[PREVIEW]: Matthew Dear's Upcoming BLACK CITY
Depending on whom you ask, Matthew Dear 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 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.
Matthew Dear's highly anticipated fourth album, Black City (coming August 17th, 2010), 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. Stream the darkly burbling preview track "I Can't Feel" below, and download it by signing up for the Matthew Dear mailing list at www.MatthewDear.com.
STREAM: Matthew Dear, "I Can't Feel"
...and here's a free download of the freaky, funky "Rally Rasser Good", an unreleased Matthew Dear song that originally appeared on the Horizon Line / Ghostly By Night label compilation.
DOWNLOAD: Matthew Dear, "Rally Rasser Good"
