Mathew Jonson
Mathew Jonson's path to becoming one of the most revered techno producers of the 2000s began, strangely enough, in a bagpipe band. Seven years old at the time, he played marching snare drum behind his adult counterparts. Through high school in his native Vancouver, he was enrolled in jazz and classical classes. At some point after graduation, he attended school for recording engineering but found it draining and dropped out. During the late ‘90s, he was immersed in drum’n’bass and DJ’d through the tail end of the decade, until he found himself drawn toward the odd minimal techno released on labels like Trelik and Perlon.
DreamWorks was technically the first label to release Jonson’s own work. As Decibel, he remixed a pair of fellow Canadian Nelly Furtado's singles, “Party’s Just Begun (Again)” and “Turn Off the Light.” From 2001-2003, he issued a series of singles on Itiswhatitis that raised his profile with each release. “Typerope” caught fire with high-profile DJs like of Ricardo Villalobos and Richie Hawtin, and at that point he had already developed an instantly identifiable analog sound. In 2005, his reach spread to Sub Static, Arbutus, and Hawtin’s M_nus, highlighted by “Decompression” -- one of the year’s most polarizing tracks, featuring heavy-pressure bass frequencies that nodded toward Jonson’s drum’n’bass roots.
A move toward increasingly abstract material coincided with Jonson’s co-founding of the Wagon Repair label. From 2005 through 2010, the majority of his releases came out on WR, and they often strayed so far from the dancefloor -- so far from the dark, warped neo-trance sound that could have been milked for years -- that he shed devotees. Some of his most creative material came from this period, including “When Love Feels Like Crying,” a sparse, 11-minute tearjearker as touching and emotive as the first few minutes of Carl Craig's “At Les.” Jonson finally released his first album, Agents of Time, on Wagon Repair in 2010. Also a frequent collaborator, he recorded extensively with the four-member Cobblestone Jazz (aka the Modern Deep Left Quartet), Midnight Operator (with his brother Daniel), and with Luciano.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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fabric 84: Mathew Jonson
Techno - Released by Fabric Records on 16 Oct 2015
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Marionette (Remixes)
Techno - Released by Sapiens Recordings on 24 Jun 2022
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Diamond Eyes / Rain In Kyoto
House - Released by The Nothing Special on 2 Sep 2022
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Her Blurry Pictures
Electronic - Released by Crosstown Rebels on 10 Jun 2013
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The Remixes (Pt. Two)
Chill-out - Released by Shanti Radio Moscow on 2 Jun 2022
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Repeating Pattern, Numbers And Letters
Techno - Released by Obscura Music on 29 Mar 2019
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Blurry Remixes
Electronic - Released by Crosstown Rebels on 25 Nov 2013
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Nichtmusikalische Stadt Unter Schritten (Mathew Jonson Remix)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Compost Records on 16 Jul 2021
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Pollen 4 Life
Mathew Jonson, Sebastian Mullaert
Electronic - Released by Hypercolour on 2 Dec 2016
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The Remixes (Pt. One)
Chill-out - Released by Shanti Radio Moscow on 26 May 2022
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Automaton
Electronic - Released by Crosstown Rebels on 13 May 2013
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No Filter Remixes (Pt. I)
Chris Liebing, Marco Faraone, Mathew Jonson
Techno - Released by Rekids on 26 Mar 2021
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Spaceport 23 EP
House - Released by Half Baked Records on 7 Nov 2022
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Douro (Mathew Jonson Remix)
Electronic - Released by Ode To Youth on 7 Aug 2020
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Marionette (Remixes)
House - Released by Sapiens Recordings on 8 Jul 2022
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The World Will Come Around
Techno - Released by Fabric Worldwide on 30 Oct 2015
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Robots Of Dawn EP (Original Mix)
Techno - Released by VisionQuest on 19 Jan 2018
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Cyclops
Chill-out - Released by Shanti Radio Moscow on 19 May 2022
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Synchronicity
Martin Buttrich, Mathew Jonson
Electronic - Released by Rhythm Assault on 23 Oct 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo