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Matt Hill cut his teeth in 1990s New York, drumming with indie grunge band Cow in Plaid while working at Tower Records. He moved to Lismore for a guitar performance degree and then on to Melbourne, where he joined ambient instrumental trio amphibian — performing at festivals and major venues across Australia, supporting artists like David Bridie, Ed Kuepper and Scanner, and touring the UK. Between amphibian shows, he spent time field recording in Europe and Japan before heading to far north Queensland to dive deep into experimental electronic music as part of his PhD. Matt returned to the Northern Rivers in 2006 with a young family and won the 2009 NCEIA Dolphin Award for Best Album with the mostly instrumental Warm Keep Warm, featuring Natalie Carey, Dave Ades, Cleis Pearce, Jamie Pattugalan and Thierry Fossemalle. A run of song-based albums followed — Stars and the Moon and Satellites was a 2019 NCEIA Best Album finalist, while Sombre Mountain (2021) and Box & Whisper Plot (2024) feature Brett Canning (Missy Higgins and The Audreys) on bass, Scott Hills (Graeme Conners, The Flood) on drums, and his daughter Gabriella Hill guesting on clarinet and saxophone. Beyond his own records, Matt has collaborated as performer, composer and sound designer across film, theatre, dance and video, including the NORPA production Engine, Grayson Cooke's Bonnywood Rising and After-Image, and Paul Yacono's film Mu.