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Artist:	DEAR, MATTHEW
Title:	EP1
Label:	SPECTRAL SOUND
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SPC 006EP

After taking a brief stint from Ghostly International/Spectral Sound to release material on Berlin's highly touted Perlon label (Jabberjaw) and Richie Hawtin's Plus 8 imprint (False), Matthew Dear returns with two sister EPs in the mode of sonic reveler. EP1 focuses on Dear's evolving flair for dancefloor compositions, molding his spare techno into a free-form collection of housey gems. Tracks like "Laguna Madre" threaten disco with filters and quirky bass, while still maintaining a flair for the obscure.

Artist:	DEAR, MATTHEW
Title:	EP2
Label:	SPECTRAL SOUND
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SPC 007EP

EP2 finds Matthew taking his sound into a dimly-lit back alley and beating the stuffing out of it. Matthew returns from the dark, wielding 5 more dark strains of dancefloor havoc. This is deep, pulp techno; messy, steamed minimalism. The picture sleeves for EP1 and EP2 feature blinding white images of Dear in absent face, staring back from the black, straying from the normal Spectral stock image. These 2 EPs are pushing the doors of his obsession further.

Artist:	DEAR, MATTHEW
Title:	Leave Luck To Heaven
Label:	SPECTRAL SOUND
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	SPC 011CD

Matthew Dear (aka False and Jabberjaw) has made remarkable steps towards becoming one of America's best new techno artists in the past few years. Between his stunning live performances and evolved DJ sets, Matthew has perked the ears of the industry's best. His debut album under his birth name, Leave Luck To Heaven is an album which bucks the trend of the techno album as a fixed structure. Not a collection of 12" material or remixes, this is a tried and true artist album in every sense. With sleek, minimal techno lines, a pop sensibility and an ambient soul, Leave Luck To Heaven glides effortlessly from track to track, with enough charisma to open closed minds. Matthew's vocals, which appear in fragments on nearly every song, but as a complete, and almost pop-device on songs like "But For You," "It's Over Now," and the infectious first single, "Dog Days" shows a warmth and personality that transcends any pre-existing genre affiliations. Matthew's debut LP is one of the finest moments from the Ghostly/Spectral catalog to date. A stunning symbol of techno's immediate future.

Artist:	DEAR, MATTHEW
Title:	Anger Management / Future Never Again
Label:	SPECTRAL SOUND
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SPC 013EP

Coming off his insanely popular album, Leave Luck to Heaven, Matthew Dear comes back to show his prowess as a devastating club producer. His latest 12" for Spectral, Anger Management/Future Never Again (both not included on his album) are classic Dear burners. "Anger Management" is one of the biggest and baddest tracks ever to be released on Spectral/Ghostly. With a fierce bassline chug and seasick breakdown, the track has been championed by DJs like Ricardo Villalobos.

Artist:	DEAR, MATTHEW
Title:	Backstroke
Label:	SPECTRAL SOUND
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	SPC 021CD

Matthew Dear returns with the mini-LP Backstroke, on which he expands his stylistic boundaries and solidifies his place as not only a master of micro-house, but also as a major force in experimental pop. On the Anger Management 12", Dear backed away from the mic, but Backstroke features vocals more prominently than ever. Dear infuses the music with stunning accessibility and depth, while more familiar elements of his otherworldly style are kneaded into a perfect mix. Also at the forefront are stronger inclinations for tunefulness and the avant-garde, as dark cacophonies of swirling, disembodied voices often give way to gorgeous melodies that carry the record along seamlessly.

Artist:	DEAR, MATTHEW
Title:	Dog Days: The Robsoul Remixes
Label:	SPECTRAL SOUND
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SPC 064EP

The Robsoul Remixes is a cross-continental project that mines the connections between Matthew Dear's precision techno-pop and the French label's expansive funk. DJ Sneak engineers "Dog Days" into an ebullient house romper. Robsoul boss Phil Weeks revives the unforgettable disco string sweeps of the original and stretches them tight against a crackling, frog-hiccup loop. Finally, Chris Carrier presents an upbeat, verdant minimal track, building micro-clips of bongo strikes and hi-hat hisses around seductive fades and vocal stutters.

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