Matt Warren - "Music Is My Life" Review

House Music has gone through many changes through the years and has branched out in many directions. We have the Family Tree of House Music starting to grow in Chicago back in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. We have seen the branches of Trance grow out of it, we have seen Acid House, Balearic Beat, Deep House, Diva House, Tropical House, take root and grow. Now we have Nu House, where we find Matt Warren one of the founding pioneers of Chicago House music scene coming out swinging on the new release called Music Is My Life.
The track Music es Mi Vida, is one of the premier examples of the Latin Nu House style and sure to be a big favorite out on the dance floors of Chicago, NYC and Miami. The DJ/Producer/Artist reaches out across the generations and hooks up with established House music divas like Janis McGee and Pepper Gomez, and younger artists like Sharkeyes alike. It is a mix and match deal only a seasoned producer has the chops to pull it together at this kind of level.  The song Sometimes is a great example of the creative sparks that fly when a seasoned producer and DJ collaborate with a promising young artist. There is something futuristic about the way the track is written and produced that bodes well for the House Music tree to keep branching out into greater and greater creativity. This is the type of Nu House Music song that can potentially have several exciting remixes done to it. 

The sound of the overall record is as solid as anything I have heard recently coming out from any Artist /Producer/DJ. The experience and artistry of the producer and engineering deserves to be noted. It shines through on Get on Up, and the title track itself. Also, there is some nice touches added to the song La Rosa, that gives it a South Beach flow.  Matt Warren also takes a stroll down memory lane with his inventive update of the song Bang The Box. The song never loses its original creative kick, or its dance floor swagger. It resides very nicely within the Nu House context of the production. 

The single from the album is Get on Up, and it is easy to see why the powers that be picked it. It is a relentless beat and sizzling bass line that will get you up whether you go to the tippy top or not.  Catch Me If You Can is another stand out number that one can imagine many remixes for. The Disco mix especially, shows how this music could live forever if the crowds keep coming to dance and the DJ’s keep giving them the sound to do that to.  All in all, having Matt Warren back doing music and putting out records is what a man of his talent and experience should be doing. Hopefully more to come.