{"id":1031,"date":"2017-03-15T09:56:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T09:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.halcyon-sf.com\/main\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2018-12-10T04:14:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T04:14:56","slug":"apr-29-matthew-dear-dean-samaras-hi-tem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halcyon-sf.com\/main\/apr-29-matthew-dear-dean-samaras-hi-tem\/","title":{"rendered":"Apr 29 – Matthew Dear, Dean Samaras & Hi-Tem"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MATTHEW DEAR<\/h5>\n

Depending on whom you ask, Matthew Dear is a DJ, a dance-music producer, an experimental pop artist, a bandleader. He co-founded both Ghostly International and its dancefloor offshoot, Spectral Sound. He\u2019s had remixes commissioned by The XX, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Spoon, Hot Chip, The Postal Service, and Chemical Brothers; he\u2019s made mixes for the Fabric mix series and Get Physical\u2019s Body Language. He straddles multiple musical worlds and belongs to none\u2014and he\u2019s just hitting his stride.<\/p>\n

Matthew Dear\u2019s 2003 full-length Ghostly debut, Leave Luck to Heaven, is a suite of sparse, wickedly funky house laced with Dear\u2019s deep, distinctive vocals, and includes the much-loved single \u201cDog Days\u201d (voted one of Pitchfork\u2019s Top 100 Songs of the Decade). The record was met with rapturous acclaim from both the dance-music establishment and the critical press, including a four-star review in Rolling Stone. Dear\u2019s 2007 follow-up, Asa Breed, was a considerable departure from Heaven\u2019s dancefloor excursions, incorporating the polyrhythms of Afrobeat, the irreverent pop sensibilities of Brian Eno, and the austere beauty of Krautrock. More four-stars reviews followed (Q and Mojo magazines), and Dear subsequently began touring with a live three-piece band in which he acted as frontman, commanding the stage with a Bryan Ferry-like swagger and a gentleman\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n

His fourth album, 2010\u2019s Black City, was the culmination of years of hard work and experimentation, a darkly playful sound-world that envelops the listener like the arms of a malevolent lover. <\/p>\n

His latest album, Beams, was a critical and commercial success. It is both a drastic departure from and worthy successor to Black City\u2019s gothic masterwork. A suite of weird, wild, and queasily optimistic rhythm-driven pop songs, Beams is the latest chapter in the continuing evolution of one of music\u2019s most fascinating minds. After over a decade of exploring pop\u2019s outer limits, Matthew Dear now inhabits a rarified corner of the musical universe: no longer tethered to any one genre, respected by his peers, and blessed with a bottomless well of creative energy. Now is Matthew Dear\u2019s moment, and it sounds like nothing else.<\/p>\n