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Matthew Dear is an American music producer, DJ and electronic avant-pop artist.

Texas-born Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, where he was inspired by the sound of Detroit Techno. Dear met Sam Valenti IV at a party while attending the University of Michigan, after which the two created the record label, Ghostly International, based on a shared love of electronic music. Dear’s first single was 1999’s "Hands Up For Detroit" (co-produced by ghettotech pioneer Disco D, who performed under the name Daisha). Successive singles, such as "Stealing Moves" and the chart-topping "Mouth to Mouth" (as Audion) were issued on Spectral Sound, Ghostly’s offshoot that focuses on dancefloor music. Dear’s first album Leave Luck to Heaven appeared in 2003 and was praised widely as a seminal fusion of pop and minimal techno. The album’s single "Dog Days" became one of Spectral’s best sellers and a favorite of international DJs like Richie Hawtin. Dear followed the album with Backstroke in 2004 and has also begun working under the harder-edged Audion alias, apart from additional monikers False and Jabberjaw. In an interview he briefly mentioned that the idea for Audion came from a dream and it inspired him so much that he started to piece the tune together based on what he remembered. In 2007, Matthew Dear released his sophomore full length, Asa Breed. Matthew and his band, Matthew Dear's Big Hands then began a US promotional tour tour and a European tour as the opening act for Hot Chip. 2008 saw the re-release of Asa Breed as the Asa Breed Black Edition. This re-release added 5 new songs, including a remix of Don and Sherri from Hot Chip and the video for the song, shot in downtown New York City.
Influences
Matthew Dear has discussed The Talking Heads, David Bowie, Adonis, Nitzer Ebb, and Roman Fluegel as inspirational.
Albums:
* 2003 Leave Luck to Heaven (Spectral Sound)
* 2004 Backstroke (Spectral Sound)
* 2007 Asa Breed (Ghostly International)
* 2008 Asa Breed Black Edition (Ghostly International)
EPs
* 2003 EP1 (Spectral Sound)
* 2003 EP2 (Spectral Sound)
* 2007 Don and Sherri (Ghostly International)
Singles
* 2000 Irreparably Dented (Spectral Sound)
* 2001 Stealing Moves (Spectral Sound)
* 2003 Dog Days (Spectral Sound)
* 2004 Anger Management / Future Never Again (Spectral Sound)
* 2007 Deserter (Ghostly International)
Tracks featured on
* 1999 Hands Up For Detroit (Ghostly International)
* 2003 Idol Tryouts: Ghostly International Vol. 1 (Ghostly International)
* 2003 State of the Union EP (Spectral Sound)
* 2005 Spectral Sound Vol. 1 (Spectral Sound)
* 2006 Idol Troyouts: Ghostly International Vol. 2 (Ghostly International)
* 2007 Chuck (TV series) Season 1, Episode 4 (NBC)
* 2008 Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered
Remixing
* 2004 DJ Minx A Walk In The Park (M_nus)
* 2004 Håkan Lidbo Clockwise Rmxs (Shitkatapult)
* 2004 L'usine Flat Remixes (Ghostly International)
* 2004 Monobox The Remixes (Logistic Records)
* 2004 Osborne Bout Ready to Jak Remixes (Spectral Sound)
* 2004 Someone Else + Miskate Rip It Cookie Muenster EP (Foundsound)
* 2005 Circlesquare / Colder 7 Minutes / Shiny Star (Remixes) (Output)
* 2005 The Postal Service We Will Become Silhouettes (Sub Pop)
* 2006 Hot Chip No Fit State (EMI)
* 2006 The Chemical Brothers Do it Again (EMI)
* 2007 Black Strobe "I'm a Man" (PlayLouder)
* 2007 Terence Fixmer "Electrostatic" (Planete Rouge)
* 2007 Dubfire "I Feel Speed" (SCI + TEC Digital Audio)
* 2008 Matt John "Olga Dancekowski" (Bar25)
* 2008 Sasha "Park In The Shade" (emFire)
* 2008 Kieran Hebden, Steve Reid "People Be Happy/Rhythm Dance" (Domino)
As Audion
* 2004 Kisses EP (Spectral Sound)
* 2004 The Pong EP (Spectral Sound)
* 2005 Just Fcking (Spectral Sound)
* 2006 Suckfish (Spectral Sound)
* 2006 Fabric 27 (Fabric)
* 2006 Just a Man / Just a Woman [with Ellen Allien] (Spectral Sound)
* 2006 Mouth to Mouth (Spectral Sound)
* 2007 Mouth to Mouth (Remixes) (Spectral Sound)
* 2007 Noiser/Fred's Bells (Spectral Sound)
* 2008 "Billy Says Go" (Spectral Sound)
As Jabberjaw
* 2003 Girlfriend (Perlon)
Singles/EPs:
* 2002 .WAV Pool (Plus 8)
* 2002 Warsaw Bread (Plus 8)
* 2003 You Wouldn't/Beginner's Luck(Plus 8)
* 2004 Sink the Ship EP (M_nus)
* 2005 River Camping (M_nus)
* 2007 Fed on Youth (M_nus)
* 2009 Love Letters (M_nus)
Albums:
* 2003 False (Plus 8)
* 2007 2007 (M_nus)