Edits of the Matom Album. 

Out now on Vinyl Only on Planet E Communications 

Juno: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/matom-love-mistakes-stereo/541042-01/

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Some records are birthed through countless months or even years of studio hard yaka; drafts, followed by re-drafts, an eternal process of searching for that money shot musical moment.  Then there are albums that simply pour out of the collective minds of its creators – more of a stream of consciousness and musical expressions that strategic beat creation. 

For best friends and long time collaborators Matt Edwards (aka Radio Slave) and Thomas Gandey (aka Cagedbaby and producer). Matom began as a one off project to create an hour of music to celebrate the iconic Hansa recording studios in Berlin, a space that’s seen everyone from David Bowie and Iggy Pop to Tangerine Dream and Brian Eno.  

Says Edwards “The initial music was loosely based around the recording of David Bowie’s ‘Low’ and the works of Iggy Pop and I wanted to create these soundscapes that would allow Thomas to improvise and we managed to come up with seven songs in two days.”

From this auspicious beginning the project continued to pick up pace and the pair soon performed in Warsaw alongside revered Kosmiche figurehead Manuel Gottsching and a few months later at the Name festival in Lille, France. 

Splitting time between Gandey’s home and studio outside Bordeaux and Edward’s studio in Kreuzberg, Berlin, the pair continued to create. The duo adopted a free-flow approach to production, with Gandey talking warmly about creating sounds for the Matom Project.  They’d cook together, eat fine food, and then sit down to work on the music together. 

Gandey describes Edwards as the “master of minimal”, building up the soundscapes and beats before Thomas filled out the compositions with various keyboards form his collection including a Fender Rhodes, Moog Voyager, Clavia Nords, Roland Drum Machines and live percussion and finally another collaborator Paul Sandrone would improvise on guitar at the final stages of production. 

The entire essence of Matom’s sounds is based around live takes and recorded snippets of conversations and ambiences from their tours, with no MIDI or samples so when they joined the line up for the Pyramids of Mars label showcase at Berghain’s Kantine it was a seamless transition from studio to stage.  Their last gig was once again for the Red Bull Music Academy in Miami WMC 2014 to perform the finished album for the people who first inspired and supported the project. 

And so Matom’s ‘Love Mistakes’ is signed sealed and delivered, a work Gandey describes as “a culmination of our combined skills and reflecting its contrasting environments, a dualism between the cosmic serenity of the vineyards in his south of France retreat and the gritty urban cityscapes of Berlin’s bohemia.” 

A brief track by Track breakdown by Matom’s Thomas Gandey

1.	Crossroads – The album opens with Crossroads, which sets the scene, a beatless dystopian ambient soundscape featuring Rhodes.

2.	Experiment 1 Variation 3 – As the name suggest we had a lot of tracks to choose from, this one based around one of the original improvised Piano sessions we recorded in Bordeaux.  Cuban Piano backs a driving drum, and one of the most fun to play live.
  
3.	Hansa – Named after the primary inspiration for the project. This is a paradise travelogue, written on Rhodes, a percussive playground.

4.	Warsaw – Named and written for our 2nd live performance, very much inspired by Berlin and cruising along the rivers. 

5.	Zazu – Another meditative ambient work, inspired by early Concrete musique and tribal percussion and mostly reversed, modular synthesis and sequencers back the Rhodes.

6.	Piano 2 Variation 4 – Piece for Solo Piano using live looping, building and diminishing, an ideal club tool 

7.	Experiment 7 Variation 2 – Middle Eastern Piano heavily delayed with string swells.

8.	Love Mistakes – The title track of the album, electronic pads, Rhodes and broken groove. 




Matom - Experiment 7 Variation 2 - Soundcloud Preview

House of Rekids Mix 02 is here with the inimitable @manpower-1 at the controls. 

We have to agree with Resident Advisor who referred to Man Power’s musical leaning as ‘intergalactic house’. Whether he’s going full Balearic, disco or dropping pure house and techno, what he does is consistently spacey. When he’s not putting out music via his own Me Me Me, Permanent Vacation, Correspondant or ESP Institute, he’s putting on DIY parties in social clubs, writing symphonies for renowned cultural venues or paying it forward via numerous community-driven projects. 

Ahead of a Man Power project on Rekids (to be announced soon), we’re delighted to have him deliver a superb mix for the second House of Rekids Mix Show.

HOUSE OF REKIDS MIX 02 | Man Power

A two-hour recording from @radioslave's set at @faithfanzine's 25th Bday…

Tracklist

1. Cassimm - Is It All Over My Face
2. Radio Slave vs Audion - Mouth to Mouth - Cassimm Remix
3. DJ Pierre - Love Desire
4. Cassimm - Say Yeah! (Original Mix)
5. Riva Starr & Hilit Kolet feat Nez - Twerq It Out
6. Cratebug - Melondrop (Chicago Mix)
7. 2000 & One - Goody (Unreleased)
8. David Morales Presents The Red Zone - Don’t Go
9. Jamiroquai - Little L - Dave Lee Extended Mix
10. Da Rebels - House Nation - Riva Starr Edit
11. Gina Breeze feat Sophie Joy - Shadows (N-You Up Dub Mix)
12. Ivan Lacobucci - Alma Oscura - Brothers Vibe Remix
13. Theo Parrish - Falling Up - C2 Remix / Hilit Kolet Re-Edit
14. Kevin McKay, Pupa Nas T, Denis Blefon - Work - Extended Mix
15. Outlander - Vamp - HUD Re-Edit
16. Moodymann - Kick This Feelin - Riva Starr Re-Edit
17. 2000 & One - Inside Myself - (Unreleased)
18. Shinedoe - Phunk - Cassimm Remix
19. Radio Slave - The Lunatics - The Lunatics Club Mix
20. Namik, 96 Vibe - Tribal Break
21. Hilit Kolet feat Kameelah Waheed - Snap Talk (Unreleased)
22. Floorpan - Like Dat
23. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax - Steve Rachmad Remix
24. Felix Da Housecat - Silverscreen - Hilit Kolet Re-Edit
25. Strafe, Avison - Party Started (Set It Off) - Original Mix
26. Nitro Deluxe / Mark Knight - Brutal - Extended Mix
27. Guaya feat Emmaneul Jal, Nyaruach, Benjy - Levy - N-You Up Freaky Dub
28. Mason Rubenstein - Greater Than Ourselves
29. Aretha Franklin - Never Grow Old
30. Floorplan - Baby Baby
31. Lil Louis & The World - Club Lonely (Sheild Re-Edit)
32. Lood - Shout N Out (The DJ Dub)

HOUSE OF REKIDS MIX 03 | RADIO SLAVE

Presenting the next chapter in my Club Beach Series with Beach Radio. Welcome to Vol 18 (broadcast FRI 15TH MARCH) feat. choice cuts of Deep, Melodic, Afro/Latin and Tribal House, with a splash of Minimal Techno ... crafted with care to be the perfect companion for both the beach and beach club. The first half deeply imagined for sun, surf, and sand ... building up to the Club after. From Beach to Bar to Bass bins, big up for tuning in. 🏖

LINKS
Beach Radio: linktr.ee/beachradio
Previous Club Beach Shows: soundcloud.com/djaaronjames/sets/beach-radio

||| TRACKLIST |||
1. Sanoi - Sorglos [Bar 25 Music]
2. Ernes Joey - Sweet Beat [Deep Clicks]
3. Stardate, Diisqo B - Love Statement [Black Mambo]
4. DJ Jacko feat. Chelsea Como - Closer (David Anthony & DJ Spen Remix) [TR Records]
5. Sansa - S_agapo [Odyssey]
6. Masaki Morii - Feel Like Dub [M2SOUL Music]
7. Carlos Castro, Jeeycee - Don’t Stop [The Warrior Recordings]
8. Daniel Steinberg - Bailando [Front Room Recordings]
9. Narasimha - Baako (Extended Mix) [Make The Girls Dance]
10. Mihai Popoviciu - Flux (Pornbugs Remix) [Royal Plastic]
11. Moo Ve - Right There (Balearic Mix) [Deep Clicks]
12. Oppaacha, Rendelman - Good Girl [Diynamic]
13. Thomas Gandey & Aiwaska - Beautiful People (Outcome & Philipp Straub Remix) [Kinetika Music]

Club Beach Vol 18 - Beach Radio (03.24)

Matom - Love Mistakes - Planet E Communications 

Some records are birthed through countless months or even years of studio hard yaka; drafts, followed by re-drafts, an eternal process of searching for that money shot musical moment.  Then there are albums that simply pour out of the collective minds of its creators – more of a stream of consciousness and musical expressions that strategic beat creation. 

For best friends and long time collaborators Matt Edwards (aka Radio Slave) and Thomas Gandey (aka Cagedbaby and producer). Matom began as a one off project to create an hour of music to celebrate the iconic Hansa recording studios in Berlin, a space that’s seen everyone from David Bowie and Iggy Pop to Tangerine Dream and Brian Eno.  

Says Edwards “The initial music was loosely based around the recording of David Bowie’s ‘Low’ and the works of Iggy Pop and I wanted to create these soundscapes that would allow Thomas to Improvise and we managed to come up with seven songs in two days.”

From this auspicious beginning the project continued to pick up pace and the pair soon performed in Warsaw alongside revered Kosmiche figurehead Manuel Gottsching and a few months later at the Name festival in Lille, France. 

Splitting time between Gandey’s home and studio outside Bordeaux and Edward’s studio in Kreuzberg, Berlin, the pair continued to create. The duo adopted a free-flow approach to production, with Gandey talking warmly about creating sounds for the Matom Project.  They’d cook together, eat fine food, and then sit down to work on the music together. 

Gandey describes Edwards as the “master of minimal”, building up the soundscapes and beats before Thomas filled out the compositions with various keyboards from his collection including a Fender Rhodes, Moog Voyager, Clavia Nords, Roland Drum Machines and Live percussion and finally another collaborator Paul Sandrone would improvise on guitar at the final stages of production. 

The entire essence of Matom’s Sounds is based around live takes and recorded snippets of conversations and ambiences from their tours, with no midi or samples so when they joined the line up for the Pyramids of Mars label showcase at Berghain’ s Kantine it was a seamless transition from studio to stage.  Their last gig was once again for the Red Bull Music Academy in Miami WMC 2014 to perform the finished album for the people who first inspired and supported the project. 

And so Matom’s ‘Love Mistakes’ is signed sealed and delivered, a work Gandey describes as “a culmination of our combined skills and reflecting its contrasting environments, a dualism between the cosmic serenity of the vineyards in his South of France retreat and the gritty urban cityscapes of Berlins Bohemia.” 


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