Matthew Dear

Not only is Feb. 15 my birthday, is is the night that Matthew Dear will perform at Sonotheque in Chicago. Love his work–I’ll be there! -LizWake Up! and Sonotheque present:
MATTHEW DEAR � (Spectral Sound, M_nus, Perlon � Detroit/Berlin)
Kate Simko (Traum, Kupei Musika)
Sassmouth (Volatl, NBFC)
Real-time Visuals: Jeffrey Weeter

�Matthew Dear not only knows what people want to hear on the floor, but also how they want to feel. I can’t say that I have heard anything he has released that is not magnificent, be it minimal, glitchy, funky, or just dark and nasty.� � Discogs.com

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Holding down the top hit in Germany, �Mouth to Mouth,� this summer, Matthew Dear (aka Audion) continues to stake his claim as the top U.S. minimal techno producer. His slowly shifting rhythms and keen sense of texture create a hypnotic formula on the dance floor and home stereo alike.

This night is part of a new U.S. Ghostly International Residency, which Wake Up! and Sonotheque will continue to host in Chicago in upcoming months.

Residents Kate Simko and DJ Sassmouth – two of the hardest working figures in the Chicago electronic music scene � round off the night with DJ sets to get the floor moving.

Video artist Jeffrey Weeter creates real-time visuals.

9pm – 2am | 21+ | $10 cover
1444 w chicago, Chicago IL

MATTHEW DEAR:
You could throw around generous descriptors and any number of genre-locking terms � minimal house, acid techno, electronic pop � but you�d still fail to get to the center of Matthew Dear. With releases under no fewer than three aliases, including False (M_NUS), Jabberjaw (Perlon), and Audion (Spectral Sound), the Texas native has earned his international status over the course of a decade, from getting his bearings on the DJ decks as a teenager to flooring sold-out crowds at venues like Fabric and releasing universally-praised original recordings.

Matthew Dear’s most recent excursions have found him at the doorsteps of the minimal-butfunky regime of techno
music. Inspired by pioneers like, Mike Inc., Thomas Brinkmann, and Ricardo Villalobos, Dear has ingested, manipulated and re-introduced his version of this always changing and innovative realm of sound creation. Recent acceptance into the legendary Plus 8 roster and ever-popular Berlin based, Perlon label has solidified Dear as a viable source for pushing the boundaries of modern dance music while at the same time remaining focused on
the simple goal of making people dance.

After meeting Ghostly founder Sam Valenti at a house party in the late 90s, Dear eventually produced the A-Side for the label�s first 12� release Hands Up for Detroit. Since becoming the flagship artist for the dancefloor-oriented Spectral Sound offshoot, Dear has created the albums Leave Luck to Heaven and Backstroke under his birth name, as well as a series of singles and the Suckfish LP as Audion, all the while building a reputation for some of the most
evolved live electronic sets ever crafted. Between his stunning live performances and evolved DJ sets, Matthew has perked the ears of the industry�s best.

Discography: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Matthew+Dear
Site: matthewdear.com

KATE SIMKO:
Kate Simko is a Chicago-based music-maker. A classically trained pianist at the University level, Kate switched gears in her 20�s to make the music she loves most: house and techno. Reflecting her diverse musical background, Kate’s productions possess a unique harmonic, structural and spatial depth.

Kate�s first release was a relaxed listening record produced in Chile with Andres Bucci. This album Detalles �Shapes of Summer,� was released on Traum in 2003, which led to various performances in South America, including the 2004 Mutek Chile festival. Kate�s subsequent projects include a remix for Philip Glass, solo material on Kupei Musika and a new Detalles 12� and full-length on Kupei as well. Kate is excited about her musical future, which will include solo projects on Chocolate Industries, Kupei and others as well as more work
scoring music for commercials and films.

Kate has received props in The Wire, Art Papers, Grooves Magazine, URB, de:Bug, the L.A. Times and XLR8R and has performed beside artists such as Monolake, Richie Hawtin, Four Tet, Michael Mayer, Reinhardt Voight, Ellen Allien, RRR, Steve Barnes, Magda, John Tejada, Broker/Dealer, Swayzak and Ulrich Schnauss.

Site: www.katesimko.com

SASSMOUTH:
Sassmouth, a classically trained party girl, sought refuge through electronic dance music in an effort to escape the bullshit of capitalism. Always on the lookout for the next serious party, Sassmouth’s training brought her to all corners of the globe including regular holidays in the world’s techno capital, Detroit; annual pilgrimages to the Winter Music Conference, and regular visits to Ibiza’s closing parties and the Mutek festival.

After perfecting the art of dancing ’till sunset, Sassmouth was inspired to DJ in 2002. Her youth, filled with classical training on the viola and live performances as a member of string quartets and punk bands in her home region of the Eastern Washington wasteland, Spokane, prepared her musically for her new role as DJ. She began fueling bars, lounges, house parties, and morning gatherings in Chicago with her mix of techno, house and electro.

Sam’s love for the more minimal side of techno influenced her decision to study in Santiago, Chile in 2004, where she further developed her minimal melodic sound amongst the Chilean techno community. She eventually snagged a set at one of the top techno nights in the city at the infamous Dominica 54′– once again rocking that friendly late
morning crowd.

Upon returning to Chicago in 2005, Sassmouth, along with her close friend Antiphase and others, began organizing the biweekly techno night, Ettiket, and she continued her late night hijacks behind the decks at other Naughty Bad Fun Collective events such as those at the west-side underground spot Deadtech.

In late ‘05 under the direction of Chicago techno visionary; Frankie Vega’s brainchild of ‘Sassmouth Meets Punisher’ was born at the special In Your System’ anniversary party. Sam’s collaborations with Detroit�s Punisher, has brought an added depth to her sound. Their DJ act traverses the spectrum of techno and electro music, from glitchy minimal to a driving harder techno. The duo, ‘Punisher vs. Sassmouth’ performed in many U.S. cities often with Vega throughout ‘06 including the ‘Live Wrong’ parties in Chicago, Miami, and Detroit, Venus Envy in Indianapolis, and at the now infamous ‘Seismic Presents’ parties where the shows’ phenomenal sound systems truly emphasized Sassmouth’s love of all wicked bass lines.

When not headlining events with Punisher, or by herself at Cincinnati’s techno night, “Bang” and elsewhere, Sassmouth was honored to warm the decks or share the bill throughout ‘06 for many of her favorite techno DJ’s including, Speedy J, Adam Beyer, Mistress Barbara, Christian Smith, Marco Carola, Neil Landstrumm, Magda, Mathew Dear, Richie Hawtin, Suburban Knight and Buzz Gorree, Tony Rohr, Dietrich Schoeneman, James
Holden, Bryan Zentz, Legowelt, Ryan Elliott, Popkan, Steve Barnes, Justin Long, DJ Shiva, Colin Zyzkowski, Andy Toth, Rex Sepulveda, Butane, and Barem to name a few.

The NBFC’s ‘Etikett’ party is thrown every first and third Wednesday at Betty’s Blue Star Lounge, and beginning in ‘07 Kate Simko and Sassmouth’s party, ‘Wake Up!’, will move to a Thursday monthly event at Sonotheque! Take a disco nap, come early, and stay late.

Site: www.djsassmouth.com

JEFFREY WEETER:

Jeffrey Weeter is a composer and video artist who has worked extensively with choreographers, filmmakers, poets, playwrights and video and performance artists. Recent endeavors include the live video/music collaborations Fire and Ice, PowerPoint, Lavamatic and work with Virgil Moorefield and Mark Cartwright.

Site: www.lavamatic.com

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