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.jpg) Matoma atStavernfestivalen 2019 | |
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| Birth name | Tom Stræte Lagergren |
| Born | (1991-05-29)29 May 1991 (age 33) Åsnes, Norway |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Warner |
| Website | hakunamatoma |
Tom Stræte Lagergren (born 29 May 1991), professionally known asMatoma, is a NorwegianDJ andrecord producer.
Lagergren was born inÅsnes, Norway.[2] He started playing the piano as a child.[3][4] During that period, he won a contest to perform alongside Norwegian pianistsHåvard Gimse andLeif Ove Andsnes.[5] As he grew tired of classical piano, Lagergren began mixing on his computer. He holds a bachelor's degree in Music Technology from theNorwegian University of Science and Technology.[4]
"Free Fallin Tropical Mojito Remix (John Mayer Tribute)" was produced with fellow tropical house producer Nelsaan and was released on Matoma's 23rd birthday.[6][7]
Matoma was asked byUniversal Germany to make a remix ofMarlon Roudette's "When the Beat Drops" in July 2014 which was released one month later.[8]
His remix of "Old Thing Back" byThe Notorious B.I.G. became popular when it charted in Norway, peaking at number two onVG-lista, the official Norwegian singles chart. It also charted highly in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and New Zealand.[9] It reached number 1 on the music blog aggregatorHype Machine with many record companies includingBig Beat Records expressing interest in Matoma's work after hearing the remix. Ja Rule, who is featured on the original track, also tweeted that he loved the track.[9] He also remixed the song "Bailando" at the request ofEnrique Iglesias' team.[5]
After musicianHedegaard released his single "Happy Home", he and Matoma had a consultation about a remix of it. This was officially released by Copenhagen Records in September 2014.[10] In October, Matoma's remix ofEminem's "Business" was released.[11] During this month, Warner Music Norway published another remix, the Nelsaan & Matoma Remix ofMarit Larsen's "I Don't Want to Talk About It".[12] It is the second remix of Nelsaan and Matoma.
In January 2015, Matoma released a remix of MYNGA featuringCosmo Klein's "Back Home".[13] In total, Matoma has published more than 136 tracks on his ownSoundCloud page.
On 15 October 2016, he collaborated with British boy band,The Vamps to release the single "All Night".[14] An official music video was published by The Vamps. As of February 2019 the single had received 375 million Spotify streams.[15] Matoma and The Vamps' second collaborative single "Staying Up" was released on 1 September 2017.[16]
In 2020 he released his new single "WOW" with singer Emma Steinbakken.[17] In the same year he released a Christmas song titled 'It's Christmas Time' with singer Michael Bolton.
From 2021 to 2022, Matoma served as a coach on theNorwegian version ofThe Voice. He mentored country singer Erlend Gunstveit to victory in the sixth season, who won the competition on 28 May 2021.[18]
In September 2021, it was announced that Matoma co-founded the AI music tech startup Masterchannel, together with Simon Hestermann and Christian Ringstad Schultz.[19][20] The startup has developed a novelArtificial Intelligence approach to automatedmusic mastering and was awarded 'Norway's Best Creative Tech Startup' in 2022.[21]
Matoma usesCubase 8 Pro to produce music and Massive, aDigital audio workstation plugin to program hissynth sounds.[22] He also uses piano, guitars and flutes.[22]
| Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result |
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| 2017 | Spellemannprisen '16 | Årets Nykommer & Gramostipend (Newcomer of the Year & Gramo scholarship) | Matoma | Nominated |
| Årets Låt (Song of the Year) | "False Alarm" |
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