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
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New EP out now! - 'Endless Days' EP
(11th Hour Recordings ehr006)
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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:
Born in Canada in 1979 but growing up in the UK, Matt first became
exposed to electronic music through the work of Detroit legends
Underground Resistance in the early 90s, and never looked back
since. Brought up on a diet of funk, blues and synth-pop, Detroit's
fusing of this sound with energetic machine rhythms and lush synth
grooves proved irresistible...
At 16 he began producing his own music, starting to DJ at the same time . A passion for the fast paced and exuberant styles of Derrick May and Claude Young quickly led to him
making this style his own. Over the last few years his funk driven 3
deck sets have rocked crowds across Europe and he has guested alongside artists such as Suburban Knight, Octave One, Fabrice
Lig, Mark Broom, Jay Denham, Titonton Duvante and many others.
He has also been responsible for Londons Flashpoint series of parties,
alongside fellow local techno and ghettotech crew, Non Stop DJs.
Since 1999 he has been involved in the 11th Hour Technology web project, and began his own label 11th Hour Recordings on the back of that in 2003. This has become an outlet for
his own take on the Detroit sound mixed with a European edge, and has so far featured releases from Shawn Rudiman and Arne Weinberg, as well as his own material.
He released his first EP, ‘Into The Fall’, in 2004 on 11th Hour Recordings 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, Fabrice Lig and dozens more.
Since then he has released 3 further EPs on 11th Hour to equally positive reaction, as well as EPs for Paul Mac’s Sula Muse and Fabrice Lig’s Melodika imprints, and has remixed Detroit’s DJ 3000 and Terrence Dixon amongst others.
His latest EP on 11th Hour, ‘Endless Days’ featured a DJ3000 remix and is out February 2009 - already having gained extremely positive critical reaction, with DJ magazine featuring it in 2 consecutive issues, giving it 5/5 and ‘Electro single of the month’. It also gained 5/5 in DMC update and strong reviews in several other publications, as well as being played and charted by several high level DJs and getting plenty of airtime on BBC radio.
He is renowned for his extraordinary DJ skills, playing with a fluid and energetic fast-cut style, usually performing on 3 decks & on special occasions with additional drum machine.
He has played across Europe and North America, performing in London, Detroit, Glasgow, Vancouver, Rotterdam, Frankfurt, Vienna, Athens, Prague, Cologne and many other cities, and has appeared alongside artists such as Derrick May, UR, Surgeon, Octave One, Jay Denham, Autechre, Convextion, Andy Weatherall and many more.
Since 2006 he has also been playing live – live, that is, directly off synthesisers and drums machines, no pre-programmed laptop sets. Each set is performed completely off the cuff, an improvised jam blending in snippets of his released material alongside drum lines and synth jams made up right on the spot, lasting anywhere from 90 minutes to 4 hours! His debut live set was performed as a special guest alongside the Underground Resistance crew in London, and he has since taken it on the road across Europe.
Discography:
EPs
Into The Fall (11th Hour Recordings ehr002)
Lives Unlooked For (11th Hour Recordings ehr004)
Desert Shift (11th Hour Recordings ehr005)
Relapsed (Sula Muse 15)
Broken Shores (Melodika 05)
Endless Days (feat DJ 3000 mix) (11th Hour Recordings ehr006)
Remixes
Terrence Dixon – Minerals (Nice and Nasty)
DJ 3000 – Darjeeling Sun (Motech) (upcoming 2009)
Tomi Chair – Waterslider (Nice and Nasty)
Rob Glennon – Bass Shifter (Nice and Nasty) (upcoming 2009)
Tracks appear on:
‘Blank Horizon’ on Hardfloor’s ‘Tales of the Unexpected’ mix CD (Platypus)
‘Reckoning Hours’ on Motech compilation (upcoming 2009)
‘Never See Us’ on Lifeworks Volume One (Open Mind)
PLEX 3rd BIRTHDAY!.. London 30th Oct 2009. 10pm - 7am.
Hard Wax [Berlin]: Substance & Vainqueur pres. Scionversions (Hard Wax) - LIVE Norman Nodge (Berghain, Ostgut Ton, MDR) Ancient Methods (Hard Wax) - LIVE René Löwe (Hard Wax, Scion Versions)
Combat Recordings: Scorn - LIVE Point B - LIVE Elemental - LIVE Stormfield Combat AV Team
Matt Whitehead (Rebel Intelligence) - LIVE Stewart Lowman (Outlet Collective)
Luke Handsfree (Plex, Handsette, Brackout) Strepsil (Plex) Tec vs Dask (Plex, Brackout, Rebel Intelligence)
Corsica Studios Units 4/5 Elephant Road SE17 1LB Tube: Elephant & Castle £13 adv / £15 on the door
PLEX presents... A Bank Holiday Wonkfest with Cristian Vogel LIVE London 22nd May 2009
CRISTIAN VOGEL (Tresor, Novamute, Mosquito, Sleep Debt) - LIVE with Never Engine set up! Michael Forshaw (Chan 'n' Mikes, Monox) Black-E - LIVE improvised set! Ben Pest (Ninja Tune, Bonus Round) Cursor Miner (Seed, Combat Recordings, Lo) Kanji Kinetic (Rag & Bone, Coin Operated) Jerome Hill (Don't Records, Coin Operated) Luke's Anger - LIVE (Bonus Round, Tigerbeat6)
and many more!
Friday May 22nd 2009
10pm - 7am Corsica Studios
Units 4/5
Elephant Road
SE17 1LB
Tube: Elephant & Castle MAP
£10 adv / £12 on the door WeGotTickets
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