Buy direct on Bandcamp: https://offkeyindustries.bandcamp.com/album/bloom-without-warning

Following the recent success of his Starting Over EP on Belgian tastemakers Curle, Matt heads home to Off-key to release his strongest work to date.

First track 'Bloom' whispers sweet nothings in your ears while shimmering synths caress your neck and skipping percussion dances around your groin. Unable to resist, you let yourself go and 'Without Warning' spikes your drink, drags you into a filthy warehouse rave and leaves you grinning maniacally under a flickering strobe light.

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Matt O'Brien - Bloom / Without Warning

Headz Towards The Light EP

A Particular Kind Of Peculiar

Bloom / Without Warning

Without Warning

The Attic Trax EP

Succubus

A Different Light EP

Elixir

The Dust Off Volume I

Minor Planets - The Whole Your In

The Dust Off Volume II

State Of Shock

To The South

From The Periphery EP

Blackwood Freestyle

Bloom

Remixes From The Periphery EP

Blackwood Freestyle (The Subliminal Kid remix)

The Dust Off Volume III

Matt O'Brien & Audiostatic - Sepia

Minor Planets - Constructor

Kimble - 3dub

Heal And Come Again EP

If You Loved Me You'd Let It Slide

Caru

One Night In Old Street

Back To Origin EP

Sax Machina

Origin

Come Correct

A recent remix I did for long time friend and collaborator QUBIK aka Mat Gates, who has released under various names on my Off-key Ltd label. Check out his excellent album, Everythings Everything, on Bandcamp...

QUBIK - Suck It And See (Matt O'Briens 'U Know This' remix)

A romantic journey through old school, early dubstep and jacking techno, lovingly mixed on Valentines day for my gorgeous wifey.

Mixes

St Valentine's Day Massacre

Some of you may be old enough to remember a blog called Mnml Ssgs. They asked me to do a mix and said I had free reign over the musical choice, which I thought was odd given their narrow coverage. Anyway, I took them at their word and submitted this. It was not received well and they declined to use it. I think they thought I was taking the piss, which I wasn't really - I just played a bunch of tracks I loved which bore no resemblance to the kind of music they usually published.

Tracklist:
Dr Alimantado - Poison Flour
Wayne Smith - Under Me Sleng Teng
Damien Marley - Welcome To Jamrock
Nas - Made You Look
2 Bad Mice - Waremouse
Moodymann - I Can't Kick This Feeling When It Hits
Tom Waits - 16 Shells From a 30.6 (live)
The Fall - Lie Dream Of a Casino Soul
Public Enemy - Welcome To The Terrordrome
Dead Dred - Dred Bass
Red Rat - Dwayne
The Specials - Too Much Too Young (live)
King Tubby, Prince Jammy & Scientist - Iniquity Dub
Lee Scratch Perry - Dreadlocks in Moonlight
The Fall - Kimble

The Mnml Ssgs mix that wasn't

I was really honoured to be asked to contribute a mix to the sadly departed Little White Earbuds and it was een accompanied with an interview by Richard Brophy, which you can read here: http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/podcast/lwe-podcast-64-matt-obrien/

Tracklist:
01. Beaumont Hannant, “Art of Stealing” (Swag Remix) [GPR]
02. Schatrax, “The Almighty” [Schatrax]
03. Ali Nasser, “Stars of Ra” [Soweso]
04. Matt O’Brien & Audiostatic, “Sepia” [Off-Key Industries Ltd]
05. STL, “Silent State” [Smallville Records]
06. SkatebÃ¥rd, “Naar Det Rykker I Ringen” [Luna Flicks]
07. DJ Koze, “I Want To Sleep” [International Records Recordings]
08. Bodycode, “The Centre of Time” [Yore Records]
09. Floating Points, “Shark Chase” [Eglo Records]
10. Alton Miller, “Inner8” (Gerd’s No Vox Mix) [Clone]
11. Oracy, “Bass Mood” [Mojuba]
12. JC Freaks, “Source” [wandering]
13. Dave Aju, “Be Like The Sun” [Circus Company]
14. Dexter, “1992” (Vocal Version) [Dolly]
15. Extrawelt, “Simpleton” [Cocoon Recordings]
16. Samuli Kemppi, “Suunta” [Komisch]
17. DJ Koze, “Blume Der Nacht” [Pampa Records]
18. Matt O’Brien, “Dodaso” [Off-Key Industries]

Little White Earbuds Mix

The Sunday Constitutional 17th Feb 2003

An hours worth of deep techno including Seldom Felt, Kim Rapatti, Terrence Dixon and a few tracks from my good self.

Radio Quantica mix for JEM

Goodbye Mr Lahey

This Is Not A Drill

Matt O’Brien returns to the Off-key Industries label with this diverse slice of underground engineering, spanning the entirety of rave’s connective tissue. From ocean-deep analog workouts that wouldn’t be out of place in a classic John Carpenter horror, to pristine & hypnotic dub house sparkling up from the abyss, this EP highlights Matt’s virtuosity in multiple genres, but always with the same signature warmth and depth.

“Delicate Ambiguity” sees a fragile melody wind its way out of smog-like miasma of reverberating industrial bass, evoking a future past, reminiscent of krautrock innovators such as Neu! and Monoton, a dark slice of cinematic, electronic soul. A soundtrack for the best film you’ve never seen.

“It’s Deeper than you think” takes a left turn into hypnagogic deep house territory with slivers of glinting metallic stabs floating on a sea of pulsating bass and sculpted 4/4 beats, serving as a counterpoint to "Delicate Ambiguity's" Mariana Trench depths.

“To The Break Of Day And Beyond” returns to a mournful reflective, meditative space, with mellifluous synths sparkling under smeared analog drones, gradually giving way to explosive breakbeats & sub bass, reminiscent of some of Carl Craig’s most innovative rhythmic work, bringing the EP to a shuddering close.

To The Break Of Day And Beyond EP

Matt O'Brien - To The Break Of Day And Beyond EP (clips)

Buy direct from Bandcamp: https://offkeyindustries.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-periphery-e-p

Dodaso

No Reason

End of the Beginning

Serotone

The Portimao EP

Hidden High

Buy direct from Bandcamp: https://offkeyindustries.bandcamp.com/album/the-portim-o-e-p

Headpeel

UK based techno / house / whatever label run by Matt O'Brien since 2005. Off-key is not a label for purists and always operates at its best when exploring the spaces between genres.

Off-key Industries / Matt O'Brien

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