Matt Fax - Energy (Extended MoSeS_exe Mix)
Channel: TranceMyDelivrance
Date: 22/11/2022

David Ciekanski (born 14 December 1996), better known by his stage name Matt Fax, is a French electronic music DJ and record producer.

Having started his career in 2009, Fax encountered early success with support from renowned DJs and artists around the world, such as Depeche Mode, Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond and Gareth Emery. Throughout his career, he has produced numerous tracks and remixes which entered multiple Beatport charts. His music is a blend of progressive house, trance music and techno.

As David R. and Mike Duz (2009–2012)
David was introduced to music at an early age, mostly to rock music bands like Queen, Scorpions, AC/DC and French artists. His passion for electronic music came later by discovering Tiësto, which led to him wanting to be a DJ, and Joachim Garraud, which introduced him to music production. He also been introduced to hardcore music by his brother.[1] He started producing and releasing his first tracks at the age of 13 under the alias David R.,[2] and had initial support from Laurent Garnier, playing his track "Technocolor" in a couple of his sets. He changed his name to Mike Duz a few years later, where he shifted from techno to electro house and progressive house. He had numerous releases on smaller independent record labels, until he was able to release a remix for Moguai on deadmau5's label mau5trap on 7 November 2011.[3] He then changed his name to his current pseudonym, Matt Fax.

As Matt Fax (2012–present)
The beginnings (2012–2013)
The first release under his Matt Fax alias was on 9 May 2012 on Balkan Connection. Throughout the year, he released most of his music on various small labels, until Jaytech and Above & Beyond, among others, started playing his music regularly. He signed with Silk Music later the year, where he released a couple of EPs and remixes through the multiples division for two years.

In early 2013, at the age of 16, he signed with Enhanced Music and released his first EP Late Night/Broadway under the Colorize sub-label, where Matt is still one of the most active artists today.[4] Later in the year, he was asked to remix Jaytech on Anjunabeats,[5] and was invited as a guest mixer on Group Therapy, Above & Beyond's radio show. The trio stated that Matt was "the youngest guestmixer to be invited on the show" and became "a regular fixture on Group Therapy".[6] He also hosted a couple of episodes of Anjunabeats Worldwide, the trio's secondary show principally hosted by Anjunabeats artists. The same year, he remixed The Blizzard's classic "Piercing the Fog" on Armada Music, as well as Johan Vilborg & Adam Szabo's hit "Two to One" on Enhanced Music.

Hiatus (2014)
The next year, Matt released a couple of EPs on Colorize, as well as the single "Shift" on 4 August 2014,[7] which remained one of his highest selling track for a few years. The track was revisited as a chill-out version in 2015.

In August, he announced he was considering quitting music.[8] In a couple of interviews two years later, he admitted posting similar posts every year, as he had never been sure of his own choices.[9]

On 29 December 2014, a retrospective compilation of Matt's works on Silk Music was released, marking his departure of the label.[10] On a Q&A session on his Facebook page, someone asked if new material would be released on Silk Music, where Matt stated he had departed from the label and was not engaged in any projects for the moment.[11]