Matthew Dear - Asa Breed

OK now I have actually listened to this, and I reckon Ronan's feeling about it was right. It's not half as interesting as Audion, and more than anything it reminds me of Beck circa Midnite Vultures - kind of 'quirky' in a nothingy sort of way.

I still don't see any harm in Dear indulging in both these projects, though.

Sorry. I'm not exactly at my most eloquent moment. Asa Breed would be much better if it were called Ass Breed and contained 74 minutes of hardcore porn. Even the script for Ass Breed would be better than the lyrics on this disc.

Audion tracks are more interesting to the nth degree. Leave Luck to Heaven gave little indication that he was capable of lyrics this inane.

god. I'm in a testy mood...

brian eno all over this

-- cutty, Friday, 4 May 2007 14:52 (2 weeks ago) Link

this record will outlast us and our lossy compression file formats

"deserter" is pretty, but otherwise i think i like dear's recent mix of lusine ("flat for you") more than anything else on the album.

shy is a total ripoff of falling by the comsat angels, in a good way

I hear a nearly flatlined version of Japan's "Visions of China."

Other songs remind me of Everlast.

I like the song about Don Cherry...I had no idea MD was such a hockey fan...

Is anybody else getting a really strong Nobukazu Takemura vibe off this. In particular Death to Feelers.

god, this sounds so pretty, but the lyrics are just so DUMB. that doesn't always preclude me from liking something, mind you, but jeeeeeez...

that said, i like the eno-y bits and the gary numan-y bits and the house-y bits, and especially when it all sounds like that together. it's fun and frothy and is an interesting listen. just try not to pay attention to what he's saying.

anyone looking for Dear in song mode should really check the Audion Blackstrobe mix. maybe it's a crazy thing to say about it but I really feel he drags the song out of a woeful original and stretches it to eleven minutes, with added techno flourishes.

Is that one around anywhere online? I've been hearing about it for a couple weeks but haven't had any luck

Ditto re: blackstrobe mix.

Anyone think that Phil's article on Matthew in XLR8R made the dude, to some not insignificant extent, come off as an lonely asshole?

I thought it sounded like he's still trying on roles and personalities, which can definitely make you come off as an asshole on occasion. The lyrical bent definitely tends toward a loner's perspective, but the guy's married and there was also the bit about him having a pretty active group of friends. I'm glad Phil did it since some (most?) of the xlr8r personality pieces end up being kind of crap.

I crossed paths with him many times (because of mutek, not that I'm following him or anything) and he seemed like a rather jovial, affectionate, and freindly person. I think it's just that last paragraph in the article that gives a potential bad impression, which was probably the opposite of the article's intentions.

The important part is that from seeing his live set, and clips here http://www.matthewdear.com/ has sold me. Will very likely buy the album myself. But I agree with the above comments that mention that it was like he didn't seem confident with going for more than 3 lengths. My guess is after mouth-to-mouth, what with long lengths and all, theres either a reluctance to extend tracks because people will be adversed to hearing more song based tracks for more than traditional pop-song lengths, or he's showing that they aren't epic DJ tool-like tracks, although some of them could probably be turned into them easily, which I guess future remixers will do soon enough.

Are you talking about where he asks the folks at the bar to come hang out with him because he's bored while he was playing at WMC? I could see the lonely part but not the asshole part.

I liked Phil's piece--was atually pretty surprised Matt was married, thought for sure he was playing for t'other team.
Anyway, embarassingly enough I do follow him around-- I went to hear him 4 times last week because I'm nuts, and was never bored by any of his sets. I could literally listen to him play whatever for days on end.

the dj koze remix of "elementary lover" sounds like the field vs. kanye vs. j dilla

no wait, it sounds like the avalanches on kompakt

DESERTER = ace!
i've gone from wishing he would u know *speak up a bit* to thinking it's the perfect way to add vocals to that sort of tune. but i can still imagine nelly furtado or sugababes or whoever doing a great loud
cover.

is he just shy i wonder?

@ pisces: Deserter is pretty ace.

For someone that doesn't have a clue about minimal techno, where would be a good starting point for someone coming from 'Asa Breed' to find out more? what are the Audion/other monikers releases by Matthew Dear that are 'relevant' or at least provocative?

I think the track that would be considered Audion's "breakout smash" or at least the track that truly brought him to a new level of acclaim would be "Mouth to Mouth" from last year. His follow-ups to that "I Gave You Away", "Noiser", and "Fred's Bells" are all nearly as good (or better in the case of "Noiser") if you ask me. Most (but not all) of his stuff previous to "Mouth to Mouth" was collected on the Audion album. Just a warning, that stuff is not much at all like Matthew Dear. As for his False moniker, I only know of his most recent 12" which I really like but can't recommend beyond that.

the hot chip remix of "don and sherri" is an entirely new song, and a pretty, understated synthpop one that I rather like at that.

upcoming bbc essential mixes:

15th March Matthew Dear/Audion

something for you all to discuss. i only hope it's better than luciano's tedious 'cadenza showcase' mix

Isn't it supposed to be 1 part Matthew Dear, 1 part false, 1 part audion, and 1 part Jabberjaw or something?

It would probably all a DJ set anyways.

matthew dear bonus track for free here

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Matthew_Dear/music

If you haven't picked this up yet Ghostly are reissuing a "Black Edition" (CD only) with the Four Tet and Hot Chip remixes appended.

Has anybody seen him with the live band? The Big Hands thing, I mean?

I'm wondering whether I should brave Hiro Ballroom to see it in a couple of weeks.

http://kickkicksnare.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/matthew_dear_new.jpg

WELCOME BACK MD I MISSED U

You Put A Smell On Me

streaming on fact btw

http://www.factmag.com/2010/08/02/stream-matthew-dears-black-city-in-full-only-on-fact/

plax you just rule ilx right now fyi

i still listen to this record all the time