Biography
In 1999, Matu and Meienberg established their duo project, everest, in Bern, Switzerland. Their work is ambient-driven electronic music, with a distinctive affection for organic sounds. everest use a wide variety of field recordings, fragmented and looped samples, abstract beats, and melodic soundscapes.
Following their debut EP inhalight (2002), the critically acclaimed album heimlich maneuver (2004), and several titles released on compilations, everest is hard at work on their upcoming album, which drops in spring 2007.