A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Berlin's Get Physical has always been one of the most overtly pop-oriented of this decade's big dance-music imprints, and the seventh volume of its DJ-mix series is selected by Matthew Dear, who's best known for the vocal-driven work he releases under his own name. But Dear is also known for his abstract instrumental work, and that's the guiding principle behind the 20-track mix...
Crave RSS (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
One of the busiest men in contemporary techno, producer, remixer, and Ann Arbor's saving grace Matthew Dear is out with another studio album, "Asa Breed," exploring boldly beyond the genre's stiff boundaries: it's ambient in spots, roams into shoegazer territory, and has a weird electro-pop strut. Download free MP3 now! ... Originally posted at Crossfade
Headphonaught's Nanolog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Refinery29 have a new playlist and its pretty good. It has tracks from Flying Lotus , Morgan Geist , Matthew Dear and even Fleetwood Mac . I especially loving the artwork for the playlist (above) by April Lee - I think her work is awesome and fitting for this playlist in a fresh and eclectic beyond-description kind of way. Check it out... My thanks to coolhunting for the heads up.
nialler9 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
Having just supported Matthew Dear in the US and now signed to bPitch Control, New Orleans duo Telefon Tel Aviv will have a new record out called Immolate Yourself in January. This taster is a good start for their first full-length in five years. Telefon Tel Aviv - ‘Helen of Troy’ If you like this try: No [...]
BIGSTEREO (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Watch out. Matthew Dear and The Juan Maclean collide. The Juan Maclean have provided Matthew Dear with four remixes of “Pom Pom”, the latest and greatest single from the critically acclaimed Asa Breed. Yes four. I imagine Ghostly International played it smart and realized the DFA nerds wouldn’t be interested in anything but the Maclean [...]
