Matthew Rozeik is a

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from

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and member of Necro Deathmort and Astrohenge. His musical style takes in elements of

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and

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Biography

Matthew Rozeik started composing for film in 1999, and has had releases on labels including Awkward Silence Recordings,

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, and Highpoint Lowlife. His first live appearance was at the ninth

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, and he has played sporadically since with his ensemble. In 2007 he wrote original music for the film In the Hands of the Gods

and formed Astrohenge. He was also involved with the filming and sound on the

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Big Band DVD, "

Live From London 2006 ''Live from London 2006'' is a DVD by the Fantômas Melvins Big Band that was released on August 26, 2008. Track listing # "Sacrifice" ( Flipper cover from '' Gone Fishin) # "Page 27" (from Fantômas's ''Fantômas'') # " Night Goat" (from ...

Discography

Eps *Matthew Rozeik/Ylid split (2006, Awkward Silence Recordings) *Van 111 split with Ylid (2006,

) *Oh Lord, Please Give Me Another Brain: Reinterpreted (2006, Highpoint Lowlife) Appearances *Stop, Look, Wave (2005 Cactus Island) – track: "Oh Lord, Please Give Me Another Brain" *Analog For Architecture (2006 Highpoint Lowlife) – track: "Laugh It Off" *These Waves... (2006 Sound In Sound) – track: "Citrus Dirge" *The

Big Band "

" (2008 Ipecac Recordings) – camera, mixing, restoration

With Astrohenge

*Astrohenge (2009 Eyesofsound) *II (2011 Eyesofsound)

With Necro Deathmort

*This Beat Is Necrotronic (2009 Distraction) *Music of Bleak Origin (2011 Distraction) *The Colonial Script (2012 Distraction)

References

1
In The Hands Of The Gods IMDB entry
2
Mary Anne Hobbs track listing 25 July 2006

External links

Matthew Rozeik's Myspace

Astrohenge on Facebook

Necro Deathmort on Facebook
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Discogs entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rozeik, Matthew 1979 births Living people English composers