Matthew Dear North American Tour & Mix CD

September 26, 2008 | by K-Fresh | Permalink

Matthew Dear will release the first mix CD under his own name on OCTOBER 28th - it's called BODY LANGUAGE Vol 7 and will be released on the GET PHYSICAL label - it
does feature a brand new track by Matthew.

Matthew Dear will release his first mix CD under his own name on October 28th as the 7th volume of the Berlin-based record label Get Physical's Body Language compilation mix CD series. The project will also include a brand new track from Matthew Dear titled "Free To Ask". Plus, dates have been announced for his upcoming North American tour. More info on Body Language Vol. 7 and the tour are as followed:

TOUR DATES
09.27: AUDION (MATTHEW DEAR) live @ Decibal Festival, Seattle
10.08: MATTHEW DEAR'S BIG HANDS @ Chop Suey, Seattle
10.09: MATTHEW DEAR'S BIG HANDS @ Holocene, Portland
10.10: MATTHEW DEAR'S BIG HANDS @Mighty, San Franciso
10.11: MATTHEW DEAR'S BIG HANDS @ Avalon, Hollywood
10.17: MATTHEW DEAR'S BIG HANDS @ Sonotheque, Chicago
10.18: MATTHEW DEAR'S BIG HANDS @ Blind Pig, Ann Arbor
10.25: MATTHEW DEAR'S BIG HANDS @ Ghostly / Windish CMJ Showcase, LPR, New York
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Matthew Dear is at the helm for this, the seventh edition of Get Physical’s renowned Body Language mix series. Matthew will need little introduction to fans of contemporary house and techno; indeed, he’s one of it’s brightest stars - thanks to a trio of critically acclaimed albums made under his own name for Ghostly International and Spectral Sound, and a formidable catalogue of fierce, peak-time techno releases under his Audion guise, not to mention remixes for the likes of Hot Chip, The Chemical Brothers and Black Strobe. Oh, and let’s not forget his work for Plus 8 and M-nus as False, or his Jabberjaw 12”s on Perlon. Yes, Matthew is not only one of our most talented DJs and producers, he’s also one of the most prolific.

Matthew’s eagerly-awaited Body Language mix is a very personal selection, and one which reflects his own artistic interests, concerns and strategies. In a sense, he approached the project literally, seeking to explore aspects of both the ‘body’ and ‘language’ in his selection and ultimately achieve a marriage of the two. Matthew’s celebrated 2007 album Asa Breed was remarkable in its organic synthesis of vocals and house grooves, and that same synthesis lies at the heart of this mix; if you listen carefully, you’ll hear that every track featured on Body Language 7 employs a vocal or ‘language’ of some kind - some explicit and pronounced, some broken down or indistinct. Meanwhile, the mix’s rhythmic default is one of sinewy, dancefloor-aimed 4x4 grooves, ‘body’ music at its purest and most devastating.

But while there’s an element of conceptualism to Body Language 7, it’s also a resoundingly pleasure-centric mix, one dedicated to exploring the sensuous side of cutting edge dancefloor music. Dear’s selection pays tribute to some of the most innovative and exciting artists around - from the grainy, intoxicating avant-pop of Kalabrese to the energetic, finely detailed house of Seth Troxler and cavernous, dub-infused Berlin sound of Even Tuell and Sascha Dive, via the deep, widescreen minimalism of Johnny D - whose underground smash ‘Orbitalife’ and no less devastating ‘Tramodyssee’ appear here. Mlle Caro & Franck Garcia’s sexy, feverish ‘Dead Souls’ is represented in remixed form, Radio Slave adding serrated synths and a gut-punch of bass to give it some serious warehouse flavour, mingling the romantic and the robotic beautifully. It’s not all about the new, however; the familiar figure of DJ Koze appears, showcasing his boundlessly imaginative, off-kilter take on techno in ‘Zou Zou’ and the crisp ambient textures of ‘I Want To Sleep’; Soulphiction explores naturalistic future-soul on ‘Traffic Lights’ and in ‘Gtnup’ we receive a masterly lesson in exsquisitely layered production from i:Cube. Contributions from Kid Sublime, Diz, Basti Grub and Dinamoe add to this record’s rich and varied character, but for many the highlight will be the terrific new track by Matthew Dear himself - ‘Free To Ask’ – a post-Asa Breed swirl of disembodied vocals and tactile beats. We reach our conclusion with Lorenzo’s aptly named 2006 cut ‘Get Deep’. Why do good things have to end?

In Body Language 7, Matthew Dear has produced something far more timeless, complex and artistically significant than a mere mix CD. It’s both a powerful, compelling snapshot of today’s electronic music vanguard, and an intimate journey into the creative heartcore of Matthew himself, shot through with pop panache and a propulsive, party-minded momentum that is very, very…house. What we have here, ladies and gentleman, is a new kind of Body Language altogether.

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Body Language Vol 7 mixed by Matthew Dear - Track List:

01: Dinamoe - The Green French One (Original Mix)
02: Kalabrese - Cityblues
03: Sascha Dive - Street Life (Samuel Davis Dark Groove Remix)
04: Kid Sublime - Basement Works Vol. 1
05: Johnny D - Orbitalife
06: Martinez - Retrospective
07: Diz - No Way
08: Johnny D - Tramodyssee
09: Mlle Caro & Franck Garcia - Dead Souls (Radio Slave Long Distance Kiss Mix)
10: Prompt - Ambee
11: DJ Koze - Zou Zou
12: I Cube - Gtnup
13: SoulPhiction - Traffic Lights
14: Two Armadillos - Hamlin (Sascha Dive's Secret Dub)
15: Seth Troxler & Patrick Russell – Doctor Of Romance
16: Even Tuell – Untitled B1
17: DJ Koze – I Want To Sleep
18: Basti Grub – Baaa Niii
19: Matthew Dear - Free To Ask (Body Language Exclusive Track)
20: Lorenzo – Get Deep