Matthew Dear

Matthew Dear (born April 4, 1979) is an American electronic music producer and DJ.

History

Texas-born Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, where he was 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 started 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, such as "Stealing Moves" and the chart-topping "Mouth to Mouth" (as Audion) were issued on Spectral Sound, Ghostly's offshoot that focuses on dancefloor music.

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.

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.

In 2007, Dear released his sophomore full-length, ''Asa Breed''. Matthew and his band, Matthew Dear's Big Hands, then began a US promotional tour and a European tour as the opening act for Hot Chip. 2008 saw the re-release of ''Asa Breed'' as the ''Asa Breed Black Edition''. This re-release added 5 new songs, including a remix of Don and Sherri from Hot Chip and the video for the song, shot in downtown New York City.

In 2011, Dear opened for Interpol, performing on their first three dates in the UK.

Dear's fourth album, ''Black City'', was released on August 17, 2010. It conceptualizes a futuristic metropolis that never sleeps. Dear describes 'Black City': "Well, there's a kind of timelessness to it in the sense that I don't want things to run on a 24-hour clock. It seems like a city that's always awake, maybe always dialed in electronically, and cannot be turned off. It's this imaginary weird never-sleeping town. But yeah it's full of lust, and love, and dark shadows. Weird things around the corner…" Black City was met with near-unanimous critical praise, earning top marks from Mojo, Uncut, Q, URB, and the Village Voice, ending up on countless year-end lists, and earning Pitchfork's Best New Music nod. A worldwide tour followed.

On stage, Dear performs with a multi-pieced live band. They have supported Interpol, Hot Chip and Depeche Mode on their world tours.

Dear revived his Audion alias in 2013, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the first Audion release with a compilation, Audion X, and a series of new singles and DJ performances leading up to the release of the second Audion album, Alpha, in 2016. In early 2017 he released an entry into the well-regarded DJ-KiCKS mix series, along with his first single under his own name in five years, "Wrong With Us". The song was produced during a writing and recording session with the English duo Simian Mobile Disco, which also yielded several other songs. In June, he released "Modafinil Blues", the first single from his upcoming album, and announced tour dates, where he will be performing without a band for the first time.

Influences

Dear has listed Talking Heads, David Bowie, Adonis, Nitzer Ebb, and Roman Flügel as inspirations.

When asked who he is influenced by Dear replied, "Definitely I'm influenced by Brian Eno and a lot of his work. I've said it before but he is one that is so interesting to listen to on all formats whether it be his production with other bands, whether it's his solo work or whether it's his collaboration work with other artists. He's probably the number one."

Discography

As Matthew Dear

Solo

Albums
*2003 '' Leave Luck to Heaven'' (Spectral Sound)
*2004 ''Backstroke'' (Spectral Sound)
*2007 '' Asa Breed'' (Ghostly International)
*2008 ''Asa Breed Black Edition'' (Ghostly International)
*2010 '' Black City'' (Ghostly International)
*2012 '' Beams'' (Ghostly International)
*2018 '' Bunny'' (Ghostly International)
*2021 ''Preacher's Sigh & Potion: Lost Album'' (Ghostly International)

EPs
*2003 ''EP1'' (Spectral Sound)
*2003 ''EP2'' (Spectral Sound)
*2007 '' Don and Sherri'' (Ghostly International)
*2012 ''Headcage''

Singles
*2000 ''Irreparably Dented'' (Spectral Sound)
*2001 ''Stealing Moves'' (Spectral Sound)
*2003 ''Dog Days'' (Spectral Sound)
*2004 ''Anger Management / Future Never Again'' (Spectral Sound)
*2007 ''Deserter'' (Ghostly International)
*2008 ''Free To Ask'' (Get Physical)
*2008 ''Pom Pom'' (Ghostly International)
*2013 ''Pale Shelter'' ith Tegan and Sara">Tegan_and_Sara.html" ;"title="ith Tegan and Sara">ith Tegan and Sara*2017 ''Wrong With Us (DJ-KiCKS)'' [with Simian Mobile Disco] (!K7)
*2017 ''Modafinil Blues'' (Ghostly International)
*2017 ''Bad Ones'' [feat Tegan and Sara]

Compilations
*2008 ''Beginning of the End: Spectral Sound Singles'' (Spectral Sound)

Mixes
*2008 ''Body Language Vol. 7'' (Get Physical)
*2008 ''BBC Essential Mix'' (BBC)
*2012 ''RA.306'' (Resident Advisor)
*2017 '' DJ-Kicks'' (!K7)

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)
*2007 ''Chuck (TV series) Season 1, Episode 4'' (NBC)
*2007 "Gossip Girls (TV series) Season 1, Episode 1"
*2008 '' Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered''
*2015 "Undercover" (Lane 8) njunadeep

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)
* 2006 The Chemical Brothers ''Do it Again'' (EMI)
* 2007 Black Strobe " I'm a Man" (Playlouder)
* 2007 Terence Fixmer "Electrostatic" ( Planete Rouge)
* 2007 Dubfire " I Feel Speed" ( SCI + TEC Digital Audio)
* 2008 Matt John " Olga Dancekowski" ( Bar25)
* 2008 Sasha " Park It In The Shade" ( emFire)
* 2008 Kieran Hebden, Steve Reid " People Be Happy/Rhythm Dance" (Domino)
* 2008 Spoon " Don't You Evah" (Merge Records)
* 2008 Liquid Liquid "Optimo" (Domino Records)
* 2009 The Juan MacLean "Happy House" (DFA Records)
* 2010 The XX "VCR" (XL Recordings, Young Turks)
* 2010 Charlotte Gainsbourg "Time Of The Assassins" (Because Music)
* 2010 The Drums "Me And The Moon" ( Moshi Moshi/Island)
* 2012 Ultraísta "Smalltalk" (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
* 2013 Kylie Minogue "Skirt" (Rising Music)
* 2017 Tourist "We Stayed Up All Night" (Monday Records)
* 2018 MGMT "Little Dark Age (Matthew Dear Album Remix)" (Columbia Records)

As Audion

Singles & EPs
*2004 ''Kisses EP'' (Audion I, Spectral Sound)
*2004 ''The Pong EP'' (Audion II, Spectral Sound)
*2005 ''Just Fucking'' (Audion III, Spectral Sound)
*2006 ''Mouth to Mouth'' (Audion V, Spectral Sound)
*2006 ''Just a Man / Just a Woman'' ith Ellen Allien">Ellen_Allien.html" ;"title="ith Ellen Allien">ith Ellen Allien(Audion VI, Spectral Sound)
*2007 ''Mouth to Mouth (Remixes)'' (Audion R1, Spectral Sound)
*2007 ''Noiser/Fred's Bells'' (Audion VII, Spectral Sound)
*2008 ''Billy Says Go'' (Audion VIII, Spectral Sound)
*2009 ''I Am The Car'' (Audion IX.I, Spectral Sound)
*2009 ''Look At The Moon'' (Audion IX.II, Spectral Sound)
*2009 ''It's Full of Blinding Light EP'' (Audion IX.III and X, Spectral Sound)
*2009 ''Stoplight'' (Audion IX.IV, Spectral Sound)
*2009 ''Instant In You'' (Audion IX.V, Spectral Sound)
*2009 ''That's That'' (Audion IX.VI, Spectral Sound)
*2009 ''Push'' (Audion IX.VII, Spectral Sound)
*2010 ''Document Part 2'' [with Mike Parker] (Spectral Sound)
*2013 ''Sky'' (Spectral Sound)
*2013 ''Mothermouth'' (Spectral Sound)
*2013 ''Let's Go Dancing'' [with Tiga (musician), Tiga] (Turbo)
*2014 ''Fever'' [with Tiga (musician), Tiga] (Turbo)
*2014 ''Dem Howl'' ith Troels Abrahamsen(Spectral Sound)

Albums
*2005 '' Suckfish'' (Audion IV, Spectral Sound)
*2016 ''Alpha'' (!K7)

Compilations
*2013 ''Audion X'' (Spectral Sound)
*2016 ''Mouth to Mouth 10'' (Spectral Sound)

Mixes
*2006 '' Fabric 27'' (Fabric)
*2016 ''BBC Essential Mix'' (BBC)

As Jabberjaw

*2003 ''Girlfriend'' (Perlon)
*2009 ''The Connie Shake'' (Spectral Sound)
*2009 ''The Garden Of Eden'' (Spectral Sound)

As False

Singles/EPs:
*2002 ''.WAV Pool'' (Plus 8)
*2002 ''Warsaw Bread'' (Plus 8)
*2003 ''You Wouldn't/Beginner's Luck''(Plus 8)
*2004 ''Sink the Ship EP'' (M_nus)
*2005 ''River Camping'' (M_nus)
*2007 ''Fed on Youth'' (M_nus)
*2009 ''Love Letters'' (M_nus)

Albums:
*2003 ''False'' (Plus 8)
*2007 ''2007'' (M_nus)

References

External links

Official Home PageReview of False's River Camping
at Grooves Magazine
Review of Audion's Mouth to Mouth
at Grooves Magazine
Post about Matthew Dear's Birthday

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1979 births
Living people
American remixers
American techno musicians
Ghostly International artists
Musicians from Texas
Musicians from Michigan
University of Michigan alumni
People from Kingsville, Texas