Matthew Setzer
Matthew Setzer
Background information
Genres	Gothic rock, industrial rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, Producer
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	2005–present
Website	http://www.matthewsetzer.com

Matthew Setzer^[4] is a musician/music technologist living in Los Angeles.

Guitarist for Skinny Puppy and London After Midnight he has toured worldwide in the gothic industrial scene. Venturing outside those bounds he is co-producer and musician for world electronic project INDRADEVI^[5] and punk opera group Timur and the Dime Museum.^[6] Active in the flesh hook suspension community he has blended interactive music technology with ritual performance art, notably with Constructs of Ritual Evolution (CoRE)^[7] and Aesthetic Meat Front (AMF).^[8] Both groups have utilized an array of sensors/biofeedback/and experimental live music. Matthew helped facilitate the only live flesh hook suspension aired on US network television- Jane's Addiction on the Jimmy Kimmel Show.^[9] Whether on tour or producing music at his studio (Wonderland Recording Studio LLC)^[10] Matthew often daydreams of his childhood growing up in Montana.^[11]

Matthew studied experimental sound at CalArts. Teachers include: David Rosenboom (composition, biofeedback systems), Ajay Kapur (programming, robotics), Mark Trayle (Max/MSP, interface design), Ulrich Krieger (composition, ritual methods), Morton Subotnick (composition), and visiting artist Trimpin (robotics). He developed an interactive microphone^[12] enabling a performer to control audio/video elements with gestural movements. While studying with David Rosenboom Matthew developed a musical electroencephalograph biofeedback system. This technology has been used for a ritual suspension with Louis Fleischauer (AMF)^[13] in France,^[14] Japan,^[15] and the USA.

Before CalArts Matthew trained with John Carruthers^[16] for luthier skills. From 2006–2008 Matthew worked as a luthier for the Moser Custom shop with Neal Moser. Matthew built his touring guitar^[17] (a Les Paul with an altered head stock) from the ground up.

Since 2016 Setzer has played guitar for Los Angeles based Electronic Musician KANGA^[18]

EDUCATION

2005 Bachelor of Music in Composition/Technology from the University of Montana^[19]
2006 Academic certificate in Luthier Skills from the Musicians Institute
2008 Masters of Fine Arts in Experimental Sound Practices California Institute of the Arts^[20]