Matoma

Matoma

Matoma on the UKA in 2015
Background information
Birth name Tom Stræte Lagergren
Born (1991-05-29) 29 May 1991
Åsnes, Norway
Genres Tropical house[1]
Occupation(s)
  • Producer
  • musician
  • DJ
Instruments
Years active 2013-present
Website matomamusic.com

Tom Stræte Lagergren (born 29 May 1991), professionally known as Matoma, is a Norwegian DJ and tropical house producer.

Early life

Lagergren was born in Asnes, Norway.[2] He started playing the piano as a child.[3][4] During that period, he won a contest to perform alongside Norwegian pianists Håvard Gimse and Leif Ove Andsnes.[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]

Background

Lagergren uses Cubase 8 Pro to produce music and Massive, a DAW plugin to program his synth sounds.[6] He also uses piano, guitars and flutes.[6]

Career

2014–present

"Free Fallin Tropical Mojito Remix (John Mayer Tribute)" was produced with fellow tropical house producer Nelsaan and was released on Matoma's 23rd birthday.[7][8]

Matoma was asked by Universal Germany to make a remix of Marlon Roudette's "When the Beat Drops" in July 2014 which was released one month later.[9]

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.[10] 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.[10] 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 featuring Cosmo Klein's "Back Home". In total, Matoma has published more than 33 tracks on his own Soundcloud page.

On 15 October 2016, he collaborated with British boy band, The Vamps to release the single "All Night".[11][12] An official music video was published by The Vamps.[13]

Discography

Albums

Title Details
Hakuna Matoma[14]

Singles

As lead artist

Year Single Peak positions Certification Album
NOR
[15]		 DEN
[16]		 FIN
[17]		 IRE
[12]		 NLD
[18]		 NZ
[19]		 SWE
[20]
2015 "Old Thing Back"
(Matoma & The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Ja Rule & Ralph Tresvant)		 2 18 12 43 75 25 8
  • IFPI NOR: Platinum
  • GLF: Platinum
 Hakuna Matoma
"2AM (Matoma Remix)"
(original by Astrid S)		 13 — — — — — —
"Feeling Right (Everything Is Nice)"
(featuring Wale and Popcaan)		 31 — — — — — —
"The Wave"
(featuring Madcon)		 — — — — — — —
"Stick Around"
(with Akon)		 19 — — — — — —
"Running Out"
(with Astrid S)		 7 — — — — — 57
"Love You Right"
(with Nico & Vinz)[21]		 — — — — — — —
"Find Love"
(featuring Dboy)		 — — — — — — —
"Knives"
(with Frenship)		 — — — — — — —
2016 "Paradise"
(with Sean Paul featuring KStewart)		 — — — — — — —
"Wonderful Life (Mi Oh My)" 26 — — — — — —
"Wonderful Life (Mi Oh My)"
(featuring Yeng Constantino)		 — — — — — — —
"False Alarm"
(with Becky Hill)		 3 — — 51
[22]		 — — 11
"Take Me Back"
(with Christopher)		 — 16 — — — — —
"All Night"
(with The Vamps)		 19
[23]		 — — 27
[24]		 — — — TBA
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Year Single Peak positions Album
NOR
[15]		 DEN
 FRA
 FIN
 GER
 SPA
 SWE
 UK
2015 "Try Me"
(Jason Derulo featuring Jennifer Lopez & Matoma)		 4 13 168 50 39 57 35 113 Everything Is 4 and Hakuna Matoma

References

  1. ↑ "Top 13 Best Tropical House DJs".
  2. ↑ Collar, Matt. "Matoma - Biography | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Rovi. Billboard. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  3. ↑ Lam, Tiffany (5 January 2015). "Exclusive Interview: MATOMA in Canada". In Too The Crowd Magazine. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 "INTERVIEW - MATOMA". Fngrs Crssd. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 Broch, Helene (28 August 2014). "Matoma – sights set on the US". Music Norway. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  6. 1 2 Mettler, Mike (31 July 2015). "How a Norwegian DJ set Spotify on fire with a tropical Notorious B.I.G. remix". Digital Trends. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  7. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/matoma-official/matoma-nelsaan-free-fallin-remix
  8. ↑ "YAQUI.CO PREMIERE: Matoma x Nelsaan - Free Falling Tropical Mojito Remix". Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  9. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/matoma-official/when-the-beat-drops-out-matoma-remix
  10. 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.
  11. ↑ "All Night - Single by The Vamps & Matoma on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  12. 1 2 "Matoma discography". "irish-charts.com". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  13. ↑ TheVampsVEVO (2016-11-03), The Vamps, Matoma - All Night, retrieved 2016-11-25
  14. ↑ Meadow, Matthew (2015-11-17). "Matoma Drops His Debut Album, But It's Definitely Not What You'd Expect". Your EDM. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  15. 1 2 "Matoma discography". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "Matoma discography". danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "Matoma discography". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "Matoma discography". dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  19. ↑ "Matoma discography". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  20. ↑ "Matoma discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "Love You Right - single". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  22. ↑ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 29 September 2016". Chart-Track. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  23. ↑ "VG-lista - The Vamps & Matoma / All Night". VG-lista. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  24. ↑ http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=240001

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