Evolve Sounds: Recent Episodes
Matt Gray
Soundcloud is my home: https://soundcloud.com/evolvesounds
Originally hailing from Cape Town, Matt has since made Dublin his home and is the driving force behind Evolve Sounds, an online mix collective, podcast & occasional club night dedicated to showcasing the best in deep, progressive, melodic & uplifting electronic music.
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It was the future sounds of the UK (FSUK) album mixed by Derek Dalarge released in 1997 which changed my musical life (thanks Toby) luring me into electronic music, particularly for all things nu-skool & progressive breaks at the time.
From there I began my stoke for similar sounds with local artists and worked my way to hosting a prime time night radio show on UCT Radio followed by Mutha FM as DoubleOne thereafter Digital Project, launching ListenupSA Podcast & further developing my own unique sound and style.
Evolve Sounds is my next chapter - showcasing the best in deep, progressive, melodic & uplifting electronic music.
Please enjoy by subscribing to the Podcast / Soundcloud / Mixcloud and sharing with those who appreciate high quality electronic music.
Atmospheric deep house, dub vibes, and dreamy soundscapes.Featuring: nikosf., Soela, efdemin, DeepSlave M, Pablo Bolivar, Claudio PRC, SaffronKeira, Brickman, Intrusion, bdtom, Nae:Tek, SpecDub, Upwellings
I was lucky enough to hear a lot of these tracks live over the summer — from the Loveland Circle stage 🇳🇱 to local festivals and club nights, and through the Balance Croatia live sets recordings & socials. Gutted I couldn’t make Balance in person, but from all accounts it was a truly special few days with the progressive community.For this mix, once again I spend a lot of time on the track selection, sequencing, and overall progressive journey — so I hope you enjoy the listen as much as I enjoyed putting this mix together.Support these artists on Beatport:Analog Jungs, Abi Ferraresi, Sasha, Super Flu, Marsh, Braxton, Maze 28, Futura City, Olivier Weiter, Veljko Jovic, Forniva, Estiva, Roman, J Lauda, Hernan Cattaneo, Simply City, Martin Roth, Four Candles, Zuccasman, Dowden, Michael A, GMJ, Matter, Pole Folder, ARTBAT, Dino Lenny, and Gai Barone.
Put together to get ready for the Circle Stage at Loveland 2025, this mix is built on fresh new releases from a few progressive house master artists, featuring: Miss Melera, EskapE, Mike Griego, Alex O’Rion, Roman, Leo Bellaera, Shayan Pasha, Juan Buitrago, Surfface, Cary Crank, Rauschhaus, Callecat, John Digweed, Nick Muir, Spencer Brown, Envotion.I’ve been waiting a while for some of these tracks to finally drop — and the wait’s been worth it. Some golden releases this year, and summer festival season always brings the magic ⚡️Please enjoy and turn it UP.
Recorded around summer solstice ’25.Feat Gai Barone, Budakid, SHAZZE, Spencer Brown, M.O.S., Kevin Di Serna, Nicolas Soria, Michael A, VegaZ SL, and more.
Recorded northern hemisphere spring equinox 2025 — the season of life, balance, and awakening in a year that’s been a force of nature! Featuring artists Floz, Beckers, Marc Lenz, Alex O’Rion, Molac, Ezequiel Arias, Marcos Fornari, Michael Bennett, Mike Griego, Mike Rish, Julian Nates, Ruben Karapetyan, Melodiam, and Miss Melera.Enjoy this as much as I did mixing it.
A journey through deep, atmospheric downtempo, trip-hop, and soulful electronic textures.
Purnama in Bali is a magical celebration of the full moon, where the island comes alive with offerings, rituals, and ceremonies to honor light, energy, and spiritual balance.This is a special 20th mix for me, with carefully selected & sequenced tracks from producers Alex O’Rion, Black 8, Callecat, Cid Inc., GMJ, Hernan Cattaneo, Jamie Stevens, Julian Nates, Kamilo Sanclemente, Leandro Murua, Matter, Mike Rish, Nick Varon, Quivver, Sebastian Sellares, ZAHNA.Enjoy this one.Matt
curated mix of downtempo electronic beats featuring some of my recent favourites in Winter 2024.
As winter settles in the northern hemisphere, bringing with it the colder, darker, and slower rhythms of the season, this is my soundtrack—featuring deeper, dubby, and atmospheric sounds from these incredible artists: Microlot, Dialog, Benji, Fluxion, Franky Carbone, Nae:Tek, Luigi Tozzi, nikosf., Textural Being, RoneeDeep, Cornucopia, Nópi, BAR, and Shahrokh Dini. Please be sure to support them!
Featuring music by: Analog Jungs, Zankee Gulati, Ewan Rill, Tomas Briski, Quivver, Dosem, Hernan Cattaneo, Volen Sentir, PROFF, Weird Sounding Dude, Budakid, Luis Damora, Dave Walker, Luke Santos, Alex O’Rion, Kasper Koman, and Mike Rish.
A carefully curated selection of deep and progressive house tracks, collected over the summer of 2024. I absolutely love this sound, and hope you enjoy the mix. Support these high-quality artists: Michael A, Dimuth K, Ewan Rill, Danny Lloyd, BiG AL, BiGz, Hansgod, Sentre, Matter, Ultravox, Maze 28, Mike Griego, Trilucid, FunkForm, and Tripswitch.
Summer 2024 evolve 17 release. deep & progressive house with a few of my favorites tracks & incredible artists featuring:Juan Deminicis, Matias Chilano, Patrice Bäumel, Tiefstone, Alex O'Rion, Dowden, Jeremy Olander, Ruben Karapetyan, Kebin Van Reeken, M.Rojas, Marc Lenz, Aidan Lavelle, Tiga, Jonathan Kaspar, and Maceo Plex. Turn it up!
curated mix of downtempo, loft, triphop, liquid dnb & mellow electronic beats featuring some of my recent favorites. enjoy ✌️
Carefully curated progressive mix with a few fresh releases I have been waiting patiently for.As always, I hope you enjoy this mix as much as I did carefully curating the tracklist, sequencing, mixing & mastering. Enjoy!Tracklisting: https://bit.ly/evolve_16
Deep & progressive, driven by my mood & the seasonal changes as winter starts to sink in. Please enjoy with the volume cranked up!Tracklisting here: https://bit.ly/3R3S2ph
Autumn 2023 Evolve release. A bit deeper, more dreamy than usual but once again I hope you enjoy the listen as much as I did mixing & mastering this one.Tracklisting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m0-RM8yhmXsMoxrES0O-hPUtcYlzEXjcIWi8vzjTL-8/edit?usp=sharing
A building to peak-time, dance floor orientated mix of some of my favourite melodic & progressive house finds, recorded late @ night, summer 2023.
Once again I had a lot of fun putting this one together, turn it up and enjoy!
Tracklisting: https://tinyurl.com/evolve131
11th release of the evolve series - personal selection of my favourite progressive house music. Featured first exclusively on Proton Radio 24th June 2023!!
12th release of the evolve series, progressive house mixes.
Featuring an all-star lineup of current progressive house talents Disarmed, Dino, Erich Von Kollar, Analog Jungs, Arnold T., Juan Ibanez, Cedren & Manu-l, Nōpi, Deadbeat, David Granha, Cream, Jiminy Hop, Jerome Isma, and K3V (SL).
Enjoy this one as much as I enjoyed curating the playlist and mixing the final edit!
Matt
Third release of the deeeper house series. I love this sound, hope you enjoy the listen.Tracklistng: https://tinyurl.com/deeeperhouse3
I released the first lounge groove mix over a decade ago. I had fun putting this tracklisting & mix together!Tracklisting: https://tinyurl.com/rysmtvm5
part 1 of evolve 10, my personal favourite tracks from evolve 1-9 released over the last decade.
2 hour mix of some of my personal favourite downtempo, electronic tunes. Slowdown & enjoy!
Recorded in January 2023 after several months of fine tuning & sequencing..here is evolve 9, please enjoy.