Mat Zo releases MAD EP and announces new North American tour dates
Mat Zo returns with a frenzied new project, aptly titled MAD. The EP is just that, sonic landscapes uncontainable by modern electronic music standards. The forthcoming project is Matan Zohar testing limits yet again, treating production masterfully while pushing tempo towards a glass ceiling with precision. Where his previous work has leaned toward the house end of the spectrum, Mat Zo veers towards broken-beat for his latest.
Easing into things, “Troglodyte” serves as the calm before the storm, a delicate introduction that builds with a teaser of what’s in store for listeners. The Foreign Beggars collaboration “Take It Back,” premiered exclusively by Zane Lowe on his Beats1 radio show, follows with a straight plunge into the calculated chaos before the title track “MAD” brings the project’s aesthetic full circle.
“MAD” is out today via Mat Zo’s own Mad Zoo label. Fans have a chance to hear the new material live on his MAD TOUR, which kicked off this month with a packed set at Nocturnal Wonderland, and will stop through major cities like New York, Vancouver and Boston before concluding in Los Angeles in November.
MAD EP Tracklisting:
1. Troglodyte
2. Take it Back (feat. Foreign Beggars)
3. MAD
MAD Tour Dates:
Sept 16 – Vancouver, BC @ Celebrities
Sept 17 – Portland, OR @ 45 East
Sept 23 – Milwaukee, WI @ Site 1A
Sept 24 – Minneapolis, MN @ REV
Sept 28 – Boston, MA @ Bijou
Oct 1 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Oct 7 – Pontiac, MI @ Elektricity
Oct 8 – Seattle, WA @ WaMu Theater
Oct 13 – Winnipeg, MB @ District Stop
Oct 14 – Calgary, AB @ Marquee
Oct 15 – Hamilton, ON @ Club 77
Oct 21 – Miami, FL @ 1306
Oct 22 – Tampa, FL @ Ritz
Nov 10 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Sutra
Nov 11 – San Diego, CA @ Bassmnt
Nov 12 – Los Angeles, CA @ Create
Nov 19 – Chandler, AZ @ Global Dance Festival
Nov 23 – Austin, TX @ Kingdom
Nov 25 – Houston, TX @ Stereo Live
ABOUT MAT ZO
Mat Zo cemented himself as one of the leading artists in the electronic sphere with the success of his Grammy nominated debut album Damage Control in 2013 and the critically acclaimed 2016 follow up, Self Assemble. The producer and label boss has seen global acclaim for his own work, as well as praise for his remixes of music elite Ellie Goulding, Empire of the Sun and Porter Robinson. Zo and Robinson also co-produced “Easy” which hit number 1 on the Beatport Charts. Hailed as a musical prodigy, the self-professed production nerd is always in pursuit of a musical story regardless of genre or convention.
