The Director
First a drummer in high school rock bands in a small city of the French Alps, Mathis aka The Director, co-founder of Taylorhythm, found his love for house music when discovering clubs in Montreal where he started underground events and house parties with his former duo 55-80.
After years of research and collecting vintage studio gear, The Director cemented a unique sound, directly inspired by 90s House and French Touch. Studying cinema for a few years, he quickly started linking with cinematography with music production; and found his formula for energetic, epic, emotion-filled music.
Strongly influenced by rock and disco, The Director focuses with great detail into giving his music a feeling of authenticity that he finds missing in today’s charts: embracing happy mistakes, the spontaneous aspect of recording his music live, and bringing back vinyl records to the clubs and festivals of Paris, Montreal, New York City, Austria at Electric Love, etc.
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With a dedication to crafting a project that breaks the mold, The Director's unique way of doing things allowed him to get plays and share the stage with industry leaders like Barry Can't Swim, Claptone, Dan Shake, Dombresky, Duke Dumont, Ian Pooley, Mr. Oizo, ... ; and at festivals/medias such as BBC One Radio, Pacha Ibiza, Radio FG, Tomorrowland, …
Their Resident Advisor profile, in full and unedited.
Records out on KOOKOO RECORDS. — their own list on Resident Advisor
The nights
2026
- Sun 27 SepQncctheir 4th night
- Sat 26 SepQncctheir 3rd night
- Fri 25 SepQncctheir 2nd night
- Thu 24 SepQnccfirst time
- Sat 6 JunElsewherefirst time
- Thu 4 JunJean’sfirst time · Jean's
- Fri 16 JanBarcelonafirst time
2025 — 1 night
- Sat 1 Feb 2025Dead Letter No. 9first time · Dead Letter No 9
2024 — 1 night
- Sat 4 May 2024Abe's Pagoda Barfirst time
Their rooms
One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2023, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.
- QnccSep 20264 nights
Once each: Elsewhere, Jean’s, Barcelona, Dead Letter No. 9 and Abe's Pagoda Bar.
Who they play with
Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.
- Laila AmiraElsewhere ×1, Jean’s ×1 · Jun 20262 nights
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