Matt Davignon is an experimental/ambient musician living in Oakland, California. Originally born in Agawam, Massachusetts, Matt Davignon has been developing his own unique form of improvisation (for better or worse) since 1994. He spent his formative music years locked in a garage in Sonoma County, California, tinkering with tools such as lo-fi samplers, cassette tapes, contact microphones, household objects, extensive chains of guitar effects, prepared instruments, and field recordings. These explorations continued as he moved to San Francisco in 1997, then Oakland in 2001.

In 2003, he discovered he could make more sounds than he could ever imagine by processing the sounds of a drum machine in real-time with various devices. This has been the focus of his work since then. Characteristics of his music include a focus on textures, arrhythmic patterns and musical imperfections, with a focus on evoking biological systems.

On some occasions he can still be seen playing turntable, cassette tape recorders, live samples of other musicians or 'the bucket of crap' - an assortment of household objects and toy instruments. Matt's also a member of Larnie Fox's Crank Ensemble. He has organized events such as the San Francisco Found Objects Festival and Sound/Shift Oakland.

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