-Matteah Baim was born and raised in Milwaukee, WI.
-She received her BFA from the San Francisco
Art Institute.
-On graduating, Baim moved to New York.
-There, she co-wrote and recorded the song,
Dragon Flys, with Devendra Banhart for his album,
Cripple Crow.
-At the same time, Sierra Casady and Baim formed
Metallic Falcons, a “soft metal” band.
-Their album, Desert Doughnuts, was released
through Touch and Go Records.
-Baim went on to record her first solo album
Death of the Sun, for Revolver USA.
-Mojo Magazine described it as “an intense, moving
communiqué from the edge.”
-Laughing Boy followed soon after.
-For her 2014 album, Falling Theater, Baim worked with
arranger Maxim Moston and members of the NY Phil,
MGMT, The Boys and Girls Choir of Harlem,
Au Revoir Simone, and Antony and the Johnsons
to create a symphonic and rich atmospheric sound.
-Having “a romantic sense of fading opulence,” it
was named as one of Pitchfork’s Contributors’ Top 10s.
-In 2024, she released NUL with Hat & Beard Press.
An album, a collection of lyrics and drawings,
an art book featuring collage work by French artist
Julien Langendorff. It is an audio-visual experience.
T. Cole Rachel writes in the foreword to the book, NUL
is “a document of creative energy and thought.
The collected imagery– a mix of Julien Langendorff’s
wonderfully elliptical collages paired with Matteah’s
drawing and lyrics provide their own experience, one
that is illuminated by hearing the songs in tandem,
but also not dependent on it.”
-Tours with artists, including Perfume Genius, Lower Dens,
Devendra Banhart, and ANOHNI, have taken
her around the globe.
-Baim has also worked to create sound design,
compositions, and on audio editing for TV/ film and
podcasts as well as for a variety of
multi-media projects and installations.
Contact. (say hello).
info@matteahbaim.com
