He mentions Montreal’s Pheek and Germany’s Onur Özer as part of his current set list. Mattew Dear the solo project drops his new album in a few months, the follow-up to 2003’s Leave Luck to Heaven. The solo music is more song-based: the new album features a band and live vocals. “I did some rehearsals recently and we have a new live show, so I’m touring Europe in June and July with a vocal rock-show type of thing.”
In the meantime, “Mouth to Mouth” is getting the remix treatment from Minus’s Heartthrob project, Konrad Black, and Ghostly. DJ Ryan Elliott did a “Moth to Moth” re-edit of it, and Dear himself has remade it into “Mund zu Mund,” an homage to his German fan base. Both are digital-only releases from Beatport. “I get everything off Beatport pretty much, unless it’s a promotional vinyl that’s been given to me,” he explains. “I haven’t bought a record in almost two years now.”
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