Coming in with another selection of tracks for the 26th installment of the #ExclusiveMix by Dataset and very excited to have non other than Matt Deco hosting it.
Rooted in the underground days of drum & bass and dubstep, Deco wears his influences on his sleeve and blends the sounds of yesteryear with today’s styles & production standards.With over a dozen singles, remixes and EPs credited to his name, Deco has been creating music below the radar for several years earning him a staple spot in the Los Angeles low frequency movement.
His album Reverse Chronology is on frequent rotation here at Dataset, a half time dnb full of deep thought inducing atmospheres lending itself as a useful tool in the creative process. I've been a fan of Deco's work for sometime and last time I got to see him play at Little Tokyo's Rocksteady Tuesdays, my admiration grew even more and had to ask him to record a selection for the mix series.
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Real name:
Matt Deco
What is the best thing about making/mixing tunes:
Making music gives me a nice break from the outside world and long stretches of uninterrupted time to be creative. Also, it gives you a lot of opportunities to drink coffee.
Your favorite studio gear:
My phone to count BPMs, practice scales, make chord progressions, capture field recordings, take notes on reference mixes and do about a 100 other music-related activities. A great chair. Truth be told, I sold most of my hardware over the last 2 years and I'm now pretty much all in the box for making music. The last piece of kit I'm hanging onto is an Access Virus TI Snow. I just set it up again recently, even though the TI digital it has a certain analog roundness that makes it sound less harsh than contemporary popular synths like Serum and Massive.
What artist inspires/motivates you:
Anyone who just settles in to their groove, sustains their creative work for a long time, and stays quietly killing it despite what may be going on in the larger world.
Life changing album:
Massive Attack - Mezzanine. I still listen to it about once a month and I constantly find new things buried in the mix. The overall vibe of the record is exactly my thing, the production is top-notch and it's dynamic in a way that's kind of rare now.
Also worth mentioning is Roni Size / Reprazent - New Forms. It blew my feeble little mind the first time I heard it. What can I say, Bristol looms large when it comes to my influences.
Production tip:
Embrace constraints, give yourself ways to create happy accidents, leave some things "good enough", don't take it too seriously.
Something people don't know about you:
I didn't have crunchy peanut butter until I was an adult, it was only the smooth variety in my house growing up. A truly savage upbringing. I will only purchase or consume crunchy peanut butter now that I have control over that part of my life.
Favorite food joint:
Well, I just ate there tonight so I gotta give a shout out to Tsujita Ramen. Best dipping style tsukemen in Los Angeles! Bring a book because the wait can be insane.
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