DJ Dave Matthias
With a major in Broadcast Communications & a minor in English, DJ Dave Matthias originally started his media career in television production back in 1985. After 5 years of TV production he made a transition into radio. "Audio production & music was much more appealing & interesting to me. I produced commercials, radio station imaging & promos, edited music, you name it, I did everything! Music had always been such an intregal part of my life I knew I had to do something with it."
Developing a thorough & comprehensive knowledge of dance-radio formats,
in 1992 Matthias left a highly coveted San Francisco radio gig (of almost
4 years) at KITS-FM/Live 105 to get closer to the streets. He started dj'ing
various nightclubs where he quickly developed a name for himself within the
dance community. In 1994 he became a Billboard Reporter, one of only 115 dj's
in the entire U.S. to determine Billboard Magazine's Dance Chart. 1995-96
brought him numerous nightclub gigs & residency on two different radio
station mix-shows. Tuesday nights 10pm-12am "The Matthias Mix" was
on the Santa Rosa, California PBS station, KBBF 89.1 FM. And of course, the
highly recognized, highly acclaimed, "St. John's Playhouse" could
be heard on San Francisco's #1 dance station, KYLD/WILD 107 FM Saturday nights
2-4am.
Matthias is responsible for the official radio edits, commercially released
on cd single & vinyl, of Armand Van Helden's smash hit "The Funk
Phenomena".
In 1997-98 Matthias did extensive remix work for the Hot Tracks remix service.
To date, he has completed an astonishing 45 major-label remix projects with
the Hot Tracks service. Numerous "DJ Dave Matthias" remixes can
be heard on this monthly service, available on both cd & vinyl formats.
Also in 1998, Matthias worked at KZQZ/Z95.7 FM in San Francisco. There, he
was the stations' 1st Mixshow DJ paving the way for regular mixshow programming
now heard on The Z!
In April of '99 Matthias started a new endeavor, "The GROOVE". His
#1 Arbitron-rated radio mixshow on Northern California's newest dance-hit
station, KSXY/HOT 959 FM. "The GROOVE" features the latest house,
disco-house, club & trance music in a continuous-mix format. Produced,
mixed & hosted by DJ Dave Matthias Saturday nights 9pm-3am.
January 2000 saw the release of Matthias' first national mix-cd, "In
My House, There's A Disco" on StreetBeat Records/UBL Recordings. He also
started doing remix work for the extremely popular remix service X-MIX.
In November 2000, Matthias had the honor of mixing Loleatta Holloway's "Queen
Of The Night: The Ultimate Club Collection" greatest hits mix-cd on The
Right Stuff/Capitol Records released nationally January 2001.
In December 2000, HOT 959 named DJ Dave Matthias their Mixshow Director for
the station.
And in June 2001, Wine Country Radio Group named Matthias their 3-station
Production Director and afternoon drive-time personality on HOT 959.
Numerous projects are always in the works for Matthias including future mix-cd's,
remixes & original productions.
"House music truly is a feeling & a huge part
of my life!
Once you experience it, you just can't let go!"
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DJ Dave Matthias