M.C. Schmidt (US) is a sound artist, video artist and member of the band Matmos. He enjoys sound synthesis, digital and analogue, sampling sounds, reading out loud, playing percussion on unusual objects and the piano. At home in Baltimore he works in a record shop, and is the president of The High Zero Foundation, a collective which presents festivals of traditional music, improvised music and electro-acoustic music, as well as operating a small venue that runs year round.

Photo: Drew Daniel