Matt Robin
TX: SUNDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER. FROM 8PM
Matt Robin uncovers field recordings from his personal archive, gathered in Caldelas, northern Portugal. What began as a study in the resonance of bells has evolved into something more elusive: a terrain where trembling drones and glimpses of memory unravel into an unfolding lament.
Shaped by absence and return, the piece drifts through murmurs of grief and emotional resonance. Shadows surface and dissolve into echoes, like half-remembered visions caught in the spectral glow of remembrance.
It becomes an invitation to listen as memory trembles, disperses, and gathers again in new forms.
Matt Robin is a sound artist and composer working with electronics, field recordings, and percussion. His practice, both solo and collaborative, centres on exploring complexity through minimal means, using restraint to reveal sonic detail. Guided by curiosity, he explores the textures and tonal possibilities of acoustic and electronic tools through close listening and experimentation.
He is a member of NEY, a Glasgow-based trio whose work combines voice, (electro)acoustic instruments, electronics, field recordings, and live processing. NEY has released music on the label Somewhere Press, performed in Glasgow, London, and Berlin, undertaken a residency at Grabowsee in Germany, and collaborated with Colombian-born, Miami-based experimental sound artist Doris Dana.
Matt currently collaborates with artist Shola von Reinhold, weaving harp, percussion, electronics and voice. Their work explores delicate threads and sudden ruptures, where chaos coils around fragility and entanglement becomes both method and outcome.
Following his wonderful submission to our open call this year, ‘Petra hoc’h eus kavet? (what did you find?)’, a radio work reflecting on personal grief and cultural heritage, Matt is now working on a new radio production commission for Radiophrenia 2026.