Matthew Tavares
{{Short description|Canadian musician, songwriter, and music producer}}
{{About|the musician|the similarly named American illustrator|Matt Tavares}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| background = person
| alias = Matty
| name = Matthew Tavares
| image = 220px
| caption = Tavares in 2012
| alt = Tavares in 2012
| landscape = yes
| birth_name = Matthew A. Tavares
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|9|15|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
| genre = {{hlist|Post-bop, jazz fusion, instrumental hip hop, R&B, ambient, indie rock}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|record producer|songwriter}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Piano|synthesizer|guitar}}
| years_active = 2010–present
| label =
| past_member_of = BadBadNotGood
| website = http://matthewtavares.ca/
}}
Matthew Adam Tavares (born September 15, 1990), also known as Matty, is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and music producer. He is best known as a founder of the instrumental group BADBADNOTGOOD, with whom he released five studio albums and produced with for other artists. Tavares released his first solo album in 2018 and has since released a series of solo and collaborative genre-spanning albums. As a songwriter, he has helped pen songs for the likes of Post Malone, Rosalía, Camilla Cabello, Kendrick Lamar, and Kali Uchis, and often works with producer Frank Dukes.
Life and career
Matthew Adam Tavares{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Album Details Strength Of A Woman|url=https://www.umusicpub.com/us/Digital-Music-Library/album/76008/-new-album|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-16|website=www.umusicpub.com}} was born on September 15, 1990, and grew up in Mississauga, Ontario where he attended the local preparatory school Mentor College.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Matty's Birthday|url=https://twitter.com/badbadnotgood/status/246828637104504832|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-30|website=Twitter|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Spencer|first=Jason|date=2014-08-08|title=BadBadNotGood: The shape of hip-hop to come hits LAC|url=https://www.mississauga.com/whatson-story/4750911-badbadnotgood-the-shape-of-hip-hop-to-come-hits-lac/|access-date=2020-06-29|website=Mississauga.com|language=en-CA}} He attended Humber College where he studied jazz performance and later met drummer Alexander Sowinski and bassist Chester Hansen in the program. In 2010, they formed BADBADNOTGOOD. The band had viral success in 2011 after posting jazz covers of Odd Future online, and released their debut record that Fall. He withdrew from school in February 2012.{{Cite web|last=Mistry|first=Anupa|date=2012-03-22|title=BADBADNOTGOOD|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm%3Fcontent%3D185822|access-date=2020-06-30|website=NOW Magazine|language=en-us}}
With BBNG, Tavares released five full-length albums, including a collaborative record with Ghostface Killah, and was short-listed for the Polaris Music Prize twice. Following the release of their album IV in 2016, Tavares stepped away from touring with the group, and took time to focus on producing music as well as developing his solo project Matty.{{Cite web|title=Reintroducing Matty Tavares, BADBADNOTGOOD's co-founder-turned-psyche rock prodigy|url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/05/16/matty-taveres-badbadnotgood-clear-interview|access-date=2020-07-17|website=The FADER|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=BADBADNOTGOOD's Matthew Tavares Explains Absence from Band, Shares "Embarassed"|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/badbadnotgoods_matthew_tavares_explains_absence_from_band_shares_embarassed|access-date=2020-06-27|website=exclaim.ca|language=en-ca}} However, he did make live appearances with BBNG from time-to-time, playing at the likes of Massey Hall in 2017, and the Virgil Abloh-curated Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer runway show, and in Tokyo in 2018, among other venues.{{Cite web|last=Trapunski|first=Richard|date=2017-10-21|title=BADBADNOTGOOD invited Jay Electronica to their hometown love-in at Massey Hall|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/concert-reviews/badbadnotgood-jay-electronica-massey-hall|access-date=2020-07-16|website=NOW Magazine}}{{Cite web|date=2018-06-21|title=Kid Cudi walks, BadBadNotGood covers Kanye's "Ghost Town" at Paris Fashion Week: Watch|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/06/kid-cudi-walks-badbadnotgood-covers-kanyes-ghost-town-at-paris-fashion-week-watch/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=Consequence of Sound|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=IN CONVERSATION WITH BADBADNOTGOOD|url=https://www.stussy.com/blogs/features/in-conversation-with-badbadnotgood|access-date=2020-07-16|website=Stussy.com|language=en}}{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6uhbesEg9Q&list=LLcUTrxj3opeMCC5KdyCvkDQ&index=4&t=0s|title=Badbadnotgood - new song / Speaking Gently (live) @ STÜSSY Daikanyama Tokyo Japan|date=March 11, 2018|last=|first=|type=video|language=English|publisher=YouTube}}{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKm3hEWAr70&list=LLcUTrxj3opeMCC5KdyCvkDQ&index=3&t=0s|title=BADBADNOTGOOD with Sam Herring (Toronto 2018)|date=March 30, 2018|last=|first=|type=video|language=English}}
Tavares has worked as a songwriter and music producer throughout his career, often producing tracks as part of BBNG and with producer Frank Dukes. Major early placements include tracks by Wu-Tang Clan, and Daniel Caesar, followed by songs by Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Post Malone, and Rosalía.
Tavares released his debut solo record in 2018, Déjàvu, under the name Matty. The project utilized the other members of BBNG as the backing band. That year, he also scored the CBC ten-part video game docuseries The Artists.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=November 2018|title=The Artists|url=https://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/docs/the-artists|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 6, 2020|website=CBC Documentary Channel}} Following a series of singles released after the record, Tavares began using his full name for some of his solo work. In October 2019, Tavares announced his departure from BBNG.{{Cite web|title=Matthew Tavares Leaves BADBADNOTGOOD|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/matthew_tavares_leaves_badbadnotgood|accessdate=2020-03-06|website=Exclaim.ca}} In 2020, he released three full-length solo albums as well as two collaborative jazz albums with former BBNG bandmate Leland Whitty.{{Cite web|title=Here's When Matty and BADBADNOTGOOD's Leland Whitty Will Release Their New Album|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/heres_when_matty_and_badbadnotgoods_leland_whitty_will_release_their_new_album|access-date=2020-07-15|website=exclaim.ca|language=en-ca}} In 2020, he was nominated for a Latin Grammy for his production work on the Rosalía song "Dolerme".{{cite web|title=Dolerme / Rosalía|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/135166191/credits|accessdate=25 March 2020|via=Tidal}}
Tavares is based in Toronto.
Discography
= As lead artist =
Studio albums
- Déjàvu (2018) (as Matty)
- Visions (2020) (with Leland Whitty){{Cite web|title=Visions, by Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty|url=https://matthewtavares.bandcamp.com/album/visions|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Matthew Tavares}}
- Richard Dry (2020)
- Mississauga (2020)
- Selected Ambient Squirts (2020) (as Matty)
- January 12th (2020) (with Leland Whitty){{Cite web|title=January 12th, by Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty|url=https://matthewtavares.bandcamp.com/album/january-12th|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Matthew Tavares}}
- Danica (2021) (as Matty)
- Eis O Homem (2023) (as Matty)
= With BADBADNOTGOOD =
= Other projects =
- Score of CBC documentary series The Artists (2018)
- Homer – Best New Music (2019){{Cite web|title=Best New Music, by Homer|url=https://homerband.bandcamp.com/album/best-new-music|access-date=2020-07-17|website=Homer}}
- Kingsway Music Library – Matthew Tavares Vol. 1 (2019){{Cite web|title=Kingsway Music Library - Matthew Tavares Vol. 1|url=https://www.kingswaymusiclibrary.com/products/kingsway-music-library-matthew-tavares-vol-1|access-date=2020-07-17|website=Kingsway Music Library by Frank Dukes - Original Samples & Music|language=en}}
- Kingsway Music Library – Parkscapes Vol. 2 (Matthew Tavares) (2020){{Cite web|title=Kingsway Music Library - Parkscapes Vol. 2 (Matthew Tavares)|url=https://www.kingswaymusiclibrary.com/products/kingsway-music-library-parkscapes-vol-2-matthew-tavares|access-date=2020-07-17|website=Kingsway Music Library by Frank Dukes - Original Samples & Music|language=en}}
- Other sample compilations{{Cite web|title=DOUBLE DOUBLE, by Matthew Tavares|url=https://matthewtavares.bandcamp.com/album/double-double|access-date=2021-02-18|website=Matthew Tavares}}{{Cite web|title=2020 LIBRARY, by Matthew Tavares|url=https://matthewtavares.bandcamp.com/album/2020-library|access-date=2021-02-18|website=Matthew Tavares}}
- Dandelion - All You Know (2022){{Cite web|title=All You KNow, by Dandelion, Matty, Kaan|url=https://matthewtavares.bandcamp.com/album/all-you-know|access-date=2022-05-10|website=Matty}}
Production discography
= Production and songwriting =
Selected discography. For additional credits, see the BadBadNotGood production discography (2011–2020).
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! scope="col" align="center" style="width: 10px;" | Year ! scope="col" style="width: ;" | Artist ! scope="col" style="width: ;" | Album ! scope="col" style="width: ;" | Song ! scope="col" style="width: 130px;" | Produced with/by ! scope="col" style="width: 40px;" | Certifications |
| rowspan="2" |2011
| rowspan="2" |The Man with the Iron Fists |"Get Your Way (Sex Is a Weapon)" | |
| Wu-Tang Clan & Kool G Rap
|"Rivers of Blood" |BBNG, Frank Dukes | |
| rowspan="2" |2013
|"Hoarse" |BBNG | |
| Danny Brown
|Old |"Float On" (feat. Charli XCX) |BBNG, Frank Dukes | |
| 2014
|"Growing Pains III"‡ |Frank Dukes, et al.{{Cite web|title=MATTHEW TAVARES|url=http://matthewtavares.ca/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=matthewtavares.ca}} | |
| rowspan="3" |2015
|"Paradise" |BBNG, et al. | |
| Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y
|#2009 |"Weed Nap"‡ | |
| Kali Uchis
|"Rush" |BBNG, Kaytranada | |
| rowspan="8" |2016
|"Weight Off |BBNG, Kaytranada | |
| Mick Jenkins
|"Drowning" |BBNG | |
| Kendrick Lamar
|"Lust." |BBNG, et al. |
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| rowspan="2" | Daniel Caesar
| rowspan="2" | Get You – Single | "Get You" (feat. Kali Uchis)† |BBNG, et al. | |
| "Japanese Denim"
|BBNG, et al. | |
| Jerry Paper
|Toon Time Raw! | style="text-align:center;"|— |Jerry Paper | |
| Post Malone
|"Déjà Vu" (feat. Justin Bieber)‡ |
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| GoldLink
|N/A |"Fall in Love" (feat. Cisero) |BBNG | |
| rowspan="4" |2017
|"Flex Like Ouu"‡ |
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| Ben Stevenson
|Cara Cara |"Honeycola"‡ | |
| Sufyvn
|N/A |"Thinking 'Bout You (Sleepless in Cairo) (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid) |Sufyvn Ali, Doc McKinney{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Songwriter: Matthew Tavares|url=https://artists.spotify.com/songwriter/0Pr8sAYHqeWCJxEnEPddN9|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-24|website=artists.spotify.com}} | |
| Kodak Black
|"Unexplainable"† | |
| rowspan="13" |2018
|"After the Storm" (feat. Tyler, the Creator & Bootsy Collins) |BBNG |
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| Travis Scott
|"Astrothunder"† |Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| John Mayer
|N/A |"New Light"‡{{efn|While most often uncredited, Tavares produced the looped sample in "New Light."|group=upper-alpha}} |
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| Khalid & Swae Lee
|"The Ways" |BBNG, et al. | |
| Jerry Paper
|Like A Baby | style="text-align:center;"|— | |
| rowspan="3" |Wes Allen
| rowspan="3" |Funny Thing EP |"Ask Me Now"† | rowspan="3" |Chester Hansen{{Cite web|title=Funny Thing, by Wes Allen|url=https://wesallen.bandcamp.com/album/funny-thing|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Wes Allen}} | |
| "1 Kiss"†
| |
| "Funny Thing"†
| |
| rowspan="3" |Charlotte Day Wilson
| rowspan="3" |Stone Woman EP |"Doubt" |Charlotte Day Wilson | rowspan="3" | |
| "Let You Down"‡
|Charlotte Day Wilson, Duncan Hood |
| "Falling Apart" |
| Harrison
|Apricity | style="background:#ffffcc" |"Midnight Snack" |N/A | |
| Thundercat
|Brainfeeder X / It Is What It Is |"King of the Hill" |BBNG, et al. | |
| rowspan="8" |2019
|"Feel It Twice" |Frank Dukes{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019|title=Romance / Camila Cabello – Credits|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/124277249/credits|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=January 4, 2020|website=Tidal}} | |
| rowspan="2" |Post Malone
| rowspan="2" |Hollywood's Bleeding |"Staring at the Sun" (feat. SZA) |Frank Dukes, et al. |
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| "Myself"‡
|Frank Dukes, et al. | |
| rowspan="2" |Taylor Swift
| rowspan="2" |Lover |"Afterglow"‡ |Frank Dukes, et al. | rowspan="2" | |
| "It's Nice to Have a Friend"‡ |
| Bakar
|Will You Be My Yellow? |"Ghosts" | |
| Joy Again
|N/A |Caleb Laven | |
| Paul Epworth
|Voyager – Single | style="background:#ffffcc" |"Voyager 2" (feat. Matty) | |
| rowspan="6" |2020
| |
| Rosalía
|N/A |"Dolerme"† | |
| Gabriel Garzón-Montano
|Agüita |"Tombs"‡ |Gabriel Garzón-Montano | |
| Maeta
|Habits |"Teen Scene" (feat. Buddy)‡ | |
| James Blake
|Before EP |"I Keep Calling"‡{{efn|"I Keep Calling" samples Charlotte Day Wilson's "Falling Apart," which he produced.|group=upper-alpha}} | |
| Shawn Mendes
|"Monster" (feat. Justin Bieber)† |Frank Dukes, Daniel Caesar, et al. | |
| rowspan="6" |2021
|Like a Good Old Friend |"So Much Time – So Little Time"‡ |Vegyn, et al. | |
| Ben Stevenson
|Whatever & Ever |"Number One"‡ | | |
| rowspan="2" |Mustafa
| rowspan="2" |When Smoke Rises |"The Hearse"‡ |Frank Dukes, Jaime xx | |
| "Ali"†
|Frank Dukes, Simon on the Moon, Rodaidh McDonald | |
| TOBi
|N/A |"Don't Touch"{{Cite web|title=Don't Touch: Overview|url=https://jaxsta.com/release/873f2d26-7366-5208-9078-4011f5a9ebaa/f5b579e9-049b-5105-98d7-69c29f52536e/overview|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Jaxsta}} |BadBadNotGood | |
| Charlotte Day Wilson
|Alpha |"I Can Only Whisper" (feat. BadBadNotGood)‡ |BBNG, et al. | |
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"—" denotes production of the entire album/release.
"†" denotes credit as co-producer or additional production.
"‡" denotes credit as songwriter only.
= Other credits =
- Black Atlass – "Burning Man" from Young Bloods (2014); mixing
- Eschaton – ∆ (2014); guitar, keys{{Cite web|title=∆, by Eschaton|url=https://eschaton-havn.bandcamp.com/album/--3|access-date=2020-07-17|website=Eschaton}}
- Eschaton – "Toronto, Ottawa, Low" from Tour Tape Two (2015); synth{{Cite web|title=Tour Tape Two, by Eschaton|url=https://havnrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tour-tape-two|access-date=2020-07-17|website=HAVNrecords}}
- Kingsway Music Library – "Terco," "House Of Lawd," and "Dark Massage" from Colors{{ref label|id2|FD|none}} (2015); keys
- River Tiber – "No Talk" from Indigo (2016); mixing{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=River Tiber - Indigo album|url=https://album.paperandlife.com/26157/river-tiber-indigo-download-album.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-17|website=Paper and Life|language=en-us}}
- Eschaton – Torus (2016); engineering, mixing, bass guitar{{Cite web|title=Torus (Arachnidiscs Recordings), by Eschaton|url=https://arachnidiscs.bandcamp.com/album/torus-arachnidiscs-recordings|access-date=2020-07-17|website=ArachniDistro}}
- Kilmanjaro – A Place Unknown To All You Ever Say (2017); mastering{{Cite web|title=A Place Unknown To All You Ever Say, by Kilmanjaro|url=https://kilmanjaro.bandcamp.com/album/a-place-unknown-to-all-you-ever-say|access-date=2020-07-17|website=Kilmanjaro}}
- Katie McBride – "The Skyline" and "N.B.S.L." from World of Dreams (2018); drum production{{Cite web|title=World of Dreams, by Katie McBride|url=https://katiemcbride.bandcamp.com/album/world-of-dreams|access-date=2020-07-17|website=Katie McBride}}
Notes
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References
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