Get to know U.N.K.L.E. Matt

I was born the day before the Watergate break-in. Six months later, the last two human beings walked on the Moon.

These people died that year: Maurice Chevalier, Ross Bagdasarian, Mahalia Jackson, M.C. Escher, Gil Hodges, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Brian Donlevy, J. Edgar Hoover, Margaret Rutherford, Clyde McPhatter, Max Fleischer, Louis Leakey, Leo G. Carroll, Jackie Robinson, Carl W. Stalling, Charles Atlas, Harry S. Truman.

These people were born that year: Drew Bledsoe, Billie Joe Armstrong, Shaquille O’Neal, Alejandro Amenabar, Jason Varitek, Roman Dirge, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Cary “BARRY!” Guffey, Busta Rhymes, The Notorious B.I.G., Manny Ramirez, Trey Parker, Dave Roberts, Marlon Wayans, Wil Wheaton, Ben Affleck, Liam Gallagher, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marshall Mathers, Wyclef Jean, Keith Foulke, Toni Collette, Jeremy London, Jason London, Jonny Lee Miller, Adam Vinatieri, Jude Law.

My favorite films: Blade Runner, The Third Man, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Miller’s Crossing, Brazil, Amadeus, Being There, Casablanca, Shichinin No Samurai, Exorcist III: Legion, Le Cite Des Enfants Perdus, Joe Versus The Volcano, A Midnight Clear, Kaze No Tani No Nausicaa, The Hudsucker Proxy, Mean Streets, Annie Hall, The Hunt For Red October, Metropolis, The Wizard Of Oz

My favorite albums, so you get an idea of who and what you’re dealing with here. In retrospect, as eclectic as I like to think I am, this list is weighted heavily towards electronica and hip-hop, even though I grew up with classical and folk from my parents, and 60’s & 70’s rock from my older siblings. I guess “my” music kicked in when I became “me”, some time in the late 70’s, and new wave and rap were there waiting with open arms…

ABBA, Super Trouper
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force, Planet Rock
Alphaville, Forever Young
The Art Of Noise, In No Sense? Nonsense!
The Art Of Noise, In Visible Silence
The Art Of Noise, Who’s Afraid Of…?
The Avalanches, Since I Left You
Banco de Gaia, Big Men Cry
Beastie Boys, Hello Nasty
Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique
Beastie Boys, The Kitchen Sink Volumes 1-3
The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour (US)
The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles, Revolver
Chuck Berry, The Great 28
Black Sheep, A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing
Blind Melon, Soup
Boogie Down Productions, By All Means Necessary
James Brown, Make It Funky: The Big Payback
James Brown, The Foundations Of Funk: A Brand New Bag
BT, Movement In Still Life
Imani Coppola, Chupacabra
De La Soul, De La Soul Is Dead
De La Soul, Three Feet High And Rising
Deltron 3030, Deltron 3030
Depeche Mode, Black Celebration
Depth Charge, Nine Deadly Venoms
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, Brainfreeze
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, Product Placement
Nick Drake, Fruit Tree
Durutti Column, Sporadic Recordings
Bob Dylan, Blood On The Tracks
The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Tepid Peppermint Wonderland
eels, electro-shock blues
Enya, Shepherd Moons
The Flaming Lips, Clouds Taste Metallic
The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Funkadelic, Funkadelic
The Future Sound Of London, Lifeforms
Peter Gabriel, Passion: Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ
Peter Gabriel, Us
Jungle Brothers, Straight Out The Jungle
Jurassic 5, EP
Jurassic 5, Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5, Quality Control
Kraftwerk, Computer World
Kraftwerk, Trans-Europe Express
Lamb, Lamb
Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffitti
LSG, Rendezvous In Outer Space
Mantronix, Music Madness
Men Without Hats, Pop Goes The World
The Meters, Funkify Your Life
Malcolm Middleton, A Brighter Beat
MGMT, Oracular Spectacular
Moby, The Go! Remixes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amadeus (c. Sir Neville Marriner)
Neutral Milk Hotel, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Newcleus, Jam On Revenge
Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle
The Orb, The Orb’s Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
Parliament, Tear The Roof Off
Arvo Part, Alina
The Pharcyde, Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (promo version)
Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd, The Final Cut
Pink Floyd, The Wall
The Platters, The Magic Touch
Pop Will Eat Itself, The Pop Will Eat Itself Cure For Sanity
Portishead, Dummy
Public Enemy, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Mecca And The Soul Brother
Prince, Sign O The Times
Princess Superstar, Strictly Platinum
Salt Tank, ST3
Seal, Seal (1991)
Regina Spektor, Begin To Hope
Sublime, 40 oz. To Freedom
Pytor Il’yich Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker (c. Valery Gergiev)
Toots & The Maytals, Time Tough
U.N.K.L.E., Psyence Fiction
U2, Boy
U2, War
Paul van Dyk, Out There And Back
Vangelis, Chariots Of Fire
Various Artists, The Music of Cosmos (PBS TV series)
Roger Waters, Amused To Death
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice & Original Cast, Jesus Christ Superstar
WEEN, The Mollusk
Why?, Alopecia

Plus the stuff I’ve recorded on my own by TYPE 4, The Penfield Mood Organ, The sHaPeShIfTeRs, etc.

links to more “me”:
TYPE 4
TYPE 4 on MySpace
The Penfield Mood Organ