Hunt & Gather Presents: Matthew Dear, Pezzner, Manahan

Depending on whom you ask, Matthew Dear is a DJ, a dance-music producer, an experimental pop artist, a bandleader. Or Audion.Matthew Dear

Michael Manahan is an essential and vital element of the Pacific Northwest electronic music community; Hailing from Seattle, he brings DJ sets that are deep and heavily influenced by both cutting edge and traditional sounds. Currently residing as the Lead Producer at Starborne Shows, Producing Partner of the world famous Decibel Festival, Lead Producer of Cascadia Festival, Co-Producer of the Starborne Electronic Stage at Seattle Hempfest, Co-Owner of the Re-bar (Seattle Theatre/Night Club) and Co-Owner of Starborne Sound (high end concert sound systems, specializing in KV2 Audio). He has also released Singles and Remixes on Uniting Souls Music, Recovery Tech and Activated Records.

David Brian Pezzner was born in Tarzana, California in 1975 and currently lives in Seattle, Washington. He is 5 foot 7 inches in height and weighs about 165 lbs. His brother, Bill works at the Port Of Seattle and has four children, two of whom are actually step-children. Bill’s wife owns a local publication and is a skilled bicyclist (even though she has not gone professional.) When David works in his studio where he makes electronic music, his wife brings him a drink and discusses her day. The door-keeper comes in to give him a telegram sent the previous year from the Eolian Islands. In 2010 he wrote an album of music which was released by Freerange records. A year later David’s first and only daughter, Eloise Sylvia was born. She was 5 pounds 11 ounces at birth. David spoke only English and cooked meals for his family every day until 2013 when a company called Systematic Recordings contracted him for another album. Besides writing music for night clubs and headphones, Pezzner composes music for vision and function, and teaches electronic music writing concepts to anyone who will pay him money. He sleeps exactly like any other man but, as you will no doubt have noticed, he is not an orthodox painter of the old school, but rather a modern artist. A designer.