As a one-man ‘obscure orchestra’, Matt plays over twenty instruments collected from around the world, composing uncommon music from wholly organic sounds. Steeped in world music since childhood, his multi-layered compositions exploring the grey areas between cultures; evoking soundtracks to curious international arthouse films with forest adventures, heists, feisty heroines and sentient plants, and animated by Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli. ‘Birdnest Hair’ is a playful and sonically exuberant celebration of womanhood and scrappy optimists, inspired by the incredible women in Matt’s life and a newly minted god-daughter, Wednesday. Featuring an all woman gang-vocal chorus, field recorded nature sounds, tabla by world musician Ravi Singh, and a ragbag of eclectic instruments played by Matt. The music video is hand drawn frame-by-frame by Ashleigh Djokic, a Brisbane visual artist and theatre maker who also provides ‘playschool rap’ vocals for the song. Inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli, this video is mind-melding of Ashleigh and Matt’s sensibilities and love of animation and kooky aesthetics. Find the video on YouTube.