EVOLVER
Matt started out as songwriter and keyboard player for Evolver, the techno ‘in house’ band for the genre leading offyerface dj collective. Playing at all the gigs Matt and fellow co hort and Dj CJ soon gained a reputation for rocking the crowd with their live techno tunes. Tracks Released with Mega Dog on their ‘feed your head’ series and several singles with Nocturnal Records including the Legacy Ep.Highlight gigs: Mega Dog, Hot Dog, Turnmills and regular full on outings at the Kitchen at the waterfront and UEA Norwich.
SHERE KHAN
Matt then moved on to form drum and bass act Shere Khan. Initially signed to indi major Dedicated records… the home of spiritualised etc. Matt went on to form his own label with two of the offyerface DJ Vodka and Louis, the new label Petrol saw many of the Shere Khan single releases and the release of his much acclaimed Debut double album “Age”. Matt as Shere Khan has also worked with many of the leading artists of the day such as Flytronix, Peshay and Dimension to name but a few and has had many tracks released with major drum an bass labels like Moving Shadow and Urban Takeover. Shere Khan has been featured in many magazines such as Musik (where his album ‘Age’ was highlighted as the drum and bass album of the month), other features include Mixmag, DJ, Knowledge, Ministry, XLR8R (US) and international DJ. Highlight Gigs: Bluenote club (London), Science Fiction, Sonic Mook experiment, Rumble, Rollercoaster, Logical Progression, Propellorheads and the Lizard Festival. Some shoulder rubbing : ) Matt has DJed along side, Matrix, Optical, Bad Company, Andy C, EzRollers, Flytronix, Dimension, PFM, Paul ‘Taxi’ Cullen and Peshay to name but a few of the scene stars he has shared decks with over the years.