"Matt Cooper - The Northern Light EP"
Out now at Beatport (vinyl out 21.12.09)
The 9th release on Excentric Muzik's off-shoot Rekluse brings with it a very welcome edition to the Rekluse family, we are sure Matt Cooper is somebody who you will be hearing a lot more about in the nearest future, that is if you haven't heard of him already...
From his Mixmag "future hero" tag, to his EFX1000 tutorial videos for Pioneer (he has been likened to James Zabiela but with bigger bass lines) and his ongoing residency at the Dirty Disco in Leeds (The Northern Light was the original home for the club night which the EP title pays homage to), the only piece missing from his jigsaw was the production side of things, until now. He recently teamed up with Spektre to launch their new Respekt label with the "Cuernos Cubanos" collaboration, and now we are very proud to present Matt's first ever solo productions, brought together as "The Northern Light EP".
"Pack Your Trunks" is dark twisted statement of intent, with a Hearthrob-esque hook giving off the feeling that the track is ever so slightly on the brink of loosing it, before that tough gloomy groove reminds you just why you were listening in the first place, and why you have to listen to it just that one more time...
"Triptup" attacks with a driving upbeat vibe that also arrives with a crazy tinged edge to it, keeping the dance floor bouncing off the walls, this has never failed to receive anything less than devastating reactions during it's many roadtests on our travels.
"The Swinger" rounds off the EP with a kinky tech houser that swaps the power of it's 2 harder brothers for some chirpy tomfoolery, without compromising on it's absolute effectiveness to well and truly rock the party whilst getting completely stuck in your head. And don't forget the breakdown...
To listen to the full EP head to the Rekluse Myspace or Soundcloud.
Reactions:
Pig & Dan - "Mental Music......."
Umek - "Will play triptup for sure"
Gregor Tresher - "Sounds cool, playing this out!"
Len Faki - "Gonna play triptup for sure! thx!"
Phil Kieran - "Pack up your trunks sounds like my kind of sh!t, good one"
Stephan Bodzin - "Pack your trunks is bomb!!!"
Hell - "Crazy tunes ! i will play it !"
Mauro Picotto - "Really nice and sounds great, will play it for sure, thanks"
Nick Warren - "Pack your trunks rocks"
Tom Findlay (Groove Armada) - "Nice production, swinger is my favorite."
Andy Cato (Groove Armada) - "Pack Your Trunks - thanks"
Technasia - "Pack your trunks is my fav"
Anderson Noise - "Good Stuff!!"
Misstress Barbara - "Superb!! Full support"
Slam - "Great club tracks !"
Justin Robertson - "Mega mega much support, tripit up! all massive"
Phil Hartnoll (Orbital) - "Fantastic leadlinesounds"
Spektre - "Awesome 3 track EP from the northern wizard! These tracks have been smashing our floors for some time now! Matt is definitely one to watch. Full support and charted! Pack Your Trunks goes off!!"
Dave Robertson (Reset Robot) - "Pack your trunks is good. i always forget mine and have to go in in my pants."
Andrew Grant (Circo Loco / Barraca) - "Kool groove......
"Timmy Stewart (Jet Project) - "Cool club weapons for sure. Pack Your Trunks should do the damage."
Loco & Jam - "Awesome Ep... Pack your Trunks is absolutely Mental. Will be hammering & charting this bad boy. 10/10"
Max Cooper (Traum) - I'm a big fan of Matt Cooper's productions, big wonky mayhem, can't beat it!
Jus' Phil - "Wow Rekluse is releasing some wicked stuff at the mo keep it up guys love this release!!!!"
Ben Nott (Ultra+) - "Swinger is my fav, very late night messy tune, but triptup has a monster drop, massive!"
Prinz (White Night Mag) - "High quality music by Matt Cooper, best track : Pack Your Trunks, really kicks ass !!! Will do a review on this one"
Danny Roberts (Clubbed Up) - "All over Pack Your Trunks and Triptup - Huge release once again"
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