Mateo & Matos
Label: Kult Records
Artists Genre: Dance
JOHN MATEO AND EDDIE MATOS HAVE BEEN
PRODUCING AND REMIXING SINCE THE MID 1980'S
AND SINCE THEN HAVE RELEASED RECORDS ON EVERY MAJOR
INDIE LABEL IN NEW YORK DURING THEIR
CAREER. HAVING BEEN INTERESTED IN DJING AND
MAKING MUSIC SINCE THE LATE 70'S THEY MET THROUGH THE
AVENUE OF CB RADIO AND QUICKLY HIT IT OFF.
LISTENING TO KISS FM AND DISCO 92 WKTU AND
ENJOYING THE MUSIC THAT TONY HUMPHRIES, SHEP
PETTIBONE AND JONATHAN FEARING WERE PLAYING, INSPIRED
THE PAIR. SOON AFTER THE DUO BECAME
PARTNERS AND GOT TO KNOW LOUIE VEGA, WHO AT THE
TIME WAS PLAYING AT HEARTHROB IN NYC. LOUIE WAS A
GREAT INSPIRATION FOR THE DUO AS THEY
LEARNED THEIR CRAFT IN THE STUDIO WATCHING LOUIE WITH
PRODUCING AND EDITING. IN 1986, HECTOR CRUZ,
WHO WAS A FRIEND OF THE GREAT LARRY LEVAN, WHO
WAS PLAYING AT CLUBS SUCH AS THE LOFT AND THE GARAGE,
INTRODUCED THEM TO THE LOFT. THEY GOT
THEIR FIRST BIG BREAK WHEN THEY BEGAN PLAYING AT
CRUZ'S HOUSE NATION CLUB. FROM 1986 THROUGH
1989, DJING TOOK OVER THEIR LIVES AND
THEY PLAYED EVERYWHERE FROM CLUBS TO STREET SUMMER
PARTIES. IN LATE 1989, THEY MOVED INTO
PRODUCTION WHEN THEY SET UP FINAL CUT RECORDS WITH
A BUSINESS PARTNER. IN 1993, HAVING ENJOYED
SUCCESS WITH THE LABEL, THEY BEGAN
WORKING FOR OTHER INDEPENDENT LABELS IN NEW YORK. THEY
HAVE WORKED WITH JUST ABOUT EVERY MAJOR LABEL
IN THE CITY. NOW IN 1998/99 THEY HAVE
DECIDED TO WORK WITH ONLY A FEW SELECTED LABELS AND
HAVE SET UP A NEW LABEL, UNITED UNDERGROUND
HOUSE SOUNDS
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