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Mid 90's, when dance and grunge bands are famous, Matt Springfield is fascinated by new wave culture of the previous decade. He's deeply into bands and artists such as Depeche Mode, U2, The Police, David Bowie, Oasis or New Order for instance. At the time, he's learning guitar and programming and writes his first tracks.

While working for the administration, Matt spends all his free time working on his music. In 2006 his demos are selected to be featured on the website called Fresh Tracks Music (online partner of Coke Music at the time).

In 2008 his demo called ‘Haunted’ is released by the american label Woobie Bear Music and is played by several french radios (Radio Melodie, France Bleue...).

In 2010 his single “Things I’ve said” is released with the support of 372 believers on the crowfunded website called akamusic. The single is recorded at Modern World Studios (UK) with top producer Greg Haver (Melanie C, Manic Street Preachers) and mastered by Ryan Smith (Beyonce, Bon Jovi, Erasure) in New York at Sterling Sound Studio. There Matt has found the sound he was always looking for.

The single is played several times on big german radios (BigFM, WDR2, SR1, 91,2 Dortmund). Matt won the week newcomer competition on BigFM late 2010. The video of “Things I’ve said” is also played on TV’s (TapeTV, GoTV).

The single is remixed and played by several DJ’s : Xavier Seulmand, Mark Lucas, Misha Zam, The Damn Bell Doors, Paul Vinitsky.…

In march 2011 “Things I’ve said” is released on the compilation “TV Media-100% Hits Vol.1” by Universal Music Austria. This compilation includes such artists as Kylie Minogue, The Black Eyed Peas or Martin Solveig.

With this success, Matt raise a new budget from 640 believers in november 2011 in order to record his complete album. This album called “Erase All Data” is recorded in the UK in january 2012 with pretigious musicians like Nick Nasmyth on keyboards (Spice Girls, Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue), Andy Taylor on guitars and Greg Haver on drums. The album is distributed by Universal Music in France/Belgium and by Believe Digital in the rest of the world.

With an electro pop-rock atmosphere, Matt take us on a trip back to the future with a unique, fresh, retro-futuristic sound.

FRANCAIS

Pendant son adolescence, alors que l’époque est aux groupes dance et grunge, au milieu des années 1990, Matt est fasciné par la culture new wave de la décade précédente. Il se nourrit de références incontournables anglo-saxonnes comme Depeche Mode, U2, The Police, David Bowie, Oasis ou encore New Order.

C’est là qu’il s’initie à la guitare et à la programmation : il compose et écrit ses premiers titres.

Tout en poursuivant sa carrière professionnelle, Matt consacre tout son temps libre à la musique. En 2008, sort la démo de “Haunted” sur le label américain Woobie Bear Music. Le titre est diffusé par plusieurs radios françaises.

En 2010, il sort son premier single “Things I’ve said”, financé par 372 internautes via la plateforme Akamusic. L’enregistrement se déroule en Angleterre où Matt va trouver le son qu’il recherchait. Il s’entoure du producteur à succès Greg Haver (Melanie C, Manic Street Preachers, ...) et de Ryan Smith au mastering (Beyoncé, Nada Surf, ...).

Le single est diffusé sur d’importantes radios en Allemagne. Le clip passe à la télévision allemande (Tape TV) et autrichienne (GoTV). En 2011, le titre figure sur une compilation d’Universal Music Autriche avec Kylie Minogue, les Black Eyed Peas ou encore Martin Solveig.

Fort de ce succès, Matt Springfield obtient, en novembre 2011, le financement de son album, “Erase all data”, grâce à 640 internautes. Il s’envole une nouvelle fois pour l’Angleterre et travaille avec de prestigieux musiciens dont Nick Nasmyth aux synthés (Spice Girls, Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue,...), Andy Taylor à la guitare et Greg Haver à la batterie.

Dans une ambiance pop-rock électronique, Matt Springfield nous propose un retour vers le futur grâce à un son unique alliant pop 80’s/90’s et pop futuriste.