MATEO & MATOS

Location: New York, United States
Genre: Tech House
Labels: 4th Floor, 4th Floor Records, Distant Music, Henry Street Music, King Street Classics, King Street Sounds, kms records, Large Music, Manuscript Records, Nite Grooves, People That Make The Music, ProgCity Deep, Seamless Recordings, We Make Names

JOHN MATEO AND EDDIE MATOS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING AND REMIXING SINCE THE MID 1980’S AND SINCE THEN HAVE RELEASED RECORDS ON JUST ABOUT EVERY MAJOR INDEPENDENT HOUSE LABEL IN NEW YORK DURING THEIR CAREER.

HAVING BEEN INTERESTED IN DJING AND MAKING MUSIC SINCE THE LATE 70’S, THEY MET THROUGH THE AVENUE OF CB RADIO AND QUICKLY HIT IT OFF. LISTENING TO KISS FM AND DISCO 92 WKTU THEY ENJOYED THE MUSIC THAT TONY HUMPHRIES, SHEP PETTIBONE AND JONATHAN FEARING WERE PLAYING ON THE RADIO. SOON AFTER THE DUO BECAME PARTNERS AND GOT TO KNOW LOUIE VEGA. WHO AT THE TIME WAS PLAYING AT HEARTHROB IN NYC. LOUIE WAS A GREAT INSPIRATION FOR THE DUO AS THEY LEARNED THEIR CRAFT IN THE STUDIO WATCHING LOUIE WITH PRODUCING AND EDITING.

IN 1986, THEY MET THE GREAT LARRY LEVAN. lARRY WAS PLAYING AT CLUBS SUCH AS THE LOFT AND THE GARAGE, THIS EXPOSED THEM TO A WHOLE NEW SOUND. IN THE MID TO LATE 80’S, DJING TOOK OVER THEIR LIVES AND THEY PLAYED EVERYWHERE FROM CLUBS SUCH AS HOUSE NATION TO STREET SUMMER PARTIES.

IN LATE 1989, THEY MOVED INTO PRODUCTION WHEN THEY SET UP FINAL CUT RECORDS WITH A BUSINESS PARTNER. IN 1993, HAVING ENJOYED SUCCESS WITH THE LABEL, THEY BEGAN WORKING FOR OTHER INDEPENDENT LABELS IN NEW YORK. ALSO ABOUT THIS TIME THEY STARTED TO DJ ABROAD, TRAVELING THE WORLD. NOW GOING INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM, THEY HAVE DECIDED TO WORK WITH ONLY A FEW SELECTED LABELS. THEY HAVE ALSO SET UP A NEW LABEL, UNITED UNDERGROUND HOUSE SOUNDS.

The pair first met in 1985 and became DJ partners soon after. Later that year, they were introduced “Little” Louie Vega (several years before he joined Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez to become Masters at Work) and learned much from Vega about recording-studio protocol, including production and engineering. Mateo & Matos earned their first high-profile DJ gig at Hector Cruz’s mobile House Nation club and spent much of the rest of the 1980s DJing in a variety of locales. By 1989, the duo began using what they’d learned from “Little” Louie Vega in their own productions. After recording half-a-dozen singles for their own Final Cut Records, Mateo & Matos’ reputation began to spread and they recorded for Oxygen Music Works, Henry Street, Nervous, NiteGrooves, and Spiritual Life during the mid-’90s.

COUNTRIES PLAYED IN:

u.s.a

france

germany

belgium

switzerland

croatia

denmark

scotland

norway

spain

england

slovenia

russia

wales

PORTUGAL

CANADA

GREECE

SINGAPORE

AUSTRIA

SWEDEN

NEW ZEALAND

HOLLAND

AUSTRALIA

TV APPEARANCES:

MTV MOSCOW (RUSSIA)

STUDIO CITY (SLOVENIA)

ELECTRIC CIRCUS (MUCH MUSIC) (TORONTO, CANADA)

GRACED SUCH CLUBS AS:

LOVE TRANSPORTER ROOM (NYC, USA) HOUSE NATION (NYC, USA)

THE BUDDAH BAR (NYC, USA) PROBLEM CHILD (NYC, USA)

S.O.B. (NYC, USA) SAVE THE ROBOTS (NYC, USA)

MANTRA (NYC, USA) CAVE CANEM (NYC, USA)

THE CIRCUS (NYC, USA) LEGENDS (NYC, USA)

LE QUEEN (PARIS, FRANCE) LE BUS (MONTPELIER, FRANCE)

BERLIN (STUTTGART, GERMANY) M1 (STUTTGART, GERMANY)

FOOD (LEUVEN, BELGIUM) BROADWAY OF LIFE (LUZERN, SWITZERLAND)

CLIMAX (STUTTGART, GERMANY) DEPOT (TUBINGEN, GERMANY)

TRINIDAD (DORTMUND, GERMANY) MUNGOS (ZAGREB, CROATIA)

SHAKESPEAR (SPLIT, CROATIA) MANTRA (COPENHAGEN, DENMARK)

SUB CLUB (GLASGOW, SCOTLAND) JAZID (OSLO, NORWAY)

REX (PARIS, FRANCE) TRIBAL FUNKTION (EDUNBURGH, SCOTLAND)

NITSA CLUB (BARCELONA, SPAIN) SKANSEN (OSLO, NORWAY)

ROCKET (EXETER, ENGLAND) GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL (GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND)

SOULSONIC (LONDON, ENGLAND) RED DOG (CHICAGO, USA)

SMART BAR (CHICAGO, USA) AMBASSADA GAVIOLI (IZOLA, SLOVENIA)

SUBSIRKUS (TROMSO, NORWAY) BARROCK (OSLO, NORWAY)

GRAMAPHONE (MOSCOW, RUSSIA) RITUAL EVENTS (LOS ANGELES, USA)

CRUNCH (CARDIFF, WALES) NIGHT PEOPLE (LONDON, ENGLAND)

LATE NITE (LEUVEN, BELGIUM) VATICANO (PORTO, PORTUGAL)

MILLENNIAL DAWN (MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN) GARAGE 416 (TORONTO, CANADA

AQUARIUS (ZAGREB, CROATIA) AURORA (PRIMOSTEN, CROATIA)

CLUB SODA (ATHENS, GREECE) PROPAGANDA (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)

FILL COLLINS (ANTWERP-LEUVEN, BELGIUM) SUGAR (S

SUNSHINE (VIENNA, AUSTRIA) RACHDINGUE (FIGUERAS, SPAIN)

DEEP (MADRID, SPAIN) MOTHEREARTH (EL PASO, TEXAS)

MOTHEREARTH (LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) APRODISIAC (MARBELLA, SPAIN)

STAPLE (SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA) KURVE (AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND)

STUDIO 9 (WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND) TOUCH (BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS)

THE CROSS (LONDON, UK) SUGAR (LEMINGTON SPA, UK)

HULTSFRED FESTIVAL (SWEDEN) 333 “GLASGOW UNDERGROUND NIGHT” (lONDON, UK)

FUSE (BRUSSELS, BELGUIM) MERCURY LOUNGE (OTTAWA, CANADA)

CLUB DE VILLE (AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND)