I've just launched my website http://mattleaf.com ! In the coming weeks I'll be moving this blog over to Wordpress, which will hopefully come out with a similar look to the website. It's also my pleasure to announce my first online (and debut) release of music as 'Sinuso Dial'. Entitled 'Biology', the albums compositions consist of processed guitar and field recordings which result in a blend of ambient, warm distortion and subtle electronica. You can download it for free here. Read More
Well it's been a busy week. One of the busiest weeks I've had in ages. I bought Casey Reas and Ben Fry's book, 'Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists', which to me represents something of a commitment to code... It's a bizzare turning point in my life where, for some reason, learning how to use code makes a lot of sense.Also, Max 5 was released this week, somewhat renewing a squandered interest I had in the program. ...Read More
So far I'm really stoked with the University. It's based in Hilversum, halfway between Utrecht and Amsterdam. The courses are intensive and there's a bit more technical information. I'm taking Spatialisation, Max/MSP and Electronic Music Composition. I'll try and execute a few guitar projects I have in mind while I'm here.Lecturers:http://kmt.hku.nl/~hanst/http://www.jorrittamminga.nl/http://www.lownorth.nl/marcel/index.html Read More
I'm living in Holland now, wow that was a long time between posts. The 2nd Issue of Nawlz is up. The sound design this time is by Joel Edmondson. Enjoy!Otherwise now I'm in Utrecht in the Netherlands on Student Exchange. I recently went to Tokyo which was just awesome, really want to live in Japan for a while at some point.So I start school here on Monday, the Facilites looks great, heaps of studios and good lecturers by the looks ...Read More
Well, after a long and fruitful 6 years in Melbourne, I have decided it's time to move on. I'm making the move up to Brisbane for a while to focus on an interactive project, entitled "Nawlz", with Stuart Campbell, in a month or so.Melbourne has been good to me, I've seen and experienced a lot here, and met many good people. I've studied fairly arduously since i moved from Tasmania, but this year I took a step back from ...Read More