FRANZ MATTHEWS & LOCAL SUICIDE
MEDITATION / TUTAN JAMON EP

Release Date: March 15, 2019
Out on Eskimo Recordings

“Acid-flecked, desert rock-informed nu disco, “Meditation” is both propulsive and zen.” – residentadvisor.net

Having previously featured on Eskimo Recordings‘ 2018 compilation ‘The Purple Collection’ as one half of Languages, Franz Matthews returns to the label alongside fellow Berliners Local Suicide with the ‘Meditation / Tutan Jamon’, 2 tracks of heady disco that join the dots between the German capital and the sun soaked souks of North Africa.

Despite living on the same street for 4 years Franz Matthews and Brax Moody and Vamparela from Local Suicide only met recently through their common friend Sam Berdah (Days of Being Wild, Club Bizarre). Making up for lost time, the trio soon found themselves bonding in the studio, digging into their love of both the esoteric and travelling, and together channelled those passions into 2 spiritually infused numbers.

‘Meditation’ was the first result of this inspired partnership, appropriately recorded at the same time that Matthews was also recording music for a meditation app, and features a freeform stream of consciousness from Vamparela over a suitably hypnotic backing of wistful guitars and breezy rhythms. ‘Tutan Jamon’ meanwhile shares its DNA with recent Eskimo releases by the likes of Simple Symmetry and SHMLSS, the track built around a couple of very Egyptian influenced riffs and comes in two distinct versions.

Between his production studio MOWD, his duo Languages, and his solo electronic project, Franz Matthews keeps himself busy. Making Berlin his hometown for the past 5 years, the Franco-German producer and DJ has always kept one hand in the Indie Dance world, while the other wanders in more Psychedelic Pop realms, a winning combination that’s seen him release music on imprints such as Eskimo Recordings, Days of Being Wild, Rockets & Ponies.

Local Suicide, aka DJs and producers Brax Moody and Vamparela, meanwhile have made a name for themselves putting on some of the most infamous underground parties Berlin has to offer, running their acclaimed blog and still finding time to make waves with their productions, a wild fusion of new wave, acid, slow techno and post-disco that has seen them work with the likes of Rodion, Mijo and Curses in recent years.

Supported By:
Gabriel Ferreira, Red Axes, Slam, John Digweed, Tronik Youth, Simonlebon, Andrew Till, Teknobrat, Leri Ahel, Gérome Darmendrail, Benoît Carretier, Laurent Diouf, David Strauss, DJ T, Patrick Selzer, Raphael Dincsoy, Ilario Alicante, ROTCIV, Perel, Lars Tuncay, Matthias Springer, Matthias Gantz, Christian Schmidt, Marc O’Neil, Martin Saupe, Chris Ex, George Michalopoulos, Joseph Capriati, Markantonio, Dodi Palese, I-Robots, Gai Barone, Mystery Affair, Sammy W, Chelis, Greg Fenton, Anton Banks

DSP Coverage & Charts:
Spotify Playlists: Afterhours, New Music Friday Belgium, Welcome To Eskimo, Tomorrowland Official Selection