# Recloose

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{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name      = Matthew Chicoine
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| origin          = [Detroit](/source/Detroit), [Michigan](/source/Michigan)
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| genre           = [Electronica](/source/Electronica), [trip hop](/source/trip_hop),<ref>{{cite web|first= John |last= Bush |title= Recloose – Artist Biography |website= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/recloose-mn0000451589/biography |accessdate= 4 July 2015}}</ref> [broken beat](/source/broken_beat)
| occupation      = [Record producer](/source/Record_producer), [DJ](/source/DJ)
| years_active    = 1997–present
| label           = [Peacefrog Records](/source/Peacefrog_Records), [Planet E Communications](/source/Planet_E_Communications)
| website         = {{URL|www.recloose.com}}
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'''Matthew "Recloose" Chicoine''' is an American electronic music producer, DJ and musician hailing from [Detroit](/source/Detroit), [Michigan](/source/Michigan), US. He is known for numerous releases on independent dance labels like [Planet E](/source/Planet_E_Communications), Rush Hour, [Peacefrog](/source/Peacefrog_Records), [Studio !K7](/source/Studio_!K7), [Sonar Kollektiv](/source/Sonar_Kollektiv) and Delusions of Grandeur.  Chicoine is also a touring DJ who has played in and around Europe, the UK, the United States, Japan, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|title=Recloose Events|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/recloose/dates|publisher=Resident Advisor|accessdate=24 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Coleman|first=Tim|title=Recloose|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/gig-reviews/recloose/2006/01/12/1136956288156.html|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 January 2006}}</ref>

==Life and career==
His professional career began in 1997 when he met techno artist [Carl Craig](/source/Carl_Craig) via a demo tape slipped into a sandwich while working at Detroit's Russell Street Deli.<ref>{{cite web|last=Craig|first=Carl|title=15 Questions With Carl Craig|url=http://www.carlcraig.net/press/0803_BigShot.pdf|publisher=Big Shot Magazine|accessdate=January 15, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121060915/http://www.carlcraig.net/press/0803_BigShot.pdf|archivedate=November 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Craig|first=Carl|title=Unedited Carl Craig Jukebox|url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/interviews/p=9939|publisher=The Wire Magazine|accessdate=24 January 2013}}</ref>  He released his debut EP ''So This Is The Dining Room'' EP in 1998 and follow up ''Spelunking'' EP in 1999 on Planet E recordings, which were both re-issued via Rush Hour Recordings in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rush Hour compiles Recloose|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=13016|publisher=Resident Advisor|accessdate=24 January 2013}}</ref> His debut album ''Cardiology'' on Planet E/Studio !k7 came out in 2002, a critically acclaimed release that featured Detroit area artists [Dwele](/source/Dwele), Genevieve Marentette, [Colin Stetson](/source/Colin_Stetson), Rayse Biggs of Was (Not Was), Jeremy Ellis, Paul Randolph, Jerry The Cat, [Amp Fiddler](/source/Amp_Fiddler), John Arnold and Malik Alston.<ref>{{cite web|title=Recloose- Cardiology|url=http://www.discogs.com/Recloose-Cardiology/release/811834|publisher=Discogs.com|accessdate=January 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Recloose- Cardiology|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/recloose-cardiology|publisher=Tiny Mix Tapes|accessdate=24 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Palmer|first=Tamara|title=Recloose Emerges on Planet E|magazine=Billboard|date=May 2002|volume=114|issue=20|page=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mg8EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Recloose+Emerges+on+Planet+E%22&pg=PA49}}</ref>

In late 2001 he re-located to New Zealand where he began working with local musicians [Dallas Tamaira](/source/Dallas_Tamaira) of Fat Freddy's Drop, [Hollie Smith](/source/Hollie_Smith), Jonathan Crayford, and members of [Trinity Roots](/source/TrinityRoots), also forming the touring group "The Recloose Live Band," a group that performed at the [North Sea Jazz Festival](/source/North_Sea_Jazz_Festival),<ref>{{cite web|title=Kindred Spirits|url=http://www.family-affair.it/querypress.asp?IDPress=110|publisher=Family Affair|accessdate=24 January 2013}}</ref> and London's renowned clubs [Fabric](/source/Fabric_(club))<ref>{{cite web|title=Recloose Live Band Return From Europe|url=http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/newsitem/pi_newsitemid/1646|publisher=NZ Musician|accessdate=24 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222183748/http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/newsitem/pi_newsitemid/1646|archivedate=22 February 2013}}</ref> and [The Jazz Cafe](/source/Jazz_Cafe).<ref>{{cite web|title=Recloose at Jazz Cafe|url=https://www.songkick.com/concerts/3992026-recloose-at-jazz-cafe|publisher=Songkick}}</ref>  He was awarded the Best Dance/Electronica Album Tui for his album ''Perfect Timing'' LP at the [New Zealand Music Awards](/source/New_Zealand_Music_Awards) in late 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Recloose|url=http://nzmusic.org.nz/artists/housetechno/recloose/|publisher=New Zealand Music Commission|accessdate=January 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Rebecca Barry|title=Recloose: Perfect Timing|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/music/news/article.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=10495094|publisher=New Zealand Herald|accessdate=24 January 2013|date=1 March 2008}}</ref> Chicoine completed a master's degree at the [University of Auckland](/source/University_of_Auckland) in 2014.<ref>{{Cite thesis|title="The Detroit Way": Creative Exchange in Music Production, 1950–2000|last=Chicoine|first=Matthew|type=Master's thesis|publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, [University of Auckland](/source/University_of_Auckland)|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2292/24159|date=2014|hdl=2292/24159 }}</ref>

In 2008 he founded the Hit It & Quit It radio show on [Auckland](/source/Auckland), New Zealand's [George FM](/source/George_FM),<ref>{{cite web|title=Recloose joins the George FM Whanau!|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00211.htm|publisher=Scoop.co.nz|accessdate=24 January 2013}}</ref> co-hosted with local producer and DJ Frank Booker, releasing a radio-themed compilation CD "Hit It & Quit It Radio Revue Vol. I" with accompanying Serato vinyl pressing in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Serato Pressings|url=http://serato.com/pressings|publisher=Serato|accessdate=24 January 2013}}</ref>  In 2009 he undertook full-time work as programme leader and tutor at Auckland's [Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand](/source/Music_and_Audio_Institute_of_New_Zealand), helping to create and implement the DJ and Electronic Music Production program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Staff Profiles|url=http://www.mainz.ac.nz/people.php?Prog=227|publisher=MAINZ|accessdate=January 15, 2013}}</ref>

==Discography==
;Studio albums
* ''Cardiology'' (2002)
* ''Hiatus on the Horizon'' (2004)
* ''Perfect Timing'' (2008)

;Compilation albums
* ''Early Works'' (2010)

;Live albums
* ''Backwards and Sideways'' (2007)

;EPs
* ''So This Is the Dining Room'' (1998)
* ''Spelunking'' (1999)
* ''Deeper Waters'' (2008)
* ''Saturday Night Manifesto E.P.'' (2011)
* ''Magic'' (2012)
* ''Don't Get Me Wrong EP'' (2012)
* ''It's Too Late EP'' (2013)

;Singles
* "Can't Take It" (2000)
* "Ain't Changin'" (2002)
* "Us vs. Us" (2003)
* "Dust" (2005)
* "Mana's Bounce" b/w "Time Is on Your Side" (2005)
* "Maui's Lament" (2008)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Discogs artist|Recloose|Recloose}}

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