Matoma
| Matoma | |
|---|---|
 Matoma on the UKA in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tom Stræte Lagergren |
| Born |
29 May 1991 Åsnes, Norway |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) |
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| Instruments | |
| Website |
matomamusic |
Tom Stræte Lagergren (born 27 May, 1991), commonly known by his stage name Matoma, is a Norwegian DJ and record producer of tropical house from Flisa, Norway.
Early life and career
Lagergren started playing the piano as a child.[3][4] During that period, he is said to have won a contest (he is more than 20 years younger than Norwegian pianists Håvard Gimse and Leif Ove Andsnes so it cannot be correct that he competed "alongside" them; don't trust the source for this.).[5] As he grew tired of classical piano, Lagergren began mixing on his computer. He holds a bachelors degree in Music Technology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.[4]
The Remix "Free Fallin Tropical Mojito Remix (John Mayer Tribute)" was produced with associated tropical house music producer Nelsaan and was published at Matoma's 23rd birthday.[6]
After the release of Marlon Roudette's "When the Beat Drops Out" in July 2014, Matoma was engaged by Universal Germany to make a remix of it. "When the Beat Drops Out (Matoma Tropical Remix)" was released in August 2014.
His remix of "Old Thing Back" by The Notorious B.I.G. became popular when it charted in Norway, peaking at number two on VG-lista, the official Norwegian singles chart. It also charted highly in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and New Zealand.[7] It reached number 1 on the music blog aggregator Hype Machine with many record companies including Big Beat Records expressing interest in Matoma's work after hearing the remix. Ja Rule, who is featured on the original track, also tweeted that he loved the track.[7] He also remixed the song "Bailando" at the request of Enrique Iglesias' team.[5]
After musician Hedegaard released his single "Happy Home", he and Matoma had a consultation about a remix of it. This was officially released by Copenhagen Records in September 2014. In October, Matoma's remix of Eminem's "Business" was released.. During this month, Warner Music Norway published another remix, the Nelsaan & Matoma Remix of Marit Larsen's "I Don't Want to Talk About It".. It is the second remix of Nelsaan and Matoma.
In January 2015, Matoma released a remix of MYNGA feat. Cosmo Klein's "Back Home". In total, Matoma has publicized more than 33 tracks on his own Soundcloud page.
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR [8] |
DEN [9] |
FIN [10] |
NlD [11] |
NZ [12] |
SWE [13] | |||
| 2015 | "Old Thing Back" (Matoma & The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Ja Rule & Ralph Tresvant) |
2 | 18 | 12 | 75 | 25 | 8 | * IFPI Norway: 1× Platinum
|
| "2AM (Matoma Remix)" (original by Astrid S) |
13 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Feeling Right (Everything Is Nice)" (feat. Wale and Popcaan) |
31 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "The Wave" (feat. Madcon) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Stick Around" (with Akon) |
19[14] | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Running Out" (with Astrid S) |
7 | – | – | – | – | 57[15] | ||
| "Love You Right" (with Nico & Vinz)[16] |
– | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Find Love" (feat. Dboy) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Knives" (with Frenship) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2016 | "Paradise" (with Sean Paul feat. KStewart) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | |
- Featured in
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR [8] |
DEN |
FRA |
FIN |
GER |
SPA |
SWE |
UK | ||
| 2015 | "Try Me" (Jason Derulo feat. Jennifer Lopez & Matoma) |
4 | 13 | 168 | 50 | 39 | 57 | 35 | 113 |
Further remixes (selection)[17]
| Jessie J – "Domino" |
| Akon feat. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - "I Tried" vs. The Notorious B.I.G. - "Can I Get Witcha" (Matoma Remix) |
| James Vincent, MC Morrow - "Higher Love" (Matoma Remix) |
| Ludacris feat. The Notorious B.I.G. - "Yeah" vs. "Mo Money Mo Problems" (Matoma Remix) |
| Axwell - "I Found U" (Matoma Remix) |
| Matoma & Nelsaan - "Free Fallin Tropical Mojito Remix" (John Mayer Tribute) |
| Enrique Iglesias feat. Sean Paul - "Bailando" (English) (Matoma Official Remix) |
| Hedegaard - "Happy Home" (Matoma Official Remix) |
| Marlon Roudette - "When the Beat Drops Out" (Matoma Tropical Remix) |
| Coldplay - "Adventure of a Lifetime" (Matoma Remix) |
| Truls - "The Next" (Matoma Remix) |
| Ice Cube feat. MC Ren - "Hello" vs. The Notorious B.I.G. - "Party and Bullshit" (Matoma Remix) |
| Marit Larsen - "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (Nelsaan & Matoma Remix) |
| Eminem - "Business" (Matoma Remix) |
| Felix Jaehn feat. Freddy Verano & Linying - "Shine" |
| MYNGA feat. Cosmo Klein - "Back Home" (Matoma Remix) |
| Tegan and Sara - "I Can't Take It" (Matoma Remix) |
| Astrid S - "2AM" (Matoma Remix) |
| One Direction - "Perfect" (Matoma Remix) |
References
- ↑ "Top 13 Best Tropical House DJs".
- ↑ "Matoma In The Studio - Making Music".
- ↑ Lam, Tiffany (5 January 2015). "Exclusive Interview: MATOMA in Canada". In Too The Crowd Magazine. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- 1 2 "INTERVIEW - MATOMA". Fngrs Crssd. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- 1 2 Broch, Helene (28 August 2014). "Matoma – sights set on the US". Music Norway. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ "YAQUI.CO PREMIERE: Matoma x Nelsaan - Free Falling Tropical Mojito Remix". Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- 1 2 Stina Gregersen Karlsen (20 July 2014). "Norske Tom (23) har laget remix for superstjerna Enrique Iglesias - Er dette den neste Kygo?" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- 1 2 "Matoma discography". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ "Matoma discography". danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ "Matoma discography". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ "Matoma discography". dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ "Matoma discography". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ "Matoma discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ http://lista.vg.no/
- ↑ http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/
- ↑ "Love You Right - single". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ↑ "Matoma Soundcloud". Retrieved 29 August 2015.