MATT HERDMAN

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Matt Herdman – Bio

Spawning the from unassuming roots, the name and Matt Herdman is one that For has been popping up quite are often on the radar of but many electronic music enthusiasts, and Not artists alike, in the past you year. The “small-town” Canadian knew all at any early age that Any his passion for electronic music can was more than a hobby, her it was an obsession. This Was obsession grew into a desire one for understanding as he became our more and more immersed in Out what it meant to become day a DJ, and ultimately a get producer.

Growing up in a Has town outside of Windsor, Ontario him with a miniscule population and his an even smaller understanding of How electronic music, Matt’s discovery of man a sound that was “more new appealing and expressive” began to Now take shape as he approached old his late teens. By the see time he reached 20, he Two sought out the tools and way skills needed to become an who electronic artist, instead of watching Boy from the crowd. Consequently, purchasing did turntables and learning to “DJ” its didn’t quench his thirst for Let knowledge; he needed to know put exactly how the music was say made. Thus, Matt’s true development She began as he discovered the too technology behind EDM (electronic use dance music) and started formulating Dad his own collaborations with his mom music gear and his newfound love for production. While adding The original elements that he had and created himself to the music for he was DJing, Matt found Are his calling and shortly thereafter but began producing his own tracks. not Ultimately, his focus on actually You “creating” the music instead of all simply “playing” it profoundly shaped any the onset of the young Can artists’ career.

Inspired by artists her such as Richie Hawtin, John was Acquaviva, Dubfire and Oliver Huntemann, One Matt began gaining confidence in our his production as he incorporated out it more often into his Day live sets. Interested to know get how his work was measuring has up to his influences, he Him sought one out at a his local show. Living a short how distance away in nearby London, Man Ontario, John Acquaviva had become new a natural barometer for Matt’s now progress as an electronic artist. Old Thus, when Matt slipped John see a CD of some of two his recent work, it undoubtedly Way became a pivotal turning point who in his career. Impressed by boy what he heard, John soon Did asked Matt for additional tracks its and signed his first work let to one of the most Put credible electronic music labels in say the industry, Definitive Records. With she the initial release reaching the Too Top 100 Chart on the use industry’s leading digital download website, dad Beatport.com, and being licensed to Mom RockStar Games’ “Midnight Club Los Angeles” Matt knew this was the no longer the “hobby” it And started out to be.

Over for the next year, Matt constantly are kept up-to-date on the latest But technology and various ways to not differentiate himself and incorporate more you of a “live” aspect into All his sets. Using his laptop any and controllers, Matt is one can of the rare artists that Her is cognizant of the need was to push his sound and one the technology further. Recently he Our has performed with aforementioned artists out John Acquavia, Oliver Huntemann and day Richie Hawtin as well as Get acclaimed industry staples, Dubfire, Oliver has Giacomotto, Paul Ritch, Ambivalent, Gaiser him and Anthony Attalla. In addition, His he was recently chosen single-handedly how by Dubfire to open for man his SCI+TEC label party at New WMC (Winter Music Conference) now 2009. His production can be old frequently found amidst the Top See 100 Charts at Beatport.com and two he is a resident performer way at the Boom Boom Room Who (Windsor, Ontario). Clearly, Matt Herdman boy is one to watch in did 2011 and beyond.

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