[TTT-DIGI-002] Mathias Mesteño - The Casual Opportunist EP

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:38 pm

Artist: Mathias Mesteño
Title: The Casual Opportunist EP
Cat.: TTT-DIGI-002
Label: Tic Tac Toe Records
Format: Digital
Release date: August 21st 2008 (Beatport)
Style: House / Tech-house

Tracks (click to listen):
01 Get A Scar (live a little)
02 Five Finger Discount
03 Emille

Tic Tac Toe Records Digital

For the second edition of our digital only series, we are proud to welcome back Mathias Mesteño aka Matt Vega after his phenomenal releases on Fumakilla and Upon You earlier this year.

Mathias is no newcomer on Tic Tac Toe. He (and his former production partner Morten Fresh) gave us the best track (Instant Corruption) on the compilation ‘Noughts And Crosses’ back in January 2006, which was released again in January 2007, this time remixed by Inaqui Marin.

Get A Scar (live a little)
First track kicks off in much the same vein as Mathias’ latest Upon You release. Chunked up beats, a horn, stabs and some vocal work… You get the idea? Super great percussive track with the noisy horn haunting you down.

Five Finger Discount
This track is pretty much lined up with the same ingredients as the first one, but here Mathias is more on the laidback side of things. A long (10 minutes) slow builder that just keeps going and going and going.

Emille
Again a long building track like ‘Five Finger Discount’, but this one more on the party side and the horn seems to be back again somehow, just more messy.

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Dantron · Post by **Dantron** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:02 pm

Me likey

pre-amp tango · Post by **pre-amp tango** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:04 pm

damn bloody digital releases.
i presume i have to get myself either a laptop with a dj system or a cd-player sooner or later...

that's because i really like the emille snippet - on a 12" i'd buy it straight away.

b flat · Post by **b flat** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:49 pm

nice one! and tango boy, collect music not vynils.

~passion~ · Post by **~passion~** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:48 pm

i like 1+2 a lot!

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:40 am

Thanks for the nice words guys

Feedback:

Loco Dice:
Favourite Track: Five Finger Discount - Overall Feel: Good

Jimpster:
Favourite Track: Get A Scarm - Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: amazing deep and abstract floor freaker once again from Mathias. One of my fave new producers.

Sebo K:
Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: i'm really into matt's latest productions. nice work man! will definitely play. can't decide which is my favourite yet.

Laurent Garnier:
Favourite Track: track 1 - Overall Feel: Good
Comments: good jazz vibe will play of course

Basti Tiefschwarz:
Overall Feel: Good
Comments: thanxx for he musik...great..basti

Alexi Delano:
Chart Place: 7 - Overall Feel: Good

Maetrik:
Favourite Track: Emile - Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Wow Mathias is a master at combining african rhythms, techno innovation, and soundscapes. Full support!!!

Benno Blome:
Favourite Track: 2 - Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: i like it!

Jeremy Caulfield:
Favourite Track: Five finger discount - Chart Place: 1 - Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Hot damm .. five full fingers !

Paco Osuna:
Overall Feel: Good
Comments: nice housy ep,will played for sure

Daniela Stickroth (Meeresteif):
Favourite Track: Five Finger Discount - Overall Feel: Good
Comments: nice summer track. wanna try in the clubs..thanks

DJ Lab (Echocord):
Favourite Track: five finger discount - Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Here's some nice stuff again from the stud...

Atle Thorberg (Brother Brown):
Favourite Track: ALL!! - Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: I'm impressed of the blinding speed Mathias is churning out these little nuggets of pure rock solid gold, ace quality all the way

DJ Chloe (Proton Radio):
Favourite Track: emille - Chart Place: 17 - Overall Feel: Good

Coyo (Atypical Farm):
Overall Feel: Good
Comments: This latin Matt is my summer heroe! His Upon You record is one of my favs, i'm playing it a lot, and I think that this new one will be the same, playing it, playing during all the summer... The three tracks are cool and very stylish!

Berlin Mitte Institut:
Favourite Track: Emile - Chart Place: 3 - Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Nice groovy house, Emilie is huge!

DJ Flip (AKA London):
Favourite Track: all three! - Overall Feel: Excellent

Raymundo Rodriguez (London):
Favourite Track: Get a scar - Chart Place: 3 - Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Superb percusive drums and lush break down, full club and radio support.

Djuma Soundsystem:
Favourite Track: Get a scar - Chart Place: 11 - Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Simply love those latino vibes on Get a scar! Didn't know Mathias had that latin lover side of him Will play out for sure!!!

Jeff Bennet:
Favourite Track: Emelie - Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Quality ep, def playing

Maurice Aymard (Galaktika):
Favourite Track: emile and five finger - Chart Place: 5 - Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: I love all track, will play them for sure, nice house release, emile and five finger are my favorite.

Daniel Mnookin (Siteholder):
Favourite Track: Get A Scar (live a little) - Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Really like the housey/tribal vibe of "Get A Scar", a good track to help build the night, will be playing this one quite a bit!

Lee Smith (iDJ - Brighton):
Favourite Track: Emille - Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Quality gear from this rising talent...thanks!

Hawks (Upon You):
Favourite Track: Get a Scar - Chart Place: 1 - Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Mathias, we are very proud of you and have tears in our eyes! really well done Buddy!! :-) "Get a Scar" makes me dancing on and on! Congrats Patrick, to have such a great artist! :-)

Jack Rock (Treibstoff, WIR):
Favourite Track: Emille - Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Yeah! Good stuff. Emille is the best track here. But I will play all 3.

Philip Sherburne:
Overall Feel: Good
Comments: very nice release. rolling and simple, with judicious little explosions of intensity. all three tracks are solid; i think "get a scar" is my fave.

Dave Mothersole:
Favourite Track: five finger discount - Overall Feel: Good
Comments: like 'five finger discount'. nice rhythm.

Mhm1 (Tartelet Records):
Favourite Track: Five Finger Discount - Overall Feel: Good
Comments: The Stallions productions just keeps getting better and better. I have been dropping Five Finger Discount in my sets for months now, and im glad that the rest of the ep is just as crispy. . .

Eric Cloutier (Bunker New York):
Favourite Track: Emille - Chart Place: 6 - Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Emille strikes me as the one I'd play the most. Slow burning and intense, it screams late night madness while still retains a powerful early evening funk.

Conan Liquid (Defected Strictly Rhythm):
Favourite Track: Get a Scar - Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Great productions.Looking forward to playing these at the weekend.

Noir (Noir Music):
Favourite Track: Get A Scar - Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Nice laidback and good for the warmup hours. Get A Scar is the winner here.

Tomas Barfod (Tomboy/Tartelet Rec):
Favourite Track: get a scar and Emile - Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Mathias made some excellent sounding tracks.

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:21 pm

pre-amp tango wrote:damn bloody digital releases.
i presume i have to get myself either a laptop with a dj system or a cd-player sooner or later...

that's because i really like the emille snippet - on a 12" i'd buy it straight away.

Yeah, in a perfect world, we would release everything on vinyl of course, but it's not a perfect world...
on the other hand I think we prove that we don't use our digital release's as a trash can

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:17 pm

Used by Paco Osuna in his Minitek festival countdown podcast:

http://www.mnml.nl/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=36953