MAT 213

Who is MAT 213?

Mat213, real name Matěj Čech, is a musician, visual artist and podcaster whom the media call a digital songwriter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He started out on YouTube and shared several freely available tracks on Bandcamp. He likes to describe himself as a "dealer in fine art" and hosts the podcast Swag. He played The Culture in 2026 in České Budějovice and Liberec.

After the independent albums Twentyfour and R/Interstreamin' he released the EP SS/22 in June 2022 with the summer hit 7teen. It won the Apollo music critics' award for Single of the Year 2022, and Mat213 won Discovery of the Year at the Vinyla awards for 2022. According to Seznam Zprávy 7teen divided critics; he says it grew out of hyperpop and he wanted to make it catchy. The albums Party in Prague (2023) and Nesu oheň (2024) followed, the latter nominated for Record of the Year at Vinyla. It includes a song about Slavia midfielder Christos Zafeiris, who also appears in the video.

In May 2025 he released the joint EP GUFRAU213 with the band Gufrau. The single NEPO with Franta Prachař and Anna Mercedes entered the Czech digital Top 50 CZ at no. 1 and the Top 100 at no. 4 in February 2026, and according to Novinky has millions of views. The album Retroskepse from May 2026 entered the IFPI album chart at no. 16. Seznam Zprávy called it his most honest album, dealing with relationships, getting older and the urge to aestheticise the past.

What are Mat213's best-known songs?

The most popular songs on Deezer include:

• cc (Lajfr with Mat213, 2026)
• 50 (with Lajfr, album Nesu oheň, 2024)
• SHY LIE LIE (Gufrau with Victor Kal and Mat213, 2025)
• se spálil (with Marie April, album Retroskepse, 2026)
• NEPO (with Franta Prachař and Anna Mercedes, 2026, no. 1 on the Czech digital Top 50 CZ)
• emauzy (with Gufrau and Fiedlerski, album Retroskepse, 2026)
• 2016 (album Retroskepse, 2026)
• Bydlim u rodičů (with Gufrau, EP GUFRAU213, 2025)
• smutný oči (with Marie April and Victor Kal, album Retroskepse, 2026)
• Potrvá (with Gufrau, EP GUFRAU213, 2025)

The single 7teen from the EP SS/22 (2022) won him the Apollo music critics' award for Single of the Year.

What albums has Mat213 released?

His releases include:

• Retroskepse (2026)
• Nesu oheň (2024)
• Party in Prague (2023)
• R/Interstreamin' (2022)
• Twentyfour (2021)

He has also released the EPs Ok Infinite (2021), SS/22 (2022) and, with Gufrau, GUFRAU213 (2025).

Who has Mat213 worked with?

He has the most tracks with the band Gufrau: the joint EP GUFRAU213, BADBOYVIBE on their album Holešovice, SHY LIE LIE with Victor Kal and emauzy on Retroskepse. With Lajfr he made 50, workoholik and Lajfr's single cc, with Marie April se spálil and smutný oči, and with Rohony Ještě ke mně přijdeš and bubák. With Franta Prachař he has NEPO, and he guested on Prachař's Já a můj stín. Retroskepse also features ZPet, Tokyo Drift and Florbal.