Matt Darey


Matthew Jonathan Darey is an English trance music producer and performer. Darey has sold over two million albums and singles with numerous top 40 chart hits.

Music career

Darey was born in Leicester, England. Some of his earliest solo work was under the name Lost Tribe, releasing the EP The Distant Voices in 1997. The single "Gamemaster" reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart in 1999.
The main melody of Gamemaster contains an uncredited sample of the ARIA nominated trance pioneering hit single Dreams written and produced by Quench Christopher J. Dolan in 1993.
In addition to production and remixing work for other artists, Darey began releasing music under his own name in 2004. In 2005 he debuted a new show on Digitally Imported called Nocturnal, which became a weekly show the following year. His 2007 single "Beautiful Day" reached the top 25 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music Club Play and hitting the Top 20 on the Hot Dance Airplay chart in the United States. Darey has made several appearances in the annual worldwide top 100 DJs poll, including peaking at No. 34 in 2008.
Darey owns a record label, Darey Products, featuring releases from himself and upcoming artists. In 2015 he changed his stage name to Matt Nouveau to signal a change in musical direction. As of 2021 Darey hosts a monthly Internet radio show on Digitally Imported's European Trance station.

Discography

Albums and EPs

  • Lost Tribe – The Distant Voices EP
  • Voice of an Angel EP
  • Point Zero EP
  • Decade
  • Urban Astronauts – EP1 The debut EP from Darey's side project Urban
  • Matt Darey pres. Urban Astronauts feat. Kate Louise Smith – See The Sun
  • Blossom & Decay
  • ''Wolf''

    Singles

  • Li Kwan – "Point Zero" No. 51 UK
  • Space Baby – "Free Your Mind" No. 55 UK
  • Lost Tribe – "Gamemaster" No. 24 UK
  • "Liberation" No. 19 UK
  • M3 – "Bailamos" No. 40 UK
  • Melt featuring Little Ms Marcie – "Hard House Music" No. 59 UK
  • Sunburst – "Eyeball " No. 48 UK
  • Matt Darey presents DSP – "From Russia with Love" No. 40 UK
  • MDM – "Mash It Up" No. 66 UK
  • "Liberation "
  • "Beautiful" No. 10 UK
  • "U Shine On" / "Moody" No. 34 UK
  • Lost Tribe – "Gamemaster" No. 61 UK
  • Lost Tribe – "Possessed"
  • "Electro Buzz"
  • "Voice of An Angel"
  • "Nocturnal Delight"
  • "Liberation 2005"
  • "Eternity"
  • "Always"
  • "Beautiful Day"
  • "Sum of All Fears"
  • "Animal"
  • "Hold Your Breath" featuring Leah – Armada Music
  • "I Will Follow You" with Stan Kolev featuring Aelyn – Armada Music

    Selected remixes

  • Agnelli & Nelson – "El Niño"
  • ATB – "9pm"
  • Binary Finary – "1998" / "1999"
  • Blockster – "Grooveline"
  • Delerium – "Heaven's Earth"
  • Gabrielle – "Rise"
  • Kim Wilde – "Breaking Away"
  • Kim Wilde – "Heaven"
  • Kim Wilde – "Shame"
  • Headstrong featuring Tiff Lacey – "Close Your Eyes"
  • Johnna – "Do What You Feel"
  • Magners – "Shlurgen"
  • Moloko – "The Time is Now"
  • Planet Perfecto Feat. Grace – "Not Over Yet"
  • Technique - "Sun is Shining"
  • The Space Brothers – "Legacy"
  • Tin Tin Out – "Sometimes"
  • Tin Tin Out – "Strings for Yasmin"
  • Westbam – "Wizards of the Sonic"

    Selected album appearances

  • Reactivate 10
  • Ibiza Euphoria
  • Pure Euphoria
  • The Very Best of Euphoria
  • Upfront Trance
  • Ultimate Trance
  • Nocturnal album
  • ''Nocturnal 2010''

    Video games

  • ''NGEN Racing''