Born in Leamington, UK, Mathew "Monty" Adkins initially studied music at undefined, receiving his MA degree with Honors in 1993. He then studied electronic music & analysis with Jonty Harrison at the [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/293393]University of Birmingham[/url], where Adkins also performed with [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/190108]BEAST[/url] (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre) from 1993 to '95.

In 1994, Mathew Adkins first gained international recognition with his electroacoustic works Melt and Clothed in the Soft Horizon. Both received several prestigious awards, including [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/266978]Stockholm Electronic Arts Award[/url] in Sweden, the Résidence Prize (Bourges, France), and the Grand Prix of Musica Nova in Prague, Czech Republic. (These and other electroacoustic works, composed between 1994 and 2000, came out on Fragmented Visions compilation). From 1995 till '97, Adkins served as the undefined director. He further continued his education at the undefined, under the guidance of [a198465], graduating with Ph.D. in Electroacoustic Music in Jan 1998. Since then, Adkins concentrated more on acousmatic concert music and cross-disciplinary, multimedia works. Some of his notable compositions from the era include Neurotransmission (1998), an hour-long acousmatic dance score written for Wayne McGregor, Still Time (2001) for the flutist Alejandro Escuer, [url=https://discogs.com/release/1721454]Symbiont[/url], a 2002 collaboration with Miles Chalcraft, and Nights Bright Daies (2003) devised for the Ictus quartet. Monty Adkins also collaborated extensively with composer [a187400] and recorder player Terri Hron.

Adkins had worked at many European electronic music studios, including Elektronmusikstudion (Stockholm, Sweden), undefined and undefined (Paris, France), undefined (Reims, France), and undefined (Freiburg, Germany). Many of the composer's works were performed and commissioned by leading international festivals and institutions: BBC Radio 3, ZKM, BBC Radio 3, [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/288171]Concours International de Musique Electroacoustique in Bourges[/url], the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, and many others.

In 2006, after Adkins briefly stayed in New Zealand, his compositional approach changed significantly. The artist changed his name to "Monty" for music and academic careers. His music became much more minimalistic and ambient-like, with slowly evolving soundscapes instigating an immersive listening experience. Monty Adkins often collaborated with instrumentalists, such as bassist Pierre Alexandre Tremblay and clarinet players Jonathan Sage and Heather Roche. In 2021, Adkins started a new side-project, Skrika, focused on dark ambient. His debut album Fifth Nature, mastered by Erdem Helvacioğlu, came out on Simon Heath's label BBC Radio 3, which offers 24-bit digital releases.