HIFI/LOFI goes to London: Franz Matthews (Live), Beyond The Struttosphere

HIFI/LOFI Records brings a slice of Berlin to Peckham for its UK debut live showcase at The Greyhound.

Catch label founder Franz Matthews making his London live debut, joined by local cosmic legends and recent label signings Beyond The Struttosphere. Expect a three-hour journey blurring the lines between hypnotic grooves, cosmic arpeggios, and driving acid-tingled disco.

Early Evening Live Showcase : 19:00 – 22:00

FRANZ MATTHEWS (LIVE)

Based in Berlin, the versatile producer, DJ and live act Franz Matthews is known for crafting groove-heavy Indie Dance, funk-infused House, and dreamy club psychedelia with emotional depth. Built for cosmic dancefloors and mental travelers of the present moment, his sound blends worlds together, while always exploring new sonic territories, and always adding something meaningful to the experience.

Whether through his own HIFI/LOFI Records imprint or releases on Eskimo Recordings, Feines Tier, AEON, ROAM, Bar 25, Heimlich… Franz’s productions consistently weave narrative, nostalgia, and groove. His acclaimed remix for Aisha Badru has amassed over 5 million streams on Spotify, while collaborating and getting remixed by the likes of Aera, Chaim, Michael Mayer, The Organism, and Local Suicide have reinforced his position as a genre-blurring tastemaker.

From Berlin institutions like Sisyphos and Kater Blau to festivals such as Château Perché, Reeperbahn, and tours across Europe, the US, and Mexico, Franz’s heady and danceful magic continues to turn dancefloors into portals — always with the heart, always bringing the heat.

BEYOND THE STRUTTOSPHERE

Beyond The Struttopshere is a collaboration between two UK/US-based DJ-producers blending dark disco with chugging basslines, reverbed guitar riffs, syncopated arpeggiators, cosmic synths and psychedelic 303 sequences. Their debut EP ‘New Frontier’ [Discolypso, 2020] found much acclaim among Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston’s A Love From Outer Space online fraternity, also appearing on Juan Mclean’s (DFA Records) contribution to Tim Sweeney’s Beats In Space mix series. This propelled the duo onwards with further releases on Mélopée Records, Discolypso, In Dark We Trust, Emerald & Doreen and Roam Recordings, three of which reached top chart positions on Beatport and Juno Download. With DJ sets at Glastonbury’s Rabbit Hole (UK), Secret Garden Party (UK), Noisily Festival (UK), Village Underground (London), Halo Club (Cape Town), Mimi Disco (Mexico City), Format Festival (USA), KitKat Club (Berlin), among many others, their music is now making sonic reverberations around the globe, hitting the dancefloors of Burning Man, ADE, Fusion Festival and Sisyphos Berlin, and backed by remixes from heavyweights of the scene including Mufti, Julian Sanza, James Rod, Shubostar, Badknife, Rigopolar and Rebolledo.

HIFI/LOFI RECORDS

Based in Berlin and created by DJ & Producer Franz Matthews, HIFI/LOFI is a label & publishing house focusing on developing artists close to the worlds of alternative electronic music, indie dance, cosmic & post-disco, spiced up with touches of spiritual psychedelia.

The 'sound' of HIFI/LOFI can be defined by only one thing : Every release coming through the label has been made according to the the 4th Toltec agreement : always do your best. In other words, HIFI/LOFI is all about eclecticism, openness, fun, and acting as an unifying light of every aspect of life & music. Because, we're sure of just one thing: Ain’t no HI’s without the LO’S, everything is connected.