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Wednesday 24 October 2012
Drawn Together
music with live theatre & dance
for participant artists’ live drawing 
7pm - 9pm £6
Zabludowicz Collection
176 Gallery
176 Prince of Wales Road
London NW5 3PT 

Friday 12 October 2012
Bad Moth at
Mad Pride Celebration of Creative Lunacy
for Mental Health Week fundraiser
Tottenham Chances
399 High Road
N17 6QN 

Sunday 23 September 2012
Bad Moth at 
St Mary’s Old Church
Stoke Newington Church St 
London N16 9ES

Wednesday 19 September 2012
Remembering Lol Coxhill, a concert to raise money for a fund to start a documentation project archiving Lol’s work.

With Art Themen, Bobby Wellins, Clark Tracey, Dave Green, Dave Holland, David Toop, Dylan Bates, Eddie Prevost, Evan Parker, Gail Brand, Gerry Fitzgerald, Henry Lowther, Herbert Spliffington Allstars, Hugh Metcalfe, Jim Le Baigue, John Edwards, John Russell, London Improvisers Orchestra, Maggie Nichols, Mark Sanders, Matt Scott, Max Eastley, Mike Westbrook’s Brass Band, Ollie Brice, Pat Thomas, Phil Wachsman, Roger Turner, Sam Coxhill-Davis , Satoko Fukada, Sibylline Sisters, Simon Coxhill, Simon Picard, Stan Tracey Group, The Welfare State, Tony Bevan, Tony Coe, Trevor Watts, and Veryan Weston.

Cecil Sharp House
2 Regent's Park Road
London NW1 7AY

Sunday 5 August 2012
Squeezebox tunes with
Ryder Cooley playing saw
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The Old American Can Factory 
232 3rd Street Brooklyn
New York

Saturday 4 August 2012
Concert with Harald Austbø cello, Negar Bouban oud, Ryder Cooley saw/accordion/trombone, Katelyn Clark harpsichord/organetto, Nihan Devecioglu voice, Lisa Dowling double bass, David Sánchez García double bass , Chih-Fang (Jeff) Huang laptop, Deepti Navaratna voice, Fausto Sierakowski sax, Jakub Tengler percussion, Javier Areal Vélez guitar, Cécile Broché violin, Jeffrey Lependorf shakuhachi.
Omi International Arts Center
The Fields Sculpture Park and Visitors Center
1405 County Rt. 22
Ghent, New York 12075, U.S. 

Saturday 28 July 2012
Performing in Hudson, New York with 
Nihan Devecioglu voice, Cécile Broché violin, 
Ryder Cooley visuals, and Hazel the flying sheep from Barbados.
Henry Hudson Studios
726 Union Street, New York 12534, U.S.

Sunday 10 July 2012 
Omi Musicians with Ingrid Sertso
lead by Karl Berger 
Helsinki Club
405 Columbia Street
Hudson, New York 12534, U.S.

July - August 2012
Fellowship at Music Omi International, New York, U.S.

Friday 29 June 2012
Squeezebox Jukebox
Matt Scott accordion & prepared sounds
Scaledown Club
1 Foley Street 
Fitzrovia
London W1W 6DL 

Thursday 28 June 2012
Cardboard Whale
Julie Kjær sax, flute, clarinet, Dylan Bates violin, Pete Marsh double bass, Paul May drums, Matt Scott accordion.
Luna Lounge
7 Church Lane E11 1HG 

Sunday 10 June 2012 
Playing my Prelude for solo classical accordion
Accordion Department 25th Anniversary
David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Royal Academy of Music
Marylebone Road
London NW1 5HT

Wednesday 6 June 2012 
Solo classical accordion
Original music and J.S. Bach
Klinker Club at The Olive
18 Stoke Newington High Street
London N16 7PL 

2 - 18 May 2012
Bad Moth tour Sardinia, Italy. 
Stanley Bad voice, violin and St Moth voice, accordion.

Thursday 17 May 2012
Bad Moth play at Angelo Pisanu’s Private Canteen at Via Santa Croce 24, Bosa, Sardinia, Italy. Erik Satie’s 146th birthday.

Wednesday 16 May 2012
Bad Moth play on the roof at Giovanni’s, Piazza Martiri d’Italia 12, Bastione, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

Tuesday 15 May 2012
Bad Moth play at Pani e Casu, Via Porcu 53, Quartu Sant’ Elena 09045, Sardinia, Italy.

Saturday 12 May 2012
Bad Moth and Lynda Beast play in Rimercantino, furniture shop in Serdiana, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Edward Lear’s 200th birthday.

Friday 11 May 2012
Squeezy Beast play at Muzak, via Stretta 3, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

Thursday 10 May 2012
Bad Moth play at Vinvoglio, Via Lamarmora 45, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Sid Viscious’ 55th birthday.

Wednesday 9 May 2012
Squeezy Beast play on Mathias’ boat with Ichnusa flags opposite San Francesco Church in Via Roma, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

Tuesday 8 May 2012
Bad Moth play on the roof at Giovanni’s, Piazza Martiri d’Italia 12, Bastione, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. 

Saturday 5 May 2012
Bad Moth at Pino’s farm near Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy 

Friday 4 May 2012
Bad Moth play with special guest Fabio ‘Ciggiotzkij’ Coronas at La Grotta dei Poeti, Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy.

Wednesday 2 May
Bad Moth with wild albino donkeys and birds on the island of Asinara, Italy.

Thursday 26 April 2012
Squeezebox Jukebox
Mirror Mirror
Ryan’s Bar
181 Church Street 
London N16 0UL

Wednesday 18 April 2011
Cardboard Whale
Julie Kjær sax, flute, clarinet, Dylan Bates violin, John Edwards double bass, Steve Noble drums, Matt Scott accordion. 
Servant Jazz Quarters
10A Bradbury Street
London N16 8JN

Friday 13 April 2012
Squeezebox Jukebox solo
plus live soundtrack performance
for Hugh Metcalfe films
The Cube Cinema
Dove Street South
Bristol BS2 8JD 

Tuesday 3 April 2012 
Hugh Metcalfe unseen films from 2010
premièred with live soundtrack
Amanda Drummond viola and Matt Scott accordion.
Klinker Club at The Olive
18 Stoke Newington High Street
London N16 7PL

Tuesday 6 March 2012 
Amanda Drummond viola and Matt Scott accordion.
Klinker Club at The Olive
18 Stoke Newington High Street
London N16 7PL 

Wednesday 8 February 2012
Bad Moth and Lapsed Eel 
Stanley Bad keyboard and fiddle, 
Saint Moth accordion,
Paul Seacroft Lap Steel guitar.
Klinker Club at The Olive
18 Stoke Newington High Street
London N16 7PL 

Monday 6 February 2012
Nigel Burch voice and banjolele 
and Matt Scott accordion
Door 8pm £6/£3 concessions
Klinker Club reopening night at The Olive
18 Stoke Newington High Street
London N16 7PL 

Saturday 21 January 2012
The Flea-pit Orchestra. 
Nigel Burch voice and banjolele, Dylan Bates violin, 
Richard Lee bass, Mike Pickering drums, Matt Scott accordion.  
Free Entry Door 8.30pm
Onstage at 10.30pm until 2am
The Railway Tavern
7 Station Rise
Tulse Hill
London SE27 9BW

Thursday 12 January 2012
Bad Moth and Lapsed Eel 
Stanley Bad keyboard, Saint Moth accordion,
Paul Seacroft Lap Steel guitar.
Survivors’ Poetry
Poetry Café Covent Garden 
22 Betterton Street 
London WC2H 9BX 

Friday 16 December 2011
Nigel Burch’s Flea-pit Orchestra
Haunted Tattoo Exhibition After Party
Horatia 98 - 100 Holloway Road N7 8JE

Monday 5 December 2011
Cardboard Whale.
Julie Kjær sax, flute, clarinet, Dylan Bates violin, 
Steve Watts double bass, Steve Noble drums, Matt Scott accordion.
Charlie Wrights
45 Pitfield Street
Hoxton
London N1 6DA

Saturday 3 December 2011
Squeezebox Jukebox
Accordion & prepared soundtracks
1 - 6pm Voluntary Donations
Amnesty Fundraiser
Main Bar Stage
Kings Head Theatre Pub
115 Upper Street 
Islington N1 1QN

Friday 28 October 2011
Squeezebox Jukebox
Matt Scott accordion & prepared sounds
Scaledown Club
1 Foley Street 
Fitzrovia
London W1W 6DL

Thursday 20 October 2011
Matt Scott accordion
The Big Draw
Zabludowicz Collection
176 Gallery
176 Prince of Wales Road
London NW5 3PT 

Saturday 10 September 2011
Shelter from the Storm Charity Fete
4pm Angel Upper Street N1.
Nordic Tunes for Norway and Denmark played by Julie Kjær sax, flute, clarinet, Dylan Bates violin, Matt Scott accordion. 

Friday 26 August 2011
Luo Chao Yun, pipa and Matt Scott, accordion,
plus support from Fuck Off Fuck Off Batman 
with Hugh Metcalfe, poetry, guitar, violin, Malcolm Bruce, guitar, Jim Le Baigue, drums.
Klinker
Tottenham Chances
399 High Road
N17 6QN 

Thursday 7 July 2011
Sabotage Sister Syndicate featuring 
Xiaolu Guo words, Steve Barker guitar, 
and Matt Scott accordion at
Southbank Literary Festival
The Blue Room 7.45pm/£8
Spirit Level
The Festival Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London SE1 8XX 

Wednesday 22 June 2011
Cardboard Whale.
Julie Kjær sax, flute, clarinet, Dylan Bates violin, 
Oren Marshall tuba, Paul May drums, Matt Scott accordion.
E17 Jazz
Door 8.30pm/£5
Walthamstowe Cricket Club
48A Greenway Avenue E17 3QN 

Saturday 11 June 2011
Accordion with 
Rude Mechanicals
Wilmington Arms
69 Rosebery Avenue 
London EC1R 4RL

Saturday 28 May 2011
Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, UK.
Live music and poetry reading at literary festival with Xiaolu Guo.
Elmley Foundation Theatre.

Thursday 19 May 2011
Squeezy Bad
Saint Moth and Stanley Bad
Infamous duo sing of Schitzophrenia and Bus Stops at first ever performance in UK following recent unpopular success in Sardinia.
Also playing accordion at this event with Julie Kjær’s band Liquorice Fish, and Rude Mechanicals offshoot, Rude & Uncouth.
Tottenham Chances, 
399 High Road, N17 6QN, London. 

Monday 2 May 2011
Solo accordion performance at Boat-ting on the Thames.
Bar & Co, Temple Pier, Between Waterloo & Blackfriars Bridges, North Bank.

Wednesday 20 April 2011
Accordion with the Rude Mechanicals
A musical theatrical whirl of punk, poetry, film and anarchy. 
The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, London E8 3AS. 

Friday 15 - Monday 18 April 2011
All Ireland Accordion Festival
Premieres of new compositions 
and performances in competition.
Navan, Ireland.

Thursday 24 - Sunday 27 March 2011
Presenting screenings and discussions of five films with my music and a live performance at 
Cinémathèque Suisse, 
Lausanne, Switzerland. 
See dates below...

Sunday 27 March 2011
Presenting screenings at the
Cinémathèque Suisse, Switzerland.
Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon 
3 Allée Ernest-Ansermet, 1003 Lausanne.
15h Far and Near
15h30 The Concrete Revolution

Saturday 26 March 2011
Presenting screenings at the
Cinémathèque Suisse, Switzerland.
Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon 
3 Allée Ernest-Ansermet, 1003 Lausanne.
15h Once Upon A Time Proletarian
21h How Is Your Fish Today?

Friday 25 March 2011
Live poetry & music performance 
from the Metaphysical Cinema Syndicate
at the Cinémathèque Suisse, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Cinéma Capitole, Avenue du Théâtre.
19h Sabotage Sister aka Xiaolu Guo poetry, 
Steve Spark guitar, and Matt Scott accordion.

Thursday 24 March
Presenting screening at the
Cinémathèque Suisse, Switzerland.
Salle Paderewski, Casino de Montbenon 
3 Allée Ernest-Ansermet, 1003 Lausanne.
18h30 Far and Near
19h The Concrete Revolution
21h Once Upon A Time Proletarian

Thursday 10 March 2011
Liquorice Fish
Julie Kjær sax, flute,
Dylan Bates violin, Matt Scott accordion.
Poetry Café Covent Garden 
22 Betterton St. London WC2H 9BX 

1 - 9 March 2011
Stanley Bad voice, violin & Matt Scott voice, accordion.
Original songs and music tour Sardinia, Italy. 

Tuesday 8 March 2011
Stanley Bad voice, violin & Matt Scott voice, accordion.
Original songs and music in on a rooftop in Bosa, Sardinia, Italy.

Monday 7 March 2011
Stanley Bad voice, violin & Matt Scott voice, accordion.
Original songs and music at Dr Luigi’s accountancy offices, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

Sunday 6 March 2011
Stanley Bad voice, piano, violin & Matt Scott voice, accordion.
Original songs and music at 
Sa Mesa, Decimomannu, Cagliari, 
Sardinia, Italy.

Saturday 5 March 2011
Stanley Bad voice, piano, violin & Matt Scott voice, accordion.
Original songs and music at 
Luca’s, San Gregorio, near Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

Friday 4 March 2011
Stanley Bad voice, keyboard, violin & Matt Scott voice, accordion.
Original songs and music at Spazio P. gallery, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

Tuesday 1 March 2011
Stanley Bad voice, violin & Matt Scott voice, accordion.
Original songs and music at Roberta’s, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.

Wednesday 23 February 2011
Cardboard Whale
Julie Kjær sax, flute, clarinet, Dylan Bates violin, 
John Edwards bass, Paul May drums, Matt Scott accordion.
Flim Flam at Ryan's
181 Stoke Newington Church Street N16 

Thursday 3 February 2011 
Accordion with the Rude Mechanicals
to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Metal Rabbit with a musical theatrical whirl of punk, poetry, film and anarchy. 
The Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Rd, Dalston, London E8 3AS.

Friday 28 January 2011
Nigel Burch voice and banjolele, 
Dylan Bates violin, Matt Scott accordion.
Tottenham Chances, 399 High Road, N17 6QN, London. 

Saturday 8 January 2011
The Flea-pit Orchestra. 
Nigel Burch voice and banjolele, Dylan Bates violin, 
Richard Lee bass, Matt Scott accordion.  
at The Vortex 11 Gillet Square N16 8AZ

Friday 31 December 2010
New Year’s Eve. Play accordion 
with Miss Roberts vocals, Cos Chapman guitar, Dylan Bates violin, Nigel Burch voice and banjolele, and Django Bates piano 
at Tottenham Chances, 399 High Road, N17 6QN, London.

Thursday 16 December 2010
Solo accordion performance
Survivors’ Poetry in honour of Hugh Metcalfe, 
Tottenham Chances, 399 High Road, N17 6QN, London 

Thursday 10 December 2010
Once Upon a Time a Proletarian 
(Venice Film Festival Official Selection 2009)
Screening in Moving Worlds Film Festival in Dublin at the Irish Film Institute

Monday 6 December 2010
Play accordion with Liquorice Fish
Julie Kjær clarinet, sax, flute, Dylan Bates violin. 
The Yacht Club, Temple Pier, Temple tube,
Between Waterloo & Blackfriars Bridges, North Bank

Thursday 25 November 2010
Solo accordion performance.
Survivors’ Poetry, Tottenham Chances, 
399 High Road, N17 6QN, London

Saturday 30 October 2010
Resonance Radio Live Studio Broadcast - Disorder at the Border
Play accordion with Cardboard Whale
Julie Kjær clarinet, sax, flute, Dylan Bates violin, pocket trumpet.

Friday 29 October 2010
Play with Hugh Metcalfe at the Scaledown Club
King & Queen, 1 Foley Street, London W1W 6DL

Thursday 28 October 2010
Play accordion with Liquorice Fish
Julie Kjær clarinet, sax, flute, Dylan Bates violin.
Survivors’ Poetry, Tottenham Chances, 
399 High Road, N17 6QN, London

Saturday 16 October 2010
Live performance with Xiaolu Guo’s poetry 
at the Parkteatret, Oslo.

Saturday 16 October 2010
Once Upon a Time Proletarian 
screening at Moscow Film Festival

Friday 15 to Sunday 17 October 2010
Presenting screening of Once Upon a Time Proletarian 
in Oslo Films From the South Festival

1 October to 8 October 2010
Once Upon a Time Proletarian 
screening in Bucharest Film Festival

Thursday 23 September 2010
Play accordion with Liquorice Fish
Julie Kjær clarinet, sax, flute, Dylan Bates violin.
Survivors’ Poetry, Tottenham Chances, 
399 High Road, N17 6QN, London

Sunday 9 May 2010
Once Upon a Time Proletarian 
screening at Bristol Watershed Cinema 

Wednesday 28 April 2010
Play accordion with Cardboard Whale -
Julie Kjær sax, Dylan Bates violin, 
Dominic Lash bass, Paul May drums
Flim Flam at Ryan's
181 Stoke Newington Church Street N16

Saturday 24 April 2010
Play accordion on with Nigel Burch’s
the Fleapit Orchestra and Oren Marshall on tuba at
Hootananny Brixton

Thursday 22 April 2010
Play accordion with troubadour Nigel Burch at
Survivors’ Poetry, Tottenham Chances, 
399 High Road, N17 6QN, London

Saturday 10 April 2010
Once Upon a Time Proletarian 
screening at BFI Southbank in London

Sunday 4 April 2010
Once Upon a Time Proletarian 
screening at Hong Kong International Film Festival 

Friday 19 March 2010
Presenting screening of How Is Your Fish Today?
at Cinéréel, Pompidou Centre Paris.

Friday 19 March 2010
Presenting screening of Once Upon a Time Proletarian 
at Cinéréel, Pompidou Centre Paris.

Sunday 21 March 2010
Presenting a masterclass with director Xiaolu Guo at Pompidou Centre Paris

Wednesday 24 March 2010
Presenting screenings of 
The Concrete Revolution & Far and Near
at Cinéréel, MK2 Beaubourg Cinema, Pompidou Centre Paris.

Thursday 25 March 2010
Presenting screening of 
Once Upon a Time Proletarian
Screening at MK2 Beaubourg Cinema 
Pompidou Centre Paris

Tuesday 29 December 2009
Solo performance as Squeezebox Jukebox for the Klinker Club’s 12 month closing party
 at Klinker Tottenham Chances

Thursday 17 December 2009
Playing accordion improvisation with 
Graham Wright trombone, Steve Noble drums, and Moshi Honen guitar at  Klinker, Cross Kings, Kings Cross.

Wednesday 16 December 2009
Live improvisations with Paul Shearsmith (Echo City) on pocket trumpet and trombone and Hugh Metcalfe (Fuck Off Batman) on guitar and poetry at Gathering Event, St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Road, London NW1 1UH

Tuesday 15 December 2009
Live solo piano accompaniment to film by Hugh Metcalfe 
& guest accordion appearance playing on Nigel Burch’s songs at the Klinker, Tottenham Chances, 399 High Road, N17 6QN, London.

Tuesday 10 November 2009
Solo performance as Squeezebox Jukebox at the Klinker Ballroom, Tottenham Chances, 399 High Road, N17 6QN, London.

Thursday 5 November 2009
Playing accordion with Paul Shearsmith (Echo City) on pocket trumpet and trombone Patrick Conway (Builder's Crack) on piano and Hugh Metcalfe on guitar and poetry at 
Klinker Unplugged, Cross Kings, Kings Cross.

Saturday 31 October 2009
Once Upon a Time Proletarian screening in at Vienna Film International Festival Austria.

Saturday 10 October 2009
Once Upon a Time Proletarian screening in at Gent Film International Festival Belgium.

Thursday 8 October 2009
Once Upon a Time Proletarian screening in at Pusan International Film Festival South Korea.

Saturday 19 September 2009
Relay at 2.13pm in multiple venues in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Playing at and moving between several different venues in the 2:13 Club Relay event improvising with constantly changing trios of musicians.

Tuesday 15, Wednesday 16, & Friday 18 September 2009
North America Première of film Once Upon a Time Proletarian
screening in competition at Toronto Film Festival Canada.

Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 September 2009
Europe Première of film Once Upon a Time Proletarian in competition at Venice Film Festival Italy.

Sunday 23 August 2009
Afternoon solo performance as Squeezebox Jukebox
Stoke Newington Festival, Ryans Bar, 181 Church Street N16 0UL

Evening guest accordion appearance with Nigel Burch and Dylan Bates at Barden’s Boudoir to close the Stoke Newington Festival. 
Matt Scott performs solo concerts on the bayan, a classical freebass accordion, and the bandoneón, playing freely improvised music, his own compositions, and accompanying songs, film, drama, and dance.
 
Tours have encompassed performing with fellow resident musicians of the Omi International Art Center in New York, fellows of the Atina residency in Lazio central Italy, festivals in Puglia, southern Italy, and in Sardinia, work with Chinese poet Xiaolu Guo in Paris, Oslo, Lausanne, and San Francisco, an award winning première of a solo bayan composition for the All Ireland Accordion Festival, and a live soundtrack for a newly discovered feature length silent film of the late 19th century Italian family circus dynasty Circo Togni, at the Sheffield Documentary Film Festival in England.
 
Regularly appearing on the experimental music scene and at the Klinker Club in London, which he has run since 1997 with Hugh Metcalfe, he has held a weekly solo residency at London’s Vortex Jazz Club, performed an original solo accordion composition for the Royal Academy of Music Accordion Department 25 Year Anniversary celebrations, and featured as guest soloist for the Bitten By A Monkey Presents series.
 
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