The Binary Finary journey began in a South England music shop, where Matt Laws and Stuart Matheson met in the summer of 1997.
Stuart was looking for some new music equipment to spend his student loan on, and Matt was behind the counter as a sales assistant.
When Matt recommended a synth he owned, but wasn’t in stock in the store, he offered for Stuart to come round to visit his house to see it in action.
Because Stuart wasn’t 100% sure he wasn’t an axe murderer, he took along a body guard, but as soon as he heard the makings of a trance classic, axe murdering was forgotten, the body guard turned into a tea lady and plans were made to bring the sound of Binary Finary to the masses.
“1998” was the track that defined a generation for clubbers.
Perfectly capturing the euphoria, energy and excitement of the scene of the time, “1998” went on to become a stalwart of every playlist, of DJ and non-dj alike.
Entering the UK National Charts at number 24, “1998” was the first piece of instrumental dance music to make it’s mark.
With remixes from the duo of Ferry Corsten & Tiesto, as Gouryella, Paul Van Dyk, Kaycee and Matt Darey the track continued to soar in the European charts over 1999 reaching number 11 in the UK National Charts.
With heavy influences from ‘Orbital’, ‘Eat Static’, ‘The Orb’ and ‘Platipus Records’ Binary Finary set about bringing the sonic soundcapes and passion of their music to a live audience, throughout the UK, Europe, America and the rest of the world.
From humble beginnings using borrowed equipment on stage, and gigging for drinks in Portsmouth, UK, they were involved in some of the biggest dance parties Europe had ever seen around the millennium.
Binary Finary split up in early 2000, with Matt and Stuart going their separate ways.
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