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By S. Pajot in Flyer of the Week

Fri., Jul. 10 2009 @ 9:19AM

The artist known as Matthew Dear has got some serious (but not too serious) identity issues. I mean, it's not as if his psychic split is the acid-activated, lock-myself-away-for-30-years-and-die Syd Barrett variety. It's more that, musically, Dear is way too complex to be merely one man. And so, like a lot of other arty weirdoes from the electro/techno/house subset, he chooses to manage the multiple, raging facets of his creative personality by assigning cute little aliases -- such as False, Jabberjaw, and Audion -- to one new self and the next and the next.

Now, lucky for those among us who like psychologically strange tunes, Dear will conjure the last in the above list of alternate selves -- his deep techno persona Audion -- when he hits Electric Pickle July 24. Expect infectiously danceable excursions into the dark depths of a shattered subconscious. Also, expect LA-slash-Miami DJ duo Jay-You and Pet Food doing their own version of the schizoid shuffle. But take heed: There are only 200 passes to this bash. (Meaning, it's an imminent sellout.) So don't stall, get yours and yours and yours right now.

Friday, July 24. Electric Pickle, 2826 N. Miami Ave., Miami. Show starts at 10 p.m., and tickets are $20. 305-456-5613; Electric Pickle at Facebook.com.

Tags: Audion, Electric Pickle, Matthew Dear

6 comment(s) / Post a Comment

Barlos Bastro says:

It is a dope flyer - - Those SAFE guys always manage to bring the best talent to town.

Guaranteed to be a great show.

Posted On: Friday, Jul. 10 2009 @ 4:56PM

Barlos Bastro says:

It is a dope flyer - - Those SAFE guys always manage to bring legitimate talent to town for a reasonable price.

Guaranteed to be an awesome time.

Posted On: Friday, Jul. 10 2009 @ 4:58PM

TechNat says:

Barlo is right. There is not doubt that SAFE does bring the very best underground dance music to Miami. If only Diego came back to Miami and did shows like this more often. I am afraid we may lose this great promoter since the rumor is he has left Miami for good. At least Electric Pickle remains as the only safe haven in Miami for non-commercial music.

Posted On: Sunday, Jul. 12 2009 @ 9:12AM

stef says:

Uggh, too bad this show was a total waste of $20.. We bought the tickets in advance thinking the place would be packed, with such a good name coming down.. The place was completely empty! Not to mention $7 beers (wtf).

I blame the promoters, this show was barely promoted.. Next time, try a bit harder, don't charge $20, and certainly don't sell beers for $7..

It was a big disappointment.

Posted On: Saturday, Jul. 25 2009 @ 12:11PM

kevin says:

empty? place was slammed till past 5am! And the promoter has nothing to do with drink prices

it was a great party.

Posted On: Sunday, Jul. 26 2009 @ 4:19AM

Dave Bell says:

stef.. are you insane or just a hater? you could'nt fit another person in the Pickle for the Matt Dear show. it was slammed packed past 5am.
Also. i dont know where you usually go out in miami but $7 is average for a decent beer unless you are in a dive or some college bar.

the Pickle are bringing real cutting edge EDM to Miami and the sound system there has gotta be the best around.

Posted On: Monday, Jul. 27 2009 @ 1:31AM