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Sieben Is One Of The Many Projects Of The Musical Artist Matt Howden. Matt Howden Has Worked As Producer Songwriter Session Musician And Score Composer. He Currently Lives In Sheffield UK. Whilst Sieben Is His Most Well Known Creation He Has Been A Collaborator With The Raindogs Portugal Sol Invictus UK Tony Wakeford UK L'Orchestra Noir UK L'Âme Immortelle AT Emilie Autumn USA Faith And The Muse USA Of The Wand And The Moon DK Larsen IT Chris Eckman USA Spiritual Front IT Shock Headed Peters UK Hekate DE Job Karma PL The Mystery School USA HaWthorn UK And Many Others. He Releases Neoclassical Music Under His Own Name. Matt’s Main Instrument Is Violin And He Is Entirely Self-Taught. The Story Goes That At 18 He Was Given A Friend’s Grandfather’s Violin And Then Alienated Friends And Family Over A Two Year Period Finally Unleashing Himself Upon An Unsuspecting Public In The Streets Of Newark Lincoln And Grantham. He Moved To Sheffield In 1986 And Was Part Of The Vibrant Music Scene In Sheffield Playing In The Glass Hammers Pigsix 4 Yonni And Stiki. Sieben Exists Because Of The Classic Chinese Text I Ching. Matt Was Given A Reading By A Friend Which Told Him To Make Music He Wanted To Not The Music He Thought People Would Like. This Led To Matt Throwing Himself Into A Fully Solo Career Which Indulged And Channelled His Fantasy And Passion Into Violin And Voice. The Premise And Spirit Of Sieben Is Layers – Layers Of Instrument And Voice That Hypnotically Draws You Into A World Of Emotion. Lyrically The Themes Shift And Change From Album To Album But Are Linked By The Same Sense Of Dissonance – The Smooth Superficially Melodious Voice Belies The Dark Quick Twisted Stories. Intelligent Quirky Use Of Metaphor And Archaic Language Is Set Against A Backdrop Of Texture Rich Music. The First Sieben Album Is ‘Forbid The Sun's Escape' 1999 On Tony Wakeford's Label Tursa And Distributed By World Serpent. The Second Album Was 'The Line And The Hook' 2001 On Matt's Own Label Redroom. Sieben Then Signed To Trisol And Released On Their Sublabel Iceflower The Albums 'Our Solitary Confinement' 2002 Which Was Album Of The Month In Germany's Orkus Magazine ‘Sex And Wildflowers’ 2003 ‘Ogham Inside The Night' 2005 ‘High Broad Field’ 2006 And ‘Desire Rites’ 2007 . Then Matt Howden Returned Sieben To His Own Label Redroom And There Released 'As They Should Sound' 2009 'Star Wood Brick Firmament' 2010 And 'No Less Than All' 2012 . As Alluded To Within Album Credits And Lyrics Matt Has A Deep Love Of Burnley F.C. Curry Kebabs And Cider From Wilkes Farm Somerset. The Central Place Of The Violin And Howden's Unusual Way Of Playing It Give's Sieben A Distinct Sound Which Makes Comparison Difficult. Whilst Sieben Is Frequently Classified As Neofolk Gothic & Experimental And Could Be As Well Described As Alternative Indie Melancholy Freak Folk ....The List Goes On. Definitively Sieben And Matt Howden Are Best Described As Unique. Sieben's Home Page Is Located At Http //www.Matthowden.Com/ read less