Matthew Dear

American musician
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Matthew Dear

Summary

Matthew Dear is a human[1]. His place of birth was Kingsville[2]. He was born on April 4, 1979[3]. He worked as a disc jockey[4], record producer[5], and composer[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (123 views/month, #7,254 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Matthew Dear's place of birth was Kingsville[2].
  • Matthew Dear was born on April 4, 1979[3].
  • Matthew Dear held citizenship in United States[8].
  • Matthew Dear worked as a disc jockey[4].
  • Matthew Dear worked as a record producer[5].
  • Matthew Dear worked as a composer[6].
  • Matthew Dear's education included a stint at University of Michigan[9].
  • Matthew Dear was educated at Lake Orion High School[10].
  • Matthew Dear is recorded as male[11].
  • Matthew Dear's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Matthew Dear's genre is techno[13].
  • Matthew Dear's record label is recorded as Ghostly International[14].
  • Matthew Dear's Commons category is recorded as Matthew Dear[15].
  • Matthew Dear's family name is recorded as Dear[16].
  • Matthew Dear's given name is recorded as Matthew[17].
  • Matthew Dear's pseudonym is recorded as Audion[18].
  • Matthew Dear's official website is recorded as https://ghostly.com/artists/matthew-dear[19].
  • Matthew Dear's start of work period is recorded as 1999[20].
  • Matthew Dear's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+18745'}[21].
  • Matthew Dear's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+18370'}[22].
  • Matthew Dear's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+18024'}[23].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[24]

  • Country: US[25]

  • Genre(s): dub techno, minimal techno, tech house, techno[26]

  • Community tags: dub techno, minimal techno, tech house, techno[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 28e74c6b-2621-46a4-bc38-7646efa1db0e[28]

Body

Origins and Family

Matthew Dear's place of birth was Kingsville[2]. He was born on April 4, 1979[3].

Education

Educated at University of Michigan[9], a public research university[29], in United States[30], founded in 1817[31], headquartered in Ann Arbor[32] and Lake Orion High School[10], a high school[33], in United States[34], founded in 1893[35].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include disc jockey[4], record producer[5], and composer[6].

Why It Matters

Matthew Dear ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (123 views/month, #7,254 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36]

FAQs

Where was Matthew Dear born?

Matthew Dear's place of birth was Kingsville[2].

What did Matthew Dear do for work?

Matthew Dear worked as disc jockey[4], record producer[5], and composer[6].

Where did Matthew Dear go to school?

Matthew Dear was educated at University of Michigan[9] and Lake Orion High School[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation disc jockey, record producer, composer
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31725|batch #31725]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (19)"
  2. 23d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nme artist id matthew-dear
    Genre
    Record label Ghostly International
    Social media followers {'amount': '+18745'}, {'amount': '+18370'}, {'amount': '+18024'}
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6927]]: matthew-dear, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214800658|matthew dear (#214800658)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #"
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