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Miguel Matta Echaurren best known as Ramuntcho Matta (February 4, 1960, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is a French producer, sound designer and visual artist.

Matta collaborated with Beat poet Brion Gysin, jazz musician Don Cherry, sound poet Henri Chopin, Laurie Anderson, Elli Medeiros, Rhys Chatham and countless others. He also co-founded the SRR label under the name Michael Pope, consecutively to his work with Crammed Discs.

Matta produced post punk records in the early eighties before experiencing commercial success with post-disco hit Toi mon toit in 1985. He later went on with a solo career, exhausting artistic directors who endlessly tried to re-enact the same successful musical formula. But Matta soon moved back to his more leftfield roots and has never stopped to producing and releasing new music since then.

ALBUMS


Ramuntcho Matta
Météorismes
2019, LP, Album, Maat
Ramuntcho Matta
96
2019, ,
Chanson/Dub/Electro/Pop Rock/Trap/Alternative Rock/Avantgarde
Ramuntcho Matta
Ludicité
2008, CDr, Ltd, 10 , Maat
Ramuntcho Matta
The Cat Inside
2007, CD, Album, Maat, ,
Experimental
Ramuntcho Matta With mama milk*
Atta
2007, CD, Album, Maat, ,
Minimal/Cool Jazz/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Ramuntcho Matta
Monstre Moi
2007, CDr, Maat
Ramuntcho Matta With mama milk* And Hiroko Komiya
Matta
2007, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Ramuntcho Matta
Mes Plus Grands Succès
2006, CD, Album, Comp, maat, ,
Chanson
Ramuntcho Matta / John Batanne
Leçon De Français
2006, CD, Album, Maat, ,
Leftfield/Modern Classical/Spoken Word/Experimental/Ambient
Ramuntcho Matta
Skin
2005, CD, Maat, ,
Leftfield/Folk Rock/Krautrock/Dub/Afrobeat/Experimental
Ramuntcho Matta
La Maison Rose
2004, CD, Maat
Ramuntcho Matta
"Silk"
2004, CD, Maat
Ramuntcho Matta
Faire Avec [Le Son]
2004, CDr, Not On Label
Ramuntcho Matta
Angel's Wing Hanger
2001, CDr, Ltd, Not On Label
Ramuntcho Matta
Black Milk / Kuro Chichi
2000, Minimax, Maat, ,
Leftfield/Abstract/Future Jazz/Experimental
Ramuntcho Matta
Midi/Minuit
1999, CDr, Ltd, Not On Label
Ramuntcho Matta
Un Monde Irréel
1999, CDr, Not On Label
Ramuntcho Matta
La Fontaine D'Adeline
1999, CDr, Ltd, Not On Label, ,
Field Recording/Abstract
Ramuntcho Matta & Samon Takahashi
Soundcards From Chile
1998, CD, Ananana
Ramuntcho Matta / Simon Spang-Hanssen
Nice Rice
1998, 2xCD, Maat, ,
Rhythmic Noise/Abstract/Musique Concrète/Free Improvisation/Minimal
Jacques Donguy Avec La Collaboration De Ramuntcho Matta
Tag-Surfusion
1998, CDr, A.D.L.M.
Ramuntcho Matta
Philosphe Par Le Feu
1996, CD, Album, Cahiers Intempestifs
Ramuntcho Matta
Alalalaverie
1995, CD, Maxi, Car, Bond Age
Ramuntcho Matta
1+1=3
1995, CD, Album, Bond Age, ,
Chanson
Ramuntcho Matta
Il Est Tard...
1994, CD, Maxi, Columbia, Crammed Discs
Ramuntcho Matta / Simon Spang-Hanssen / Rhys Chatham
Jazz?
1994, CDr, Ltd, Not On Label
Ramuntcho Matta
Viens Dormir Avec Moi
1994, ,
House/Tribal House/Downtempo
Ramuntcho Matta
2 L'Amour
1993, CD, ,
Leftfield/Chanson
Ramuntcho Matta
L'Oeil De La Nuit
1993
Ramuntcho Matta
Domino One
1991
Ramuntcho Matta
Écoute...
1986, ,
Leftfield/Punk/Free Improvisation/Disco
Ramuntcho Matta
24 Hrs
1986
Ramuntcho Matta Presents Brion Gysin / Polo Lombardo
Brion Gysin / Polo Lombardo
1985, LP, Album, Mosquito (2), ,
Leftfield/Experimental
Ramuntcho Matta
Ramuntcho Matta
1985, ,
Leftfield/Punk/Free Improvisation/Experimental/Musical
Brion Gysin
Junk
2024, LP, Comp, Wewantsounds,
Marc Battier
Audioscans - From The Works Of Roberto Matta
2009, CD, Ltd, Pre, Maat
Hiroko Komiya
Eau Nouvelle
2009, CD, Album, Maat
Brion Gysin
Live In London 1982
2007, CD, Album, Sub Rosa
María Perlita
Panc
2007, CD, Album, Dig, Maat
William S. Burroughs
Electronic Revolution
1998, CD, Ltd, Crash Magazine, ,
Spoken Word
Brion Gysin
One Night @ The 1001 Vol: 1
1998, ,
Spoken Word/Experimental
Henri Chopin & Marc Battier
Transparence: Marc Battier On An Audiopoem By Henri Chopin
1995, CD, Album, Bond Age
Brion Gysin
Self-Portrait Jumping
1993, CD, Album, Made To Measure, ,
Experimental/Minimal
Various
Surpr!se Party
1989, 2x CD, ,
Rock & Roll/Funk/Soul/Disco/Chanson
Elli*
Vanille
1989
Quilapayun*
America Latina
1987, 7", Promo, Fonomusic
Elli Medeiros
Bom Bom…
1987, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Chanson/Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Disco
Elli Medeiros
A Bailar Calypso
1987
Elli Medeiros
Bom Bom
1987
Various
Le Disque Des Filles !
1987, Vinyl, ,
Chanson/Europop
Elli Medeiros
Toi Mon Toit
1986, ,
Funk/Chanson/Vocal
Don Cherry
Call Me / I Walk
1985, 7", Promo, Mosquito (2), Barclay
Don Cherry
Home Boy (Sister Out)
1985
Brion Gysin
Kick / Junk
1983, 7", Single, Mosquito (2), ,
Leftfield/Free Jazz/Punk/Avantgarde
Simon Spang-Hanssen
Dreamworld
2020, 8xFile, MP3, Album, Alisio Music,
Various
Fractal Musik N°2: Operette D'Artistes
1998, CD, Album, Station Mir, Station Mir
Elli Medeiros
The Wheel Of Time
1989
Safari
Happy Hands
2007, CD, Album, Maat

APPEARANCES +


Elli Medeiros
La Chanson Du Poisson
1987
Bonnie Banane
Sexy Planet : Epilogue
2024, 2xLP, Album, Péché Mignon
Jamie Breiwick
Awake: Volume 2 - The Music Of Don Cherry
2023, CD, Album, Shifting Paradigm Records
Various
Les Années 80 - Tubes Retrouvés
2022, 5xCD, Comp, Universal Music France, Label Panthéon, ,
Synth-pop/Ballad/Chanson/Disco
Various
Soft Need #23
2020, 2x7", Num + Box, Dlx, Ltd, Num, Udo, Planam, Expanded Media Editions, ,
Experimental/Synthwave/Spoken Word
William S. Burroughs
Curse Go Back
2016, ,
Spoken Word/Experimental
Various
La Collection Officielle Top 50 - Mars - Avril 1987
2015, CD, Comp, PolyGram Collections, ,
Synth-pop/Chanson/Pop Rock/Disco
Lars Fredrikson
Les Sons Plastiques / Frag. 1
2010, CD, Ltd, Maat
Martín Bakero
Pneumatika
2006, CDr, Ltd, Num, wit + DVDr, Ltd, Num, Foro de Escritores, ,
Sound Poetry
Various, Tuxedomoon
Next To Nothing - A Collection Of Tuxedomoon Covers
2006, CD, ,
Art Rock/Electro/Experimental
Ghédalia Tazartès
Diasporas / Tazartès
2004, CD, Comp, Alga Marghen
ZerOne
What
2003, CD, Ltd, Num, Maat
Robert Lax
Wake Up Re:lax
2003, 2xCD, Album, Ltd, intermedium records
Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar*
North India: Dhrupad Singing = Chant Dhrupad
2003, CD, Album, Auvidis
Various
Route Du Soleil
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot., EMI Belgium, ,
Chanson
Various
Music For Dreamachine
2000, CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Enh, Optical Sound, ,
Experimental/Ambient
Panico
Remixes
2000, CD, Combo Discos, ,
Noise/Electro/Experimental/Post Rock/Drum n Bass/Breakbeat
Various
Disco Not Disco (Leftfield Disco Classics From The New York Underground)
2000, ,
Leftfield/Abstract/Avantgarde/Disco/Jazz-Funk/Electro/Dub
Various
One Shot Summer
2000, ,
Synth-pop/Disco
Isidore Isou
Poèmes Lettristes 1944-1999
1999, LP, Ltd, Alga Marghen
Edgardo Canton*
Promenade D'Été D'Ulis NASA
1998, CD, Album, Nepless, ,
Electroacoustic/Experimental
Various
Que Votre "Moi" Soit Le Bienvenu[e] Dans Le Monde. Volume 1
1998, CD, Comp + Box, Ltd, Éditions Printer, ,
Acoustic/Musique Concrète/Experimental/Ballad/Ambient
Brion Gysin
The Pool K III
1998
Various
Vanités
1997, CD, Album + CD-ROM, trAce Label, ,
Alternative Rock/Electro/Experimental/Sound Poetry/Pop Rock
Various
Les Plus Belles Chansons Françaises - 1986
1996, CD, Comp, Editions Atlas, ,
Chanson
Various
10% File Under Burroughs
1996, ,
Abstract/Trip Hop/Art Rock/Experimental
Louise Bourgeois
Otte
1995
Various
A Journey Into Ambient Groove Phase 2
1995, ,
Ambient/Downtempo
Various
Koolness Purr-Sonified
1994, 2x Vinyl, ,
Instrumental/Trip Hop/Breaks/Jazzy Hip-Hop/Acid Jazz/Funk
Various
Cafè Latino
1992, ,
Cumbia/Mambo/Cha-Cha/Salsa
Elli*
Elli
1989
Various
Tremendo Rumbon Vol. 11
1987, LP, Comp, Discos Perla, ,
Salsa/Cumbia/Vallenato/Son
Elli Medeiros
Bom Bom...
1987
Quilapayún
America Latina
1987
Various
La Nouvelle Affiche
1986, LP, Comp, FR3, PolyGram Distribution, RTL, ,
Europop/Chanson
Various
PolyStar 2
1986,
Elli & Jacno
Les Nuits De La Pleine Lune
1984, ,
Soundtrack/New Wave/Synth-pop
Various
Life Is A Killer
1982, LP, Comp, Giorno Poetry Systems, ,
Art Rock/Spoken Word/Experimental/Avantgarde
Various
Akuphone Collector Box, Vol.2
2025, Box, Ltd, Num + 9xLP + 12" + Cass, Akuphone,
Various
Music For Dance & Theatre Volume One
2020, 12", Music From Memory, ,
Experimental
Various
Ghosttransmissions pt.2
2018, 2x12", Album, Whi, Curious Records, ,
Experimental/Field Recording
Vlad Dobrovolski
Secret Thirteen Mix 077
2017, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Secret Thirteen Journal
Various
City Sonic: Les Arts Sonores Dans la Cité / Sound Arts In The City
2014, 19xFile, MP3, Comp, 256, La Lettre Volée, ,
Ambient/Experimental/Field Recording/Modern Classical/Sound Art/Sound Poetry
Various
Week 2
2011, CDr, Album, Tiramizu, Transcultures, ,
Drone/Experimental/Minimal/Sound Art
No+Studio
EIMA Vol. 1
2007, CD, Comp, Ltd, Promo, No+Studio,
Various
'Pataphysics
2006, CD, Album, Comp, Sonic Arts Network
Various
Awan ~ Siguawini ~~ Spemki ~~~
2006, CD, ,
Field Recording/Monolog/Experimental/Ambient
Various
Negroni Florence Bar (Negroni>Play_One>By Leo Daddi)
2002, CD, Comp, Materiali Sonori, ,
Acid Jazz
Various
Mutations: Sonic City
2001, CD, Album, Comp, Ltd, Airplane Label, ,
Spoken Word/Power Electronics/Musique Concrète/Experimental/Field Recording
Various
Chanson - Canción En Francés - The World Of French Song - Cançoes Em Frances 04/2001
2001, CD, Comp, Promo, RFI Musique, ,
Chanson/Beat/Contemporary/Twist
Various
Eclectica
1998, CD, Comp, Edizioni Olis, ,
Musique Concrète/Nordic/Overtone Singing
Various
Trop De Chefs... Pas Assez D'indiens !
1996, CD, Comp, Bond Age, ,
Alternative Rock/Chanson/Punk/Dub/Conscious/Indie Rock
Various
Koolness Purr-Sonified
1994
Various
The World According To Crammed
1993, CD, ,
Folk Rock/House/Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz/Lounge/Ethereal/Ambient/Romani/Indie Rock
Various
Sounds Of Sunset Beach Volume 1
CD, Comp, Neverstop Music, ,
Downtempo/Bossa Nova/Easy Listening/Latin Jazz
Moopie
TEA Podcast
2015, File, MP3, Mixed, P/Unofficial, 320, TEA, ,
Industrial/No Wave/New Wave/Experimental/Electro/EBM/Noise/Acid/Techno
Various
Beating The Indie Out Of Tek - Volume 57
CDr, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label, ,
Synth-pop/Abstract/Avantgarde/Darkwave/Soundtrack/Art Rock/Electro/Nursery Rhymes