Matthew Yee-King

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Matthew Yee-King
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, remixer, DJ
InstrumentsSynthesizer, drums, laptop, SuperCollider
Labels Rephlex, ChordPunch, Trash, Bug Klinik
Associated acts Finn Peters, Squarepusher
Website

Matthew Yee-King is a British electronic musician, percussionist and researcher based in London, performing music as Yee-King. He is known for bringing an education in science and genetics into music, including his celebrated [1] 2001 Drill 'n' bass release SuperUser released by Rephlex Records, [2] his work with Finn Peters in making music from brainwaves, [3] and his doctoral work on applying Artificial intelligence techniques to automatic synthesizer programming. [4] "Goodnight Toby", a track from SuperUser, was listed in the top 100 greatest IDM tracks by FACT magazine.

As of 2020, he is a lecturer in the department of computing at Goldsmiths, University of London. [5]

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References

  1. "The 100 greatest IDM tracks". FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  2. "Igloo Magazine :: Yee-King :: SuperUser (Rephlex)". igloomag.com. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. "Composing the music of the mind". BBC. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  4. Yee-King, Matthew (1 January 2000). "AudioServe – Collaborative, Interactive Genetic Algorithm for Sound Design". The University of Sussex.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Dr Matthew Yee-King". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 23 February 2020.