"All these hundreds of thousands of kids going to these festivals in Vegas and New York— wearing furry boots, living the rave dream— are binge-drinking music. They’re taking it all in. They don’t care about quality— it’s about the epic build and formulaic comedown. But five years from now, they’re going to stop that, and there’s a good chance that 20% of those people will stick around and start finding avenues towards Aphex Twin and Kraftwerk and Basic Channel. That’s fantastic. That’s going to be an influx of people that are going to make this music last longer and be relevant. That’s all I care about."

— Dance-rock shapeshifter Matthew Dear on the future of electronic music in our latest feature interview.





This year’s Warm Up concert series at MoMA PS1 in Queens will include a DJ set from Thom Yorke, Danny Brown, Matthew Dear, Jamie xx, Rustie, Nguzunguzu, Evian Christ, Miguel, Lemonade, Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio, Light Asylum, Sepalcure, Just Blaze, and more. Photo by Adrian Moeller.

This year’s Warm Up concert series at MoMA PS1 in Queens will include a DJ set from Thom Yorke, Danny Brown, Matthew Dear, Jamie xx, Rustie, Nguzunguzu, Evian Christ, Miguel, Lemonade, Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio, Light Asylum, Sepalcure, Just Blaze, and more. Photo by Adrian Moeller.




“Her Fantasy” is a roiling space-disco track from Matthew Dear’s forthcoming album Beams, due out August 28 via Ghostly International.





Matthew Dear at the Pitchfork Interactive Showcase. Photo by Will Deitz.

Matthew Dear at the Pitchfork Interactive Showcase. Photo by Will Deitz.






A sleek, sultry black-and-white clip for Matthew Dear’s “Slowdance” from his brilliant 2010 album, Black City.



Matthew Dear - Slowdance (How To Dress Well Seance)



This blown-out, ambient R&B version of Matthew Dear’s Black City highlight Slowdance from How to Dress Well is featured on the forthcoming Slowdance EP, which also boasts remixes from Bear in Heaven, Nicolas Jaar, and others. More info on the release can be found here.