Mathew JonsonCA
Mathew Jonson started his journey with electronic instruments, and has been performing solo and as a member of Cobblestone Jazz since 1997. His discography spans many classics and has remixed the likes of Goldie, Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Moby, Nelly Furtado, and VCMG (Vince Clarke & Martin Gore).
Mathew played the role of studio mentor with the RBMA in seven of the international editions where he worked one on one with participants and led workshops on improvisation, live performance, and studio production. His web show with Electronic Beats TV "Mathew Jonson's Synthesizer Favourites" has been well received in the music community. In his time spent in Tokyo Mathew played small roles in working with the Roland Corporation in Tokyo and Hamamatsu. He also provided the original factory presents to Black Corporation for the Kijimi Synthesizer.
Mathew Jonson really is one of a kind. He’s developed one of the most distinctive voices in electronic dance music: when you hear one of Jonson’s tracks, you almost immediately know it’s his. And yet there’s no mistaking any given track for another.
His music offers a rare fusion of populist intensities and nuanced musicality. With a keen understanding for the needs of the dance floor and the universal laws of house and techno, he’s thrown out the rule book time and time again, sneaking tricks learned from electro and even drum’n’bass into the clubs, and loading up his B-sides with tracks that do what they damned well please. (No kick drum? No problem.)
