Music Producer, Performer, Sync Licensor, Booking Agent / 2003 - Present
at THE MATTSON 2 - SAN DIEGO, CA + LOS ANGELES, CA + SAN FRANCSICO, CA
The Mattson 2’s recent output includes the celebratory, disco splashed Toro Y Moi single Millennium which appeared on The Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon. The twin brothers cameoed in the joints video as grumpy orderlies in a mental ward high-jacking instruments from Chaz Bear’s bandmates. The 2’s previous release Paradise found them evoking the lush and carefree soundscapes of Japanese city pop. Their 2018 release Vaults of Eternity: Japan was full of loving reinterpretations of songs by artists like Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto, and while Paradise doesn’t indulge in sonic excess, it does capture that breezy, sun-filled vibe. It charted Billboard at #1 Contemp. Jazz, #2 Jazz, #20 Alternative and landed features in the Washington Post and Pitchfork. Amongst collabs w/ Ray Barbee, Tommy Guerrero, Farmer Dave (of Kurt Vile), and Money Mark (of Beastie Boys), they released Star Stuff in 2017 with Chaz Bear (FKA Chaz Bundick, AKA Toro Y Moi) — also #1 on Billboard contemp. jazz charts — and reinterpreted Coltrane’s legendary A Love Supreme which Ashely Kahn (author of A Love Supreme: The Creation of John Coltrane’s Classic Album, 2002) says “there is a depth of sincerity and reverence in what the Mattson’s are doing that is unquestionable.”
Vast expertise in live events from various sides of the aisle (performing, composing, booking, recording) w/ a strong network of promoter, festival, and venue contacts across major, minor, and tertiary markets;
Negotiated, contracted, and cleared sync/master use licensing deals with Google, Adidas, Urban Outfitters, and more that have yielded a combined revenue of $400K+ in licensing revenue and over 6M views
Performed in over 300 venues, 80 cities, & 14
countries (including 20x Japan tours, Bowery Ballroom, The Fillmore (SF), Telluride Jazz Fest, Desert Daze & Blue Note Tokyo) helping sell 57K+ tickets / $1.1M in gross box office receipts (GBOR) from 2018 - 2020, via headliner performances and opening for Khruangbin, Kikagaku Moyo, Toro Y Moi
Composed, performed, and recorded “Millennium” w/ Toro y Moi and 15 albums that yielded 80M+ streams, charted Billboards at #1 in Contemporary Jazz for two weeks and featured in Washington Post, Pitchfork, NPR, KCRW, Stereogum, The FADER, DownBeat