4mat

{{short description|British electronic musician, sound designer, and video game composer}}

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| birth_name = Matthew Simmonds

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| origin = United Kingdom{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/chipzels-complete-history-of-chiptune-939/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222043456/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/8gdb7p/chipzels-complete-history-of-chiptune-939 |archive-date=22 December 2019 |title=Music Made On Game Boys Is a Much Bigger Deal Than You'd Think|publisher=Vice|date=4 November 2014|access-date=12 February 2015|first=Niamh|url-status=live|last=Houston}}{{cite web|url=http://amp.dascene.net/detail.php?view=10&detail=interview|title=4mat - Interview|publisher=Amiga Music Preservation|date=2001|access-date=11 February 2015|author=Crown}}

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| genre = Electronic music, chiptune

| occupation = Composer, musician, sound designer

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| years_active = 1989–present{{cite book|last1=Collins|first1=Karen|title=From Pac-Man to Pop Music: Interactive Audio in Games and New Media|date=28 January 2013|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|pages=224|isbn=9781409494195|edition=Kindle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vc-hAgAAQBAJ|access-date=8 February 2015}}

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| website = {{URL|4mat.bandcamp.com}}

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Matthew Simmonds, also known as 4mat or 4-Mat, is an English electronic musician, sound designer, and video game composer best known for his chiptunes written in tracker software.{{cite web|url=http://www.theongaku.com/posts/matt-simmonds-on-the-design-of-4mat-chipmusic|title=Matt Simmonds on the design of 4mat chipmusic|publisher=The Ongaku|date=13 January 2015|access-date=8 February 2015|author=Jeriaska}} He began his career in the demoscene of the early 1990s composing on the Amiga.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiegames.com/2010/07/depth_music_qa_4mats_decades.html|title=Depth Music Q&A: 4mat's Decades|work=Indie Games|publisher=UBM plc|date=5 July 2010|access-date=8 February 2015|author=Jeriaska|archive-date=1 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601060911/http://www.indiegames.com/2010/07/depth_music_qa_4mats_decades.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hugi.scene.org/online/hugise03/hugi%2036%20-%20demoscene%20interviews%20magic%20portrait%204-mat%20of%20orb%20&%20ate%20bit.htm|title=Portrait: 4-Mat of Orb & Ate Bit|publisher=Hugi Magazine|access-date=8 February 2015|author=Magic of Nah-Kolor}}