Mateo & Matos
| Mateo & Matos | |
|---|---|
| Origin | New York, United States |
| Genres | House |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels |
King street sounds (1995) Glasgow Underground Recordings (1997) Spiritual life music (1998) West End Records (2006) |
| Website | www.myspace.com/mateomatos |
| Members |
John "Roc" Mateo Eddie "E-Z" Matos |
Mateo & Matos is a team of two deejays and house music producers John "Roc" Mateo and Eddie "E-Z" Matos from New York City, United States.
History
John "Roc" Mateo and Eddie "E-Z" Matos were both influenced by late 1970s disco.[1] John Mateo started by broadcasting sets over his CB radio in 1985.[2] It was through this self-produced show that Eddie Matos first made contact with John Mateo.[2] They became friends and shortly afterward became professional partners. They have been inspired by listening to Larry Levan, Tony Humphries, Shep Pettibone and Little Louie Vega.[1] They were introduced to Vega later that year, learning about studio production and engineering from him, and by 1989, they were working on their own productions.[1] In the years from 1986 through 1989 Mateo & Matos performed at a large number of club festivals and old school block parties in the tri-state area of New York. After several releases on their own Final Cut Records label, they went on to record for Oxygen Music Works, Henry Street, Nervous Records, Nite Grooves and Spiritual Life Music in the mid-1990s. Their debut album as producers, New York Rhythms, appeared on the Scottish Glasgow Underground Recordings label in 1997, with a second volume appearing the following year. In 1999, these were followed by The Many Shades of Mateo & Matos.[1]
They've since brought their work to deejay appearances in over 30 countries and dozens of original productions and remixes on record labels such as Manuscript Records Ukraine, King Street Records, Defected Records, and Large Records.[3]
Discography[4]
- 1994 - Raw elements - Black label Recordings
- 1996 - Essential elements - Nite Grooves
- 1997 - New York rhythms - Glasgow Underground Recordings
- 1997 - Deeper dimensions EP (part 2) - Nite grooves
- 1998 - Mixed moods EP - Spiritual Life Music
- 1998 - New York rhythms Remix EP - Glasgow Underground Recordings
- 1998 - New York rhythms Volume two - Glasgow Underground Recordings
- 1998 - Images EP - 4th Floor Records
- 1999 - Frontiers EP - Large records
- 1999 - The Many Shades of Mateo & Matos - Glasgow Underground Recordings
- 2001 - Inspirations - Glasgow Underground
- 2002 - After midnite EP - Large records
- 2003 - Enter Our World - Glasgow Underground
- 2004 - Essential elements - Nite Grooves
- 2006 - Soul spirit EP - West End Records
- 2010 - Want u tonight - Manuscript Records Ukraine
- 2012 - "House Legends: Mateo & Matos" - King Street Sounds (#KSD204)
Remixes
- 1995 - Lift him up - King street sounds
- 1995 - Sex on my mind - King street sounds
- 1997 - Get up (remixes) - Nervous Records
- 1998 - Beng Beng Beng - Sound of Barclay
- 2001 - Faith - D:Vision records
- 2005 - Joey Negro in the house - ITH Records
- 2006 - For the love of house - ITH Records
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bush, John "Mateo & Matos Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mateo & Matos - Essential Elements", Resident Advisor
- ↑ Official website at MySpace
- ↑ Mateo & Matos Discogs profile