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Dom Dolla (real name — Dominic Louis Matheson; born 18 January 1992, Manila, Philippines) is an Australian DJ, music producer and songwriter working primarily in house and tech house. His professional career began on Melbourne’s club scene, while Take It, San Frandisco, Miracle Maker, Rhyme Dust, Eat Your Man, Saving Up, girl$, CAVE, Dreamin' and Forever brought him international recognition.
Dom Dolla is also known as a remixer. His version of Gorillaz — New Gold featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Remixed Recording category. By the mid-2020s, he had progressed from club performances to major arenas and festivals, played two nights at Madison Square Garden and secured his own residency at Hï Ibiza.
Manila, Darwin and Melbourne
Dominic Matheson was born in Manila to an Australian family. He spent his childhood in Darwin and moved with his family to Melbourne at around the age of thirteen or fourteen. It was there that he became interested in house music and electronic club culture.
One of the records that strongly influenced his interest in dance music was Basement Jaxx’s album Rooty. Matheson began collecting music and by around the age of sixteen was already DJing at house parties and small events. Paid gigs and work on the local club scene followed later.
From graphic design to music
After school, Matheson studied graphic design. He specialised in typography, logos, posters and other forms of two-dimensional design, then worked within the music and entertainment industry. In particular, he worked in design around the Illusive company and created material for concerts and artists associated with Frontier Touring and Mushroom.
At the same time, Dom Dolla organised his own parties in Melbourne, created their visual design and performed as a DJ. In this environment, he met his future manager James Fava, who later convinced him to leave his full-time design job and focus on music.
Matheson taught himself music production. His early demos failed to attract label interest for a long time until his material was noticed by DJ Ajax, one of the founders of the Australian label Sweat It Out.
First releases
Dom Dolla’s official discography begins with The Boxer, released in 2013. The single Love Like This followed in 2015, before his collaboration with Go Freek, Define.
Define became Matheson’s first major club success and reached No. 1 on the ARIA Club Chart. In 2016, the solo single You achieved the same result.
In 2017, Dom Dolla teamed up with another Melbourne producer — Torren Foot. Their track Be Randy also topped the Australian club chart and received an ARIA Award nomination in the Best Dance Release category.
Take It
The international breakthrough came with the release of Take It in 2018. The track is built around a dense bassline, a minimalist rhythmic foundation and a short vocal hook — elements that would later become characteristic of Dom Dolla’s production style.
Take It topped the ARIA Club Chart and became his first release to receive significant international promotion. On the US Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, the single reached No. 27. In 2019, the track was nominated for an ARIA Award.
San Frandisco
San Frandisco was released in September 2019. The vocal concept of the track is connected with San Francisco club culture, while the production developed the formula established on Take It: a minimal number of elements, a heavy groove and one instantly recognisable spoken phrase.
In 2020, San Frandisco earned Dom Dolla his first ARIA Music Awards win in the Best Dance Release category.
Moving Blind and Miracle Maker
In 2020, Dom Dolla released Moving Blind with Sonny Fodera. It became another No. 1 on the ARIA Club Chart.
Pump the Brakes followed, along with the Mansionair collaboration Strangers. Unlike Dom Dolla’s more direct club singles, Strangers featured a more atmospheric and song-oriented arrangement.
After Coachella 2020 was cancelled because of the pandemic, Matheson finally made his festival debut there in 2022. His set included already released material such as Strangers, as well as new tracks. One of the most important was Miracle Maker featuring British vocalist Clementine Douglas, officially released later that year.
Miracle Maker particularly shows the influence of 1990s house and rave music: a larger vocal performance, piano and synth elements are combined with contemporary club rhythm.
Rhyme Dust
In 2023, Dom Dolla and American house producer MK released Rhyme Dust. The track uses a sample from Q-Tip’s Breathe and Stop and had already spread widely through DJ sets and social media before its official release.
Rhyme Dust entered the Top 10 of Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and once again reached No. 1 on the ARIA Club Chart. At the 2023 ARIA Music Awards, the track won Best Dance/Electronic Release.
Eat Your Man and Nelly Furtado
In June 2023, Dom Dolla released Eat Your Man, recorded with Nelly Furtado. For the singer, it was her first new solo vocal recording in several years.
The collaboration became an important stage in Dom Dolla’s transition from a primarily club-focused artist into a producer capable of working with major pop vocalists without abandoning a house-based structure.
Grammy nomination
Dom Dolla produced an official remix of Gorillaz — New Gold featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown.
The track received a nomination at the 2024 Grammy Awards in the Best Remixed Recording category. It was the first Grammy nomination of Matheson’s career.
Saving Up
Saving Up arrived in autumn 2023. The track combines a club foundation with disco and vocal house, with the lead vocal performed by Clementine Douglas.
In February 2024, Saving Up reached No. 10 on the ARIA Singles Chart and became Dom Dolla’s first Top 10 single in Australia. At the 2024 ARIA Music Awards, the song won Best Dance/Electronic Release.
girl$ and CAVE
In 2024, Dom Dolla released girl$, built around a short vocal hook and his characteristic bass-driven house groove.
The same year saw the release of CAVE with Swedish singer Tove Lo. The track revealed a darker and more tense side of his production and became one example of his gradual expansion beyond classic tech house.
Record-breaking Australian tour
At the end of 2024, Dom Dolla embarked on a major four-city Australian tour. More than 170,000 tickets were sold, making it the largest national tour by an Australian electronic artist at that time.
That same year, Dom Dolla entered the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs for the first time at No. 66. In the 2025 ranking, he climbed to No. 41.
Dreamin'
In February 2025, Dom Dolla released Dreamin' with American singer Daya. The single debuted at No. 33 on the ARIA Singles Chart and achieved significant international success on dance charts.
In November 2025, Dreamin' gave Dom Dolla his third consecutive ARIA win in the Best Dance/Electronic Release category after Rhyme Dust and Saving Up.
At the same ceremony, Matheson became the first recipient of the ARIA Global Impact Award, created for Australian artists with significant international influence.
Forever with Kid Cudi
In March 2025, Dom Dolla premiered a collaboration with Kid Cudi at Madison Square Garden. The official release of Forever followed on 18 April.
Instead of heavy club-focused tech house, the track uses a more melodic and euphoric progressive house sound. As with several of his later releases, Matheson handled not only production but also mixing and recording himself.
No Room for a Saint and F1
In May 2025, No Room for a Saint featuring Nathan Nicholson was released. The track was recorded for the soundtrack to the film F1 and appeared on the official album F1 The Album.
The release became another example of Dom Dolla moving beyond the traditional club single — in this case into a major international film project.
Madison Square Garden and Hï Ibiza
In March 2025, Dom Dolla played two sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden in New York. More than 30,000 people attended across the two nights.
That summer, he secured his own ten-week residency at Hï Ibiza. The project continued into 2026, with Dom Dolla performing on Fridays from 5 June to 28 August.
Allianz Stadium
On 20 December 2025, Dom Dolla played his first headline stadium show at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. The concert drew more than 40,000 people and became his largest standalone performance at that point.
The stadium show continued the growth that had begun with his 2024 national tour and two Madison Square Garden performances, confirming Dom Dolla’s transition from club artist to a performer capable of independently filling some of the largest live venues.
2026 releases
In March 2026, Dom Dolla released Addicted to Bass (Dom Dolla Relapse) — an official reworking of Puretone’s Australian dance classic. He first premiered his version during the stadium show in Sydney.
On 1 May, he released a collaboration with Canadian producer Tiga — Don't Worry Baby. The track continued the club-focused side of his catalogue but differs noticeably from the vocal-pop collaborations of previous years.
A homecoming show at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne is scheduled for 24 September 2026. Tickets for the concert sold out shortly after going on sale.
Musical style
Dom Dolla works most often in house and tech house, although his catalogue has gradually become much broader than those genres. Take It and San Frandisco represent a more minimalist club approach, Miracle Maker draws on 1990s rave and house, Saving Up uses disco elements, while Forever moves towards more melodic progressive house.
One of the most consistent features of his production is the economical use of musical elements. Instead of overloaded arrangements, a track is often built around a bassline, a clear groove and a single vocal idea that becomes the composition’s main identifier.
Matheson also handles a significant part of the studio work himself. Across different releases, he is credited as producer, recording engineer and mixing engineer, reflecting the technical side of his approach to electronic music.
Why Dom Dolla has no studio album
Despite a career that began more than a decade ago, Dom Dolla has not yet released a full-length studio album of original material. His discography is primarily built around singles, collaborations and remixes.
In 2025, Matheson said he was considering making an album but did not want to create one simply for the sake of the format. According to him, the first step would be to write a sufficiently large body of material and then determine whether it forms a coherent work.
This approach is consistent with his entire discography: Dom Dolla releases a relatively limited number of his own tracks and prefers to work on each single individually rather than maintaining a constant stream of releases.
Major Dom Dolla tracks
- The Boxer — 2013
- Love Like This — 2015
- Define — with Go Freek, 2015
- You — 2016
- Be Randy — with Torren Foot, 2017
- Take It — 2018
- San Frandisco — 2019
- Moving Blind — with Sonny Fodera, 2020
- Pump the Brakes — 2021
- Strangers — with Mansionair, 2021
- Miracle Maker — with Clementine Douglas, 2022
- Rhyme Dust — with MK, 2023
- Eat Your Man — with Nelly Furtado, 2023
- Saving Up — 2023
- girl$ — 2024
- CAVE — with Tove Lo, 2024
- Dreamin' — with Daya, 2025
- Forever — with Kid Cudi, 2025
- No Room for a Saint — with Nathan Nicholson, 2025
- Addicted to Bass (Dom Dolla Relapse) — with Puretone, 2026
- Don't Worry Baby — with Tiga, 2026
Awards and achievements
- Grammy Awards — Best Remixed Recording nomination for Gorillaz — New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix), 2024
- ARIA Best Dance Release — San Frandisco, 2020
- ARIA Best Dance/Electronic Release — Rhyme Dust with MK, 2023
- ARIA Best Dance/Electronic Release — Saving Up, 2024
- ARIA Best Dance/Electronic Release — Dreamin', 2025
- ARIA Global Impact Award — 2025
- DJ Mag Top 100 DJs — No. 66 in 2024, No. 41 in 2025
Dom Dolla’s place in the contemporary house scene
Dom Dolla’s career developed gradually: from Melbourne parties and No. 1 positions on the national club chart to international festivals, Madison Square Garden and stadium concerts. Unlike many festival EDM artists, his global success arrived only after several years of working directly within the house scene.
As his audience grew, the foundation of his music remained largely unchanged: a direct dancefloor groove, pronounced bass and a strong connection to club systems remain central even in his most accessible vocal releases. Collaborations with Nelly Furtado, Tove Lo, Daya and Kid Cudi broadened Dom Dolla’s audience without turning his music into a conventional pop project.
It is precisely this combination of club roots, precise studio work and an ability to create short, instantly recognisable vocal house tracks that has become the central element of his international success.
