Ewan Pearson has been a self-employed musician since 1998. He has recorded as Maas for Soma, releasing six singles and an album, “Latitude”, and under a number of other guises including World of Apples and, currently, Partial Arts for Cologne’s legendary Kompakt label. His remixes for the likes of Depeche Mode, Chemical Brothers, Seelenluft, Cortney Tidwell and Junior Boys are considered classics of the form and have been compiled on “Small Change” (Soma, 2001) and 2007′s !K7 2CD retrospective “Piece Work”. He has programmed for Goldfrapp and Gwen Stefani and his production credits include Tracey Thorn’s acclaimed solo album “Out Of The Woods”, The Rapture’s “Pieces of the People We Love”, M83′s “Saturdays=Youth” and “Cities of Gold”, the debut album from Australia’s Lost Valentinos.
A published academic and lecturer at the tender age of 27 (Discographies: dance music, culture and the politics of sound (Routledge, 1999) with Jeremy Gilbert), Ewan writes a regular column for Germany’s “Groove” magazine and his “Enthusiasm” blogs send readers hot-footed to record stores in their droves. As a DJ Ewan’s no slouch either. Two CDs – SciFiHiFi Vol.1 for Soma and July 2007′s Fabric 35 were both nominated for Plug awards, and his 2006 RA Podcast was voted best of the year by the website’s readers. A regular at clubs from We Love Space to Panoramabar and a resident at Robert Johnson and The Loft, his sets – like the rest of his career – defy easy categorisation, marrying the independent and the underground with a pop sensibility that’s all his own.
In January 2010 the Pearson-produced debut album from Manchester’s Delphic (“Acolyte”) debuted at no.8 in the UK charts and the band have been a live and festival favourite throughout the year. In February Kompakt released Ewan’s new DJ mix, “We Are Proud Of Our Choices” to great reviews and in May the new solo album from Tracey Thorn “Love And Its Opposite” was also met with great critical acclaim both in Europe and in the US. Ewan has also returned to remixing, recently completing work for October, Escort, Crosstown Rebels and Seth Troxler’s new project “Footprintz”. He is currently producing debuts from Montreal’s Flowers and Sea Creatures for Ben Watt’s Buzzin’ Fly label and London’s Waylayers, whose single “Fires” will be released by Kitsuné later in the year and remixing A&M’s latest signings Chapel Club.
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