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Matt Xavier's tastes as a teenager included a diverse mixture of psychedeli… Read Full Bio ↴Matt Xavier's tastes as a teenager included a diverse mixture of psychedelic rock and aggressive street beats, not to mention the hip-hop sounds and influences of Eric B & Rakim, NWA, EPMD, Slick Rick and Gangstarr. This eclectic blend of street and psychedelia led to Matt's mastery of combining atmospheric tech house with tribal grooves, and psychedelic techno and breaks.
In 1993, on his 17th birthday, he was stunned by techno music at the raging Club NASA parties in Manhattan's Tribeca district. While hanging around the chill-out rooms of NY clubs, many NYC deep house and techno DJ's turned him on to the sounds of Source Experience, Plastikman, Vapourspace, Orbital, Braincell, Irresistible Force, Moby and Aphex Twin. As those sounds enhanced his new love for electronic music, his expectations changed: he became interested in NYC club promotion and first felt the impact of Long Island's nightclub culture at Club Caffeine. Matt knew one thing for sure after that: he had to get involved.
Using business insight he gained as a NYC and Caffeine promoter, Matt and a partner Mike McEvoy formed Island Vibe Network and began organizing warehouse events in the Long Island area. By 1995, Matt's determination led him to discover a new techno format emerging from England and Germany: Psychedelic Trance (GOA). Soon, he was organizing the first psy-trance parties in and throughout NY's Long Island area. His DJing of the earliest GOA set at the legendary Caffeine led to Matthew being considered the pioneer of the Psychedelic/GOA format on the East Coast of North America, which led to his foundation of the extremely successful psy-trance production company, Tsunami Productions.
With Matthew as resident DJ and Music Director, his company organized the first psy-trance acid parties in NYC and began a trend that soon dominated the East Coast. His dedication to the format and culture has been key to the creation of today's scene: his company was responsible for major events at Liberty Science Center Museum, Island of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Pavilion, Manhattan Center, Roseland, Vinyl, Limelight, Tunnel, Life, and Asbury Park Center. DJing has taken him around the country to events such as the Burning Man, WEMF, Ultra @ WMC, Caribbean Eclipses Fest, Moontribe, Stuck On Earth and many others. Matt's work came full circle when he gained a coveted Friday night DJ spot at his electronic "birthplace", The Shelter (VINYL). His Tsunami events successfully rotated with Danny Teneglia's "Be Yourself" parties for 1-½ wild years. Performing to packed-in crowds, he shared his stage with over 80 live acts and DJs including BT, Slide, Mark Allen & Tim Healy of Electric Tease & Quirk, Francesco Farfa, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, KoxBox, X-Dream, Total Eclipse, Dick Trevor, Hallucinogen, Josh Wink, Micro & Frankie Bones. At the same time, his impulse to create dance music flourished as he attended college to study the audio engineering and music theory required to create quality dance music.
As the millennium came to its end, so did Matt's work in the Psychedelic culture. His tastes had changed as he yearned for more flavor than the psy format could offer. January of 2000 saw his last days as a devoted psy-trance spokesman, but opened a world of new opportunities with the birth of his studio production moniker, GRUVHAUS.
In 1993, on his 17th birthday, he was stunned by techno music at the raging Club NASA parties in Manhattan's Tribeca district. While hanging around the chill-out rooms of NY clubs, many NYC deep house and techno DJ's turned him on to the sounds of Source Experience, Plastikman, Vapourspace, Orbital, Braincell, Irresistible Force, Moby and Aphex Twin. As those sounds enhanced his new love for electronic music, his expectations changed: he became interested in NYC club promotion and first felt the impact of Long Island's nightclub culture at Club Caffeine. Matt knew one thing for sure after that: he had to get involved.
Using business insight he gained as a NYC and Caffeine promoter, Matt and a partner Mike McEvoy formed Island Vibe Network and began organizing warehouse events in the Long Island area. By 1995, Matt's determination led him to discover a new techno format emerging from England and Germany: Psychedelic Trance (GOA). Soon, he was organizing the first psy-trance parties in and throughout NY's Long Island area. His DJing of the earliest GOA set at the legendary Caffeine led to Matthew being considered the pioneer of the Psychedelic/GOA format on the East Coast of North America, which led to his foundation of the extremely successful psy-trance production company, Tsunami Productions.
With Matthew as resident DJ and Music Director, his company organized the first psy-trance acid parties in NYC and began a trend that soon dominated the East Coast. His dedication to the format and culture has been key to the creation of today's scene: his company was responsible for major events at Liberty Science Center Museum, Island of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Pavilion, Manhattan Center, Roseland, Vinyl, Limelight, Tunnel, Life, and Asbury Park Center. DJing has taken him around the country to events such as the Burning Man, WEMF, Ultra @ WMC, Caribbean Eclipses Fest, Moontribe, Stuck On Earth and many others. Matt's work came full circle when he gained a coveted Friday night DJ spot at his electronic "birthplace", The Shelter (VINYL). His Tsunami events successfully rotated with Danny Teneglia's "Be Yourself" parties for 1-½ wild years. Performing to packed-in crowds, he shared his stage with over 80 live acts and DJs including BT, Slide, Mark Allen & Tim Healy of Electric Tease & Quirk, Francesco Farfa, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, KoxBox, X-Dream, Total Eclipse, Dick Trevor, Hallucinogen, Josh Wink, Micro & Frankie Bones. At the same time, his impulse to create dance music flourished as he attended college to study the audio engineering and music theory required to create quality dance music.
As the millennium came to its end, so did Matt's work in the Psychedelic culture. His tastes had changed as he yearned for more flavor than the psy format could offer. January of 2000 saw his last days as a devoted psy-trance spokesman, but opened a world of new opportunities with the birth of his studio production moniker, GRUVHAUS.
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