Matt Darey

Matt Darey
Birth name Matthew Jonathan Darey
Also known as 8-Bit Trip, Bi Boy Action Squad, DSP, Li Kwan, Mash Up, MDM, One Little Arab, Paul Austin, Space Baby, Sunburst, Tekara, Xstasia
Born 29 November 1968
Leicester, England
Genres Trance music, electronic dance music
Labels Armada Music
Associated acts Lost Tribe, Marcella Woods
Website Official Website

Matthew Jonathan "Matt" Darey (born 29 November 1968)[1] is an English trance music producer and a member of Lost Tribe. He is known for his work in the Euphoria trance series and for 'Gamemaster' (as Lost Tribe) and his remixes of Agnelli & Nelson's "El Niño". In 2005, his first major US albums, an EP, Point Zero (featuring the Li Kwan song of the same name), and a double album, Upfront Trance, were released.[2] Matt has sold over two million albums and singles with numerous top 10 and top 20 chart hits.[3]

Career

Darey frequently performs his trance sets at UK clubs such as Gatecrasher and Slinky, and over the internet through a monthly show on Digitally Imported's European Trance station. On 13 August 2005, he debuted a new show on Digitally Imported called Nocturnal, which became a weekly show in April 2006.[4][5]

His single "Beautiful Day", featuring Antoine & Marcia Juell, became a club hit in the US, reaching the Top 25 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music Club Play and hitting the Top 20 on the Hot Dance Airplay chart.

Darey owns a record label, Darey Products, featuring releases from himself and upcoming artists.[6]

Darey wrote and produced the raga house track by Orgasmatron entitled "Rock The Disco", which was released on Universal Records in 1997.

Discography

Albums and EPs

These are the albums that Matt Darey has released under his own name, as opposed to the albums by 'various artists' that he has mixed.

  1. Voice of an Angel (Michael Woods vs. Matt Darey Remix)
  2. Electro Buzz
  3. Nocturnal Delight
  1. Li Kwan – Point Zero (Matt Darey Mix)
  2. Liberation 2004 (Darey vs. Woods Mix) (Listed as track 4)
  3. Lost Tribe – Possessed (Matt Darey Mix) (Listed as track 5)
  4. Lost Tribe – Gamemaster (Michael Woods Mix) (Listed as track 2)
  5. Marcella Woods – Beautiful (Original Mix) (Listed as track 3)
  6. Nocturnal Delight (Sandler Mix)

This EP also includes videos for "Beautiful" and "U Shine On".

  1. Li Kwan – Point Zero (2004 remake)
  2. Moody
  3. Nocturnal Delight (Sandler Remix)
  4. Lost Tribe – Gamemaster (Michael Woods Mix)
  5. Electro Buzz
  6. Lost Tribe – Possessed (Matt Darey Vocoder Mix)
  7. Nocturnal Delight (Matt Darey Mix)
  8. Adam White – Ballerina (Duberina Mix)
  9. DSP – Intoxicate
  10. DSP – From Russia With Love (Solar Stone Mix)
  11. Matt Darey & Marcella Woods – Beautiful (Matt Darey Original Mix)
  12. Matt Darey & Marcella Woods – Liberation (Ferry Corsten Mix)
  13. Matt Darey & Marcella Woods – Voice of an Angel
  14. Matt Darey & Marcella Woods – Liberation (2004 Chilled Mix)
  1. This Way
  2. No Submission
  3. Animal
  1. See The Sun (Aurosonic Remix)
  2. See The Sun (Schodt Remix)
  3. See The Sun (Moonbeam Remix)
  1. Matt Darey & Aeron Aether feat. Cath Porter – Blossom & Decay (05:08)
  2. Matt Darey feat. Leah – Hold Your Breath (04:46)
  3. Matt Darey & Aeron Aether feat. Ridgewalkers – Chasing The Sun (05:13)
  4. Matt Darey feat. Kate Louise Smith – I Still Remember (MuseArtic Album Version) (04:46)
  5. Matt Darey & Stan Kolev feat. Aelyn – Follow You (03:48)
  6. Matt Darey feat. Erica Driscoll – Too Far (03:39)
  7. Matt Darey feat. Kate Louise Smith – Still Waters (Colorless Album Version) (03:39)
  8. Matt Darey feat. Ashley Tomberlin – Lost At Sea (Luiz B Album Version) (04:13)
  9. Matt Darey feat. Kate Louise Smith – Red Is Rising (Aeron Aether Album Version) (04:41)
  10. Matt Darey & Aeron Aether feat. Tiff Lacey – Into The Blue (04:22)
  11. Matt Darey feat. Kate Louise Smith – See The Sun (Aurosonic Album Version) (03:24)
  12. Matt Darey feat. Kristy Thirsk – Black Flowers (Josh Gabriel Album Version) (03:57)
  13. Matt Darey & Stan Kolev feat. Poli Hubavenska – Attitude (03:46)
  14. Matt Darey – Hold On (05:20)
  15. Matt Darey feat. Kate Louise Smith – Black Canyon (Taurus & Vaggeli Album Version) (03:46)
  16. Matt Darey feat. Sir Adrian – Reality Bites (Sebastian Krieg Album Version) (03:36)
  17. Matt Darey feat. Kate Louise Smith – Crown Of Thorns (Aurosonic Album Version) (03:33)

Singles

Note: Most of these are currently out of print.

Remixes

Matt Darey is a prolific remixer using a number of aliases. His mixes have featured on many chart releases including, but not limited to:

Compilation albums

These are some of the compilation albums that Darey has mixed, aside from the ones that he released under his own name.

Video games

References

  1. Marisa Brown (1968-11-29). "Matt Darey | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  2. Brown, Marisa. "Biography: Matt Darey". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  3. "Interview with Matt Darey". 1mix.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  4. Michael Ta (2005). "Don Jackson – Focused and Headstrong". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  5. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 517. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. 8.0 8.1 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 330. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  7. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 140. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  8. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 336. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  9. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 360. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  10. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 540. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  11. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 335. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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