About — Matthew John

I was about eleven when I started taking a serious interest in computers. I was curious about everything behind a screen: understanding how programs worked, discovering new technologies and experimenting, often simply for the pleasure of learning something new.

At the same time my interest in music was growing. At sixteen I began to realise that these two passions could live side by side and, above all, complete each other. Technology let me give shape to my musical ideas, experiment with new sounds and turn something I had in my head into something concrete.

Since then I have kept following both paths, first out of curiosity and then professionally as well.

My path in IT

My interest in computing began self-taught, long before I imagined it would become my job. Over the years I deepened my knowledge through my studies at SSIG in Bellinzona, continuing education and, above all, hands-on experience.

Today I work as IT manager at L+G SA (LG Swiss Broker), one of the leading insurance brokers in the Canton of Ticino.

I look after the management and evolution of the company’s IT infrastructure, from systems security to cloud services, through to developing solutions that improve and automate work processes.

A large part of my work concerns digital transformation, in particular the Microsoft ecosystem, automation and the integration of artificial intelligence into business processes.

It is a job I enjoy because it is never really static. Technologies change, new possibilities emerge and there is always something to understand, design or improve.

Music

Music has played an equally important role in my life.

I studied for about ten years at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, building the musical foundations that later went with me into composition and electronic music production.

In 2012, in Milan, meeting the record producer Mirco Deangelis brought me into professional production and led me to work on projects for records, radio and television.

In 2013 I started performing as a DJ under the name Falls From Saturn, pairing the performances with music production, including work as a ghost producer for other artists.

In 2015 I founded KPM together with Patrick Carinci and Kevin Rotta.

Since 2023 I have taught music production at the Accademia Ticinese di Arti Sceniche (ATAS), where I also compose the music for its shows. More recently I have also started working on the artistic and musical development of emerging bands and artists.

Production remains one of my favourite ways of expressing creativity. I like starting from an idea, experimenting and working on it until it takes the shape I had imagined. Sometimes the result is completely different from where it began, and that is part of the beauty of it.

Beyond work

I am a curious person, probably too curious. When something catches my attention, I tend to dig into it until I understand at least its basic principles.

I am very interested in philosophy, above all for its ability to question what we take for granted. I believe that learning to change perspective matters as much in personal life as it does at work.

I am fascinated by how technology evolves, and by artificial intelligence in particular, not only for what it can do today but for the possibilities it could open up in the years ahead. I like experimenting first-hand with new tools and understanding what they can actually offer.

I do not think you necessarily have to choose a single field to specialise in and stop exploring everything else. Computing and music have taught me different things, but both keep feeding my desire to learn.

And I believe this is what represents me most:

The curiosity to discover something new, and the drive to do it a little better every time.