Matthew Dear
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Matthew Dear | ||
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Background information | ||
Birth name | Matthew Dear | |
Also known as | False, Audion, Jabberjaw | |
Origin | Texas, USA | |
Genre(s) | Electronic music Microhouse |
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Occupation(s) | producer | |
Years active | 1999 to Present | |
Label(s) | Spectral Sound,M_nus,Perlon,Plus 8 |
Texas-born Matthew Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, then becoming inspired by the sound of Detroit Techno. Dear met Sam Valenti IV at a party while attending the University of Michigan, after which the two created the record label Ghostly International based on a shared love of electronic music. Dear’s first single was 1999’s "Hands Up For Detroit" (co-produced by ghettotech pioneer Disco D, who performed under the name Daisha) – successive singles like "Stealing Moves" were issued on Spectral Sound, Ghostly’s dancefloor-based offshoot.
Dear’s first album Leave Luck to Heaven appeared in 2003 and was praised widely as a seminal fusion of pop and minimal techno. The album’s single "Dog Days" became one of Spectral’s best sellers and a favorite of international DJs like Richie Hawtin[citation needed]. Dear followed the album with Backstroke in 2004 and has also begun working under the harder-edged Audion alias, apart from additional monikers False and Jabberjaw.
Contents |
[edit] Discography
[edit] As Matthew Dear
[edit] Solo
Albums:
- 2003 Leave Luck To Heaven (Spectral Sound)
- 2004 Backstroke (Spectral Sound)
- 2003 EP1 (Spectral Sound)
- 2003 EP2 (Spectral Sound)
Singles
- 2000 Irreparably Dented (Spectral Sound)
- 2001 Stealing Moves (Spectral Sound)
- 2003 Dog Days (Spectral Sound)
- 2004 Anger Management / Future Never Again (Spectral Sound)
[edit] Tracks featured on
- 1999 Hands Up For Detroit (Ghostly International)
- 2003 Idol Tryouts: Ghostly International Vol. 1 (Ghostly International)
- 2003 State of the Union EP (Spectral Sound)
- 2005 Spectral Sound Vol. 1 (Spectral Sound)
- 2006 Idol Troyouts: Ghostly International Vol. 2 (Ghostly International)
[edit] Remixing
- 2004 DJ Minx A Walk In The Park (M_nus)
- 2004 Håkan Lidbo Clockwise Rmxs (Shitkatapult)
- 2004 L'usine Flat Remixes (Ghostly International)
- 2004 Monobox The Remixes (Logistic Records)
- 2004 Osborne Bout Ready to Jak Remixes (Spectral Sound)
- 2004 Someone Else + Miskate Rip It Cookie Muenster EP (Foundsound)
- 2005 Circlesquare / Colder 7 Minutes / Shiny Star (Remixes) (Output)
- 2005 The Postal Service We Will Become Silhouettes (Sub Pop)
- 2006 Hot Chip No Fit State (EMI)
[edit] As Audion
- 2004 Kisses EP (Spectral Sound)
- 2004 The Pong EP (Spectral Sound)
- 2005 Just Fucking (Spectral Sound)
- 2006 Suckfish (Spectral Sound)
- 2006 Fabric 27
- 2006 Just a Man / Just a Woman [with Ellen Allien] (Spectral Sound)
- 2006 Mouth to Mouth (Spectral Sound)