Trapazoid

T R A P A Z O I D
b i o r h y t h m s

Trapazoid is the heart & soul of sydney based musician Matt Trapnell

Date of birth 22 03 62

Current style : post modern trip hop blues

01 IT’S HARD TO REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN I STARTED REALLY LIKING MUSIC.
I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT AROUND MY TEENAGE YEARS I WAS LISTENING
TO HEAPS OF WICKED MUSIC FROM PEOPLE LIKE SLY & THE FAMILY STONE,
JJ CALE, PATTI SMITH, TIM BUCKLEY, THE DOOBIE BROTHERS & BOB DYLAN.

02 AT SOME POINT I WAS INTRODUCED TO SOME BLUES AND ROOTS MUSIC
WHICH HIT ME LIKE A HAMMER. I CLIMBED RIGHT INSIDE AND DIDN’T COME
OUT FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS – SOME OF MY HEROS WHERE SONNY &
BROWNIE, HOWLING WOLF, SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON AND ONE OF THE YOUNGER
BLUES PLAYERS AT THE TIME - TAJ MAHAL.

03 THIS LED ME TO HAVING A GO AT PLAYING THE BLUES HARMONICA. I DO
REMEMBER STILL BEING AT SCHOOL BECAUSE I WAS PUTTING MORE TIME
AND EFFORT INTO MY HARP LICKS THAN I WAS MY MATHS ASSIGNMENTS.

04 WHEN I LEFT SCHOOL I STARTED GETTING A DISTINCT LIKING FOR GUITAR BASED
BANDS AND PLAYERS SUCH AS STEELY DAN, JIMMY HENDRIX, ERIC CLAPTON,
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS AND THE EARLY GEORGE BENSON STUFF (I BELIEVE WE
SHARE THE SAME BIRTH DATE – I HOPE SOMETHING RUBS OFF!) SO NOW I HAD
TO TRY MY HAND AT PLAYING THE “GIT” AND SOME 20 YEARS LATER I’M STILL
LEARNING.

05 THERE WASN’T MUCH MUSIC THAT I WASN’T LISTENING TO OVER THE NEXT
DECADE – THE LOCAL SCENE WAS PUMPING WITH THE MENTALS, MIDNIGHT OIL
AND THE ANGELS. AT THIS STAGE I WAS IN A LOCAL PARTY BAND CALLED
“THE SWINGING TEE’S” PLAYING HARMONICA AND MAKING THE OZARK MOUNTAIN
DAREDEVILS SONG “CHICKEN TRAIN” SOMEWHAT OF A TRADEMARK.

06 MY TASTE IN MUSIC GREW WITH A GOOD SERVING, THANKS TO A FRIEND WHOS
DAD HAD A HUGE RECORD COLLECTION, OF JAZZ, FUNK & FUSSION. I ENJOYED
GETTING MY EARS BENT BY MILES DAVIS AND JOHN COLTRANE AND LEARNT
WHAT JAMMING REALLY CAN BE THANKS TO JIMMY SMITH.

07 THE WHOLE MUSIC SCENE, FOR ME ANYWAY, GOT A BIT STALE IN THE 80’S SO I
WAS MORE THAN PLEASED TO BE TURNED ONTO THE NEW SOUNDS COMING FROM
EUROPE AND THE STATES. IT WAS THE ACID JAZZ MOVEMENT AND IT WAS ALL
THE MUSIC I LOVED COOKING AWAY IN ONE BIG BLUESY, FUNKY, JAZZY MELTING
POT. I WAS INTO THE NIGHTTRAINS, EXODUS QUARTET AND MOTHER EARTH.

08 SINCE THEN I HAVE JUMPED RIGHT INTO THE DEEP END OF THE DIGITAL POOL
AND I CAN TELL YOU I DON’T MIND DROWNING. I MIX TRADITIONAL
INSTRUMENTS WITH ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND TEND TO LEAN ON THE BLUE SIDE.
THE TECHNOLOGY HAS HELPED MY EARS TO EVOLVE AND MY MIND TO BROADEN.

09 GENERALLY I DON’T SAMPLE OTHER PEOPLES RIFFS OR MELODIES – I PREFER THE
CHALLENGE MYSELF BUT I AM A SUCKER FOR A GOOD CHANT, A WELL TOLD
STORY OR WEIRD WALLPAPER SOUNDS. ONCE YOU START SAMPLING YOU JUST
CAN’T STOP - YOUR IMAGINATION WON’T LET YOU.

SOME OF MY HIGHLIGHTS TO DATE WOULD BE
- “ELLA’S UNCLE” MADE IT ONTO THE 2JJJ’S HOTTEST 100 V4 CD
- “HANDY FARM” WAS FEATURE ALBUM OF THE WEEK ON 2JJJ
- PLAYING AT THE ROOTS & BLUES FESTIVAL AT BYRON BAY
- SUPPORTING BECK AT A NEW YEARS EVE GIG
- APPEARING LIVE ON THE ABC’S RECOVERY SHOW WITH DJ SOUP
- PLAYING AT THE GLENWORTH VALLEY & VIBES ON A SUMMERS DAY FESTIVALS
- OPENING FOR THE BLACK EYED PEAS AT BIG DAY OUT 2001
- MAKING THE SINK THE BISMARK VIDEO CLIP
- RECORDING & PRODUCING MUSIC FOR THE 2004/2005 QUIKSILVER PROJECTS
- PLAYING SHOWS, AT MY FAV VENUE – THE “BASEMENT”
- “RED DOGS PLACE” MADE IT ONTO ABC RADIO “AIRPLAY 4” CD
- “RED DOGS PLACE” IS THE THEME SONG FOR TONY DELROYS ABC RADIO SHOW
- DOING THE “LIVE AT THE WIRELESS” SLOT ON 2JJJ
- TOURING WITH THE QUIKSIVER “MASSIVE” FILM FESTIVAL

01 12 ALBUMS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE!
GIANT STEP – TAJ MAHAL
TROUBADOUR – JJ CALE
MOONDANCE – VAN MORRISON
GREETINGS FROM L.A – TIM BUCKLEY
BRING OUT THE BOOGIE IN ME – SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE McGHEE
WAR HEROS – JIMI HENDRIX
KIND OF BLUE – MILES DAVIS
BENSON BURNER – GEORGE BENSEN
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE – THERE’S A RIOT GOING ON
TEXAS FLOOD – STEVIE RAY VAUGHN
DRIVE THRU BOOTY – NORMAN COOK & FREAKPOWER
DRIVE THRU BOOTY – THE BONUS DUB CD (ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE!)
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MORE INFO?
Call Matt trapnell

PHONE 02 9979 4579

MOBY 0425 230 278

ADDRESS PO BOX 1 CHURCH POINT NSW 2105

EMAIL trapazoid@netspace.net.au

WEBSITE www.trapazoid.com