M@ - MIDI Soul Project
M@ has been digging the electroink musik seen since those heady days of 88/89.Dispite living in the cultural void, that is know as Torquay, he managed to get to some of the first influential Dance clubs such as the trip/made on earth, shoom (at the park not the fitness centre, sadly) flying and others. Next came the lurking in those darkened corners called record shops to seek out those evil slabs of plastik that did all the damage. A friend with a rent issue offered him some techniks turntables and a maplin mixer (standard) at a good price : Learning to Mix was Go.
"my first two beat matched tracks stayed on the turntables for weeks as I was scared to lose the pitches".
After doing the cross fader shuffle for a while, he got locked in. He felt it natural to want to start DJing out and about.
"it’s like a really funny joke that I want to tell everyone! You hear a track in a club or your bedroom and you just want everyone else to get it like you did, to look across a room of 50/500/5000 people and everyone gets it; that’s a good feeling!”
He had a reasonable spate of DJing locally but often met with resistance…
“To try and play alternative music, of any kind in small towns, such as mine, was always an effort, club owners and runners were scared of attracting the wrong crowd, music too mental, they don’t make enough money as people don’t seem to be drinking as much. . . " .Ahhhhhh…
Anyway M@ decided the next step needed to be taken. He and a friend started on a kit buying mission. Drum machines, samplers, synths etc with the trusty Atari ST runnin tingz. We would meet people in seedy city car parks to buy their unwanted analogues. we always felt smug that we scored a £500 synth for like £40 . . .
"it makes a right racket lads, duno what you’d want it for?"
"just that my friend, just that..!"
Things didn’t work out as expected so M@ stepped it alone. like David Banner he searched for the correct remedy. It always lent towards the dark end: Edgy. Electro and Detroit Techno are my roots. i likes it dark.. but I will stray…..
How M@ knows Matt
The ST that eventually had the nervous breakdown was how I met Onlymatt.
It was a dark night, the Atari ST had gotten real sick, I needed harder shit, man. Bloke I knew gave me his number - i tried not to call. But after a few days without I couldn’t bear it. "Come around" his effeminate voice (cheers! – matt) said over the phone " I’ll sort it" .As he adjusted his gimp mask he sat me down and spoke of the implications of buying a Mac and what I was about to get myself into. It was pretty much the red pill, blue pill scenario. "not only MIDI but you can record audio too maaaan." he said .What the fuck do you think I was gunna do!. I want that shit in my life! he is a truly a wicked man.
I first heard of Matt as this bloke that played proper tunes, but never got involved in the shitty local scene. When he finally called me up looking for the Apple Goods little did I know that he would be on my case for ever onwards ;)
Be Like Me EP
Ripping Raw Electro/Techno, deliberately sparse and old school sounding, with pounding compression courtesy of Joe Meek and a vibe that makes you want to put your straight peak on sideways.
Greta Cottage Workshop takes you by surprise again and ducks leftfield for this debut release by M@, look out for this chap in the coming months : A new name for sure, but an old hand at the controls...
Slow
Slow met a big fucker working the door in a club who said he could get her some roids. without hesitation proceeded to get all chunky and moody.
A blippy tough electro twist on miss minogues slow, never fails on the floor. A deadly weapon in the right hands.
Be like me
A dark acidic tale of an over indulger. Burn out don’t fade away! . . . Has got punk sensibilities kicking over that clap & woodblock groove. Bleep…
Slow - Clip
Be like Me - Clip
M@ has been digging the electroink musik seen since those heady days of 88/89.Dispite living in the cultural void, that is know as Torquay, he managed to get to some of the first influential Dance clubs such as the trip/made on earth, shoom (at the park not the fitness centre, sadly) flying and others. Next came the lurking in those darkened corners called record shops to seek out those evil slabs of plastik that did all the damage. A friend with a rent issue offered him some techniks turntables and a maplin mixer (standard) at a good price : Learning to Mix was Go.
"my first two beat matched tracks stayed on the turntables for weeks as I was scared to lose the pitches".
After doing the cross fader shuffle for a while, he got locked in. He felt it natural to want to start DJing out and about.
"it’s like a really funny joke that I want to tell everyone! You hear a track in a club or your bedroom and you just want everyone else to get it like you did, to look across a room of 50/500/5000 people and everyone gets it; that’s a good feeling!”
He had a reasonable spate of DJing locally but often met with resistance…
“To try and play alternative music, of any kind in small towns, such as mine, was always an effort, club owners and runners were scared of attracting the wrong crowd, music too mental, they don’t make enough money as people don’t seem to be drinking as much. . . " .Ahhhhhh…
Anyway M@ decided the next step needed to be taken. He and a friend started on a kit buying mission. Drum machines, samplers, synths etc with the trusty Atari ST runnin tingz. We would meet people in seedy city car parks to buy their unwanted analogues. we always felt smug that we scored a £500 synth for like £40 . . .
"it makes a right racket lads, duno what you’d want it for?"
"just that my friend, just that..!"
Things didn’t work out as expected so M@ stepped it alone. like David Banner he searched for the correct remedy. It always lent towards the dark end: Edgy. Electro and Detroit Techno are my roots. i likes it dark.. but I will stray…..
How M@ knows Matt
The ST that eventually had the nervous breakdown was how I met Onlymatt.
It was a dark night, the Atari ST had gotten real sick, I needed harder shit, man. Bloke I knew gave me his number - i tried not to call. But after a few days without I couldn’t bear it. "Come around" his effeminate voice (cheers! – matt) said over the phone " I’ll sort it" .As he adjusted his gimp mask he sat me down and spoke of the implications of buying a Mac and what I was about to get myself into. It was pretty much the red pill, blue pill scenario. "not only MIDI but you can record audio too maaaan." he said .What the fuck do you think I was gunna do!. I want that shit in my life! he is a truly a wicked man.
I first heard of Matt as this bloke that played proper tunes, but never got involved in the shitty local scene. When he finally called me up looking for the Apple Goods little did I know that he would be on my case for ever onwards ;)
Be Like Me EP
Ripping Raw Electro/Techno, deliberately sparse and old school sounding, with pounding compression courtesy of Joe Meek and a vibe that makes you want to put your straight peak on sideways.
Greta Cottage Workshop takes you by surprise again and ducks leftfield for this debut release by M@, look out for this chap in the coming months : A new name for sure, but an old hand at the controls...
Slow
Slow met a big fucker working the door in a club who said he could get her some roids. without hesitation proceeded to get all chunky and moody.
A blippy tough electro twist on miss minogues slow, never fails on the floor. A deadly weapon in the right hands.
Be like me
A dark acidic tale of an over indulger. Burn out don’t fade away! . . . Has got punk sensibilities kicking over that clap & woodblock groove. Bleep…
Slow - Clip
Be like Me - Clip