Mat Silver & Tony Burt
Mat Silver & Tony Burt | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Germany & New Zealand |
Genres | Trance, Hard Trance, breakbeat, progressive house, Electro |
Years active | 1997 - present |
Labels | various |
Mat Silver & Tony Burt are a German and New Zealand dance music production team, composed of Matthias Scheffler (born May 1, 1977) and Tony Burt (born October 25, 1970).
History
Silver's and Burt's main work has been in the trance music scene but they have also produced other varied electronic music styles. They are best known for their productions between 2000-2004.
Scheffler originates from Bickenbach, Germany while Burt lives in London but is originally from Auckland, New Zealand. Since meeting while DJ’ing at Electrowerkz, London back in April 2000 they focused on producing trance music. Silver was already producing in the late 1990s under the guise of Endymion, Mat Silver, Silver & Chrome and Stoker. Burt was running his own label full-time as well as a specialist online music store for trance, progressive house, techno and breakbeat music.
The label included the artists Martin Eyerer, DJ Hinx, Mat Silver, S.H.O.K.K, Ferry Corsten, Ralph Fridge, Apoptygma Berzerk, Kuffdam & Plant, Shane 54, Alphazone, Audiowarp, Hiroshi Okada, Progresia, Octagen, Mike Shiver, Menno de Jong, Pervading Call, Informers, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Airbase, Timeok, Danjo & Styles, Global Interference, Passiva, Sonicvibe and Abert Vorne.
All their production work was done in Silver's basement studio "B.Beach" – a loose translation or a play on words from the name of their home village Bickenbach.
Their remix of Shane 54 - Equinoxe 4 peaked at number 12 in the Spanish Charts when it was released in 2003.
All of their original work appeared on Above the Sky Records. A label originally set up by Burt but then later A&R’ed collectively between Burt and Silver.
The harder trance sound spread throughout early 2001, including German/Swiss artists such as Flutlicht, S.H.O.K.K., Scot Project and DuMonde. S.H.O.K.K. later remixed Mat Silver vs. Tony Burt – Teardrops.
Silver and Burt ended working in trance production after the release of their final single ‘Waimea’.
Discography
Singles
- The Perfect Wave (12") Above The Sky 2001
- The Perfect Wave (12") Everlasting Records 2001
- Teardrops (12") Above The Sky 2002
- Teardrops (12") Everlasting Records 2002
- Ultimate Wave (12") Above The Sky 2003
- Ultimate Wave (12") Above The Sky 2003
- Ultimate Wave (CD, Maxi) Above The Sky 2003
- Ultimate Wave (12") Bit Progressive Music 2003
- Ultimate Wave (12", S/Sided, Pro) Above The Sky 2003
- Waimea (12") Above The Sky 2004
- Waimea (12") Above The Sky 2004
Remixes
- Shane 54 - Equinoxe 4 (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) DTF Recordings 2002
- Shane 54 - Equinoxe 4 (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) Temprogressive 2002
- Shane 54 - Equinoxe 4 (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) Above The Sky 2002
- Andora - Follow You (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) I Drop The Bomb 2002
- Apoptygma Berzerk - Kathy's Song (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) Above The Sky 2002
- Endymion - Running Again (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) Above The Sky Limited 2002
- Next Exit - Rise Of Nations (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) Resistance 2003
- Alphazone - Rockin' (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) Waterworld 2003
- Alphazone - Rockin' (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) Dreams Corporation 2003
- Alphazone - Rockin' (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) Nukleuz 2004
- Barber - Adagio For Strings (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) Above The Sky Limited 2004
- Bass Enchanters - Golden Moment (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) Elevation Records 2004
- JX - Restless - Restless (CD, Maxi) (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) Tidy Two 2004
- JX - Restless - Restless (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) Tidy Two 2004
- Shane 54 - Equinoxe 4 (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) Addicted Music 2005
- Shane 54 - Kippenvelmeter (12") (Mat Silver & Tony Burt Remix) DTF Spain 2005
External links
- Tony Burt @ MySpace
- Mat Silver’s homepage
- Tony Burt music mixes
- Above the Sky Records and 020 Records at Discogs