Sound subsists in a constant state of transition. In fact, it morphs and multiplies so fast it might be the closest thing we have to evolution incarnate. Matt Lange bends, blends, recombines and reassembles live instrumentation, electronic production, and ethereal vocals into unpredictable and undeniable anthems with the heft of a sonic boom and the intimacy of a nocturnal orchestra. The New York-born and Los Angeles-based multi-platinum producer, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, and artist progresses at the speed of sound on his 2020 full-length album Isolated. As life changes, his music does as well. 

A dynamic and diverse trip ushered him to this point. Since 2007, he has left his mark on music, video games, and film and television. His discography spans everything from BT’s GRAMMY® Award-nominated These Hopeful Machines to Thirty Seconds To Mars’s AMERICA, which bowed at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 in 2018. Beyond producing projects for Blake Lewis and Tania Zygar, he co-produced Glenn Morison’s JUNO Award-nominated double platinum-certified hit “Goodbye” [feat. Is Love]. 

Expanding his influence as both a composer and sound designer, his imprint resounds through the trailers for blockbusters such as Ford v. Ferrari, Ready Player One, and Blade Runner: 2049 in addition to major video games, including Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, and DOTA II. Not to mention, he delivered official remixes for the likes of The Crystal Method, deadmau5, Above & Beyond, Imogen Heap, and more. 

Beyond performing at some of the biggest festivals in the world, he continues to prolifically build an immersive and innovative solo catalog comprised of several EPs in addition to albums such as Ephemera [2015] and Patchwork [2016]. Most recently, the 2019 EP, Space Between, received widespread critical acclaim. Of the title track, Billboard wrote, “He reaches a new melodic pinnacle with something downright danceable with a strong, infectious foundation.” However, Music Radar put it best, “To call him a triple threat would be to undersell him.”

The state of the world pushed him into new creative territory during 2020. As humanity slipped into Lockdown, he retreated inward. For eight weeks straight, he wrote, recorded, and dropped a pair of tracks in seven-day intervals. Plucking titles like “Morbidly Obese,” “Truth Over Facts,” and the starkly bleak “The Children Are Dying Too” right from the headlines, this undertaking siphoned the hysteria of cable news, the fear of a terrified society, and unrivaled loneliness into what would become Isolated. Typically sleeping only four hours per night, he’d chug coffee and create past sunrise with an unparalleled turnaround time. Moments like “But The Loneliness Is Killing Me” reflect his headspace at the time with its icy and distant production and slow drip of clean guitar and organic percussion.

“When the Pandemic hit, Hollywood shut down,” he recalls. “Any film work was gone. Live shows were gone.  Isolated was how I kept my sanity. I was scared to visit my friends, so I was absolutely and unequivocally by myself. I obsessively channeled everything into this. It was incredibly cathartic though. Creating this concept record kept me going. I’m so relieved and proud of this.”

Lange’s album, Isolated is available now on all music platforms.