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  • Genre: Electro / House / Techno

    Location London, UK

    Profile Views: 19360

    Last Login: 6/20/2011

    Member Since 7/20/2006

    Website matt-chester.com

    Record Label 11th Hour Recordings

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....New EP out now! - 'Endless Days' EP .. (11th Hour Recordings ehr006).. .. .. .. ...... .. .. Click on the image above or visit ..matt-chester.com/wp/releases/ehr006/.. to see more details, audio previews, feedback and sales info for this release. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ....Feedback / Reviews:.. .. .. .. Press:.. .. - DJ Magazine 5 out of 5 - Electro Single of the month Feb 09 (Richard Brophy).. - Update Magazine 5 out of 5 - Essential single Dec 08 (Kris Needs).. - IDJ Magazine 7 out of 10 - House page, Feb 09.. .. DJs / Labels:.. .. - 'Lot's and lot's of stunning music in there !!! whaouuu you've been very busy! "Cold Restraint" is the track for me. Will play it a hell of a lot' - Laurent Garnier (Fcom).. - 'Excellent EP, love all the tracks! Matt did it again!' - Fabrice Lig (Soul Designer).. ‘Both mixes of Kick It are hot. I will play them in my sets.' - Anthony 'Shake' Shakir (Frictional, 7th City, Gigolo).. - Really diggin' Cold Restraint. Melodic and banging with a Model 500 3mb feel.- Santiago Salazaar (UR / Ican / Planet E).. - I’m likin tracks 1 + 3 on this. Very nice Detroit vibes goin on :) - Mark Broom (Pure Plastic).. - ‘Kick It is da bomb... Cold Restraint is very cool too....... all in all i very strong 4 track ep..' - Oliver Kapp (Raygun, Indulge).. - Nice tunes, addictive melodies. the drums are a bit old skool but have their charm for sure! - Stefan Robbers (Eevolute, Terrace, Acid Junkies).. - Many thanks for sharing these tracks! i very much like cold restraint and play it very often :-) great tune! - Electric Indigo.. - Amazing! Matt continues to be an inspiration to us all. Love 3000's remix but the main track for me is definitely ‘Cold Restraint’. Very reminiscent of a certain Atkins track but completely brought up to date. Will be charting, a possible number one?? (5 out of 5) - Terry Mitchell (Dark House Music, D-Edge).. - ‘I like this one a lot, a1 and a2 are the favs. nice and rich production.' - Hakan Lidbo (Container).. - 'The EP is wicked!!! My favorite track is the DJ 3000 remix. I would love to play the hack out of it!' - Kenny Black (Finest Blend).. .. .. .. .. ....Profile:.. .. .. .. Fed on a childhood diet of blues, soul & synth pop, Matt Chester’s musical outlook was blown away when he first became exposed to Detroit techno, Chicago house and the UK scene in the form of ‘The Final Frontier’ by Underground Resistance, and the work of Peacefrog, Andrew Weatherall, Warp and the like. .... Knowing this sound was to change his life forever he lay down his guitar and saved every penny for a set of cheap turntables, working night and day to hone his skills to match that of his new heroes; Claude Young, Andy Weatherall & Derrick May. .... Soon just DJing wasn’t enough, and he began producing his own tracks with what little gear he had available, fast developing a unique sound that combined the funk & soul of Detroit with the tough grooves of Chicago & the futuristic atmospheres of UK electronics. .... In 1999 he began the online magazine ‘11th Hour Technology’, primarily as a way of showcasing the labels & artists he loved together in one place, and to provide extensive links to all aspects of the music business on a then fledgling and disparate internet. .... This finally gave rise in 2003 to his own label, 11th Hour Recordings. He released his first EP, ‘Into The Fall’ to great critical acclaim, with Germany’s DeBug magazine hailing it as the ‘finest debut of the year’, and UK’s DJ Magazine stating ‘if this is only his debut, just imagine what he will become capable of’. DJs around the world were also fast to pick up on his sound, with strong support coming from Laurent Garnier, Dave Clarke, Derrick May, Anthony Shakir, Fabrice Lig, Dan Curtin and many more. .... He has since released several more EPs on 11th Hour and other labels to equally great reaction, with 2008s ‘Endless Days’ getting ‘electro single of the month’ in DJ magazine, and 2009s ‘Die For A Reason’ 5/5 ‘essential single’ in DMC, as well as rave reviews on Resident Advisor, DeBug etc .... Lately he has also begun remixing for other artists, and in the last year has released mixes of DJ 3000, Terrence Dixon, Paul Mac, Marco Bernardi and more. .... Matt is renowned these days for his extraordinary DJ skills, playing with a fluid and energetic fast-cut style, usually appearing on 3 decks & on some occasions with additional drum machine. Eschewing the dull monotony of current minimal obsessions, his dynamic sets take in a wide range of styles, seamlessly cutting techno, electro & house with the likes of Prince & Funkadelic. .... He also began performing his own material live in 2006, as a special guest at a UR party in London. Inspired by artists such as Carl Craig & Shawn Rudiman, he plays live as an improvised performance directly off synths & drum machines, with no laptop or pre-programmed Ableton file in sight. Each set is performed completely off the cuff, a fluid unbroken jam blending in snippets of his released material alongside drum grooves and synth lines made up right on the spot, lasting anywhere from 90 minutes to 4 hours. .. .. .. .. ....Discography:.. .. .. .. EPs.. .. Outrider (11th Hour Recordings ehr008).. Die For A Reason (11th Hour Recordings ehr007).. Endless Days (feat DJ 3000 remix) (11th Hour Recordings ehr006).. Broken Shores (Melodika 05).. Relapsed (Sula Muse 15).. Desert Shift (11th Hour Recordings ehr005).. Lives Unlooked For (11th Hour Recordings ehr004).. Into The Fall (11th Hour Recordings ehr002.. .. Remixes .. .. Terrence Dixon – Minerals (Nice and Nasty).. DJ 3000 – Darjeeling Sun (Motech).. Paul Mac – Raw Basic 9 (Stimulus).. Marco Bernardi – Dibadibi (Nice & Nasty).. Itokim – Between Visible & Invisible (Nice & Nasty).. Andrew Duke – Grandfather (Open Concept).. Tomi Chair – Waterslider (Nice and Nasty).. Rob Glennon – Bass Shifter (Nice and Nasty).. .. Tracks appear on:.. .. ‘Blank Horizon’ on Hardfloor’s ‘Tales of the Unexpected’ mix CD (Platypus).. ‘Never See Us’ on Lifeworks Volume One (Open Mind).. .. .. .. Desert Shift EP (11th Hour Recordings ehr005).. .. ...... .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. ......SoundCloud...... .. Lives Unlooked For EP (11th Hour Recordings ehr004).. .. ...... .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. ......SoundCloud...... .. Into The Fall EP (11th Hour Recordings ehr002).. .. ...... .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. ......SoundCloud...... ..

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  • Influences

    Underground Resistance, PRINCE, Derrick May, Herbie Hancock, Andrew Weatherall, Marvin Gaye, Vangelis, Parliament / Funkadelic / George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Wayne Shorter, James Brown, Jay Denham, Bernie Worrell, Ray Charles, Carl Craig, The Martian, Trax, Cajmere / Green Velvet / Relief, Dancemania, DJ Funk, DJ Deeon, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, New Order, Metroplex / Juan Atkins, 430 West, James Mason, Blake Baxter, Planet E, Clone, Factory, Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd, Luke Slater, Muddy Waters, J Lee Hooker, Drexciya, Fred Wesley, Johnny Cash, Future Sound Of London, Donna Summer, Kenny Larkin, KDJ, Stacey Pullen, Cameo, Daniel Bell, B12, Stasis, Claude Young, Dan Curtin, Jimmy Smith, De La Soul, Antony Shake Shakir, Puzzlebox, GPR, Peacefrog, Cheap / Patrick Pulsinger, Stevie Wonder, James Pennington, Aux 88, Thomas Bangalter & Daft Punk, Brian Blade, Aaron Carl, Dexter, Dopplereffekt and many, many, many others

  • Sounds Like

    .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....Mixes / Recordings:...... .. .... .. .. .. ......SoundCloud...... .. .. .... .. .. .. ......SoundCloud...... .. *New!*.. 'Crater Crawlers' - Techno mix.. .. .. .. 'Club Class Slaves' - Detroit / Chicago house mix.. .. .. ..Live set recorded at Bootleg, Rotterdam 09/02/07 - part 1.. .. ..Live set recorded at Bootleg, Rotterdam 09/02/07 - part 2.. .. .. ..Live set recorded at Underground Resistance party, 11/08/06.. .. .. ..Techno / hi-tech funk mix.. .. .. Please check the blog for more of the latest DJ and live sets available for download. .. .. .. .. ....Online Sales:.. .. .. .. All Matt's 11th Hour releases are available to buy directly via Paypal, and also digitally from Juno Download. Please click on either the 'Add to Cart' or 'JunoDownload' button below. .. .. .. ..ehr006: Matt Chester - 'Endless Days' .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. ..ehr005: Matt Chester - 'Desert Shift' .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. ..ehr004: Matt Chester - 'Lives Unlooked For' .. .... ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. ..ehr002: Matt Chester - 'Into The Fall' .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. ..

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