For the past twenty-five years, Mark Matos’ cinematic blend of folk, blues, lo-fi, avant-garde, southern noir and spiritual jazz has been the sonic foundation of his work as producer and front-man of Trans Van Santos, Os Beaches and Campo Bravo, as well as his studio collaborations with Dead Meadow’s Jason Simon (Old Mexico), Patti Smith band’s Oliver Ray, The Golden Boots, The Blank Tapes, Nathaniel Rateliff, and Iggy & The Stooges’ Steve Mackay.

His music has been featured on soundtracks for award-winning independent films by James Franco and others. His songs have been played on NPR, KEXP, and community and college radio stations from Bogata, Colombia to Columbia, South Carolina. He has performed at music festivals, old theaters, living rooms, and questionable night clubs in twelve countries and much of the United States.

A fiercely independent and anti-establishment artist, Matos lives a humble and electric life in real time, surrounded by secondhand books and physical albums. He wakes up most days in Arizona, where he writes, performs, records music, and doesn’t give a shit about Spotify playlists or his dismal social media numbers.

He helms the DIY preservation project Autonomous Music Preservation Society, where he works with people like Michael Ivins, a founding member of the Flaming Lips, to host listening parties, rock & roll shows, Q&As, and educational happenings.

Mark Matos’ Mingus Mountain Blues is available now across most digital platforms, and on physical media at his live shows and in a handful of local record stores sprinkled across the American West.