Video: Matthew Dear - "Headcage"

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Veteran DJ and techno producer Matthew Dear releases a short non-techno EP as a prelude to his upcoming full-length. Matthew Dear could never be accused of staying in his lane or playing the conservative. During more than a decade in the electronic underground he's touched on Afrobeat, mastered minimalist techno, and used the strictures of dance music to create techno-tinged tracks that don't really feel like techno. On Headcage EP, Dear shucks techno almost entirely for shifting, ambient soundscapes that might herald yet another change in artistic direction. "Headcage" opens the EP with a...

Matthew Dear's dense and murky offering from 2010, Black City, shone a (black) light on his ability to create complex and totally unique music like no one else, which he has been mastering for a decade. As in his previous work, Asa Breed (2007) and Leave Luck To Heaven (2003), his skill as producer, songwriter and artist have made him a pioneer of the electro scene. A new album, Beams, is due out this year and this EP is a taste of what is to come [...]

• Matthew Dear - Headcage

New Yorker Matthew Dear has a long track record of making great electronic music. His new five-track EP, Headcage is out now on Ghostly International. The music is great but what might be even better is the series of abstract videos that have been made to go along with the record. You can listen to the entire record here . Check it out.

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