Ewan Pearson
Ewan Pearson in November 2006
Background information
Also known as	Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, Dirtbox
Born	April 1, 1972
Genre(s)	Electronic
Occupation(s)	Producer, Remixer
Label(s)	Soma
Website	EwanPearson.com

Ewan Pearson is an electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode, The Rapture, Goldfrapp, and The Chemical Brothers. In 2001, Soma Quality Recordings released Small Change, an album whose content was exclusively remix work from Pearson under his guises World of Apples and Maas. His production credits include "Pieces Of The People We Love" from The Rapture, as well as Ladytron, Chikinki, Envoy and Jeb Loy Nichols and he programmed two tracks for Gwen Stefani's solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. He recently completed work on Tracey Thorn's new solo album, Out of the Woods.

Early life

Pearson (born 1st April 1972) grew up in Kidderminster where he attended Franche Middle School and Wolverley High School in Wolverley. His father had a keen interest in guitar and played in folk bands. This may have been an early inspiration for Ewan who played both piano and cello in his youth. He attended Girton College, Cambridge where he studied English Literature and graduated with a first. He went on to study a masters degree in philosophy and cultural studies at Royal Holloway, University of London which focused in part on the place of dance music in popular culture and resulted in the publication of "Discographies" which he co-wrote with Jeremy Gilbert.

DJ career

Pearson regularly appears at Fabric in London, Manumission and Space in Ibiza, the Pulp in Paris, and PanoramaBar in Berlin. He is also a resident DJ at Come Shake the Whole in London.

Discography

• 1997: Latitude (as Maas) (Soma Quality Recordings)
• 2001: Small Change (Soma Quality Recordings)
• 2005: Sc.Fi. Hi.Fi Volume 1 (Soma Quality Recordings)
• 2007: Fabric 35 (Fabric Records)

Bibliography

• Discographies : dance music, culture, and the politics of sound, Jeremy Gilbert and Ewan Pearson, Routledge, 1999 ISBN 0-415-17033-8

External links

• Official Website
• The DJ List: Ewan Pearson
• Ewan Pearson at Discogs
• Ewan Pearson at MusicBrainz
• Ewan Pearson's My Space