Biography
The one-man band that is Matt Middleton. Using a variety of instruments (all the usuals along with clarinet and studio buffoonery) Middleton produced a bunch of self-release tapes in the early 90s, before Flying Nun released the Inner City Guitar Perspectives compilation in 1996.
Matt has since made a bit of an underground name for himself due to an exorbitant release schedule and a oddly compelling noise-tainted lo-fi and electronic manipulation.
Middleton landed in Christchurch (from Invercargill) in the mid-90s, befriending drummer-supremo and general guy-in-the-know on underground music Pat Faigan (aka Duane Zarakov) – eventually becoming a member of the live Space Dust crew.
Again relocating – this time to Dunedin, and forming the rock-assault squad The Aesthetics Middleton grew more and more prolific, with American label Mental Telemetry releasing a series of his CDr’s.
Members
- Matt Middleton (Putrid, Arcane, Pus, Disciples of King Spasm, Bog, Crude, The Aesthetics, Space Dust, Dimmer, Brainlego, All-Electric, The Ho’ Dogs, Southkill, vocals / guitar / clarinet / drums / keyboards / electronics/ production)
Discography
- The World is so you Have Something to Stand on Cassette (1994)
- Notes from the Micro-community Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- We Shall Nurture Solipsists Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- Crn9143 Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- Dominion as Delusion Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- Sottogoverno Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- Nuevold Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- Kama ka z Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- Order Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- Gpi Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- End of the World Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- Exp Heavy Metal Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- Scd-2 Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- Anorexic Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- Unlimited Credits Cassette (Dirtlove Records)
- Bionica 7″ ep (Crawlspace SPACE004)
- ‘Imbroglio’/’Quork’ 7″ Lathe-cut Single (1995 Trinder TM04) Rn
- ‘Fear Part 2’/’Lexican 3’ 7″ Lathe-cut Single (Dirtlove) Rn
- Inner City Guitar Perspectives (1996 Flying nun FN363)
- Worlds Worst Saxophone Solos vol. 48 8″ Lathe-cut (Crawlspace) Rn
- Refute a Myth Society (1997)
- Sax Sothis (1998)
- Beta Test Lathe cut (1998 a Stabbies and the Rocket Recording)
- Artless Intent Signatures vol. 1 Cd-r (Mental Telemetry)
- Bank Cd-r (Mental Telemetry AI001)
- Catelogue of Meaninglessness Cd-r (Mental Telemetry AI002)
- Artless Intent Signatures vol. 1 Cd-r (Mental Telemetry AI003)
- Controlled Payment Technologies Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Intelsat 707 Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- C3 Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Death Satellite 2 Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Stalino Cybernetics Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Sci-fi Sound Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Mikro-tek Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Cyp3a5 Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Proliferation of Drones Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Web ep 1 (the Stray) Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Web ep 2 and 3 (Stand Your Ground) Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Auto Series Volumes one to Nine 9 Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Raytheon Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Stored Value System Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Fasb 52 Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Capitalist Experiment Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Nasdaq Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Mars Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Datastream Cowboy Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Popular Source Codes Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Slow Code Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Auto Series Volumes 1 to 9 Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Special Edition Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Informatik 105 Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Intelsat 103 Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- New Fundamentals Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Resistant Protein Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Sax Serpentine Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Intelsat 103 Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Intelsat 103 Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Intelsat 103 Cd-r (Dirtlove Records)
- Sax Serpentine (Remix) Cd-r (Mental Telemetry AI004)