All music in the podcast is composed and performed by Chimé Mattis unless otherwise noted.

Chimé Mattis is a songwriter, vocalist and musician who has been studying and playing music since he was a child. He received his B.F.A. at CalArts in World Music and Percussion and did post graduate studies in composition at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil.  He lived in Latin America for 20 years and was further exposed and influenced by a number of the musical traditions there.  In 2003 he released his first solo CD “Map Home”. A large portion of his recent body of recordings were written, arranged and performed  by Chimé in a small off-the-grid cabin high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Southern Colorado while on a long-term retreat. 

His lifelong passion is the merging of art and spirituality.  In addition to using traditional instruments in his recordings, his inventive use of unconventional sounds and “instruments” enhances the sonic palette and texture of his musical voice.

He particularly owes this recent musical output and vision to his long-term spiritual retreat and practice which has taught him how to get out of his own way and relate to his music, writing and life with newfound boldness and openness.