MAAS is a pseudonym of Ewan Pearson, who produces music
mainly in the genres of techno, house and breakbeat.
Born in Kidderminster in the UK, Pearson has a BA (Hons)
in English from Girton College, Cambridge (1993) and
an MA in Postmodernism and Critical Theory from Royal
Holloway, University of London (1995). As a teenager
he played in several bands but his first record - Motorcade
- was released in 1994 under the pseudonym Villa America.
This was followed in 1995 by another single - The
Reason - with DJ friend John Tyrrell under the
name Dirtbox. His Maas pseudonym, taken from Thomas
Pynchon's novella The Crying of Lot 49, was first
adopted for his 1995 Soma debut 12" San Narciso.
Since then Maas has released a number of recordings
on the Soma label as well as remixing a host of other
artists. Pearson cites musical influences as diverse
as Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, John Lee Hooker, Steve
Reich, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Carl Craig, Kenny Larkin,
and Francois Kevorkian. "Although I love dance
music I have a lot of other reference points too. Thanks
to my parents I grew up listening to a lot of different
sorts of music from Richard Thomson and Joni Mitchell,
to Ry Cooder and John Lee Hooker, to Sonny Rollins and
Carla Bley. I've discovered a massive amount of incredible
American southern soul and country singers - like James
Carr, Joe Simon and Tony Joe White. I get inspired by
all this stuff even if lots of the music I end up making
doesn't end up resembling it".
Maas
Releases
Maas - EP01 - SOMA 022 (12")
Maas - Suture Self EP - SOMA 038 : (12")
Maas - Fallen Arches - on SOMA 050 - Soma Quality
Recordings 2 x 12"
and CDLP
Maas - Latitude sampler - Soma Quality Recordings
limited 12":
SOMALP 7P
Maas - Latitude - (Soma Quality Recordings:
SOMA LP7
Maas - Look At Me Now, Falling - Soma Quality
Recordings 12":
SOMA 54, SOMA 54CDS
Maas - Another Saturday Night (Soma Quality
Recordings 12": SOMA 61)
Maas - Powers Of Ten (Soma Quality Recordings
12" SOMA 090)
Ewan
Pearson Remixes
Aaron Carl - Crucified (Maas remix) - Sirkus
Records
Chaser - Blue Planet (Maas remix) - Soma 12":
SOMA 088, SOMA 88CDS
Christian Zimmeran - Diary Of A Lost Girl (World
Of Apples remix) -
Giant 45 12": G45 002
Count Zero - Blue Boogaloo (Out Of The Loop)
(Maas remix)
Love Music 12": OOL 002
DJ Rap - Good To Be Alive (Maas remixes) -
Columbia US 12" 4479183
Jayrod - Space Travel (Maas remix) - Done 12":
DONE 009
Nova Nova - Bewildered (Maas remix) - F-Communications
Primitive Urges - Primitive Translations (Maas
remix) - Primitive 12":
PRIM 008
Two Banks Of Four - Skylines Over Rooftops
(Maas remix) - Sirkus 12": SIRK 014
Uriel - Compulsive (Maas remix) - Beau Monde
12": BM 016
Other
Releases
Villa America - Motorcade - Bosting Records
Dirtbox - The Reason - Athletico Records
Sulky Pup - Cardinal Numbers - Ideal 12":
IDEALT 6
World of Apples - Chroma EP - Giant 45 12":
G45 001
Book
Jeremy Gilbert & Ewan Pearson - Discographies
- Routledge, ISBN 0415170338
Publication Date 31st July 1999, 224pp