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Matt Tate is a Chicago-based Chapman Stick artist, Guitarist, Composer and Instructor. For over the last 10yrs he has been dedicated to mastering the Chapman Stick and performing Solo and in bands. Currently, he is composing music for a Solo Stick record (M@T8) to be released this Fall, launching a new website, touring, and working on multiple recording/performing collaborations (metal-math-prog-experimental). His current musical leanings are in the vein of the technical-death-shred of Blotted Science to the rhythmic madness of Frank Zappa, the interlocking poly-rhythmic spiderwebs of King Crimson and the stark, overwhelming beauty of Arvo Part.

He has played in:

– Destroyer Or Liberator (relentlessly pulsating, destructively harmonious, melodically chaotic, and always cut with blistering humor, wit, and spontaneity) Debut album, “Incoming!” released in January 2013. (www.DestroyerOrLiberator.bandcamp.com)

– DjM Trio (“Jungle-Bop!!” If Mulatu Astatke, Squarepusher, Fela Kuti, King Crimson, Charlie Hunter, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Postal Service, Miles and Coltrane played the soundtrack for The French Connection in 2015) Debut album “The Intrigue” released in Fall 2010. The followup album will be posthumously released later this Summer/Fall. (www.DjMTrio.com)

– The Odd Trio (King Crimson meets Mr. Bungle meets Sleepytime Gorilla Museum meets the World’s ethnic musics).

Vintage amps pushed to the max. Screaming guitar melodies layered over distorted bass chords. An incessant, pummeling drum attack. Sludge breakdowns, over the top blast-beats. An infusion of classic thrash, metal and punk topped off with a dual vocal assault. The result: a sound that offers no rest, no retreat. It is the furious release of a caged beast.

An Aesthetic Anaesthetic is a 4-piece Instrumental Post Rock band from Chicago, IL who is straying away from their typical scene. A!A!A takes all of the best parts of Punk, Metal, and Post Rock to create their own genre, Ghost Rock. With influences ranging from Fugazi to Pelican and Mogwai, An Aesthetic Anaesthetic’s songs have epic builds, heavy breakdowns, mathy verses, and still manage to leave their songs stuck in your head.

Their live show is even more rewarding than their recordings. Keeping the Punk Rock aesthetic on stage, An Aesthetic Anaesthetic is not afraid to throw down, often times walking off the stage a bloody mess.

An Aesthetic Anaesthetic’s music will surge your body with happiness one second, then fill you with blinding rage in one fell swoop.