This is me and mats first tv gig recorded in umeå 1981.
Mats фberg blind.
He is also a member of mats morgan band a band with fellow zappa s universe drummer morgan ågren mats öberg is blind since birth.
This footage is from the work on elliot elliot s third album yeah low.
The band is a showcase for their virtuosic skills on their respective instruments as well as their compositional skills.
But also with frank zappa as you can see raving over mats qualities in an interview from 1988 youtube.
Mats morgan began in 1981 just piano and drums and we composed everything together.
Swedish born mats öberg and morgan agren have been playing together since childhood.
He was born blind and music and sound was everything for him.
Morgan ågren has been a drummer since age four.
Mats was two years old when he began listening to music.
1 han spelar bland annat i mats morgan band tillsammans med morgan ågren bandet ursprungligen kallat zappstetoot bildades redan 1981 när mats var 10 år och morgan 14 inför en spelning på ett musikkafé i yttertavle utanför umeå där de helt utan gemensamma.
Mats morgan band formerly hot rats and zappsteetoot is a band that features morgan ågren and mats öberg morgan is a drummer and composer and mats is a keyboard player and composer.
Finally got this digitalized from the original vhs.
We moved to stockholm in the late 80s and began composing separately then meeting and recording.
Mats blind since birth is a keyboard player vocalist who invokes zappa esque writing with a sound not completely unlike stevie wonder.
They organically combine humor and imagination.
Blind since birth as stevie wonder and ray charles another great blind piano player mats has been playing with everyone on the music scene in sweden.
Morgan plays an assault of technically proficient and tasteful percussion.
Together with the longtime meshuggah bassist gustaf hielm and stefan jernståhl on guitar and synthesizer the blind keyboard wizard mats öberg and morgan ågren voted the number 1 fusion drummer in modern drummer magazine s 2010 reader s poll create a highly adventurous experience.
Mats öberg född 25 februari 1971 i umeå är en svensk pianist keyboardist öberg är blind sedan födseln.
Mats öberg born february 25 1971 is a swedish pianist perhaps best known for having played with the musician frank zappa as a guest in 1988 and for his part in the zappa s universe tribute concert series.
