demurring from notated music but composing piano pieces in the minimalist mode of Erik Satie and folk songs inspired by Joni Mitchell
Using guitars and various other kaboobs
while also having a more focused and consistent theme and aesthetic throughout
Biram journeys through the harrowing human condition like no one else
BATU MALABLAB: SUITE FOR PREPARED PIANO, FLUTE & ELECTRONICS | VINYL RECORD (LP) 5 demurring from notated music butLP version. Based in Baltimore, M. C. Schmidt is one half of the acclaimed electronic duo Matmos. As half of Matmos, Schmidt has worked with Terry Riley, Bjrk, Kronos Quartet, Peter Rehberg, INA GRM, Rrose, Marshall Allen, Horse Lords, People Like Us, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Antony Hegarty, William Basinski, and many more. Batu Malablab, his first solo album, works a dislocating magic, indulging in a tradition of western fantasy of non western music.