Matthew Tavares
Matthew Adam Tavares, also known as Matty, is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and music producer. He is best known as a founder of the instrumental group BADBADNOTGOOD, with whom he released five studio albums and produced with for other artists. Tavares released his first solo album in 2018 and has since released a series of solo and collaborative genre-spanning albums. As a songwriter, he has helped pen songs for the likes of Post Malone, Rosalía, Camilla Cabello, Kendrick Lamar, and Kali Uchis, and often works with producer Frank Dukes.
Life and career
Matthew Adam Tavares was born on September 15, 1990, and grew up in Mississauga, Ontario where he attended the local preparatory school Mentor College. He attended Humber College where he studied jazz performance and later met drummer Alexander Sowinski and bassist Chester Hansen in the program. In 2010, they formed BADBADNOTGOOD. The band had viral success in 2011 after posting jazz covers of Odd Future online, and released their debut record that Fall. He withdrew from school in February 2012.With BBNG, Tavares released five full-length albums, including a collaborative record with Ghostface Killah, and was short-listed for the Polaris Music Prize twice. Following the release of their album IV in 2016, Tavares stepped away from touring with the group, and took time to focus on producing music as well as developing his solo project Matty. However, he did make live appearances with BBNG from time-to-time, playing at the likes of Massey Hall in 2017, and the Virgil Abloh-curated Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer runway show, and in Tokyo in 2018, among other venues.
Tavares has worked as a songwriter and music producer throughout his career, often producing tracks as part of BBNG and with producer Frank Dukes. Major early placements include tracks by Wu-Tang Clan, and Daniel Caesar, followed by songs by Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Post Malone, and Rosalía.
Tavares released his debut solo record in 2018, Déjàvu, under the name Matty. The project utilized the other members of BBNG as the backing band. That year, he also scored the CBC ten-part video game docuseries The Artists. Following a series of singles released after the record, Tavares began using his full name for some of his solo work. In October 2019, Tavares announced his departure from BBNG. In 2020, he released three full-length solo albums as well as two collaborative jazz albums with former BBNG bandmate Leland Whitty. In 2020, he was nominated for a Latin Grammy for his production work on the Rosalía song "Dolerme".
Tavares is based in Toronto.
Discography
As lead artist
Studio albums- Déjàvu
- Visions
- Richard Dry
- Mississauga
- Selected Ambient Squirts
- January 12th
- Danica
- '' Eis O Homem''
With BADBADNOTGOOD
- BBNG
- BBNG2
- III
- Sour Soul
- ''IV''
Other projects
- Score of CBC documentary series The Artists
- Homer – Best New Music
- Kingsway Music Library – Matthew Tavares Vol. 1
- Kingsway Music Library – Parkscapes Vol. 2
- Other sample compilations
- Dandelion - All You Know
Production discography
Production and songwriting
Selected discography. For additional credits, see the BadBadNotGood production discography.| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Produced with/by | Certifications |
| 2011 | Idle Warship | The Man with the Iron Fists | "Get Your Way " | BBNG, Frank Dukes | |
| 2011 | Wu-Tang Clan & Kool G Rap | The Man with the Iron Fists | "Rivers of Blood" | BBNG, Frank Dukes | |
| 2013 | Earl Sweatshirt | Doris | "Hoarse" | BBNG | |
| 2013 | Danny Brown | Old | "Float On" | BBNG, Frank Dukes | |
| 2014 | Logic | Under Pressure | "Growing Pains III"‡ | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2015 | Daniel Caesar | Pilgrims's Paradise | "Paradise" | BBNG, et al. | |
| 2015 | Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y | #2009 | "Weed Nap"‡ | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2015 | Kali Uchis | Por Vida | "Rush" | BBNG, Kaytranada | |
| 2016 | Kaytranada | 99.9% | "Weight Off | BBNG, Kaytranada | |
| 2016 | Mick Jenkins | The Healing Component | "Drowning" | BBNG | |
| 2016 | Kendrick Lamar | Damn. | "Lust." | BBNG, et al. |
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| 2016 | Daniel Caesar | Get You – Single | "Get You" † | BBNG, et al. | |
| 2016 | Daniel Caesar | Get You – Single | "Japanese Denim" | BBNG, et al. | |
| 2016 | Jerry Paper | Toon Time Raw! | — | Jerry Paper | |
| 2016 | Post Malone | Stoney | "Déjà Vu" ‡ | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2016 | GoldLink | N/A | "Fall in Love" | BBNG | |
| 2017 | Lil Pump | Lil Pump | "Flex Like Ouu"‡ | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2017 | Ben Stevenson | Cara Cara | "Honeycola"‡ | N/A | |
| 2017 | Sufyvn | N/A | "Thinking 'Bout You | Sufyvn Ali, Doc McKinney | |
| 2017 | Kodak Black | Project Baby 2 | "Unexplainable"† | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2018 | Kali Uchis | Isolation | "After the Storm" | BBNG | |
| 2018 | Travis Scott | Astroworld | "Astrothunder"† | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2018 | John Mayer | N/A | "New Light"‡ | John Mayer, No I.D. | |
| 2018 | Khalid & Swae Lee | Black Panther | "The Ways" | BBNG, et al. | |
| 2018 | Jerry Paper | Like A Baby | — | Jerry Paper | |
| 2018 | Wes Allen | Funny Thing EP | "Ask Me Now"† | Chester Hansen | |
| 2018 | Wes Allen | Funny Thing EP | "1 Kiss"† | Chester Hansen | |
| 2018 | Wes Allen | Funny Thing EP | "Funny Thing"† | Chester Hansen | |
| 2018 | Charlotte Day Wilson | Stone Woman EP | "Doubt" | Charlotte Day Wilson | |
| 2018 | Charlotte Day Wilson | Stone Woman EP | "Let You Down"‡ | Charlotte Day Wilson, Duncan Hood | |
| 2018 | Charlotte Day Wilson | Stone Woman EP | "Falling Apart" | Sole producer | |
| 2018 | Harrison | Apricity | "Midnight Snack" | N/A | |
| 2018 | Thundercat | Brainfeeder X / It Is What It Is | "King of the Hill" | BBNG, et al. | |
| 2019 | Camila Cabello | Romance | "Feel It Twice" | Frank Dukes | |
| 2019 | Post Malone | Hollywood's Bleeding | "Staring at the Sun" | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2019 | Post Malone | Hollywood's Bleeding | "Myself"‡ | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2019 | Taylor Swift | Lover | "Afterglow"‡ | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2019 | Taylor Swift | Lover | "It's Nice to Have a Friend"‡ | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2019 | Bakar | Will You Be My Yellow? | "Ghosts" | Sole producer | |
| 2019 | Joy Again | N/A | "Country Song" | Caleb Laven | |
| 2019 | Paul Epworth | Voyager – Single | "Voyager 2" | Paul Epworth | |
| 2020 | Jessie Ware | What's Your Pleasure? | "Mirage " | James Ford, Benji B | |
| 2020 | Rosalía | N/A | "Dolerme"† | Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| 2020 | Gabriel Garzón-Montano | Agüita | "Tombs"‡ | Gabriel Garzón-Montano | |
| 2020 | Maeta | Habits | "Teen Scene" ‡ | Kaytranada | |
| 2020 | James Blake | Before EP | "I Keep Calling"‡ | James Blake, et al. | |
| 2020 | Shawn Mendes | Wonder | "Monster" † | Frank Dukes, Daniel Caesar, et al. | |
| 2021 | Vegyn | Like a Good Old Friend | "So Much Time – So Little Time"‡ | Vegyn, et al. | |
| 2021 | Ben Stevenson | Whatever & Ever | "Number One"‡ | ||
| 2021 | Mustafa | When Smoke Rises | "The Hearse"‡ | Frank Dukes, Jaime xx | |
| 2021 | Mustafa | When Smoke Rises | "Ali"† | Frank Dukes, Simon on the Moon, Rodaidh McDonald | |
| 2021 | TOBi | N/A | "Don't Touch" | BadBadNotGood | |
| 2021 | Charlotte Day Wilson | Alpha | "I Can Only Whisper" ‡ | BBNG, et al. |
"—" denotes production of the entire album/release.
"†" denotes credit as co-producer or additional production.
"‡" denotes credit as songwriter only.