Mattias Uneback grew up in a family where both his parents and siblings supported him in his interest in music. He got his formal musical education in a music collage and then as a percussionist in The Royal Swedish Army Drum Corps. After finishing his military service he studied more music at high school with a special orientation for guitar. After that he took and completed his degrees at the Music University of Gothenburg. He is now mostly active as the vocalist and double bass player in the internationally acclaimed band The Test Pilots and as the vibraphonist and bandleader of Sweden’s ...read more
Mattias Uneback grew up in a family where both his parents and siblings supported him in his interest in music. He got his formal musical education in a music collage and then as a percussionist in The Royal Swedish Army Drum Corps. After finishing his military service he studied more music at high school with a special orientation for guitar. After that he took and completed his degrees at the Music University of Gothenburg. He is now mostly active as the vocalist and double bass player in the internationally acclaimed band The Test Pilots and as the vibraphonist and bandleader of Sweden’s internationally famous exotica ensemble Ìxtahuele. Mattias is also a much-requested freelancing studio and session musician for radio, TV, clubs and various jazz bands, both in Sweden and internationally. For recreation and fun Mattias has lots of interest; one of them is his longstanding interest in Tiki-culture. He says it’s hard not to like Exotica with it’s jazz-, Latin- and impressionism inspired soundscapes. This is something he really enjoys on the sides of many other musical genres. Music was also his natural entrance ticket in to the fantastic exotic world of Tiki and building his home Tiki-bar and mixing exotic cocktails was something soon to follow. « hide
