January 2009

Mattias Holmgren
Born 1978 in Umeå, Sweden.
CEO and Audio Director of Morningdew Media
Marketing Director of Avtre AB

Likes to solve mysteries (nothing like a good hack), sing & write songs, drum, play guitar and practise all instruments I can get my hands on, visualize, paint & travel with my girlfriend Linda.
I have a wonderful son with Linda called Elliot, born 25:th of April 2008.

Since 2003 I've been running my own media production company called MORNINGDEW MEDIA where I deal with audio & visual design for computer games / web & print.

From time to time I also produce albums with bands.
Released my first album at the age of 17 with the band Naglfar, "Vittra".
After that I've been releasing about one album each year with different projects. Most recently I produced the second album with AZURE "King of stars - Bearer of dark".
I'm also the founder of EMBRACING and joined SUPREME MAJESTY on keyboards durint 2006-2007 for some shows and festivals like Sweden Rock, Tivolirock.
My main instruments are piano and drums. But I also fool around with most rock oriented instruments and my voice.
I love all kinds of interesting music styles, but an album produced by David Foster is always close at hand.
I also listen to Symphony X, Marillion, Enchant, Pain Of Salvation, Meshuggah, Yes, Queen and Dream theater.

I've been programming since I was 15 in:
Today it's mostly actionscript 3.0, php 5, ajax & mysql
But back in the days...
Basic - C64. STOS, GFA basic and Assembler - Atari ST.
Then 1994 some Turbo Pascal and after that ended up doing C++ combined with in-line assembler during schooltime
for my tile game projects "Chug - Endless worlds" and other various map-editors, sprite-painting programs etc.

People I admire:

My parents and family for their everlasting support.

Girlfriend Linda for her love and paintings.
David Foster as a pianoplayer and producer.
Pat Matheny and Ulph Johansson as guitarplayers.
Göran Turborn for a deeper understanding of music.
Mike Portnoy as a drummer.
Andy Latimer as a composer.

Favourite games:

Fable 2, Zelda - Phantom Hourglass, Oblivion, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Dungeon Master, Battlefield 2, Metroid, Castlevania, Lands of lore III, Daggerfall, Arena, Sierra Games, Might & Magic, Jade Empire & Ninja Gaiden.

Games I've completed recently:

Fable 2, Army of two, Kameo, Mass Effect, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Jade Empire, God Of War, Ghost Recon - Advanced warfighter, Baldurs Gate - Dark Allience 2, Dungeons & Dragons - Heroes, Might & Magic XII, Zelda (1, 2 & 3), Metroid.

E-mail: morningdewmedia(at)gmail.com