Matthew Ryals
@matthewryals.bsky.social
“Knots” is out now! It’s the second single from my and effe effe’s new album, Exalge, out Sep 5th on Infrequent Seams.
🔗 Stream the singles & preorder vinyl via the link in my profile.
🔗 Stream the singles & preorder vinyl via the link in my profile.
August 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“Knots” is out now! It’s the second single from my and effe effe’s new album, Exalge, out Sep 5th on Infrequent Seams.
🔗 Stream the singles & preorder vinyl via the link in my profile.
🔗 Stream the singles & preorder vinyl via the link in my profile.
Announcing EXALGE, my new album with effe effe out Sep 5th on Infrequent Seams.
EXALGE is a fully improvised performance for modular synth + viola, recorded live in concert at ExAlge in Milan in 2023.
Preorders for vinyl + digital are open now, & the first single “Limb-loosener” is out today!
EXALGE is a fully improvised performance for modular synth + viola, recorded live in concert at ExAlge in Milan in 2023.
Preorders for vinyl + digital are open now, & the first single “Limb-loosener” is out today!
July 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Announcing EXALGE, my new album with effe effe out Sep 5th on Infrequent Seams.
EXALGE is a fully improvised performance for modular synth + viola, recorded live in concert at ExAlge in Milan in 2023.
Preorders for vinyl + digital are open now, & the first single “Limb-loosener” is out today!
EXALGE is a fully improvised performance for modular synth + viola, recorded live in concert at ExAlge in Milan in 2023.
Preorders for vinyl + digital are open now, & the first single “Limb-loosener” is out today!
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🧵 NYC: Zohran Mamdani is an extraordinary political talent and he CAN win this.
What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.
If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.
What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.
If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.
June 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🧵 NYC: Zohran Mamdani is an extraordinary political talent and he CAN win this.
What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.
If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.
What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.
If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.
👋🏻 My first YouTube tutorial is now up on my channel!
It’s all about using Joranalogue’s Contour 1 eurorack module as a classic Sample & Hold.
If you’ve ever been curious about how to make that Hold function behave like a classic S&H, this one’s for you.
Full video is up on my YouTube channel now.
It’s all about using Joranalogue’s Contour 1 eurorack module as a classic Sample & Hold.
If you’ve ever been curious about how to make that Hold function behave like a classic S&H, this one’s for you.
Full video is up on my YouTube channel now.
June 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
👋🏻 My first YouTube tutorial is now up on my channel!
It’s all about using Joranalogue’s Contour 1 eurorack module as a classic Sample & Hold.
If you’ve ever been curious about how to make that Hold function behave like a classic S&H, this one’s for you.
Full video is up on my YouTube channel now.
It’s all about using Joranalogue’s Contour 1 eurorack module as a classic Sample & Hold.
If you’ve ever been curious about how to make that Hold function behave like a classic S&H, this one’s for you.
Full video is up on my YouTube channel now.
April tour dates! Next month, I’ll be unfurling sound solo and in various groups across the West Coast, Midwest, and Ontario. Stoked for my first shows in Los Angeles, Tucson, and Milwaukee.
Flyer by @joycenho.bsky.social
Flyer by @joycenho.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
April tour dates! Next month, I’ll be unfurling sound solo and in various groups across the West Coast, Midwest, and Ontario. Stoked for my first shows in Los Angeles, Tucson, and Milwaukee.
Flyer by @joycenho.bsky.social
Flyer by @joycenho.bsky.social
When you step on the L train anytime after 8pm, it always smells like a fart. Why?
March 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
When you step on the L train anytime after 8pm, it always smells like a fart. Why?
Generative Etudes Vol. 3.1 is out now! 🎛️✨It’s Bandcamp Friday and all purchases go directly toward my April tour, which will take me to the West Coast, Midwest, and Canada.
shorturl.at/HzXJ6
shorturl.at/HzXJ6
March 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Generative Etudes Vol. 3.1 is out now! 🎛️✨It’s Bandcamp Friday and all purchases go directly toward my April tour, which will take me to the West Coast, Midwest, and Canada.
shorturl.at/HzXJ6
shorturl.at/HzXJ6
Yesterdays nyc sidewalk haul
February 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Yesterdays nyc sidewalk haul
I hit the ground running upon returning home and started working on a new dance commission today✨
February 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I hit the ground running upon returning home and started working on a new dance commission today✨
While on the road, I was staying at someone’s place & fainted in their restroom falling through a glass shower door. It was a traumatic experience. I got seen by the Dr today & everything seems fine, more tests to come. Just a case of the old Vasovagal syncope. On the + side, I had this for lunch:
February 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
While on the road, I was staying at someone’s place & fainted in their restroom falling through a glass shower door. It was a traumatic experience. I got seen by the Dr today & everything seems fine, more tests to come. Just a case of the old Vasovagal syncope. On the + side, I had this for lunch:
Back from tour, which was one of my favs so far!
February 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Back from tour, which was one of my favs so far!
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Generative Etudes Vol. 3.0 is out now on 3OP including a 💿 edition!
This marks the final vol. in my Generative Etudes series, exploring generative composition using the mdlr synth. Each track is a fully autonomous patch, evolving from start to finish without human intervention.
shorturl.at/CMT6t
This marks the final vol. in my Generative Etudes series, exploring generative composition using the mdlr synth. Each track is a fully autonomous patch, evolving from start to finish without human intervention.
shorturl.at/CMT6t
February 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Generative Etudes Vol. 3.0 is out now on 3OP including a 💿 edition!
This marks the final vol. in my Generative Etudes series, exploring generative composition using the mdlr synth. Each track is a fully autonomous patch, evolving from start to finish without human intervention.
shorturl.at/CMT6t
This marks the final vol. in my Generative Etudes series, exploring generative composition using the mdlr synth. Each track is a fully autonomous patch, evolving from start to finish without human intervention.
shorturl.at/CMT6t
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PREORDER Matthew Ryals - Generative Etudes 3.0 (CD/Digital) via 3OP
matthewryals.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
matthewryals.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
Generative Etudes Vol. 3.0, by Matthew Ryals
5 track album
matthewryals.bandcamp.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
PREORDER Matthew Ryals - Generative Etudes 3.0 (CD/Digital) via 3OP
matthewryals.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
matthewryals.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
Generative Etudes Vol. 3.0 is now available for pre-order on 3OP! It’s part of a larger series exploring generative modular synthesis. Vol. 3 will eventually include three separate EPs, but this special 💿 edition includes all the tracks across the volume.
matthewryals.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
matthewryals.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
February 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Generative Etudes Vol. 3.0 is now available for pre-order on 3OP! It’s part of a larger series exploring generative modular synthesis. Vol. 3 will eventually include three separate EPs, but this special 💿 edition includes all the tracks across the volume.
matthewryals.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
matthewryals.bandcamp.com/album/genera...
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I will miss my beautiful snark-tastic genius of a friend. Life is real, it doesnt go on forever. Love each other.
absolutely gutted to learn of the passing of Susan Alcorn, an incredibly gifted improviser, arranger, and musician who bridged so many musical worlds. We just hung out last week at her show in Baltimore with David Grubbs. I am in shock at this loss but grateful to her for her work and her example.
January 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I will miss my beautiful snark-tastic genius of a friend. Life is real, it doesnt go on forever. Love each other.
I have an idea for a new trio–does anyone know someone who plays twigs and leaves, maybe the occasional pile of rocks? 🍂🪨
January 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I have an idea for a new trio–does anyone know someone who plays twigs and leaves, maybe the occasional pile of rocks? 🍂🪨
I find it unfortunate that so many folks are fearful of really high frequencies, even when not super loud. As soon as people hear them they’ll duck down, grimace, sound engineers will start attenuating via an EQ, etc. I really love working up there, and find it ripe for exploration.
January 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I find it unfortunate that so many folks are fearful of really high frequencies, even when not super loud. As soon as people hear them they’ll duck down, grimace, sound engineers will start attenuating via an EQ, etc. I really love working up there, and find it ripe for exploration.
bought this great record on Confront Recordings yesterday that is in the microsound, lowercase free improv realm and loving it confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/foldings
Foldings, by Akiyama / Nakamura / Sugimoto / Wastell
2 track album
confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
bought this great record on Confront Recordings yesterday that is in the microsound, lowercase free improv realm and loving it confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/foldings
I read all my admin emails aloud to Sunny prior to sending. He’s a great listener, but zero feedback. Still helpful tho!
January 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I read all my admin emails aloud to Sunny prior to sending. He’s a great listener, but zero feedback. Still helpful tho!
First post! Ecstatic to hit the road this February with shows across the South and Midwest, including many cities I’ve never played before!
Huge gratitude to all the incredible folks making these performances possible.
Flyer art by the brilliant Joyce N. Ho
Huge gratitude to all the incredible folks making these performances possible.
Flyer art by the brilliant Joyce N. Ho
January 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
First post! Ecstatic to hit the road this February with shows across the South and Midwest, including many cities I’ve never played before!
Huge gratitude to all the incredible folks making these performances possible.
Flyer art by the brilliant Joyce N. Ho
Huge gratitude to all the incredible folks making these performances possible.
Flyer art by the brilliant Joyce N. Ho