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WAG 004EP
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2020 repress. Mathew Jonson's second 12" single on his new label. Return of the Zombie Bikers is a massive spine shiveringly intense almost drum and bass b-lined big room track recorded in early 2005 and can easily be compared to Mat's strongest moments including, Decompression EP on M_nus. This track doesn't necessarily need the comparison; it easily stands out on its own. Let it work on and let it move you. "Put Your Booty Shorts On" is yet another a side track written in 2002 dedicated to his wife Frank and remixed with including a vocal in 2005.
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IIWII 007EP
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Itiswhatitis present a 2019 remaster based on the 2013 re-master of Mathew Jonson's Typerope by Stefan Betke (Pole) using Tube-Tech compressors and Weiss EQs. This itself was an improvement from the 2003 original. Re-cut 1:1 and edited. 140 gram vinyl housed in thick brown carton bags.
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FE 002EP
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Freedom Engine brings you Volume 2 in the Decompression Remixes Series. The haunting strings of the original wind their way through drums reminiscent of jacking '90s house before the drop of the classic "Decompression" bassline, chopped and spliced. Mike Shannon touches down with a modular synth rework that takes the original and twists it into a modern acid trip and groove. Like surfing a spaceship through a technicolor wormhole to planet funk. Deadbeat shows his strength with a spaced-out dub version. Natalia Escobar stretches and pulls the track into an intense ambient time machine. Also features a GMT remix.
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FE 001EP
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Mathew Jonson's "Decompression" was first released on Minus in 2004 (MINUS 024EP). To celebrate 13 years since its release, Mathew has commissioned 11 artists to remix this classic, split over four releases. The first EP of the series features remixes from dBridge, Konrad Black, and Nathan Jonson. dBridge steps up for two remixes, the first is warped and deconstructed, the second a high energy drum & bass belter. Konrad Black slows things down with a darker groove whilst Nathan Jonson's "Rewind To 96" utilizes rave tropes and chopped vocal samples.
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IIWII 015EP
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2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the Itiswhatitis label's first release. "Panna Cotta" is a long-lost track recorded in 2003 that resurfaced in Marco Carola's sets, now pressed on 180 gram vinyl.
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MINUS 108EP
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This is arguably one of the most exciting singular works of Mathew Jonson's career, recalling his first Wagon Repair release: 2005's Marionette, a record that continues to inspire cultish devotion 6 years after its release and thoroughly deserves every adjective for "hypnotic" and "anthemic" that's ever been thrown at it. "Learning To Fly" retains those qualities while taking them yet further -- a 12-minute sci-fi exploration that achieves that mark of classic electronic music production.
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WAG 058EP
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With Ghosts In The AI, Mathew Jonson looks to both the past and future. The first track is the first solo production that was made in Wagon Repair's new Berlin studios. "Technology" comes from Mathew's past. His brother, Nathan (Hrdvsion), asked him why he had not released it, as it was one of his favorites. "The Alchemist" comes from Mathew's involvement producing the music score for the silent film Faust, which was screened in 2009 with Cobblestone Jazz playing.
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WAG 050EP
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Wagon Repair celebrates their 50th record with a special colored vinyl release by label-head Mathew Jonson. "Walking On The Hands That Follow Me" features foot-stepped bass and rapid-fire hat, as wisps of melody approach from afar. A vocal pierces the mix as a chilling pad makes your hair stand on end. "When Loves Feels Like Crying" is rich yet fragile, with harmonic fragments granulating from the central hook. Punched bass tones offer glimpses of movement and energy beneath the cascading surface form.
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WAG 026EP
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"Canada's Mathew Jonson has become one of the pre-eminent producers in electronic music today, creating some of the most influential tracks of the past few years both as a solo artist and as a founding member of the peerless musical trio, Cobblestone Jazz. This, his fifth solo release on his own label Wagon Repair, continues in the tradition of enterprise and experiment that we should expect from his Vancouver studio. This EP presents a series of firsts, with Mathew trying his hand at electro-pop for the first time, arranging a track for the first time on computer, and it sees his unaffected voice feature for the first time on a track. Opener 'Stop' offers the first of the firsts. This dreamy electro-pop odyssey is a half written, half improvised jam, recorded live while singing, playing the vocoder and mixing the track simultaneously. Synthesized rainfall descends on a squelched funk bassline, as free vocoded passages meander between phased percussion in a wondrously woven workout. The B-side 'Real Dreams' signals both the first time Mathew has arranged a track on a computer, and the first time his pure vocal has made it onto tape. A downtempo arrangement mixed live to stereo track, this murky and cathartic exploration was borne of realizing things about a past relationship, as descending harmonized melodies pulse contemplatively to a defiantly progressive beat. The shift of the creative process from live, physical creation to reflective computer editing is significant, and fitting to the prevalent mood of evaluation and reassessment. In combining these elements with Mathew's unsynthetic vocal, we present an intimate and explorative new dimension to his already enthralling repertoire." Pressed on marbled pink vinyl.
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WAG 016EP
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"Automatic is a new direction fusing electro, funk, and two-step. The first of a fresh batch of music produced in the new Wagon Repair studios. Focus on the dancefloor. 'Beach Party' -- a summer track for the early morning open air festivals. Inspired by the idea of doing the side-step with a bass guitar at a rock concert with long hair and tight pants. Oh yeah, and there are big fans blowing my hair around."
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WAG 010EP
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"Underground darling Mathew Johnson with another extra-large three track stunner: right from the start swirling synth over a pinching beat suck you into a vortex before a rubbery bassline takes the lead and an electrical storm of dark, haunting sounds wrap you in. Well, words don't do this truly symphonic oeuvre no justice -- this has to be experienced in the dark and in earsplitting volume. On the flip MJ gives free reign to his unlimited creativity with an impressive soundtrack-style tableau of electronic jazz, sounding like late bass-revolutionary Jaco Pastorius descending from the outerworld to interweave some of his crazy warbled, bend notes into a messianic David Axelrod arrangement, mixed at Lee Scratch Perry's echo chamber. Miles above your typical paint-by-numbers club fare -- simply HUGE!"
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WAG 002EP
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From 2004, first available release from this intensely developing Canadian label run by Matthew Jonson (Minus, Itiswhatitis). "Mathew Jonson's first own release on his new label. Another intense dark trip into 'Mystery House.' Side B features an incredible minimized more open space live edit of the same theme. Precious."
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SUS 041EP
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"The sleeper has waken. Mathew Jonson, our interstellar expert for subconscious techno, has by order of Sub Static launched his stainless battle sequencers again, following the declared aim to save the universe once more of the post-cosmic hordes of fish-eyed Euro trashers and their spineless life guards, the much-feared Neuromorphers. Jonson's hypnotic studies for well-tempered synthesizer on itiswhatitis and Perlon still remain in our minds, but no mortal soul would ever have expected to witness The Canadian star navigator with this sophisticated pugnaciousness. This time he has a whole army of brand new nanofunk-bots at his command, to scatter the enemy brigades most effectively. But his famous and fearsome arpeggio blaster still remains the weapon of first choice: many an alien should prepare for a juicy kick in the buttock, when the razor-sharp processed euphoric cascades cut themselves through any shield in over-lightspeed that even some captain future would be frightened to death."
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MINUS 024EP
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"The irresistible force of 'Decompression' and lofty pulse of 'Ultraviolet Dream' are crafted by Latin-infused rhythms sheared by gripping basslines and synths that swell. Jonson's productions are somewhere in between cosmic house and minimal techno with influences of jazz, fusion and analog electronic music of decades past. His live shows deliver a refreshing force against a stark laptop set, with Jonson pushing live analog boards, drum machines and effects to the edge, programming, tweaking and reworking his tracks on the fly."
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