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Artist
Gruvhaus
12+ albums
House
about
Matt Xavier's tastes as a teenager included a diverse mixture of psychedelic rock and aggressive street beats, not to mention the hip-hop sounds and influences of Eric B & Rakim, NWA, EPMD, Slick Rick and Gangstarr. This eclectic blend of street and psychedelia led to Matt's mastery of combining atmospheric tech house with tribal grooves, and psychedelic techno and breaks. In 1993, on his 17th birthday, he was stunned by techno music at the raging Club NASA parties in Manhattan's Tribeca district. While hanging around the chill-out rooms of NY clubs, many NYC deep house and techno DJ's turned him on to the sounds of Source Experience, Plastikman, Vapourspace, Orbital, Braincell, Irresistible Force, Moby and Aphex Twin. As those sounds enhanced his new love for electronic music, his expectations changed: he became interested in NYC club promotion and first felt the impact of Long Island's nightclub culture at Club Caffeine. Matt knew one thing for sure after that: he had to get involved. Using business insight he gained as a NYC and Caffeine promoter, Matt and a partner Mike McEvoy formed Island Vibe Network and began organizing warehouse events in the Long Island area. By 1995, Matt's determination led him to discover a new techno format emerging from England and Germany: Psychedelic Trance (GOA). Soon, he was organizing the first psy-trance parties in and throughout NY's Long Island area. His DJing of the earliest GOA set at the legendary Caffeine led to Matthew being cons
