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Maztek Studio pic 2012 | |
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Birth name | Matteo Cavo |
Also known as | Maztek |
Born | Rome | June 28, 1981
Origin | Italy |
Genres | Drum and bass, Neurofunk, Hip hop production, Computer music |
Occupation(s) | Producer,musician |
Years active | 2004–present |
Labels | Renegade Hardware, Ram Records (UK), Hospital Records, Drum and Bass Arena, EMI |
Website | maztek |
Maztek aka Matteo Cavo is a drum and bass neurofunk producer born in Rome, Italy. He began his career in 2004, after several releases on various independent record labels he was featured in 2012 on Renegade Hardware with his Single "Galactica/Odyssey".
Drum and bass, is a genre and branch of electronic music which emerged from rave and jungle scenes in Britain during the early 1990s. The style is often characterised by fast breakbeats with heavy bass and sub-bass lines, sampled sources, and synthesizers.
Neurofunk is a subgenre of drum and bass which emerged between 1997 and 1998 in London, England as a progression of techstep. It was further developed by juxtaposed elements of darker, heavier, and harder forms of funk with multiple influences ranging from techno, house and jazz, distinguished by consecutive stabs over the bassline and razor-sharp backbeats. The first sounds of neurofunk's early evolution – when diverging from techstep – can be heard on Ed Rush and Optical's Funktion single for V Recordings in 1997 and on their first album Wormhole for Virus Recordings in 1998.
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In 2011, he became one of the official producers of Dope D.O.D., a hip hop crew based in the Netherlands, for which produces some beats one of which featuring Redman. In that same year he made a remix for an Italian band called Subsonica. The track was called “Il Diluvio (Maztek remix)” and was released by EMI.
EMI Group Limited was a British Transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 2012, it was the fourth largest business group and record label conglomerate in the music industry, and was one of the big four record companies ; its labels included EMI Records, Parlophone, Virgin Records, and Capitol Records, which are now owned by other companies.
In 2012 he signs his tune "Twang" on Hospital Records "Sick Music 3" followed by other Renegade Hardware various Artists releases and remixes.
Hospital Records is an independent record label based in South London. Primarily releasing drum and bass, the label was started in 1996 by Tony Colman and Chris Goss, and has grown in recent years to become one of the most well known labels within UK dance music. The label is home to artists such as Danny Byrd, Camo & Krooked, Logistics, Nu:Tone, Metrik, Fred V & Grafix, High Contrast (formerly) and S.P.Y but also releases tracks from across the DnB genre. In Forest Hill, South London, Hospital also runs the more experimental label Med School, the publishing company Songs in the Key of Knife, and their worldwide events brand Hospitality.
In 2013 he signs his tune "Dizzy Step" on Program Records [Ram Records (UK)] Sub-label and "Hive Mind" on the Drum and Bass Arena Winter Selection 2013. In The same year he releases the "M Theory Ep" on Renegade Hardware.
Album | Label | |
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Warpath LP (2018) | 0101 Music | |
Three Point Zero (2014) | Renegade Hardware | |
Unreleased Stuff (2013) | Not on Label (Maztek Self Released) |
Single/EP | Label | |
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Back From The EdgeFeat. State Of Mind (2017) | Eatbrain | |
Grinder EP (2016) | Eatbrain | |
Feedback Echo Feat. Current Value (2015) | Subsistenz | |
Unorthodox EP (2015) | C4C Recordings | |
Vodooo Feat. Zobie Cats (2015) | Eatbrain | |
SMMF Feat. BTK (2015) Dive Bomb EP | Virus Recordings | |
Three Point Zero Album Sampler (2014) | Renegade Hardware | |
Sinestesia, Blend LP part 2 (2014) | Dutty Audio | |
Hyper Reality (2014) Tales Of The Undead LP | Eatbrain | |
Multiverse Ft. Cern (2014) | Renegade Hardware | |
M Theory (2013) | Renegade Hardware | |
What We Bring / Caph (2013) | Dutty Audio | |
Limber EP (2013) | Renegade Hardware | |
Dizzy Step (2013) | Program | |
The Remixes (2012) | Icarus Audio | |
Maztek / Treo - Dogu / Machinist (2012) | Syndrome Audio | |
Maztek & Optiv - Quarks (2012) | Subculture Records | |
Galactica / Odyssey (2012) | Renegade Hardware | |
Maztek / Masheen - Crawler / Connection (2012) | Sinuous Records | |
Straight To Bad Ep (2011) | Icarus Audio | |
Crisis / Smashin' Brains (2009) | Abducted Records | |
Parasomnia Ep Pt. 2 - Connected / Zuma (2008) | Modulate Recordings |
Track | Label |
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Black Skies Feat. Gridlok and Verse (2017) | Let It Roll |
Footprint (2015) | Drum & Bass Arena 2015 |
Hive Mind (2013) | Drum and Bass arena winter selection 2013 |
Twang (2012) | Sick Music 3 Hospital records |
Crawler (2012) | Sinuous Lp 01 |
Song | Label |
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Killing ‘Em (2015) | Virus Syndicate x Dope D.O.D. – Battle Royal |
R The Future/Pack Leader (2014) | Virus Syndicate – The Swarm |
Millennium Falcon,Black Rain and Groove feat Redman (rapper) (2013) | Dope D.O.D. - Da Roach |
Brutality (2011) | Dope D.O.D. The Evil Ep |
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