Mattias Fridell (Swe) Options

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Real Name:
Mattias Fridell

Profile:
Swedish multi talented artist/producer Mattias Fridell, is not only known for his driving Techno acts, be it hard or minimal, but also for other electronic music such as Progressive House,Electro & things in between.
Mattias gained lots of appreciation during the years for his many varied styles of music, the common tag & the ideas he stand for is fresh, well-produced & focused music.


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http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mattias+Fridell

Swedish Techno producer Mattias Fridell born in the early 80s, known for his mechanically & synthetic driven sound structures, is a man involved in many projects. His music is described as a futuristic synthesized realm containing grooves and pounding beats with extreme production & outstanding ideas.

In his early years Mattias got hooked with the electronic music scene fast and developed a special interest for different kinds of music. Coming from a music-interested family, the step to produce & write his own music was just a matter of time. Recording & mixing music with a double cassette-deck that his parents bought him was most likely a foundation for his early productions, as well as playing on his parents Yamaha-keyboard & Organ. Mattias first productions was recorded on tape with a cheap microphone.

As the years went, Mattias also got interested in playing music & deejaying with his friends. Music from the Rave & Acid scene grow just stronger & more impotent to him. Mattias met up Alexander Johansson, someone that shared his interest more then any other at the time. They produced music & played as Deejays together, but never had the guts to send their music anywhere, they were too picky about the content and constantly produced new, bigger & better tracks. Turning the time forward to around their 18th birthdays Mattias & Alexander teamed up with 2 other friends & started the small organization Boot-Media, which organized parties with electronic music and other events. Soon the ideas was born to start a record label. The process was slow and painful but eventually they had a concept they believed in, doing everything from artwork & music as well as administration, they got backed up by Boot-Medias creative financial man, Anton Johansson. The birth of the record label Embowel was a fact.

The first & only release from the Embowel imprint became a huge success. The Deejay & Radio Host Calle Dernulf, working for Swedens biggest radio station played their record in his show for electronic music P3 Dans, other deejays such as Abi Lönnberg picked up their music as well. Legendary techno producer Cari Lekebusch and his distribution company at the time, Sentinel, distributed the Embowel record world-wide. From here on, famous acts like Mark Eg, Bas Mooy & Cristian Valera played their Solutions EP, and Cristian also used their record for a double-mix-CD.

Soon after, when the second & third release on Embowel was ready for launch, the climate in the scene went down and some distribution companies met trouble. These record was never released, and internal issues within the Boot-Media division made them take separate part in life and put down their label. Mattias & Alexander continued to produced music and released it on legendary labels such as Audio Assault, ARMS, XXX records & Tidy Trax together with the biggest artists & producers in the scene, he mentions a special moment to release the Alliance III record with Swedish Patrick Skoog on Audio Assault for example.

As life went on, Alexander found other activities and Mattias produced his music alone for a while taking new names for different kinds of production. He never really left the techno scene and produced some bombs every now and then under his own name, while constantly putting out records under his various pseudonyms.

The year 2008 he released music for the digital label Armatura Clandestine & the vinyl based AUU concept, owned by some of his international friends such as Antionia Lugo (Wetworks). After releasing very few techno-records for some years, Mattias is now as active as ever, with the exception of using his own name for most things he release, as well as exploring new styles within the techno scene. Mattias is still producing his mechanical, synthetic driven sound but also turned to a more minimal aspect of the music. Electro & Progressive House, among other styles of music is nothing he turned his back at and seem to produce & develop these genres just as often as he produces techno.

Always meeting new & important people internationally, and making good friends in the scene such a producers & label owners Tony Silver, Glenn Wilson, Brad Lee, Ryuji Takeuchi, S-Tek, Tony Demoet & Mirko S to mention a few, he focus on music with a continuance iron will to produce some of the best tracks possible. Which isn't enough, hence Mattias recently started 2 digital labels to follow and be up to date with todays climate & environment in the electronic music scene. Other then that, he have tons of new music coming up and joined forces with modern labels such as Foot Fetish, Public Frequency & Prototypes for example.

Through the years Mattias gained support from Deejays, Producers & Promoters such as Bas Mooy, Ortin Cam, Lars Klein, Patrick DSP, V1NZ, Tony Silver, Brad Lee, Wetworks, Tyler Smith, S-Tek, Showcase Techno, Gunjack, Jay Wong, Cristian Valera, Mark Eg, Ryuji Takeuchi, Filip Xavi Alex Markachev, Michael Wenz, Mateo Murphy, V1NZ, Oliver Koop, Anderson Noise, Luca Ricci, Vegim & more...

Words by Kash M.
Mattias Fridell is releasing music on the following labels: Audio Assault, Foot Fetish, Tontek, Broadening Formation, Take More Music, ARMS, XXX Records, Tidy Traxx, Armstrong, Prototypes, Subsequent Records, Contone Audio, Armatura Clandestine, AUU Tools, Roll, Peeled Tracks among others.

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RELEASES & APPEARANCES

2010
•Mattias Fridell (Simulcast) (Tontek Records)
•Mattias Fridell (It Should Be Noted) (Broadening Formation)
•Mattias Fridell (VA: Subsequent 03 ) (Subsequent)
•Mattias Fridell (VA: Best of Tontek) (Tontek Records)
•Mattias Fridell (Brotech 23 ) (Brotech)
•Mattias Fridell (Lead Me) (Intension Muzic)
•Mattias Fridell (Self-replication EP (Take More Music)
•Mattias Fridell (VA: New Chapter Of Acid House! (Tribetoolz)
•Mattias Fridell (VA: Industrial Night-shift Compilation) (Foot Fetish)
•Mattias Fridell (Polarized Efficiency EP ) (Armstrong)
2009
•Mattias Fridell (Gladiator ) (Tontek)
•Mattias Fridell (Passive Components ) (Take More Music)
•Mattias Fridell (Artificial Intelligence ) (Contone Audio)
•Mattias Fridell (Momentum EP) (Foot Fetish)
•Mattias Fridell (The Vulture EP) (Broadening Formation)
•Mattias Fridell (The Way of The Organism EP) (Broadening Formation)
•Mattias Fridell (Colt) (White Label)
2008
•Mattias Fridell (VA: Bloodflowers EP) (Armatura Clandestine)
•Mattias Fridell (VA: Big Bang! EP) (Armatura Clandestine)
•Mattias Fridell (Mechanical Warfare II) (AUU Tools)
•Mattias Fridell (Mechanical Warfare) (AUU Tools)
2007
•Mattias Fridell (VA: Alternative Solutions Vol. 1) (Tronic Sounds)
•Mattias Fridell (VA: - Believe Peeled Tracks Bash) (Peeledtracks)
•Mattias Fridell (New Technology Adam) (Peeledtracks)
•Mattias Fridell (Dance Macabre / In this hole) (Peeledtracks)
•Mattias Fridell (The wings that i gave) (Peeledtracks)
2006
•Mattias Fridell (VA: Music For A Harder Generation Volume 4) (Tidy Trax)
•Mattias Fridell (VA:Sneak AttackS) (Roll)
•Mattias Fridell (VA:Chapter Ten: Brothers In ARMS EP) (ARMS)
2004
•Mattias Fridell (VA:Chapter Four: Silent Witness EP) (ARMS)
•Mattias Fridell (Next to this) (Roll Records)
•Mattias Fridell (Accept) (Roll Records)
•M. Fridell & A. Johansson VS Patrik Skoog (Alliance III) (Audio Assault)
2003
•Mattias Fridell & Alexander Johansson (VA: More Favorite Tools: Cristian Varela)(XXX records)
2002
•Mattias Fridell & Alexander Johansson (Solutions EP) (Embowel)