Asa Breed furthers a seemingly happenstance shift to electronics-based indie pop that began on 2003's Leave Luck to Heaven and continued on 2004's Backstroke. Where the vocal tracks on those two albums sounded as if they began as instrumentals and just happened to benefit from lyrics and melodies thought up after the fact, there is an apparent deliberate attempt here at making songs. "Deserter" is the greatest example of Matthew Dear's gradual development as a writer, one of the most affec   [ read more ]

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With the release of Asa Breed, Dear went from hinting at his pop-sensibilities to openly celebrating them on what The Guardian called 'an extraordinary, impeccable album of avant pop' and what Philip Sherburne called 2007's 'most unexpected pop masterpiece'. Now, with the release of Asa Breed Black Edition, critics and audiences will be able to rediscover one of 2007's most unique releases repackaged to include remixes and re-envisionings from Four Tet and Hot Chip, with whom Dear will be tour   [ read more ]

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Back in 2003, Matthew Dear was a little-known DJ, but a handful of singles on an unkown label changed all that. "EP1" and "EP2" were some of the first waves of ?microhouse? to emerge from American shores and their impact on DJs and producers is truly palpable.

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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of Don and Sherri and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out! VINYL FORMAT. "It didn't take long for Ann Arbor, MI's Matthew Dear to catapult himself into the front rank of microhouse producers, emerging in the early 2000s with a string of high-quality releases for Spectral Sound, Plus 8, and Perlon (under several aliases)." -allmusic.com

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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of Leave Luck to Heaven and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out! VINYL FORMAT. After an assortment of 12" releases under his belt, Matthew Dear releases his debut full-length album, consisting of all-new material including the hit single "Dog Days". Dear adds a pop element to his sleek minimal techno with the addition of lead vocals on several tracks. "What separates him from the electro revival is a   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. At the heart of Matthew Dear's electro-pop opus Asa Breed lies "Pom Pom," a miniature slice of sound and vision whose rallying cry of "I've got to figure out love" is one of the record's most neck-tingling moments. For "Pom Pom"'s 10" release, Dear hands the tune over to DFA's Juan Maclean, who teases out the modest track's wilder side in four slick disco-house remixes. If the protagonist of Dear's original "Pom Pom" stands shyly in the corner, "The Juan Maclean Mix" shoves him in a car   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. The Robsoul Remixes is a cross-continental project that mines the connections between Matthew expansive funk. DJ Sneak engineers "Dog Days" into an ebullient house romper. Robsoul boss Phil Weeks revives the unforgettable disco string sweeps of the original and stretches them tight against a crackling, frog-hiccup loop. Finally, Chris Carrier presents an upbeat, verdant minimal track, building micro-clips of bongo strikes and hi-hat hisses around seductive fades and vocal stutters.

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VINYL FORMAT. Matthew's eagerly-awaited Body Language mix is a very personal selection, and one which reflects his own artistic interests, concerns and strategies. In a sense, he approached the project literally, seeking to explore aspects of both the "body" and "language" in his selection and ultimately achieve a marriage of the two. Matthew's celebrated 2007 album Asa Breed was remarkable in its organic synthesis of vocals and house grooves, and that same synthesis lies at the heart of this    [ read more ]

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At the heart of Matthew Dear's electro-pop opus Asa Breed lies ?Pom Pom,? a miniature slice of sound and vision whose rallying cry of ?I've got to figure out love? is one of the record's most neck-tingling moments. For ?Pom Pom?'s 10? release, Dear hands the tune over to DFA's Juan Maclean, who teases out the modest track's wilder side in four slick disco-house remixes.

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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of Deserter and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out! VINYL FORMAT. Matthew Dear's most recent excursions have found him at the doorsteps of the minimal-but-funky regime of techno music. Inspired by pioneers like, Mike Inc., Thomas Brinkmann, and Ricardo Villalobos, Dear has ingested, manipulated and re-introduced his version of this always changing and innovative realm of sound creation. Recent accep   [ read more ]

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Back in 2003, Matthew Dear was a little-known DJ, but a handful of singles on an unknown label changed all that. EP1 and EP2 were some of the first waves of ?microhouse? to emerge from American shores and their impact on DJs and producers is truly palpable. One of the true classics of this period, "Dog Days" was the first single from his Leave Luck To Heaven album and features a killer remix by Perlon's Pantytec. Spectral Sound presents a compilation of the singles that started it all. The highly inf   [ read more ]

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The Robsoul Remixes is a cross-continental project that mines the connections between Matthew expansive funk. DJ Sneak engineers 'Dog Days' into an ebullient house romper. Robsoul boss Phil Weeks revives the unforgettable disco string sweeps of the original and stretches them tight against a crackling, frog-hiccup loop. Finally, Chris Carrier presents an upbeat, verdant minimal track, building micro-clips of bongo strikes and hi-hat hisses around seductive fades and vocal stutters.

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