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Thanks to a bassist and a drummer lovingly dubbed Big Hands, Detroit electronic music phenom Matthew Dear was free to bring his vocals to the fore at this past Saturday's Empty Bottle gig in Chicago. Handling laptop, knobs, and the mic himself, Dear previewed this new three-piece ensemble and performed a bunch of songs off the forthcoming Asa Breed, the debonair gent's sophomore full-length, out June 5 via Ghostly International.

Dear provides the tempo at quite a few electronic ragers in the coming months, under both his Big Hands and Audion guises.













Audion:

05-01 Berlin, Germany - Bar 25
05-03 Barcelona, Spain - Club 4
05-04 Lausanne, Switzerland - Loft Club
05-05 London, England - Fabric
05-09 Liverpool, England - Aztek
05-10 Dublin, Ireland - Eclectic Shock
05-11 Newcastle, England - Wax:on @ Digital *
05-12 Canary Islands, Spain - Ozono
05-13 Madrid, Spain - Goa
05-16 Lyon, France - Nuit Suit Sonares
05-17 Lisbon, Portugal - Lux
05-18 Berlin, Germany - Arena
05-19 Montpellier, France - La Dune
05-20 Paris, France - Slow
05-27 Detroit, MI - Movement Festival *
08-25 Tokyo, Japan - Metamorphose

* with Ryan Elliott

Matthew Dear's Big Hands:

06-01 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis (Mutek Festival)
06-16 Barcelona, Spain - Sonar Festival
07-07 Berlin, Germany - Panorama Bar *
07-08 Kassel, Germany - Documenta
07-22 Barcelona, Spain - Benicassim Festival
08-09 Porto, Portugal - Antipop Festival

* with Ryan Elliott