Matti Roots is a multi-disciplinarian, with experience and talents spanning production, songwriting, performance as well as being a label owner and educator. Having first started exploring music with the piano at as young as three and saxophone at seven, he went on to attend the Royal Academy of Music’s junior school aged just 13.
With a career that takes in So Solid and Miss Dynamite, Def Jam and Jaguar Skills alongside work within the ad industry, Matti’s career demonstrates the impact of that talent. Since the pandemic hit, he has used his free time to work on a catalogue of new solo material, with notable releases in Right There and Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye.
92 is Matti Roots’ first release of 2021, and it instantly hits the ground running — an infectious keyboard refrain propelling a sharp drum beat that has the feel of feet slapping on the pavement. There is an effervescent atmosphere to 92 — a song about that someone who you don’t just want now, but always… “Until we’re 92”. I love the unbridled joy and positivity on display here — the optimism on display in the lyrics perfectly reflected in the crisp modernism of a production style that evokes something like Joe Jackson’s Steppin’ Out, only dressed in a crisp new suit.