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.
[citation needed] 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.
[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.
While a possible come-back was teased with his appearance DJ set at Above & Beyond's afterparty in Paris in January,[13] he released the "Going Down/Hyperspace" EP on Colorize on 13 April 2015.
[14] Both tracks were supported by DJs around the world, including Armin van Buuren which played "Going Down" in Mumbai for the A State of Trance Festival warm-up.
On 5 February Matt released his new single "Warmrider", which he defined as "a tribute to the Progressive sound he used to love",[12] as well as a contribution for ZeroThree's compilation #REALPROG V.2 called "Vina" and the Wrath EP on the same label.
[citation needed] On 11 March he released a new remix on Anjunabeats for Boom Jinx and Aruna's single "Light as a Feather", which was critically acclaimed.
[19] The track "Careless" has been played more than 500,000 times on Spotify, as well as being supported by DJs like Ferry Corsten, Cosmic Gate and Sam Feldt.
A few weeks after the release, Matt unveiled a bonus track called "Backdraft" and was exclusively distributed on Bandcamp, on a pay-what-you-want payment basis.
[citation needed] On 21 June, he was invited on Gareth Emery radio show Electric for Life and debuted his remix of his track "Hands", which was then released on 15 July.
[citation needed] In the meantime, he released numerous singles, including "Progressia" on Gareth Emery's label Garuda, "Upward" on Avanti, a division of Black Hole Recordings, two EPs on Statement!
His single "To the Ground" was rated 9.0/10 by DJ Mag,[24] and has been included in the rotation playlist on Sirius XM Diplo's Revolution and Radio FG.