====== Matt Frantz ======

Industrial Noise

Experimental sound recordings, usually conceptual in nature. Former guitarist for [[Dark Audio Ensemble]]. Records under various names like Graphic Versus, Liar's Paradise, and Red Rum Trance.

===== Discography =====

| 1997 | Graphic Verses | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2019/12/19/graphic-verses-graphic-verses/|Graphic Verses]] | Independent Opposition |
| 1997 | Matt Frantz | The Fluoxetine Effect: Mystery/Suspense | Independent Opposition |
| 1998 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2020/01/25/red-rum-trance-red-rum-trance/|Red Rum Trance]] | Zero Tone | Independent Opposition |
| 1999 | Liar's Paradise | Liar's Paradise | Independent Opposition |
| 2002 | Matt Frantz | A Place Where Time Has No Meaning | Independent Opposition |
| 2011 | Matt Frantz | Transport Device | Independent Opposition |

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==== Graphic Verses ====

1997 Independent Opposition

  - Chapter 1: Hate, Lust, & Depression: An Analyzation Explanation & Attack Of
  - Chapter 2: Confliction: An Analyzation, Explanation & Attack Of
  - Chapter 3: Us: An Analyzation, Explanation & Attack Of
  - Chapter 4: Flood: An Analyzation, Explanation & Desire For

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==== The Fluoxetine Effect: Mystery/Suspense ====

1997 Independent Opposition

  - Onset
  - Controlling/Embracing (Tension)
  - Higher
  - The Thickening
  - Treading On
  - Fateful Compulsion
  - Farther
  - Epilogue

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==== Red Rum Trance - Zero Tone ====

1998 Independent Opposition

  - Shrill Chasm (Down Into The Rabbit Hole, Down Into The Fault Line, What It Is To Be A Chisel)
  - Out Of The Ashes (Diazepam Trance, Traced In Black)
  - Startle-Swarming (He Is Crazy, He Is Really Clever)
  - Rhythmic Clawing (It Wants Out, You Can Hear It, You Can Feel It, What Is It?) 
  - What You're Feeling?/That Scares Me (Marching Rush, What Do You Mean Creativity? I'm Just Writing Down What I'm Feeling) 
  - Creepwalking (Walk Like A Creep, Walking In Your Creep) 
  - Lungs Filling With Fluid (Lungs Still Filling, Swelling Blister, Slowly Convulsing Violin) 
  - Casting Out/Killing Witches (Pushing It Down, Burning It Back)
  - Alpine (Acoustic Fallout, Aerial Trapeze)
  - Oriental Fighting Style (Constant Attack From All Angles At Once) 
  - Lazy Guillotine (Mutating Metal In Motion)
  - Taunt, Taunt, Jab, Jab (Dominant Monkey)
  - Red Rabbit Staring You Down (White Rabbit Turning Red, Chaser, Down Into It)
  - Clash Classical Crash (Confrontational Tones)
  - Sailing Off The Edge Of The Earth (Suspended In Firmament, Clear Through, A Sea Serpent Myth) 
  - Dead Calm (Twelve Feet Deep, Warm And Translucent) 
  - Snap (A Transcription Of A Dream) 

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==== Liar's Paradise ====

1999 Independent Opposition

  - Temptation
  - I Remember When...
  - Welcome to Paradise
  - What They Want is Blood
  - Riptide
  - I Said I Wasn't Going to Give In
  - Me Lying to Me
  - You Have the Right 
  - Pro-Worm Confession
  - How Could You?
  - I Slept With Your Wife
  - The Lover Pays in Cash
  - So It Was, and So It Is
  - Temples Built Merely for Keeping Out Rain
  - Hypocrisy
  - Gained My Trust and Tore Me Apart
  - Mailbox One
  - I Saw the Truth, It's Not Too Late
  - New Man
  - Cleansing
  - Protect Me From Temptation

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==== A Place Where Time Has No Meaning ====

2002 Independent Opposition

  - Wading Through The Murky Swamp (3:56)
  - Repetitive Stress Disorder (4:39)
  - A Place Where Time Has No Meaning (40:00)

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==== Transport Device ====

2011 Independent Opposition

  - Activate (1:00)
  - Programmed Collisions (1:31)
  - Transfer of Energy and Matter (2:11)
  - Illusion of Contact (1:40)
  - Emergency Beacon (1:57)
  - 1984 (1:27)
  - Particle Accelerator (1:23)
  - Ascension (2:46)
  - Rotating Machinery (3:50)
  - Aerial Mine Field (3:34)
  - Stratosphere (7:24)
  - One, Followed by a Million Zeros (4:15)

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==== Compilation Appearances ====

Song on //**Matt Frantz Presents...The Last Signal**// (2004):\\
17) “Oversaturated” (1:00)

Song on //**Positively Charged Electrons**// (1999):\\
15) Red Rum Trance - "Through The Electron Field" (4:14)

Song on //**Machines In The Garden - Part 1 of the Cataclysm Singles**// (1998):\\
04) Red Rum Trance - "Out Of The Ashes" (2:45)

Songs on //**Collapsing Structure - Part 2 of the Cataclysm Singles**// (1998):\\
06) Graphic Verses - "Pure (Abrasive Edit)" (5:55)\\
09) Liar's Paradise - "New Man (2:53)

Song on //**Terra Firma vs. Atmosphere - Part 3 of the Cataclysm Singles**// (1998):\\
16) Shuriken - "Scorched (In Dust Edit)" (3:21)

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===== Links =====
  * [[http://www.independentopposition.com|Matt Frantz Official Website]]
  * [[https://mattfrantz.bandcamp.com|Matt Frantz on BandCamp]]
  * [[http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=111868|SoundClick Profile]]
  * [[http://www.independentopposition.com/graphic-verses.html|Review and Info on "Graphic Verses"]]
  * [[http://www.independentopposition.com/the-fluoxetine-effect.html|Review and Info on "The Fluoxetine Effect"]]
  * [[http://www.independentopposition.com/red-rum-trance.html|Review and Info on "Red Rum Trance"]]
  * [[http://www.independentopposition.com/liars-paradise.html|Review and Info on "Liars Paradise"]]
  * [[http://www.independentopposition.com/a-place-where-time-has-no-meaning.html|Review and Info on "A Place Where Time Has No Meaning"]]
  * [[http://independentopposition.com/transport-device.html|Review and Info on "Transport Device"]]