M.U.M&Flow Management proudly presents "Miami Sessions with Matthew Hoag"- M.U.M- Episode 115 - a podcast by Rod B. & Mareis

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Matthew Hoag

Being anonymous music aficionado, music
professional or a sexy Pacha girl, there are two things you really
should know about Matthew Hoag: meeting him in person is always fun.
Joining him for the night clubbing is a life changing experience. This
vivid, cheerful, friendly bon vivant isn’t just one of those guys who
want to know everything about the music as an art and the whole
business behind it. He’s foremost a really nice person and his works
are excellent reflections of his embrace-the-life globe trotting
attitude.

The earliest seed that indicated Matthew’s future
career is hidden somewhere on the dance floor was his passion for light
shows. He became light-operator for the matinees in one of the local
clubs already as a teenager. Few years latter he took a job at the
local radio station. That’s where he learned how the radio station
works, how the program is being put together, he became skillful
technician, and he also listened to a lot of music: “I guess this is
the main reason why I can’t be put in the box as an artist. I was
exposed to all range of commercial and non commercial music. And it was
that period when I grew taste for good alternative music and explored
even genres such as jazz and blues.”

Meanwhile his career took
a big leap forward as he became “illegal” light operator at the
infamous Ambasada Gavioli club. This wasn’t his job. Put more
precisely: he wasn’t even allowed to come near the console by the boss.
But the resident deejays liked his touch and invited him into the booth
whenever possible. “I was hanging around to listen to the sets of
Valentino Kanzyani. Ambasada was the playground for the biggest names
in the game. And Sven Väth was the one that really stood out of the
flock: it was his human energy, power of his music, his ability to
control the dance floor what ultimately convinced me to become a
deejay.”

Although it wasn’t Sven’s or Valentino’s sound that
he wanted to follow. “I’ve started with house, explored the progressive
and I guess I could be considered tech-house artist nowadays,”
summarizes Matthew who as a very versatile and eclectic artist doesn’t
brand himself. He broke trough as a deejay when spotted by Valentino
Kanzyani at the party in Croatia: “Valentino is one of the biggest
figures in my life. He’s my brother from another mother,” likes to jest
Matthew about their friendship. “He invited me to join his office,
where I’ve got introduced to every angle of label management and music
promotion business.” 

2009 saw Matthew kicking the dance
floors around the globe, from Columbia to Turkey,from  Spain to Greece,
from Germany To Brazil.

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