Matt Drake
Auckland City
Matt Drake has been a champion of timeless electronic body music in Aotearoa for more than two decades.
His style is a hypersonic melting pot of cosmic house jams and hypnotic techno grooves.
Drawing inspiration from the astral arpeggios of 70s Krautrock, ragged Balearic vagabond synth pop of the 80s and proto-rave machine rhythms of the 90s.
Drake has dedicated his life to music - being a core part of New Zealand's underground dance music scene since the early 90s - touring clubs, festivals and events across the land, a founding member of Nurture Recordings, running Crucial Records on Auckland's High Street, hosting the decade long Slipstream radio on George FM, running club nights such as Beatstreet, alongside touring some of the worlds most influential international acts.
By day Matt Drake doesn’t stray far from music as a product designer at inMusic and previously Serato - helping push the boundaries of DJ technology well into the future.
Drake is the creative director at Lo-Fi Productions and along with Osey and the Lo-Fi team, has been creating epic boutique music experiences with the very best house and techno artists from Aotearoa and from across the globe.
International support for:
Richie Hawtin, Carl Craig, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Kevin Saunderson, Adam Beyer, Michael Mayer, Âme, Cioz, Sébastien Léger, Monkey Safari, Seth Troxler, Booka Shade, Kölsch, KiNK, Claptone, DJ T, Steve Bug, DJ Koze, M.A.N.D.Y., Stimming, H.O.S.H., DJ Hell, Floating Points, François Kevorkian, Stacey Pullen, Matthew Dear, Nic Fanciulli, Radio Slave, Deetron, Steffi, Virginia, Tama Sumo, Claude Von Stroke, Tiger Stripes, Huxley, Detroit Swindle, Lee Curtiss, Vincenzo, Kruse & Nurnberg, Djuma Soundsystem, Superpitcher, Iron Curtis, Dirt Crew, Tom Clark, Christian Smith, Cari Lekebusch, Aril Brikha, Steve Rachmad, Thomas Schumacher, Ben Sims, Steve Bicknell, Claude Young, Mike Grant, Cristian Vogel, Thomas P. Heckman (Drax), Lee Coombs, Tobias Thomas, Alex Smoke, Kevin Griffiths, Dario Zenker, Space Dimension Controller, Doc Daneeka.
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