Chad Matheny releases eccentric, lyrically-dense underground pop music as Emperor X. In his 20s, Matheny paused academic work in physics, philosophy, and composition to spend much of the past two decades performing hundreds of concerts across the U.S. and Europe. Performing with a guitar drum machine, he shars bills with groups like Ratboys, The Hotelier, Foxing, The Front Bottoms, AJJ, and Xiu Xiu. His recordings can be heard in the 2014 Warner Bros. film Veronica Mars, on national radio outlets including RBB in Germany and NPR in the U.S., on soundtracks for non-profit messages by Planned Parenthood and SEIU, and in a multimedia installation by art photographer Joel Sternfeld. He also works as a producer, including on on Sub Pop album "Bits" by jangle punk legends Oxford Collapse alongside Eric Topalski of Don Caballero and on "Ditch Me" by Bar/None up-and-comers Maching Outfits. In addition to releasing on his own Dreams of Field cooperative, he works with labels including Burnt Toast Vinyl, Tiny Engines, and Bar/None Records. A permanent resident of Germany, Matheny lives and records in Brieskow-Finkenheerd, a former power plant town east of Berlin on the Polish-German border.