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Matthew Dear
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Out of 28 votes - Similar Artists: Ricardo Villalobos, Michael Mayer, Richie Hawtin
Out of 28 votes
- Location: Detroit
- Genre: Electronic & Dance » Electronica
Editor's review
One of the busiest men in contemporary techno, producer, remixer, and Ann Arbor's saving grace Matthew Dear is out with another studio album, "Asa Breed," exploring boldly beyond the genre's stiff boundaries: it's ambient in spots, roams into shoegazer territory, and has a weird electro-pop strut.
Biography
Texas-born Matthew Dear has made remarkable steps toward becoming one of America's best new techno artists. Between his stunning live performances and evolved DJ sets, Matthew has perked the ears of the industry's best. Both talented and prolific, in the first half of 2003 he released music on both Plus 8 (as False) and Perlon (as Jabberjaw), in addition to his work for Ghostly International, including EP1 and EP2. His debut album under his birth name, Leave Luck to Heaven, released in winter 2003-04, is sleek and minimal, containing a pop sensibility and an ambient soul. Preceded by glowing press from around the world, Leave Luck to Heaven is expected to catapult Dear into the ranks of America's elite DJs/producers. 2004's Backstroke pulls Matthew out in front of his laptop, singing with accessibility and depth to the electronic pop tracks that he's weaved.
