details about this real soon!

FERAL DEBRIS #4

2009-05-02T16:10:00.001-07:00

I have some arwork in the new Feral Debris, an essential zine coming from Nottingham, UK.
Interviews with/ pages on Wooden Shjips, Jandek, Black Time, Moss, JW Veldhoen, Raven and more. While the accompanying cd-r contains new and exclusive tracks from Astral Social Club and others - fucked up electronics, blissed out fuzz, dislocated folk and jazz, walls of noise and crazed space punk.

Feral Rich also puts great shows on under the Rammel Club moniker. Get out of your chairs and check it out if you're nearby!
This is Rich, incase you should meet him:

DREAM DREAMS THE DREAMER

2009-04-30T06:15:00.000-07:00

Some music news. My solo thing, Dream Dreams The Dreamer, is now an orchestra performing music I'm creating for multiple players. First show was 3 guitars, 2 drumkits, 2 basses, vocals, violin and trombone. Brief clips of a couple moments from playing a drone jazz/ avant doom/ chaos/ raga bliss set live in Birmingham this week:

Initially I'm making some cd-r's in nice packaging, then look to do some official records and vinyl. Get in touch if you're interested.

BRICKFACE PRESS

2009-04-02T18:51:00.000-07:00

Illustration commissioned for Brickface Press.
Shirts available soon. Stay alert.

INK CLUB

2009-03-30T20:39:00.000-07:00

Excerpts from a recent Ink Club collaboration with my artist friend Clare. Various ink colours and paper types were played with (above is silver and black on red). More of Ink Club to come!

Clare can draw.

FLATLINE GENERATION

2009-03-27T13:52:00.000-07:00

Here's the cover I've recently done for a new record by The Sceptres.
Also, their singer Bryony does a cool zine called Modern Hate Vibe, go get it now.

HEAT AND LIGHT

2009-01-16T13:14:00.000-08:00

Go to this! I've made a free art zine that, if the printing's done in time, will be available on entry to the show.
Heat & Light

NEW YEAR

2009-01-15T20:32:00.000-08:00

All limited edition prints I made of illustration work before 2009 have been sold out for 6 months and I won't be making anymore. A new year means keep moving forward, new projects, creativity and adventures. Thanks to everyone who got in touch to buy or trade! Your interest and patience is appreciated.
Maybe you're a happy print owner like Harriet here...

... but if you're not and contacted me after the prints sold out, don't fret, there's tons of new stuff on the way. Pictures on here real soon.
With all the bands I started, 6 were active and playing shows in 2008 so I've only had time to finish new artwork in December when there's less stuff happening to go out for. Recently it's been great at home, busy in new images while playing records and imagining possibilities for the months ahead.
Happy new year! Don't waste time... you're alive...
free to do anything... don't stop for anyone!

COME TO THIS

2008-10-31T20:26:00.000-07:00

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A quick flyer design, asked for by the Capsule ladies.
Lisa and Jenny organise the best shows here in Birmingham, aswell as the annual Supersonic Festival and other cool, interesting, fun events.
Since going to my first Capsule gig 8-ish years ago, my mind's been opened to an infinte stream of awesome stuff. My life is better for knowing them and anytime I get to work with them or play live is a pleasure.
They're the standard to which most else is held up against:
Do It Yourself & Do It Right.

HEX DAY

2008-10-21T17:26:00.000-07:00

Just returned home from a great few days travelling around London, playing a show, seeing shows, seeing friends, and other adventures.
Went over to Hex Out Records HQ to hang with Maya on the last day. Lifesaving as always.
The photos above are of the Haunted Fucking "Lanterns" tape packaging Maya's just finished assembling with her own fair hands. It's super cool! Earlier in the year we collaborated on ink paintings for this and it's great to see the end product put together. Haunted Fucking is the duo of Chris and Claire who organise Upset The Rhythm.
Sissy Spacek also has a new tape on Hex Out called "Bisingie". Go buy a copy of these before they're gone!
I'm in London again in a few weeks to see Maya's Macroprosopus Dancehall Band and you should check it out if you want an awesome exerience.

HOLY ROAR

2008-10-07T15:16:00.000-07:00

Quick first idea and draft for Holy Roar Records.

LOST CHILDREN

2008-09-02T15:07:00.000-07:00

Celeste, Joshua, Edgar, Penelope, Eloise.

More info on this project here

GONE

2008-09-01T14:16:00.000-07:00

A few nights ago, just before witching hour, I took some original artworks outside and torched them. I'm planning to move to another city soon and been sorting through the small amount of possessions I have, deciding what I take with me. Most of my stuff is hundreds of artworks (some dating way back to high school) and I figure it's time to be free of what I don't need. I could leave it all behind, the way I feel right now.... But there's things I have to do and there's certain objects that allow me to do them so maybe that'll happen some other time.

Gone.

A clean break.

2008-08-31T14:40:00.000-07:00

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2008-08-27T13:00:00.000-07:00

LOST CHILDREN

2008-08-25T10:59:00.001-07:00

In order from the top: Claude, Aurelia, Florence, Jasper, Imogen, Constance, Elliot, Gertrude, Beatrice, Clarence, Audra, Henrietta, Hazel.

Lost Children is a project I'm hoping fellow artists, writers and other creative types/friends I've asked can contribute to when free time allows but for now I'm starting it alone. The idea for this happened many many years ago (what sparked it I can't remember) and I've been burning to do it ever since.
Inbetween working on bigger projects, paid work for clients and whatnot, I make these smaller sized images, just to stay free and moving and avoid periods of inactivity. It's fun because without a client or ideal in mind, I try to make them pretty fast without over thinking and go on my instincts instead. No drafts are made prior to the end results.

The ones I'm happy to put out into the world, I'm making free prints of and putting them in public places like library books, jacket/coat and shirt and trouser pockets in retail stores, magazines, LP's and videos in second hand stores, cracks/gaps in building (and other) walls, bus shelters, tied to trees and posts, etc etc... spots where people can discover them with suprise.
Each one is named and -at least for the time being- has no credit or any other info attached to them. I like that people can come across them and not know why they're there or who made them.
Everything shouldn't be explained all the time.
They're just anonymous gifts. It's an unknown for me who finds them... and how they got there is a mystery for the finders.

So above is the first batch and I'll display loads more continually.

Some new projects, collaborations and cool stuff might be happening soon too! A lot of works in progress and ideas that'll be great if they work out.

BUY FERAL DEBRIS ZINE!

2008-08-22T19:05:00.000-07:00

Feral Debris is an essential zine coming out of Nottingham, U.K. and full of weird/ interesting/ fucked up/ wild/ compelling art, music and other stuff. It's 3 issues old and above are two illustrations I've been asked to use in issue 4, for features on Jandek and Raven.
Get the previous issues before they go out of print, trust me it's worth it, plus each one has a cd-r attached with music and sounds by experimental (/whatever you wanna call it) bands and artists from around the world. I may be contributing music to issue 4 cd-r too!

Feral Debris Blogspot

BREAKS FROM THE GEL PENS

2008-08-21T21:16:00.000-07:00

Baphomet + horn rims for Doom Patrol.

HAIL M.V.K!

2008-08-20T19:57:00.000-07:00

Here's the first couple of pictures I've done, playing around with using chopsticks and ink. Click for bigger size.

Earlier this year I stayed in London with my dear friend Maya. She's a real inspiration, does a cool tape label, makes great music in a number of projects and whenever I'm with her I always get the drive to do stuff and get creative.
Sitting at her kitchen table, listening to good songs, we got arty and Maya introduced me to using a chopstick to push ink on the paper. As soon as I started, it felt so comfortable and natural... I've been kind of obsessing on it ever since.
Something about the way I usually illustrate, with total control over the lines... and then using this other style, losing some of the control but gaining the possibilities and suprises that come from that.
We made some pictures for a Haunted Fucking tape, stay alert for that or you'll miss out and regret it.
I'll post those pics later and many many more others using this way too.

DREAM DREAMS THE DREAMER

2008-08-18T22:30:00.000-07:00

Layout I've designed for Bright Rotting Palace, the first release of my solo project, Dream Dreams The Dreamer. The cd-r comes packaged in DVD sized box (oh hi Discordance Axis). Click on for bigger version.

ILLUSTRATION, PRE-2008

2008-08-18T21:54:00.000-07:00

Here's various commissions and personal work created before upto 2008.
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2006 tour shirt illustration for the band Rolo Tomassi.
Great music and people, plus they were super easy to work with. I was asked to draw anything I wanted, with the only detail changed being the text on the arm replaced with the band name. The shirts are now sold out/ out of print.

Cover for Esquilax record, Listener.

Cover for 2007 illo print collection. Limited to 50, now sold out.

Shirt design for the band Deadsunrising. They destroyed.

Cover for illustration print collection, Colouring Book 2.

Illustrations for the band Gallows and a seven inch release on Holy Roar Records.
Sold out pretty fast but there's probably some copies for sale around on the net.

2008-06-21T21:48:00.000-07:00

Doom Patrol - Appropriated image 'inspired' by The Mummies. You should listen to The Mummies.

Dream Dreams The Dreamer - live photo manipluation.

Collage and manipulation for Heatseekers' press photo.