Matthew Cha is a Washington DC-based electroacoustic multi-instrumentalist and composer from Seoul, Korea. Presently making music under the mononym Cha (and previously releasing music as DISQO VOLANTE), he fuses a background in jazz, a love affair with techno, and an astute awareness of post-internet aesthetic. Cha’s unique style, centered around his saxophone and live synthesis, incorporates extended explorations of spontaneity + cognition, minimalism and techno, with a careful ear towards modern Asian flair. Cha describes his music as technojazz. Matthew Cha’s live performances capture the sounds, colours, and ideas from his multicultural background and passionate interest in contemporary and historical experimental musics. Trained as a jazz saxophonist, he aims to perform pieces that celebrate the storytelling capability of long-format compositions, but remain accessible with an updated improvisational paradigm and use of new music technology. A hi-output aficionado, Cha has refurbished and deployed two vintage club PA systems in venues in Washington DC and Durham NC, and in 2022 joined Durham’s Slingshot Festival team as a sound system specialist. Since then, he has headed the fully independent record label Eklektik Elektrik.