Matmatah

thumb|Matmatah in 2017 Matmatah is a French rock band, established in 1995 in Brest, Brittany, originally composed of Tristan Nihouarn, Éric Digaire, Jean-François Paillard and Cédric Floc'h.

==History== thumb|Matmatah in Saarang in 2005 The band was established in 1995 when Tristan Nihouarn, who at the time was a student pursuing study of Advanced Mathematics in Brest (western Brittany, France), met Cédric Floc'h who was studying electric engineering in the same city, where they both come from. Both were guitarists and together formed a chanson and guitar duo called the Tricards Twins, playing in a number of bars and pubs in Brittany. They developed a repertoire for playing songs from the sixties and seventies, with the Beatles, Neil Young and Simon and Garfunkel figuring prominently among their influences.