Matt Wright

One week to go until the launch of Cracked Glaze on 15th May! So thankful to @falsewallscjmitchell @sofiajernberg @ensembleklang @alexhawkins1616 @mandhiradesaram @neilacharles @superdakiz @pleasureofthetext You can hear an interview with Tom Service about the piece on BBC Radio 3 at 54’55” here: /sounds/play/m002vnmt The full 46 minute piece is available here: /album/cracked-glaze Plus there will be three talks/listening events coming up: 14th May - @free_range_canterbury , UK - /fr303/ 15th June - Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag - Royal Conservatoire The Hague, The Hague, Netherlands - DM for details 16th June - Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium - DM for details Thank you for your support X Video: Matthew Wright Photos: Tessa Veldhorst & Musical Utopias; design, David Caines. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Honoured to have Cracked Glaze released with False Walls Records @falsewallscjmitchell on 15th May. This is a big project for me: a 46 minute piece for 12 players that clashes together notation, improvisation and post-production, featuring the brilliance of @sofiajernberg @ensembleklang @mandhiradesaram @alexhawkins1616 @neilacharles @superdakiz and liner notes by Nate Wooley @pleasureofthetext . More details and a pre-listen here: /release/cracked-glaze/

Honoured to be working alongside Evan Parker and Filipe Gomes in a Trance Map+ outing to Bristol Arnolfini on 7th November! .uk/whatson/evanparkerandtrancemap/

Nice review of Trance Map (Evan Parker & Matthew Wright): Horizons Held Close at All About Jazz. Thanks to John Sharpe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #EvanParker #MatthewWright #avantgardemusic #experimentalmusic #improvisedmusic #freejazz #freeimprovisation #relativepitchrecords

So much fun working on 'Passing Nancarrow', a new project with @blindmancollectief @blindman_drums @alexhawkins1616 due to tour in 2027! A new video about this has just been released: /1122183905?fl=pl&fe=vl Huge thanks to the Bl!ndman team for the photos and webpage here: https://www.blindman.be/en/projects/passing-nancarrow

Horizons Held Close, the new Trance Map duo with Evan Parker is released today with @relativepitchrecords  NYC! /album/horizons-held-close “This is a real duo situation in which both sonic magicians/musicians are integral to the overall sound, the balance between the voices fluid and focused. […] we hold on to the fantastic journey that this disc provides. Consistently marvellous!” Downtown Music Gallery, NYC Raw and unedited, recorded by @__f_i_l_i_p_e__g_o_m_e_s__  at the excellent @arcobarco  studios. releases November 15, 2024 Evan Parker - soprano saxophone Matthew Wright - turntable, live processing, sound design

Humbled to be part of a new duo record with Evan Parker, out with @relativepitchrecords on 15th November! "Horizons Held Close is the first unadorned Trance Map release featuring only Evan Parker and Matthew Wright since their 2011 debut. The sounds are strange but utterly compelling. Parker's soprano snakes its way through Wright's turntables, software, and processing/sampling." Raw and unedited, recorded by @__f_i_l_i_p_e__g_o_m_e_s__ at the excellent @arcobarco studios. releases November 15, 2024 Evan Parker - soprano saxophone Matthew Wright - turntable, live processing, sound design /album/horizons-held-close

Today's the day! 'Marconi's Drift' is now available online and in stores in the UK and US. Huge thanks to Evan Parker and the musicians on both sides of the Atlantic, to @falsewallscjmitchell @thehottin @roulette_intermedium Musicians in photo: Pat Thomas, Ikue Mori, Robert Jarvis More details and credits below.. RELEASED TODAY: Marconi's Drift by Transatlantic Trance Map CD/digital release on False Walls “This is a most ambitious effort, two ensembles playing simultaneously on either side of the Atlantic ocean, connected through the internet and improvising through the airwaves … the sound and flow is seamless … Most impressive on all fronts.” — Downtown Music Gallery, NYC "As part of the ongoing celebration of Evan Parker's 80th year ... Marconi's Drift is a splendid affirmation of an enduring musical spirit still eagerly confronting innovative challenges." — Jazzwise "Off the cuff and simply outstanding." — Electronic Sound THE HOT TIN Faversham, UK: Evan Parker: soprano saxophone Matthew Wright: turntable, live sampling and processing Peter Evans: trumpet, piccolo trumpet Robert Jarvis: trombone
 Hannah Marshall: cello Pat Thomas: live electronics Alex Ward: clarinet ROULETTE Brooklyn, USA: Sylvie Courvoisier: piano, keyboard Mat Manieri: viola Ikue Mori: laptop live electronics Sam Pluta: laptop live electronics Ned Rothenberg: clarinet, bass clarinet, shakuhachi Craig Taborn: piano, keyboard, live electronics Stream: /album/marconi-s-drift Webpage: /release/marconis-drift/

Kicking off the new artistic season with the release of ‘Marconi’s Drift’ on 13th September on False Walls Records! Recorded in real time between two ensembles in Kent, UK and Brooklyn, USA. /album/marconi-s-drift /2024/07/evan-parker-and-matthew-wright-trance-map/

Coming up later this week: thrilled to exhibit the film installation of Locked Hybrids: /installation-matthew-wright-locked-hybrids/ ...in Dai Hall, Huddersfield, supported by @hcmfuk . Photo and video footage from a journey in the Gobi Desert back in 2009, with a soundtrack made entirely from samples of Evan Parker. The album of the same name can be heard here: /.../locked-hybrids

Thrilled to be bringing Trance Map+ to #jazzemagosto, Lisbon on 28th July! Evan Parker and I will be joined by Hannah Marshall, Pat Thomas, @peterevanstrumpet and Toma Gouband in the outdoor amphitheatre of the Gulbenkian garden.... https://gulbenkian.pt/jazzemagosto/agenda/trance-map/

Coming up next week (Friday 5th May), honoured to be presenting Trance Map+ at the Philharmonie Luxembourg. Evan Parker can’t join us for this one, but I’m humbled to be sharing the stage with @peterevanstrumpet , Hannah Marshall and Toma Gouband. https://www.philharmonie.lu/en/programm/trance-map-quartet/4236