I was told by Andy, who runs the Matt Pop fan page on Facebook, that they now have 500 members! I am very flattered and to celebrate the occasion, I have made a small remix bundle available. Included are the instrumental version of the Matt Pop mix of ABBA‘s When All Is Said And Done and a 100% new and exclusive remix of a certain Canadian rocker, singing about the summer when he discovered his favourite sexual position – or something.  Details on the Facebook Matt Pop fan page, the link is in the “links” section on  this page.

Available now:  the Matt Pop mixes of Ever Fallen In Love by Taylor Jay! Yep, the song that started as a punk classic by The Buzzcocks, and was recently revived by Noisettes as an electro-pop tune. Now you’ll get banging club mixes from Almighty and Matt Pop, with delicious vocals by Taylor Jay, that sound not unlike those über-cool pop divas The Sugababes.  CD-R single, WAV single, MP3 single available here: http://www.almightyrecords.com/product/ALMY293/

On June 25th 2012, Cherry Pop Records will be releasing deluxe 2-cd editions of four Samantha Fox albums. One of these, Just One Night, features two tracks Sam started recording with P.W.L. early 1991, that were never finished. They are That’s What Love Can Do (the track that later became a hit for Boy Krazy) and the much talked about but never heard A Second Chance. I can reveal now that both these recordings have been fully restored by Matt Pop, entirely in the spirit of  Stock, Aitken & Waterman records of that time. Matt Pop had access to many of the original P.W.L. sounds, and full co-operation from the staff in charge of the Stock, Aitken & Waterman back catalogue. Whilst to some  die-hard P.W.L. fans this will sound like second best to the real thing (meaning: a track produced from start to finish by the magic trio), it was a choice between this, or simply letting these tracks lie,  gathering dust on a shelf. Great care has been taken in making these records sound as authentic as possible, and both Matt Pop and  P.W.L. are very pleased with the finished tracks. It has already been said by one of the few people who have heard them, that A Second Chance sounds like the hit Sam might have had! The re-issue of Just One Night will include 7″ and extended mixes of both tracks.

Matt Pop would like to personally thank Tom Parker at P.W.L. for allowing  access to the Hit Factory vaults,  for his invaluable advice and suggestions during the production, for his incredible knowledge of all things P.W.L. and for actually pulling this thing off.

http://www.samfox.com/

http://www.facebook.com/samantha-fox-official

http://www.samfox-fanclub.com

http://www.cherryred.co.uk/

After last year’s success of Stereo, the album by singer Peter Wilson that featured many contributions by Matt Pop, Peter‘s new album Laser Light is almost done.  Peter has been singing his heart out for the final album session last Sunday and Matt Pop is currently putting the finishing touches to the last of 4 tracks he will be producing for this album.  Peter has once again assembled an impressive list of collaborators, including John Von Ahlen of Parralox fame, and P.W.L. legends Pete Hammond, Dave Ford and Ian Curnow. I think Peter‘s fans (or indeed: Matt Pop‘s fans) will NOT be disappointed… release of the album is scheduled for June / july this year.