Matt Masters - Never Ending Nights Album Sampler [Freerange Records]

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I discovered Roy Ayers early in my musical journey. He’s an artist who had a huge influence on me, and over the years, I kept realizing just how important his career was to the history of music at large. 

From jazz to jazz-funk, jazz-fusion, disco, boogie, and even his influence on hip-hop & house—his impact is undeniable.

Today, I’m incredibly moved to see how much he inspired DJs, producers, and musicians across generations. But more than anything, it’s the universal love for him that stands out. Everyone loved Roy, and I think that’s what makes him such an important artist.

I became truly fascinated with his work the day I watched his live performance at Ronnie Scott’s, during the famous Battle of the Vibes. That’s when I realized not just his incredible musicianship but also his sense of humor. He had this incredible emotional range—his music could make you cry, laugh, or dance, sometimes all at once. That really struck me, and from that moment on, I started diving deeper into his music.

Over the years, my passion for his work grew. I started hunting for rare records, original pressings—until one day, I had the chance to see him perform on a rooftop in Brooklyn. He was already past 75 at that point, already fragile, but still so magical. 

Watching him play live as the sun set over the city is an image I’ll never forget. I remember bringing my original pressing of Roy Ayers Ubiquity with me, hoping to get it signed. But I was too shy, too in awe of the moment. It’s a small regret, but also a memory I’ll cherish forever.

With this mix, I wanted to pay tribute to him, as he passed away just a few days ago. 

I decided to take a chronological approach—starting with his debut album West Coast Vibes, moving through his time as Herbie Mann’s vibraphonist, then into his solo work and his years with his band Roy Ayers Ubiquity. From there, I included tracks from his 80s period, some unreleased material released by BBE, and even a few collaborations with Fela Kuti, Wayne Henderson, Guru & Erykah Badu. 

I chose to close the mix with Remember to Remember by Rick Holmes—it felt like the perfect closing theme for this tribute.

May his soul rest in peace and his music lives forever. 

Please note: I deliberately chose not to include his work as a producer for other artists like Sylvia Striplin, Ladies of the 80s, Bobbi Humphrey to name a few, except for Daylight and Remember to Remember. Same for Coffy as this one was a movie soundtrack and not a solo album. 

I also left out most of his collaborations, except for his track with Guru, which felt too important to omit. Additionally, I didn’t include any remixes, as it would have made the mix too long. 

Maybe all of that will be part of another recording one day...

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A new monthly series of mixtapes, in which we invite First Word friends & family to lace us with a selection of their soulful favourites, from across the board. For June's edition, we invite the Singapore-based, Darker Than Wax co-founder Dean Chew. On the mix Dean says:

'The mix moves through a tapestry of shades and moods - it is an extension of what I consider as ‘soul music’. As a selector, I have always been interested in the liminal, the in-between spaces, and how different genres of music can intersect with each other. It is at once intuitive and spatial, and that ongoing exploration never ceases to amaze. It has always been about the process, and getting closer to your inner soul - I hope this mix touches you in a personal way. Enjoy!'

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10. Hold On (Papa's Dub) - Cartouche (Scotti Bros records)
11. 带走我和你的故事 - Guohan (Darker Than Wax)
12. Let Me In (instrumental) - Iauwata (Furious Fish Records)
13. Fever Tension (Unreleased vocal mix) - Fresh & Low (Black Vinyl records)
14. Matlab - Sigmoid Fn (Super Enjoy)
15. When My Mind Overflows (Instrumental) - Laza (demo)
16. Move Me - DJ MERCI (kickin’ up dust)

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A second mix inspired by www.reddit.com/r/TheNightFeeling and journeying through a city at night. 

Photo by Tyler's Journey: https://www.reddit.com/user/Tylers_Journey/submitted www.tylersjourney.com

Tracklist
Andy Grossart & Paul Williams - Morning Dew
Parcels - Neverloved
Ian Wilson - Four in the Morning
Daniel Sofer - Dewdrops
Los Retros - Doves
Simon Hérody - Table for Two
Patrick Cowley - The Runner
Brian Bennett - Solstice (Working Mix)
Finn Rees & SHOLTO - Bluebell
Oliver Lutz - Alfahri's Melancholia
Move 78 -  Dirty, But Real Slow
Raven - Infinite Red Roses
Happy Rhodes -  I'm Not Awake, I'm Not Asleep
Tom Wasinger - Montse’gur
Katsutoshi Morizono With Bird's Eye View - Night Bird
Silvan Strauß - Bowie

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Sometimes it takes a while before you finally get the chance to seize your moment. DJ and producer Matt Masters has been working for Freerange for around 15 years, presenting their radio show as well as polishing Jimpster’s hi-hats, washing Manuel Tur’s MIDI files and ensuring that all Freerange releases adhere to EU regulations regarding deepness and houseyness. Here we present you with the sampler of his debut long player ‘Never Ending Nights’. Featuring four highlights from the eleven tracks of precisely engineered house and electronica, the LP sampler is a high-quality, pristine project, as befitting someone who has worked for so long at one of house music’s most revered imprints.

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Sometimes it takes a while before you finally get the chance to seize your moment. DJ and producer Matt Masters has been working for Freerange for around 15 years, presenting their radio show as well as polishing Jimpster’s hi-hats, washing Manuel Tur’s MIDI files and ensuring that all Freerange releases adhere to EU regulations regarding deepness and houseness. Here we present you with his debut long player ‘Never Ending Nights’. Featuring eleven tracks of precisely engineered house and electronica, the LP is a high-quality, pristine project, as befitting someone who has worked for so long at one of house music’s most revered imprints.  

Matt is proof that dedication pays off: he’s been asking Jimpster if he can put out an album literally every day for the last decade and a half and the Freerange label boss has finally capitulated, and donning his executive A&R cap to finalise the project. Aside from a couple of carefully crafted downtempo tracks, ’Never Ending Nights’ is dancefloor focused but achieves the ultimate goal of the dance music album, possessing enough musicality and interesting production touches to stand up to home listening too. Matt has also thoughtfully included one track that can be used as a DJ incantation to summon up a horde of sentient headphones to do your bidding.  

Perhaps because of the protracted nature of the album’s production, there’s an unhurried confidence to many of these tracks, almost a swagger; big riffs slowly reveal themselves as epic chords unfurl beneath steadily ticking percussion, the assured, contemporary production providing an audio snap-shot of where UK deep house is at in 2019.  

Available as an ethically sourced high-end hand-crafted .wav file, an eco- friendly artisanal mp3 or vinyl for those of pensionable age or students who have just cashed their grant cheque, ‘Never Ending Nights’ demonstrates Matt’s versatility in producing both types of music, tech and house.

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Exclusive Premiere: Matt Masters "Never Ending Nights" (Freerange Records)

Here is another Londoner to keep an eye on! @matt-masters' newest release "Riding High" is an exemple of how deep house can be nicely crafted. It is an extract from is LP called "Never Ending Nights" soon to be available on @jimpster's label @freerangerecords

Starting with some nice drums and a smooth bassline, the track evolve into a cosmic shamanic deep house. It also has a nice subtle jazzy touch, that's really enjoyable.

Premiere - Matt Masters - Riding High

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Finding a love for house music at an early age, Matt Masters started working for Freerange Records in early 2004. Having DJed for several years before that, he decided to spend his first season in Ibiza that summer and gained residencies with two large island promoters as well as securing a residency on the sunset strip and appearing at many venues including the 10,000 people capacity club Privilege. When he returned from the island, Matt was invited to join the Freerange team permanently that year and the label and its artists have played a fundamental part in his musical influences and ambitions.

As a DJ, Matt has played alongside Jimpster, Milton Jackson, Switch, Hipp-E, Palmskin, Mike Monday, Fish Go Deep, Kirk Degiorgio, Shur-I-Kan and more at the London Freerange Records label parties. He has also appeared at various venues and events across the globe including 360 Dubai, The Warm Up South Africa, The Sonar Music Festival Barcelona and the Garden Festival in Croatia with his unique house sound. He has enjoyed a Freerange Records residency at The End, London and also at Horse & Groom, London for his Wayward parties with Norm De Plume. 

In addition to his DJ gigs, Matt hosts the bi -weekly Freerange Records Radioshow with Jimpster. Guests so far have included the likes of DJ Yellow, Stimming, Manoo, D'Play, Salvatore Freda, Manuel Tur, Gorge, Brothers Vibe, Solomun, Jimpster, Roberto Rodriguez, Pezzner, Diesel (X-Press 2), Deetron, Kasper, Nikola Gala, Fred Everything, Tony Lionni, Andreas Saag, Simbad, Nacho Marco, Milton Jackson, Mike Monday, Palmskin Productions, Andrew Crom, Frank Spangler, Trackheadz, Brett Johnson, Shur-I-Kan, Kresy, Hyenah & more. This show is syndicated worldwide on various radio stations including Kiss FM (Australia), Ibiza Sonica 95.2FM (Ibiza), SS Radio (UK), Club FM (Macedonia), Universal Vibes (UK), Proton Radio (USA), Lush Radio (Dubai), Dance Tunes Holland), Sceen FM (Germany), Sweat Lodge (Germany), Dinamo FM (Turkey) & Pulse Radio (Australia). The show is coming up to it’s 150th episode. 

March 2007 saw the release of Brett Johnson's Life in the Emerald City EP which featured Matt's debut remix, a digital exclusive of WeR1 after Matt decided to delve into the world of production. Matt's 2nd remix for Freerange was a re- work of Jimpster's A Love Like This and received airplay on Pete Tong's Essential Selection on Radio 1 when Groove Armada filled in for Pete. Recent artists Matt has remixed since then Dirty Vegas, Pezzner, Onionz, Tony Lionni, Dale Howard, Pablo Fierro, Evren Ulusoy & more.

Matt has worked with MrCenzo under their MidiDropMusic guise on various EP's and remixes. They have enjoyed number 1 and 2 top chart successes on download stores Beatport and Juno whilst working with labels including Glideslope, Guess, Raw Cutz, Shifted Music, Brown Eyed Boyz, Loudeast, 54 Music and Plastic City Records to name a few. He is currently working with Pezzner under their Arithmetics guise on a new EP and have so far had tracks featured on the annual Freerange Records Violet and Grey compilations as well as a remix on Tom Budden’s Alive imprint. 

As for his solo production endeavours, Matt has had success with releases through Urbantorque (4/ 5* in Mixmag Magazine UK), Pack Up And Dance (Number 2 on Beatport deep house chart for several weeks), Metroline (Record Of The Week on Loudeast FM Spain), Dirt Crew, Saw, Beef, Nightbird & more and has been fortunate to have the likes of Milton Jackson and Soul Minority remix his productions. Another alias of Matt’s is Sam Matters (anagram of Mat Masters) where he has enjoyed an EP on Freerange so far as well as remixing Tony Lionni’s Precious. 

In addition to Freerange he works for Delusions Of Grandeur under his Marcelle La Roque guise and they are currently having great success with their down-tempo disco goodies. Matt has been described as “fast becoming a force to be reckoned with” and Jimpster has described some of his productions as “Excellent tracks full of originality and deep, dancefloor friendly loveliness”. Another busy year for Matt it seems…

Selected Releases 
Matt Masters – 6 & 3 Twos [Dirt Crew]
Matt Masters – The & That EP [Beef]
Matt Masters – Always Delayed [Saw]
Matt Masters – Nocturnal Toms EP [Metroline]
Matt Masters – On Course [Nightbird Records]
Matt Masters – Live Again [Metroline Records] 
Matt Masters – Deep Or What [Pack Up And Dance]
Matt Masters - Walk The Walk EP [Urbantorque]
Sam Matters – Matter & Motion EP [Freerange]
Arithmetics – Freerange Records Violet Sampler [Freerange]
Arithmetics – Freerange Records Grey Sampler [Freerange]
MidiDropMusic – The Answer EP [Plastic City]
MidiDropMusic – Better Taste EP [Sophisticate]
MidiDropMusic – Joints From The Lab EP [Glideslope]

Selected Remixes
Tony Lionni – Precious (Sam Matters Remix) [Freerange]
Dale Howard – Sub Text (Matt Masters Remix) [Something Different]
Martijn – Londonderry Lowdown (Matt Masters Remix) [Save Room]
Pablo Fierro – Alone At Home (Matt Masters Remix) [Disclosure Project]
Evren Ulusoy – Chord Interrupted (Matt Masters Sunset Mix) [Night Drive Music]
Pezzner – Blacklist (Matt Masters Remix) [Freerange] 
Onionz – Space Bass (Matt Masters Remix) [Endemic]
Jimpster – A Love Like This (Matt Masters Remix) [Freerange]
Dirty Vegas – Tonight (Matt Masters Remix) [Toolroom]
Steve Mill – Mind Games (Matt Masters Remix) [Deepology]
Corregated Tunnel – 2nd Thoughts (Matt Masters Remix) [Urbantorque]
Nacho Marco – Crash Test (Matt Masters Remix) [Pacha]
Brett Johnson – WER1 (Matt Masters Remix) [Freerange] 
Proff - Breathe (MidiDropMusic Remix) [Brown Eyed Boyz]
Takayuki Higo -Wise & Beautiful (MidiDropMusic Remix) [Troublekids Records]
Timewriter – Heartstring (MidiDropMusic Remix) [Plastic City]

Exclusive Premiere: Matt Masters "Never Ending Nights" (Freerange Records)

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