Matt Darey
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Matthew Jonathan Darey (* 29. November 1968 in Leicester ) is a British trance - DJ and musician .
Life
Matt Darey started his musical career in 1992 when he released his first production. He had his first successes in 1994 with the single Point Zero , which appeared under the pseudonym Li Kwan . In the following years he successfully produced various remixes (including for Kim Wilde , Binary Finary , WestBam and Delerium ). Some of his singles have made it into the UK Top 40 . His ex-girlfriend Marcella Woods was there several times as a guest singer.
On August 13, 2005 Darey made his debut with a radio show Nocturnal on the Internet radio station Digitally Imported . The show has been broadcast weekly since April 2006 and includes a one-hour live set by Darey and a guest mix in the second hour. Nocturnal is now broadcast on a total of 123 radio stations worldwide. In May 2007 he also started a monthly podcast called Nocturnal Sunshine .
In 2008 Matt Darey formed the band Urban Astronauts . The music project is assigned to the new genre Rocktronica , which tries to combine rock with electronic music .
Darey owns his own label called Darey Products , which publishes productions of himself and emerging talent. Throughout his career as a music producer, Darey has sold over two million albums and singles.
Discography
Albums
- 2004: Decade
- 2012: Blossom & Decay
Singles
- 1994: Li Kwan - Point Zero
- 1997: Lost Tribe - The Distant Voices EP
- 1999: Lost Tribe - Gamemaster
- 1999: Liberation
- 2000: DSP - From Russia with Love
- 2001: Liberation (Fly Like an Angel)
- 2002: Beautiful (with Marcella Woods)
- 2002: U Shine On / Moody (with Marcella Woods)
- 2003: Lost Tribe - Gamemaster
- 2004: Lost Tribe - Possessed
- 2003: Electro Buzz
- 2003: Voice of an Angel
- 2004: Nocturnal Delight
- 2005: Liberation 2005
- 2005: Eternity
- 2007: Beautiful Day (with Antoine and Marcia Juell)
- 2007: Sum of All Fears (with Tiff Lacey )
- 2008: Animal (with Urban Astronauts)
- 2009: See the Sun (with Urban Astronauts and Kate Louise Smith)
- 2010: Broken Flowers (with Urban Astronauts and Kristy Thirsk)
- 2010: Black Canyon (with Kate Louise Smith)
- 2010: Back in the Day
- 2010: Chasing the Sun (with Aeron Aether and Ridgewalkers)
- 2012: Hold Your Breath (with Leah)
- 2012: Follow You (with Stan Kolev and Aelyn)
Compilations
- 1999: Ibiza Euphoria
- 2000: Pure Euphoria
- 2002: The Very Best of Euphoria
- 2005: Upfront Trance
- 2005: Ultimate Trance
- 2007: Nocturnal
- 2010: Nocturnal
Remixes (selection)
- 1995: Kim Wilde - Breakin 'Away
- 1995: Kim Wilde - Heaven
- 1995: Mark Morrison - Lets Get Down
- 1996: Kim Wilde - Shame
- 1997: Erasure - Oh L'Amour
- 1998: Binary Finary - 1998/1999
- 1998: Agnelli & Nelson - El Niño
- 1998: Three Drives On A Vinyl - Greece 2000
- 1998: Mike Koglin - The Silence
- 1998: WestBam - Wizards of the Sonic
- 1998: Delerium - Heaven's Earth
- 1998: Moloko - The Time Is Now
- 1999: ATB - 9pm (Till I Come)
- 1999: Gabrielle - Rise
- 2000: Tilt - Invisible
- 2000: Nightcrawlers - Never Knew Love
- 2005: Headstrong feat. Tiff Lacey - Close Your Eyes
Web links
- Website
- Matt Darey at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart sources: UK1 UK2
- ↑ NOCTURNAL with Matt Darey ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , di.fm, accessed December 7, 2009.
- ↑ NOCTURNAL with Matt Darey, Judge Jules ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , di.fm, accessed December 7, 2009.
- ↑ a b Biography of Matt Darey ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , mattdarey.com, accessed December 7, 2009.
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SURNAME | Darey, Matt |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Darey, Matthew Jonathan (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British DJ and musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leicester , England |