music
Current Status:
Here's the current situation...
I play keyboards/etc. in Secret Chiefs 3, which recently sprang back to life.
I also play keyboards in Joshua Cedar's 70's Jazz Rock Revue doing lots of fun fusion/prog covers.
I also play bass/etc. in a PJ Harvey tribute band called Polly Genius.
I play keyboards in a new band with other Oakland weirdos called Lunar Mistake. Our
debut album is out!
I've been sitting in lately on keyboards with Inner Ear Brigade.
Once in a blue moon I play drums with Darling Freakhead.
Jenya and I missed Fuzzy Cousins - so we're working a new album.
I played bass in a loud/dark/heavy trio called Monstrika - a band that died during the pandemic. Real bummer, that. I put videos of our last live performance up on YouTube.
I recorded piano on some tracks for the latest Igorrr album.
Meanwhile I also play everything in various studio projects, with material released under the name Bodies Floating Ashore (or my actual name).
I juggle several other curious projects, including playing stunt parts for other bands' recordings, composing video scores,
performing in cover bands for fun (and money), and all sorts of random music production.
Until their indefinite hiatuses I played bass in miRthkon, and keyboards in MoeTar.
And I was co-leader or side-man in a zillion other bands over the years.
Listen: Bandcamp
Watch: Decent Videos of Matt Playing Live
Current/Recent Projects:
Older/Other Projects:
upcoming gigs
Thursday, July 3rd, 2025 Fest La Noce De Laine (at La Pulperie de Chicoutimi), Saguenay, QC - more info.
Saturday, July 26th, 2025 We're playing at the Outsound New Music Summit in Berkeley, CA (in the Berkeley Finnish Hall)!
Other bands that day: Gumby's Junk, Ologist, Tri-Cornered Tent Show, and Modesty!
Saturday, August 16th, 2025 Hey we're back at Jupiter in downtown Berkeley! Come out, have some pizza, maybe some beer, and definitely a whole lotta 70's jazz fusion.
Thursday, August 21st, 2025 We headline a wonderful evening at the always fun and hospitable Ivy Room in Albany, CA. Opening the evening
are the incredible Gentleman Surfer from Sacramento and Mind Beams touring from Seattle.
Friday, August 22nd, 2025 The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA (opening for Budos Band)!
Saturday, August 23rd, 2025 The Warfield, San Francisco, CA (opening for Budos Band)!
Sunday, August 24th, 2025 Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA (opening for Budos Band)!
Saturday, September 6th, 2025 Playing at the Bottom of the Hill in SF opening for long time friends Faun Fables!
Friday, September 26th, 2025 Playing the first night of Levitation 2025
at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, TX. So many other great bands that night
including Mastodon and Blood Incantation!!
Friday, October 10th, 2025 The Novo, Los Angeles, CA (opening for Budos Band)!
Sunday, October 12th, 2025
Friday, October 31st, 2025 Playing at the Festival Fantôme in Quyon, QC!!
Saturday, December 6th, 2025 9:30 Club, Washington, DC (opening for Budos Band)!
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other things
While not making music I work at UC Berkeley where I'm part of the world's biggest scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence (Breakthrough Listen) and helped maintain the world's largest volunteer computing project (SETI@home) during its entire 20-year life span. As well I work on some video games, backpack in the mountains or through the deserts, produce silly videos, or write compulsively.
Computer Geekery:
Video Maker:
YouTube Channel
Pictures/Travel:
Old Web Albums |
Instagram
Writing:
Totally True Stories
Hire Me:
LinkedIn
Email:
matt AT lebofsky DOT com
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