Matthew Daher
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Stretching the pocket on this slow folding and unfolding floor phrase in class by
On phrases like this one when there is more space and looseness for dancers to be in the phrase together but moving through it at their own speed, I love to capture that vibe in the drums - holding a more stable anchor in the kick and hi-hat and letting the phrases on snare and toms drag back and catch up, stretching the pocket with breath and gooeyness that opens it up and holds it together at the same time ✨
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10/16/2025
Friday 10.24 at the Detroit Public Library Main Branch’s Friday Concert Series:
performs “The Wisdom to Know the Difference”
4 pm on the 3rd floor, free and open to the public
The Wisdom to Know the Difference (WTKTD) is Matthew Daher’s electroacoustic solo project exploring the limits and possibilities of control and agency on both sonic and spiritual levels. Using Ableton Live, contact mic drum triggers, and apTrigga samplers, Daher processes acoustic drums and vocals, blends them with lush textures, and triggers other sonic events from the drumkit at varying degrees of randomness. Song-structured webs of intended and unintended sonic consequences emerge in generative, genre blurring compositions that draw on ambient, jazz, art-rock, freak folk, and hip-hop influences.
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Started my 10th year creating sounds in real time for dance classes at this semester. Working collaboratively with embodied kinetic energy week in and week out has shaped who I am as a musician on so many levels. Every time I walk into the studio is a new opportunity to develop more presence and responsiveness and delve into unfolding textural and rhythmic nuance. Grateful for all the students and teachers I’ve worked with over the years, and all the trust and leeway I’ve been given to be and grow into who I am ever becoming sonically and offer that to the space each day.
Phrase from class taught by
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