Matthew Dear: Asa Breed Giveaway

In his new album, Asa Breed, electronic superstar Matthew Dear managed to jettison both the galactic techno tendencies of his Audion project and the more experimental glitches of his debut, Leave Luck to Heaven. What's left behind is a moody pop album with touches of early new wave, rock and the ghosts of his techno past. Live drum kits fill out familiar 4/4 rhythms, especially …

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Matthew Dear: Nugroove vol. 8

For the either installment of our Nugroove series, we go to Michigan and check in with electronic musician Matthew Dear before his first-even live show

M ss ng p eces recently traveled to Michigan to spend a few days with Texas-born musician Matthew Dear (aka Audion) before his first-ever live band performance. In between rehearsals for the show, we stroll down train tracks and do a little fishing as he shares insight into his music making process and the current culture of electronic music. His new album Asa Breed is …

Michael Fakesch: Dos

Imagine an alternate universe where Jamie Lidell sits high on top of the Billboard charts, enjoying Justin Timberlake-sized superstardom, while Matthew Herbert gets paid seven figures to make beats for P. Diddy. It's in this bizarro world that you might hear the likes of Michael Fakesch's new solo album Dos on the radio. What makes Dos work is the inclusion of vocalist Multiply, Sweezee's vocals …