Takes On You - Music

Depending On Whom You Ask Matthew Dear Born In Kingsville Texas USA Is A DJ A Dance-Music Producer An Experimental Pop Artist A Bandleader. He Co-Founded Both Ghostly International And Its Dancefloor Offshoot Spectral Sound. He’s Had Remixes Commissioned By The Xx Charlotte Gainsbourg Spoon Hot Chip The Postal Service And The Chemical Brothers He’s Made Mixes For The Fabric Mix Series And Get Physical’s Body Language. He Maintains Four Aliases Audion False Jabberjaw And Matthew Dear Each With Its Own Style And Distinct Visual Identity. He Straddles Multiple Musical Worlds And Belongs To None — And He’s Just Hitting His Stride. 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. Matthew Dear’s 2003 Full-Length Ghostly Debut "Leave Luck To Heaven" Is A Suite Of Sparse Wickedly Funky House Laced With Dear’s Deep Distinctive Vocals And Includes The Much-Loved Single “Dog Days” Voted One Of Pitchfork’s Top 100 Songs Of The Decade . The Record Was Met With Rapturous Acclaim From Both The Dance-Music Establishment And The Critical Press Including A Four-Star Review In Rolling Stone. Dear’s 2007 Follow-Up "Asa Breed" Is A Considerable Departure From Heaven’s Dancefloor Excursions Incorporating The Polyrhythms Of Afrobeat The Irreverent Pop Sensibilities Of Brian Eno And The Austere Beauty Of Krautrock. More Four-Stars Reviews Followed Q And Mojo Magazines And Dear Subsequently Began Touring With A Live Three-Piece Band Matthew Dear’s Big Hands In Which He Acted As Frontman Commanding The Stage With A Bryan Ferry-Like Swagger And A Gentleman’s Grace. Today Matthew Dear Finds Himself In A Unique Position. His Highly Anticipated Fourth Album 2010’s Black City Is The Culmination Of Years Of Hard Work And Experimentation A Darkly Playful Sound-World That Envelops The Listener Like The Arms Of A Malevolent Lover. After Over A Decade Of Exploring Pop’s Outer Limits Matthew Dear Now Inhabits A Rarefied Corner Of The Musical Universe No Longer Tethered To Any One Genre Respected By His Peers And Blessed With A Bottomless Well Of Creative Energy. Now Is Matthew Dear’s Moment And It Sounds Like Nothing Else. read less