Matt Darey Explained

Matt Darey
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Background:non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Name:Matthew Jonathan Darey
Alias:8-Bit Trip, Bi Boy Action Squad, DSP, Li Kwan, Lost Tribe, Mash Up, MDM, One Little Arab, Paul Austin, Space Baby, Sunburst, Tekara, Urban Astronauts, Xstasia
Birth Date:1968 11, df=y
Birth Place:Leicester, England
Genre:Trance, EDM
Label:Armada Music
Associated Acts:Lost Tribe

Matthew Jonathan Darey (born 29 November 1968) is an English trance music producer and performer. Darey has sold over two million albums and singles with numerous top 40 chart hits.[1] [2]

Music career

Darey was born in Leicester, England.[3] Some of his earliest solo work was under the name Lost Tribe, releasing the EP The Distant Voices in 1997.[4] The single "Gamemaster" reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart in 1999.[5] [6] [7]

In addition to production and remixing work for other artists, Darey began releasing music under his own name in 2004.[8] In 2005 he debuted a new show on Digitally Imported called Nocturnal, which became a weekly show the following year.[9] [10] His 2007 single "Beautiful Day" reached the top 25 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music Club Play and hitting the Top 20 on the Hot Dance Airplay chart in the United States.[11] Darey has made several appearances in the annual worldwide top 100 DJs poll, including peaking at #34 in 2008.[12]

Darey owns a record label, Darey Products, featuring releases from himself and upcoming artists.[13] In 2015 he changed his stage name to Matt Nouveau to signal a change in musical direction. As of 2021 Darey hosts a monthly Internet radio show on Digitally Imported's European Trance station.

Discography

Albums and EPs

Singles

Selected remixes

Selected album appearances

Video games

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview with Matt Darey . 1mix.co.uk . 2014-08-04 . 5 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130905150538/http://1mix.co.uk/news/716-interview-with-matt-darey.html . live .
  2. Web site: MATT DAREY songs and albums - full Official Chart history . . 24 June 2024 . 7 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190507144046/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8127/matt-darey/ . live .
  3. Book: The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music. Colin Larkin. Colin Larkin (writer). Virgin Books. 2000. First. 0-7535-0427-8. 112/3.
  4. Book: Music and Technoculture. Wesleyan. 2003. 978-0-8195-6514-3. Rene T. A. Lysloff. 380.
  5. Book: Roberts, David. British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Limited. 2006. 1-904994-10-5. 19th. London. 330.
  6. Book: Betts, Graham. Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006. 2006. Collins. 978-0-00-720077-1. en. MATT DAREY UK dance producer / instrumentalist who has also remixed for the likes of ATB, Moloko and Gabrielle . Darey also recorded as Sunburst and Space Baby, as a member of Lost Tribe, and with Marcella Woods and Michael Woods as ....
  7. Web site: LOST TRIBE full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2021-09-15. www.officialcharts.com. 3 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211103174958/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/33420/lost-tribe/. live.
  8. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p329915|pure_url=yes}} Biography: Matt Darey]. Brown. Marisa. Allmusic. 30 May 2010.
  9. Web site: DI Calendar . www.digitallyimported.com . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928051102/http://www.digitallyimported.com/calendar/event.php?event=1959 . 28 September 2007 . dead.
  10. Web site: DI Calendar. https://web.archive.org/web/20070205043446/http://www.di.fm/calendar/event.php?event=3034. dead. 5 February 2007. 5 February 2007. 3 December 2019.
  11. Matt Darey. 2021-09-26. Billboard.
  12. Web site: Matt Darey - Top 100 DJs 2013 - DJMag.com . . 24 June 2024 . 2013 . 4 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220904171540/https://djmag.com/top100djs/2013/96/Matt-Darey . live .
  13. Web site: Don Jackson – Focused and Headstrong. Michael Ta. 2005. Resident Advisor. 4 July 2010. 26 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026143537/http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?642. live.
  14. Web site: LI KWAN | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. Official Charts. 31 December 2021. 24 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240624182326/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30999/li-kwan/. live.
  15. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited. London. 1-904994-10-5. 517.
  16. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited. London. 1-904994-10-5. 140.
  17. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited. London. 1-904994-10-5. 336.
  18. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited. London. 1-904994-10-5. 360.
  19. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited. London. 1-904994-10-5. 540.
  20. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited. London. 1-904994-10-5. 335.
  21. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited. London. 1-904994-10-5. 330.

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