House music for the WIN this weekend for sure.

Friday Night “House Proud V.3″ at Honey:

Below is most of my opening set at Honey Lounge in Minneapolis, MN. Live recording with instrumentals by Chuck Love (honored!). There were 2 people on the dance floor at 10pm. buy 11:30 I would say close to 200 people were in this small club and groovin’ to the music. Both Brownie and Bryan Gerrard (Celebrity Records) played and god only knows how packed it got (I had to bolt a little early to survive).

Saturday Night HotDish “Throwback III – GLow Party” at First Avenue:

Saturday night was the long running HotDish party at First Avenue Nightclub in Minneapolis, MN. Holy crap was that a party too! I was a little nervous, cause this is the show that me and Nate Laurence are responsible, and after Friday night, I was a little worried that people wouldn’t come out because they were recouping from the House Proud show.

Boy was I wrong. This was an insanely fun party as you can tell from the picture below. It was indeed one of the best nights ever for HotDish. All the great costumes and outfits. One girl was glowing so bright from the black lights, she was burning my retinas (Ehem, Holly).

Natas, the second DJ that played that night threw down some classic tracks that I totally forgot about that still control the dance floor. Our closer and one of the best known DJs in Minneapolis and surrounding, E Tones, was an absolute GEM on the decks. When he comes through, just expect your body to be controlled for his entire set. Both were such a pleasure to have in and HotDish cant thank them enough.

One huge element that was missing though was Nate Laurence. Unfortunately he couldnt make it to this show. I felt really bad about him missing this. Plus he was so instrumental in making this happen too.

Maybe later I will update this post with my mix from that show (it was recorded live also). But for now, if you stare at the pic long enough, you will get an idea of how dope that was. To all that came out and partied, huge thank you. The vibe in there was incredible.

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After which, Lady D closed the night with an absolutely amazing set. Seriously. Mind Blowing.

If you want to check out the live recording from Me and Nate’s portion of the night, listen below!

July 2nd, 2011 – HotDish (J Matthews and Nate Laurence) Presents – Atnarko and Jevne

August 6th, 2011 – HotDish presents – TBA

August 12th, 2011 – HotDish @ 12th Dimension

Yes, not much cookin right now, but I planned it that way. Been trying to get stuff done this summer. But stay tuned by adding me on Facebook where I am more apt to keep you in the loop!

Peace!

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I’m back! If you are looking to add me back as a friend on Facebook, you can now find me here:

I have made several attempts to contact Facebook to get my old account back, but they have not replied to any of my emails to multiple email accounts they provide for problems like mine.

Come to think about it, what if it was a super bad problem, like some child molester hacked my account and I was trying to contact Facebook to let them know?!

Anyway, I dont want to rant about it. Just wanted to get the good word out there!

Lets all go party hard now!

J Matthews (a.k.a.o.fb James Matthews)

Today my account has been disabled because they think that I am a “Fake Profile”. Really Facebook? Ive been using that account for 4-5 years and you NOW think that I am fake? Well, I hope we can get this situated because I am very real and I dont understand why you turned on me.

If its because I am a performer and that I am inviting my friends to events, then good god, about 75% of the people I am friends with on FB should also be disabled.

You suck and you know it.

Ok, now that I have vented. If you are reading this, I hope to be back on FB fairly soon. So hang tight.

BTW, go check out my Funk Yeah! FM site. I have a local guest that I am really excited about. Its going to be live and he is way better than facebook.

Special thanks and props to DJ Econ and his crew, the staff at the Aquarium, and of course all the great artist that got the party started!

Check out the video of myself and Chrystal Mann rocking the spot!

Its busy busy time and I thought I would take a moment to post the upcoming events and parties I will be DJing at. Clicking on the Flyer will enlarge it. If you need more info, send me an email. Cheers!

Dec 17th – Fargo, ND

Dec 17th - Fargo, ND

Dec 22nd - Boston, MA

Dec 26th - Funk Yeah FM feat. Mixwell House

Dec 31 - Minneapolis, MN

Jan 1 - Minneapolis, MN

Last winter, I wasnt as excited, and made a winter mix to express my feelings towards it. Check er out here:

Maybe this winter I will make a new mix, to express my fondness of fresh wax on snow.

Here are some of the events coming up where you can catch me at.

31st, Oct – Funk Yeah! FM w/ Broadway & Wilson (Chicago)
6th, Nov – Justin Long @ HotDish
20th, Nov – Rave – Mpls
17th, Dec – BassBinge - Fargo, ND

J Matthews - Fuck Off (its 2005)

Tonight, with the help of some friends who unknowingly encouraged me to dig into the pre “house music is dying” era, I decided to dig deep and get on the decks. Bad day at work + horrible traffic + stormy weather = J Matthews – Fuck Off (its 2004) mix.

I wasn’t around for the House Music Minneapolis music scene from 2003 – 2005. I was in Boston and most of these tracks were hot in the Boston underground house music scene.

All tracks are pre 2005, so a span of late 90′s to end of 2004. Enjoy!

Sorry, no track listings this time.

J Matthews – Fuck Off (its 2004) mix

(click the play button to get the download link)