Matt Blacks three-decade odyssey through electronic music stands as a testament to unwavering passion and artistic evolution. His lifelong love affair with the transcendent power of dance music culture was kicked off by the frenetic energy of hardcore and drum & bass, although everything changed when the hypnotic progressions of a John Digweed mixtape found their way to his ears in 1994, revealing the sonic path he was destined to follow. With performances at Empathy in Bristol to the legendary decks of The Gallery in London, across international borders to Poland and Mexico and releases on labels including Perfecto Black, Bonzai Progressive, Balkan Connection and Krafted Underground plus support from luminaries such as Hernan Cattaneo, Nick Warren, and Guy J, Matt Black is very welcome to Pure Progressive. Redemption Arc has echoes of the late nineties, when the sound of progressive trance was burning across clubland. Xpander-esque synth work is affixed to precise percussion and throbbing bass, resulting in highly polished 124bpm deep trance music. On the flip we have the Sub Aqua Dub which strips things down further for deeper floors.