Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra

Matt Hsu is a Taiwanese-Australian musician and composer who records and performs as Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra.[1] In 2020, he became a Queensland Music Awards winner in the world music category[2] and has been identified as "one of the freshest feeling projects in Australian music right now."[3] Matt is also known as the co-founder, trumpet player and songwriter for the folk punk band The Mouldy Lovers.[4] Matt's 2019 debut album 'The Shirt Album' is notable for having been released "in the form of an organic fair-trade T-shirt in place of a CD" with the aim of reducing potential plastic waste.[5] The album features collaborations with noted Tibetan musician Tenzin Choegyal, Triple J Unearthed Sprung Hip Hop winner Blaq Carrie,[6] and Japanese musician Kenta Hayashi.[7] As a 'one-person orchestra' he has performed at TEDx and Australia's BIGSOUND Festival, and has been featured on SBS World News.[8]

Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra
Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra photographed by Aimee Catt, 2017.
Background information
BornBrisbane
GenresExperimental music, art pop, bedroom pop
Occupation(s)Composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
InstrumentsTrumpet, clarinet, accordion, double bass, mbira, trombone, marimba, vibraphone, percussion
Websiteobscureorchestra.com

References
  1. "Watch this Brisbane muso play 15 different instruments on folk-rap track". Brisbane Times. 24 November 2018.
  2. "2020 Winners". Queensland Music Awards. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. "Difference is magic: Matt Hsu chats his Obscure Orchestra, and the rapper he needs to complete it". Happy Mag. April 18, 2018.
  4. "Artists: Matt Hsu". BEMAC. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. "PREMIERE: Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra debuts The Shirt Album on an actual shirt". Happy Mag. 7 March 2019.
  6. "Triple J Unearthed: Blaq Carrie". Triple J Unearthed. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  7. "Kenta Hayashi: The Looping Master". scenestr. 22 April 2016.
  8. "Artist re-imagines platforms for releasing music". No Walls. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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