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Matt Howden - Discography

Written and produced

SIEBEN: Ogham Inside The Night DCD ALBUM (Trisol) 2005
MATT HOWDEN: Voyager ALBUM (Ars Benevola Mater) 2004
MATT HOWDEN: Spurge The Sun ALBUM (Phantasmagoria) 2004
HAWTHORN: The Murky Brine ALBUM (Trisol) 2004
SIEBEN: Sex And Wildflowers ALBUM (Trisol) 2003
HOWDEN / WAKEFORD: Wormwood ALBUM (Tursa/Redroom) 2002
SIEBEN: Our Solitary Confinement ALBUM (Trisol) 2002
MATT HOWDEN: Bringing Light & Darkness JOINT ALBUM (Bragagild) 2001
SIEBEN: The Line And The Hook ALBUM (redroom) 2001
MATT HOWDEN: Redroom REMIX ALBUM (redroom) 2001
MATT HOWDEN: Hellfires ALBUM (redroom) 2000
HOWDEN / WAKEFORD: Three Nine ALBUM (Tursa) 2000
MATT HOWDEN: Intimate And Obstinate ALBUM (redroom) 1999
SIEBEN: Forbid The Sun's Escape ALBUM (Tursa) 1999
STIKI: The day The World Almost Ended ... CD SINGLE (Liquid Bubble) 1997
PIGSIX 4: I Am The Chemistry ALBUM (Symbiose) 1995

Produced

ANDY WEAVER: Gravel Road ALBUM (Dog Day Music) 2005
JOB KARMA: Strike ALBUM TRACK (ABM) 2005
SONNE HAGAL: Dygel 7” (Eis&Licht) 2005
WHILE ANGELS WATCH: Still The star... MCD (Cynfeirdd) 2004
THE MYSTERY SCHOOL: The Mystery School ALBUM (Cynfeirdd) 2002
WHILE ANGELS WATCH: Dark Age ALBUM (Cynfeirdd) 2002
SOL INVICTUS: Thrones ALBUM (Tursa) 2002
CURRENT 93: Some Soft Black Stars…London ALBUM (Durtro) 2001
SOL INVICTUS: Hill Of Crosses ALBUM (Tursa) 2001
WATER MONKEYS: Tom’s bedroom ALBUM (Cool Records) 2000
SOL INVICTUS: In A Garden Green ALBUM (Tursa) 1999
BRIDE: The feeling CD SINGLE (Bride) 1998
BEULAH KOP: Thursday CD SINGLE (BK Records) 1994

Co-written

SIEBEN/HAWTHORN/(SOL): Writ In Water CD EP(PRE) 2004
RAINDOGS: Alma ALBUM (Phantasmagoria) 2004
RAINDOGS: Life After Vegas ALBUM (Candy Factory) 2001
RAINDOGS: Memoirs Of A Portable Dat ALBUM (Candy Factory) 2001
RAINDOGS: From Today ALBUM (Candy Factory) 1999
RAINDOGS: Raindogs CD EP (Candy Factory) 1999
RAINDOGS: Raindogs One 7" VINYL (Candy Factory) 1999
RAINDOGS: Raindogs Two 7" VINYL (Candy Factory) 1999
RAINDOGS: Kids Only CD SINGLE (Raindogs) 1998
THE GLASS HAMMERS: Yellowbrain VINYL EP (Out) 1990

Session work

LARSEN: Play ALB TRACKS (Important) 2004 Strings
L’AME IMMORTELLE: Gezeiten ALB TRACKS (Gun) 2004 Strings
L’AME IMMORTELLE: 5 Yahre CD EP TRACKS (Gun) 2004 Strings
PERSEPHONE: Mera Sangeet Kho Gaya ALB TRACKS (Trisol) 2004 Strings
CHRIS ECKMAN: The BlackField ALB TRACK (Glitterhouse) 2004 Strings
PILORI: Elegia ALB TRACKS (Trisol) 2004 Strings
SPIRITUAL FRONT: Nihilist EP 10” VINYL (Hau Ruck) 2004 Strings
PERSEPHONE: Atma Gyan ALBUM (Trisol) 2003 Engineering, pre-production and strings
FAITH & THE MUSE: The Burning Season ALB TRACKS (Metropolis) 2003 Strings
OF THE WAND AND THE MOON: I Crave 7" SINGLE (Prophecy) 2001 Strings
PILORI: ...and when the twilight's gone ALBUM TRACK (Trisol) 2001 Violin
HEKATE: Tempeltanz ALBUM TRACK (Well Of Urd) 2001 Violin
SOL INVICTUS: Brugge LIVE ALBUM (Tursa) 2000 Violin
SOL INVICTUS: Trieste LIVE ALBUM (Tursa) 2000 Violin & vocals
SOL INVICTUS: In Europa ALBUM (Tursa) 1998 Violin & vocals
LUNDVALL & WAKEFORD: Autumn Calls ALBUM (Tursa) 1998 Strings
L'ORCHESTRE NOIR: Cantos ALBUM (Tursa) 1997 Violin
MYRO: Let's Go, Distortion Kids ALBUM TRACK (Liquid) 1997 Violin
SOL INVICTUS: The Blade ALBUM (Tursa) 1997 Violin & vocals
SHOCK HEADED PETERS: Tendercide ALBUM (Cyclops Prod) 1996 Violin
TONY WAKEFORD: Cupid And Death ALBUM (Tursa) 1995 Violin & mandolin
INTERNATIONAL PEOPLES GANG: Em:t 3395 ALBUM TRACK (Time Recording) 1995 Violin

Music for film, television and radio

PLASTIC WOLVES: A short film by N.M.S Productions SOUNDTRACK 2001 Producer-Maverick Litchfield-Kelly
HEARTLAND PARK: Documentary by Richard France SOUNDTRACK 2001
TOILET STORIES: Documentary by N.M.S Productions SOUNDTRACK 1999 Director-Jason Budge Producer-Maverick Litchfield-Kelly
SWEET HARPOON: The Raindogs PROMOTIONAL VIDEO 1999
VOYAGER: A short film by Richard France SOUNDTRACK 1999
DRIVE: A short film by Fuji Films SOUNDTRACK 1999 Director-Andy Morgan Producer-Adrian Wells
REGENERATING SHEFFIELD: Manor & Castle Development Trust promotional video SOUNDTRACK 1998 Funded by Sheffield City Council
INDIGENTE: Theme tune for Antenna 3 radio show 1998 Nuno Calado show, Antenna 3 National Radio Station, Portugal
THE PEAK DISTRICT: Student documentary SOUNDTRACK 1993 Director-Sarah Blunn, Hallam University
WALLPAPER: Short film SOUNDTRACK 1993 Director - Dean Morton, Sheffield Polytechnic
THE SOFA: Short film THEME AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC 1992 Director-Yiannis Koufanokolis, Sheffield University

Exhibitions

Our Solitary Confinement - Photographs by Kristine Haffgaard, Binche, Belgium - Leipzig, Germany - Kolding, Denmark - 2003.
Walk On The Wildside - Paintings by Helen Whittaker, exhibited at The Adelphi, Sheffield, June 2001.

Television

Praca da' Algeria - Live Daytime TV, RTP, Portugal.
RTP International - Playback to 65 Million homes world-wide.
SIC International - Playback, Europe-wide transmission.
SIC, Portugal - youth magazine programme, interview and live performance.
Sol Music Channel, Spain and Portugal - video play
RTL, Germany - live performance
SAT 1, Germany - live performance

Radio

Various local radio interviews and sessions in England. Radio One, UK - Interview, National Music Week. VPRO Radio, Holland - Live session Antenna 3, Portugal - Interview. Radio Commercial, Portugal - Interview. KALX Radio, Berkeley, California, USA - Live session

Concerts

Tours of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and The USA. Concerts in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Holland, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. In total, over 1,000 live concerts with various groups.

Sieben - Biography

Sieben releases:

Ogham inside the night double CD 2005 (Iceflower/Trisol)
Sex And Wildflowers 2003 (Iceflower/Trisol)
Our Solitary Confinement 2002 (Iceflower/Trisol)
The Line And The Hook 2001 (Redroom/World Serpent)
Forbid The Sun's Escape 1999 (Redroom/World Serpent)

Sieben album reviews:

"This is one of the most imaginative and intelligent records I've ever heard. It's very sophisticated poetically, and brilliant musically. A major achievement, it shows that Matt has found his metier." RIK - Flux Europa, Sept 2003
"This is a great CD, 100% unique, an uncompromising expression of the self." L' Ame Electrique Magazine, Greece. Dec 2001
“Howden has created something celebratory, and something magical. Some may say Pagan... Sex & Wildflowers is a commendable piece of work, and further proof of his remarkable talent.” Tony Dickie, Compulsion Online, November 2003
"And those lyrics! Worthy of Robert Graves 'The White Goddess' , intertwining Pantheism, Folklore, yet keeping to the writer's own visionary intuition, are worthy of study in their own right... An excellent release indeed" Mike Shankland, Darklife Magazine - July 2005
"In a myriad of emotions the strings pour out the fuel for lust and Ogham mystery. This is a M-U-S-T-H-A-V-E for everyone truly in love with the miracle of music." Roy Liebscher, www.lichttaufe.com - June 2005
"Ogham Inside The Night... will and should endure as a modern peak of what can be achieved in the broad area of music using elements of folk and tradition as a basis. This is truly a progressive album that advances our appreciation of existence and I hope will go on to be regarded as a modern classic." Mark Coyle, The Unbroken Circle - July 2005
“Ogham Inside the Night is in my opinion the crowning achievement of Sieben thus far. Just when you think Matt Howden has uncovered the extent of what is musically possible with a violin he awes us all with yet another innovative album that pushes the envelope” Malakhi Thorn, Heathen Harvest - August 2005

Sieben live:

Sieben is the one-man show of Matt Howden, lyricist and violinist. The songs are made live, without use of backing tapes. The violin is played and looped, layer upon layer, and then Matt sings and plays over the top. Sieben has performed in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.
"Howden caressed his strings with the bow, struck it, scratched it, and was taken by a demonic frenzy... A delicious surprise and, for me, one of the great moments of the festival... Magnificent." Review of Toledo concert 2001, by Spanish Webzine.
"In a two hour concert, the guests were pulled into a spell. One felt tangibly the blending of musician and instrument. From the euphoria, with which the Englishman conjured up new sound collages, the audience were gripped, and demanded, and received, encore after encore." Review of Weimar Concert 2002 on Lichttaufe webzine.

Producer:

Matt has produced albums for various artists including HaWthorn, The Mystery School (USA), Sol Invictus, Andy Weaver, While Angels Watch, and a Current 93 live album.

Session violinist:

Among others, Matt has played strings for artists such as: Cello (POR), Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts, USA), Faith and the Muse (USA), Hekate (DE) Larsen (IT) Of the Wand And The Moon (DK), L'Ame Immortelle (AT), Raindogs (POR)Shock Headed Peters (UK) Spiritual Front (IT)

Other work:

Four solo neo-classical albums under his own name:
Intimate & Obstinate 1999 (Redroom)
Hellfires 2000 (Redroom/World Serpent)
Redroom 2001 (Redroom/World Serpent)
Voyager 2004 (Amplexus) and...
Matt Howden/Sieben “best-of” album: Spurge The Sun 2004 (Phantasmagoria/Warner)

* Music for short films, television, dance companies, art exhibitions, and a soundtrack CD to accompany a book release by Tartarus Press.
* A total of well over 1,000 live appearances, plus TV and radio concerts, interviews and documentary pieces.
* Matt Howden is currently published by Arabella Music/BMG

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