Electronic Press Kit

 Neo-soul band MATOYA, based out of the Netherlands, are the quintessential romantic kids-next-door. Their easy-going nature enhances the themes of love and loss in their music. 

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  As former conservatory students, MATOYA has a deep and varied selection of musical influences that they aren't afraid to draw from. Remarking on their songwriting process, their drummer Christian Rockeman says: “when it comes to genre-hopping, the only wrong kind of choice is a dishonest one.”

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   For MATOYA writing songs means embracing the two-sided coin of connection and sex. When your personal life tastes bittersweet, MATOYA commits themselves to expressing the emotions that seem hardest to face head-on, and they consider it a crime of passion.