Based out of Berlin & Paris, the franco-german producer, DJ & multi-instrumentalist always keeps one hand in the Indie Dance and Post-Disco world, while the other one is wandering in more psychedelic, cosmic and spiritual realms, blended with sonic-influences gathered from his numerous travels around the world. A winning combination that’s seen him release music on imprints such as Eskimo Recordings, Days of Being Wild, Everything Will Be OK…
After making a strong first appearance on the electronic music map by bringing out a chart topping remix for Aisha Badru (now counting over 3,5 million plays on Spotify), Matthews went on collaborating with some of the greatest minds in electronic music today, including Aera, Chaim, Local Suicide, The Organism, Moscoman & Rodion… As well at home behind the DJ decks, or live on stage where Matthews likes to combine electronic instruments while rocking his bass guitar, his heady and danceful magic brought him to play at numerous places such as Château Perché festival, about blank, Chalet, Badaboum, or the legendary Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg.
Over the last years, Franz Matthews has been digging deeper into numerous spiritual paths, leading him in wanting more and more to join the dots between electronic music and spirituality. ‘The Question‘ is the first output of this new journey, it is a spiritual and hypnotic electronic track constructed as a guided meditation, that Matthews made in collaboration with well-known french ‘happiness coach’ Jonathan Lehmann (Les Antisèches du Bonheur). But this is just the first step of his spiritual explorations in electronic music, as much more is set to be coming out in the next months, but this doesn’t stop him to continue releasing fine dark, groovy and sweaty electronic music either, as it is the case with the return of his remarked collab with friends Local Suicide, as their new single ‘Love Terrorist’ is set to be released soon on Playground Record’s 9 year birthday compilation.
And, as Matthews likes to wear many hats, when he’s not messing around with his other music projects Languages or Moon Wave, Franz Matthews is keeping himself busy managing his HIFI/LOFI Records & Publishing label, running his MOWD Production Studio where he creates music for ads and for films, and is a resident DJ at Tsugi Radio.
Johannes Klingebiel
Since his early childhood years, Johannes always felt this certain urge for musical creativity, which he channeled in manic drums and piano playing with like-minded people in his childhood home Frankfurt am Main. After highschool graduation, Johannes moved to Cologne to study jazz drums, where he also started deejaying, and quickly made a name for himself in the vivid house and techno scene of the city. Here he also founded the internationally acknowledged vinyl label "ancient future now" and was significantly involved in the development and opening of the by-now renowned Cologne club institution "JackWho", where he is a resident DJ and booking agent.
Besides all of those acitivities, Johannes also made a reputation as a top-notch drummer - with bands like the up-and-coming pop act VIMES or his own krautjazz band C.A.R. - as well as a sought after producer, for example trough his Latewood EP (2015), which attracted highest attraction in the international club scene, or a release on legendary Japanese label Mule Musiq in 2016. This led to a busy touring schedule as a DJ and drummer to places and clubs all around the world, be it in Germany, Europe, America or Asia.
Stylistically there has never been a point in Johannes' life, where you could have pinned him down to just one genre or musical direction. He is deeply convinced that the occasional thinking outside the box will help you create more exciting art. This is also reflected in his DJ sets, which can offer tasteful eclectic genre-hopping on the one day and straight consistent deepness on the other night.
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