Fri July 06 – Matthew Dekay |

Fri July 06 – Matthew Dekay

MATTHEW DEKAY

Matthew Dekay is a Dutch electronic music composer and DJ whose label All Day I Dream is responsible for pushing some of today’s most romantic, melancholic and emotional house music.

Matthew was first exposed to electronic music in the early 90’s while growing up in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Listening to composers like Vangelis and Terry Riley at such a young age paved the way for Matthew to grow up and become a classically trained musician with a strong fixation for synthesizers. Today, it is these two factors coupled with his never ending hunt for new technology, that Matthew uses to ensure his music stands out among his peers.

Following Matthew’s first official release on One Star Recordings in 2001, his tracks began receiving support from the likes of Danny Howells, Sasha and Deep Dish. This lead Matthew to start his career as a DJ, and by 2003 he found himself playing at festivals such as Extrema, Dance Valley, Sensation and the Berlin Love Parade, as well as many other clubs around the Netherlands. In November 2004, Matthew mixed the world-renowned Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1.

In 2008, Matthew moved to NYC and spent a summer season in Ibiza. This was where he fell in love with underground music again thanks to Ricardo Villalobos, and by the time he met Lee Burridge later that year, he knew he had found his musical soul mate.

Matthew relocated to Berlin in 2009, which provided him with fresh musical appreciation. Soon after, Lee Burridge came over from London to work in the studio and they finally finished “Wongel”. Nick Curly – head of the German label Cecille Records – loved it, and immediately signed the track to his label. “Wongel” went on to peak at #6 in the Beatport Tech House charts, and #1 on Resident Advisor’s 50 Most Charted Tracks of November 2010. The track was also included on the Cocoon compilations “Party Animals” and “Green and Blue”.

Matthew and Lee later decided to take their collaboration to the next step, starting a label together in 2011. All Day I Dream began with a series of four daytime parties on a rooftop in Brooklyn NYC, in the summer of 2011. By October 2011, “All Day I Dream 001” was released both on vinyl and digitally. “All Day I Dream 002” followed shortly after, and featured the track “Für Die Liebe”, a song which would later go on to become one of the biggest records at 2011’s infamous Burning Man festival. “Für Die Liebe” was licensed to Joris Voorn’s disc on the Cocoon compilation “Cocoon Heroes”. It also featured on the “Kehakuma” (Space Ibiza) compilation, mixed and selected by Nick Curly.

A second label, Get Weird, which was launched in June 2012, provides Matthew and Lee with an avenue to release the quirkier, late night sounds that they enjoy. The pair also have plans to extend their All Day I Dream parties further abroad, with a European debut set to take place during the summer of 2013.

After completing a metamorphosis through many styles and sounds, Matthew believes he has finally done a full 360, and has now been brought back to where he feels the most comfortable expressing his creativity – in underground music.

BO BORZU

Borzu (also referred to as Bo Borzu) – San Francisco based Dj, music producer, and event producer. Resident Dj for the infamous ZERO events out of Brooklyn which happen now across the states. Also a resident DJ and part of the founding crew that makes the Disco Knights Burning Man camp happen. In San Francisco, Borzu plays is also a resident DJ at the Deep Blue Events, a production company he co-founded. DB monthly parties happen at venues like Public Works and Great Northern, and DJ alongside their go-to headliners such as Sasha, Solomun, Lee Burridge, Damian Lazarus, Dubfire.. etc. More recently they teamed up with good friend and mentor, Lee Burridge, to produce the first ever All Day I Dream of San Francisco events in the park, and responsible for bringing other label showcases and events to SF like Damian Lazarus’ Get Lost party.

About meeeee:
I started out by collecting vinyl when I was 16 (was just curious about underground electronic music and happened to find a record store a few cities away). A few years later started playing at clubs and underground parties in SF (I guess there weren’t a billion djs back then since dj software didn’t exist, finding/collecting vinyl wasn’t as easy as plugging in a computer and clicking sync). By mid-2000’s I was DJn out weekly and really pushing the underground warehouse scene in SF.

– Around that time I co-founded DeepBlue Events w/ my brother, Rooz. Originally a 800 person underground party at a warehouse in the Mission we called the BodyShop that eventually became our events/production company. Together we produce about 2 events a month at venues like PublicWorks and GreatNorthern. Proud that today DeepBlue is known as one of the leading house/techno events on the west-coast (once a month we book and DJ w/ some of the biggest names in the industry including Sasha, Lee Burridge, Dubfire, Solomun, etc.

– During that time (mid-2000’s) I also started DJn @ Burning Man and joined the old GreenGorilla crew for the start of the Disco Knights camp. Since the start, I’ve helped w/ producing the camp as one of the main organizers and resident DJs.
– More recently in 2015, I teamed up with my good friend and mentor, Lee Burridge, to produce the All Day I Dream events in SF at Golden Gate Park. I also released my first EP in 2015 and have a few coming out.

MATTHIAS LINK

Escaped from Germany, based in San Francisco.

Channeling through time and space I explore various electronic genres with my mixes ranging from groovy disco sound to tribal house tunes.