Matt FX

Have you ever met a proper Mexican cowboy? They're the real deal.

Vaquero is my debut release under Matt FX. The track was produced in March of 2020, and born out of a particularly dark period of my life. It was the early, early days of the pandemic and lockdown had just begun in New York City. Like many others, I was struggling deeply with mental health and stability. A constant sense paranoia pervaded my home, and the air outside was punctured at all hours of the day and night by the wailing sounds of ambulance sirens racing through the streets. 

At the time, producing this track felt like a deep catharsis for me, as I drew direct inspiration from the strength and solitude of the vaqueros I had met just a few weeks prior, while learning how to ride a horse in Tepoztlán, Mexico.

When the track was originally released, proceeds were donated to Crisis Text Line, a not for profit organization dedicated to providing 24/7 support to those in need.

In keeping with the humanitarian purpose of this release, I am now minting this track on Catalog with the intention of donating proceeds to relief organizations in Ukraine, specifically those focusing on marginalized LGBTQ+ citizens as well as immigrants and foreign students living within the country. 

Depending on how much this record winds up going for, I will split donations between Insight Ukraine, a local LGBTQ+ organization that provides legal, psychological, and medical support to queer and trans Ukrainians, as well as The Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund, World Central Kitchen, and hopefully one or two other organizations. 

owner of this nft will receive:
a .wav/mp3 download of vaquero + vaquero (extended mix)
a personalized playlist curated by myself
a secret folder of big ol' bangers <3

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Vaquero

Have you ever been so lonely? Well maybe you should give it a shot..

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performed by Alisa Nappa
produced by Matt FX
written by Matt FX & Alisa Nappa
engineered by George Stroud
mastered by Matthew Styles
art by May Parsey

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I Tried Ft. Alisa Nappa

Face 2 Face is a track about the intersection between memory and melancholy - how digital nostalgia can distort one's true sense of past and induce an obsessive, almost painful sense of longing for a previous era.

Lyrical questions take shape as warm vocal harmonies — "Can you take me back to the place... do we get another face to face?" — and are placed against a hypnotic backdrop of synth wizardry, brimming with groove and rhythm ready for the dancefloor.

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'Face 2 Face' is Matt FX's debut on Catalog Works

It is produced and performed by Matt FX
Mix and additional production by George Stroud
Mastered by Matthew Styles-Harris
Art by May Parsey

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Face 2 Face

DJ, producer, music supervisor, chef, and TV host – Matt FX is the definitive multihyphenate. Referred to as a “musical polymath” by Forbes and a “NYC nightlife institution” by VICE, he first shot to fame as the mind behind the soundtrack of the hit Comedy Central TV show BROAD CITY, as well as for his appearances on VICE News Tonight and the Food Network. No lightweight in the kitchen either, Matt co-founded "underground fried chicken sandwich racket" DUBPLATE NYC, dubbed the 'best fried chicken sandwich of all time' by Busboy.co

As a DJ, Matt approaches each and every set with an irreverence that the New York Times calls “interesting social commentary on multiple levels” and has shared lineups with artists as varied as Soul Clap and Disclosure to Snoop Dogg and Demi Lovato.
 
With previous 2021 releases on Wolf + Lamb and Kitsune Musique and plenty more slated for release over the next year, Matt FX is just getting started. If you haven't tuned in yet, you're just in time.