Pyrofon welcomes composer Matt Rogers to the fold. The embodiment of genre-defiance, Matt (a.k.a. Gameshow Outpatient, a.k.a. The Something Puffs) writes classical concert music, opera, prog-punk, chiptune and experimental electronica. He has been artist in residence at Southbank Centre, Tokyo Wondersite and Royal Opera, and his music has been called ‘spellbindingly beautiful’ (TEMPO), ‘neurotic, fiercely atmospheric’ (The Times), ‘strikingly original’ (The Spectator), ‘crazed motherboard abuse’ (We Need No Swords), and ‘pretty damn great’ (Bleep).

His first release on Pyrofon is Haunt Game, a collaboration with acclaimed author M. John Harrison. Recipient of the presitigious Goldsmiths Prize for his novel The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again, Harrison continues to elude categorisation with his most recent offering, the sublime anti-memoir Wish I Was Here. Further probing at boundaries, Haunt Game sees the author performing words adapted from Wish I Was Here, with composer Rogers deftly weaving them into an audiobook from a fever dream.

From the liner notes: 'Over time, we come to be haunted by our previous selves, by their thoughts and words, the sounds they have heard and made. In Haunt Game, M. John Harrisonʼs text about a life in writing and Matt Rogersʼs music, a collaged retrospective, haunt themselves and each other.'

Haunt Game is released digitally on 22nd December 2023, with CD to follow early 2024. Head over to the release page to listen now and pre-order.