Mattie Konig - keytar improv set @Exeter Phoenix, 12/11/2023

After years of lugging around a big 61-key MIDI controller for live performances I recently decided to buy a more versatile, more expressive, and - let’s face it - much cooler alternative. My new keytar saw its live debut at the Come As You Are queer festival in Exeter on November 12th, where I performed a fifteen-minute set of live-looped improvisations at the evening open mic in the Exeter Phoenix auditorium. I’m still getting used to the physical requirements of performing this way, and my set wasn’t afraid to wear its influences on its sleeve - the guitar noodling at the start was heavily indebted to the intro of Strung With Everything by Animal Collective, and that maraca pulse is Steve Reich through and through - but it’s not too bad for a first glimpse of where my live performance future might take me.

Website: https://mattiekonig.co.uk
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Bandcamp: https://mattiekonig.bandcamp.com/

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Special thanks to Tamsin Scott for filming