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“I think these tracks can be adapted to different contexts, but let’s be honest, I think they would be much better suited to a festival with a sunrise. When I made this EP, I really tried to do it in a happy state of mind every time to create intense energy with strong emotions. I think that from the beginning, the energy in my music has been a bit like my signature, and I really wanted to keep that but with a touch of freshness for this new direction.”
ARTISTIC DIRECTION SHIFT
The move toward trance-infused atmospheres may feel new to some listeners, but for Matrakk, it has been part of his DNA since the beginning. The difference now is that the scene has caught up with him.
“To be honest, I’ve always loved and championed trance since I started out, even though it wasn’t easy on the very purist techno scene before Covid. Since then, our scene has evolved a lot and I can now afford to take more risks and offer 100% of my vision of my music.”
This shift is not a rejection of techno, but an embrace of the broader emotio- nal spectrum he has always wanted to explore.
“I’m not saying that wasn’t the case before, because I’ve always loved techno, but little by little I wanted to move towards 100% trance and hard house sounds. Now that I have the opportunity to do so and feel this need, I think it’s the right time. I am aware that it is a risk, but since I started out, I have been taking risks, and I think that is how we move forward and how we will advance our music. When I started out in this industry as a DJ, offering trance DJ sets at the end of techno parties was considered heresy by many people. I’ve already received a lot of hate because of this risk-taking, but I’m happy to see that trance now has its place on the scene, and I’m proud to have defended it in my own way. So I have no problem taking risks today to offer my audience what I want to offer them now.”
SAINT-GERMAIN: THE NEW LABEL
For Matrakk, launching Saint-Germain was more than a business move. It was a declaration. After realigning his sound, he wanted to create a platform that could hold not just his music, but an entire community around his vision.
“Yes, launching this label is also a way of marking a turning point. Now that I’ve found my path, I want to open it up to my audience. This label is a way for me to create a community. The goal behind this label is, of course, to release music and promote artists that I appreciate, but above all to create a space for sharing my vision of music. I can’t reveal everything right now, but I will be offering several concepts under
label. It should be seen as a large house of sharing and not just a record label.”
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For now, Saint-Germain functions as a personal lab, a testing ground where he can experiment freely before opening the doors to others.
“As I said, it’s a place for sharing, so I’ll be opening it up to other artists soon. But first, I want to take the time to develop my vision and ideas, so for now, it’s a bit like my laboratory.”
Beyond the Milestones
Tracks like My Drums Hard and Mon Amour are still part of his DNA, even if his trajectory is pulling him toward new horizons. “From an artistic point of view, as I explained before, my direction is now different, but
energy and emotion that I want to keep in this new direction. I’ve always liked aving rich, powerful melodies and vocals, and that has become my trademark over
tracks will always be part of my classics.”
For Matrakk, reinvention is not a strategy, it is a necessity. His philoso- phy is to never stop moving forward, even if it means stepping into unknown territory.
time. I think these these tracks had an
“I like not to set too many limits for myself because I think that’s how you make the best music. Now I’ve found what I love, and I’m lucky that the tran- ce scene has become one of the most important. So I’m going to try to conti- nue developing my music in this style. After that, I’d like to open the door to collaborations with other
music to continue evolving my music. I think it’s always interesting to challen- ge yourself and try to create things that aren’t naturally logical compared to the industry standard.”
MY THOUGHTS
Matrakk is not chasing comfort. His career so far has been a series of challenges to the status quo,
sneaking trance into techno nights when no one wanted to hear it, to now reshaping his sound around joy, groove, and sunrise energy. The new EP is more than a release, it is a statement of intent: a way of saying that the risk is worth it, that reinvention is the only path forward.
Saint-Germain, his label, underlines that intent. Matrakk is not content with building his own trajectory, he wants to create a house of sharing, a platform where community and vision matter as much as releases. For now it is his laboratory, a space where he can test the edges of his creativity, but the plan is already bigger. He wants it to be a refuge for like-minded artists, a co- llective that dares to put energy and emotion before formula.
What makes Matrakk stand out is not just sound but philosophy. He does not measure his music in likes, labels, or in- dustry logic. He measures it in risk, in the power of a dancefloor at sunrise, in the ability to remind people that music is a force for release and communion. Breaking codes is not just the title of this chapter, it is the constant rhythm of his career, and it is what makes him one of the artists shaping the future of electronic music right now.
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