Matt Frantz
Matt Frantz produces instrumental soundscapes, spoken word, and concept albums. Most recordings fall into the category of experimental music with elements of dark ambient, electronic, industrial, and noise genres.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Graphic Verses (1997)The Fluoxetine Effect (1997)Red Rum Trance (1998)Liar's Paradise (1999)The Last Signal (2004)Transport Device (2011)Between the Rising Ocean and the Collapsing Sky (2016)Former guitarist for Dark Audio Project
Your musical influences
Musical genres bastardized in order of dominance are: Experimental, Industrial, Ambient, Tribal, Jazz, Oriental Folk, and Noise. Sounds are compatible with nonmusical works by the following individuals: Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone), Franz Kafka (The Judgment), Dr. Suess (The Cat In The Hat), Lewis Carrol (Alice In Wonderland), C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles Of Narnia), Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho), Ambrose Bierce (Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge), and Stephen King (The Shining).
What equipment do you use?
Acoustic and electric guitars and bass, fretless guitar and bass, acoustic and electronic percussion, synthesizer, microphone, effect processors, and misc. musical instruments and found objects.
Anything else?
Visit http://www.independentopposition.com for more information, lyrics, and mp3 downloads.
