Matt Schwartz
Matt Schwartz (born 26 October 1971) is an Israeli-British record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, programmer, sound engineer, mixing engineer and DJ.
Biography edit
Born in Israel, Schwartz came to London in the early 90s. Schwartz enrolled at Kingston University, and a year later began working at the Hit-House in Hammersmith between 1994 and 1995 with the likes of Farley Jack Master Funk, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Matt Jam and Carl Brown, plus many more while producing records with James F. Reynolds.[1]
Schwartz worked at BeatFarm studios in 1996–8, making hundreds of records with the likes of Massive Attack,[2] Arthur Baker, Sara J, Tall Paul,[3] Wamdue Project,[4] JTQ[5] and a host of others while developing unsigned bands and making his own records.
In 1998 Schwartz decided to concentrate on his own career as an artist as well as a producer. In 2000 he started Destined Records for his own output and Blackgold recordings with Gil Goldberg[6] and Sony S2 president Muff Winwood. Blackgold had 4 releases amongst them 'Dancing in the dark' by 4tune500 who was an outfit for Matt and Jo Mills which went on to sell 15,000 Vinyls.[7] Destined is highly respected on the underground scene and had a few hits to date including The Drill, DADA and Deepest Blue, his composition of Shooting Star was the theme tune for Sky Sports for 3 years.[8]
As an Electronica producer and artist, Schwartz went on to top dance charts all over the world, his music and songs appearing on numerous TV programs and films (Including blockbusters such as Day of the jackal and The matrix, Sky sports, Fashion TV and most of the UK music TV channels), he cracked the top 10 in several countries and continents selling several million CD singles, Albums, Vinyl, downloads and compilations with a string of international hits under many different names such as M'black,[9] DADA,[10][11] The Drill,[12][13] 4tune500 and Deepest Blue[14][15] all starting their life on his Destined imprint, Matt usually plays all the instruments on his artist records.
In 2009, Schwartz worked with Trevor Horn,[16] Olly Murs[17] Lol Creme (10cc) and Robbie Williams.[18] The following year, Schwartz scored his first No. 1 single in the billboard dance airplay charts with M'black.[9] In 2011, Schwartz topped the Dutch Charts with 'Bang it all' as Dada & Mastiksoul featuring Akon.[19] In 2012, Schwartz was invited to lecture in the WMC in Miami on his experience as a producer and an engineer.[20] Later that year, Schwartz produced and co-wrote Kylie Minogue's "Timebomb". While working under the alias of M'black, in early 2013 he had a number 1 on the US dance charts with the song "Crush".[21]
In 2014, Schwartz co-wrote and co-produced Madison Beer's single "Unbreakable". He produced and co-wrote Cheryl Cole's "Only Human",[22] the song was remixed for radio by drum and bass producer Wilkinson as well as producing and writing for Selah Sue's number 1 Album, Reason, Union J, Ruen Brothers, Holychild, Pitbull & Sophia Del Carmen.
Crossing over from 2014 to 2015 his song "Outlines"[23] by Mike Mago Ft. Dragonette entered at #8 in the UK singles charts. Matt has been working with alternative band All Tvvins on their debut album, their first single "Thank You" becoming song of the week on XFM radio in March 2015[24] and has been working with NERVO on their debut Album, Collateral, mixing/co-producing several records including "The Other Boys" Ft. Kylie, Jake Shears and Nile Rodgers and Avicci's "You're gonna love again"[25]
On 23 January 2016, "Fear Nothing" by Selah Sue which was co-written and produced by Matt and won the North Vision song contest in Zurich.
In January 2018, he produced songs on Yungblud's EP, "Yungblud"[26] and Peking Duk's "Wasted" on Sony Music Australia, opening at #5 on Spotify's NMF US.[27]
In January 2019, Yungblud released "Loner" and "11 Minutes" with Halsey and Travis Barker which Matt produced and co-wrote.[28] Yungblud's second EP "The Underrated Youth", produced and co-written by Matt, entered the UK Charts at No 6.[29]
In December 2020 YUNGBLUD's Second Album, Weird! which Matt has co produced and co written[30] has topped the UK charts entering the no 1 position[31] in week 51 of the year.
In 2021 Matt Produced and co-written Patience by KSI featuring YUNGBLUD and Polo G which entered the UK Big Top 40 at number one.[32]
2022 saw the release of YUNGBLUD’s third album which Matt co-wrote and produced several songs [33] on including the singles Tissues [34] and Don’t feel like feeling sad today.[35] The album topped the charts in 6 countries.
He resides in London and works from his state of the art production facility in the west end.[36]
DJ work edit
In 2005 Matt took his first step as a DJ performing at the Paris Techno parade to 400,000 people as The Drill.[37]
He has since played many international gigs under his 'The Drill sound system' and 'DADA sound system' and with his Deepest Blue Project.[38]
Number one records edit
| Year | Artist | Tracks | Album | Role | UK Chart Position | Club Chart | Other Charts | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Wamdue Project | "King of My Castle" | Remixer | No. 1 | No. 1 | |||
| 1998 | Massive Attack | "Dissolved Girl" | Mezzanine | Writer | No. 1 (Album) | No. 1 | Platinum | |
| 2000 | DJ Encore | Album | Intuition | Writer, producer | No. 1 Denmark | |||
| 2001 | 4tune500 | "Dancing in the Dark" | Artist/Writer/Producer | No. 1 | ||||
| 2002 | Matt Schwartz | "Can You Feel" | Artist/ Writer/Producer | No. 42 | No. 1 | |||
| 2002 | M-Gee | "Body Swerve" | Artist/Writer/Producer | #1 | ||||
| 2003 | Deepest Blue | "Deepest Blue" | Late September | Artist/Writer/Producer | #7 | #1 | ||
| 2004 | Deepest Blue | "Give It Away" | Late September | Artist/Writer/Producer | #8 | #1 | ||
| 2005 | The Drill | "The Drill" | Artist/Writer/Producer | France No. 1 | ||||
| 2006 | DADA | "Lollipop" | Artist/Writer/Producer | #18 | #1 | Spain No. 8 | ||
| 2008 | Deepest Blue | "Miracle" | Artist/Writer/Producer | #1 | ||||
| 2009 | DADA | "Stereo Flo" | Artist/Writer/Producer | #1 | Russia No. 5 | |||
| 2010 | M'Black | "Heartbreak" | Artist/Writer/Producer | Billboard airplay No. 1 | ||||
| 2010 | Olly Murs | "A Million More Years" | Olly Murs | Writer | No. 1 (Album) | 2× Platinum | ||
| 2011 | DADA & Mastiksoul ft. Akon | "Bang It All" | Artist/Writer/Producer | Holland No. 1 | ||||
| 2012 | Kylie Minogue | "Timebomb" | Writer/Producer | #31 | #1 | Billboard airplay No. 1 | ||
| 2012 | Conor Maynard featuring Ne-Yo | "Turn Around" | Contrast | Remix/Production | #8 | #1 | ||
| 2014/15 | Mike Mago & Dragonette | Outlines | Writer / Producer | #8 | #1 upfront club top 40 | #1 UK Indie charts, UK Cool Cuts No. 1 #1 commercial pop top 30 (music week) #4 (midweek charts) | 2xPlatinum | |
| 2015 | Cheryl | Only Human | Writer / Producer | #7 (Album) | #1 MTV (16 feb 2015) #1 Viva TV | Silver | ||
| 2015 (Album)/2016 (single) | Selah Sue | Fear Nothing | Writer/Producer | #1 Album Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands | Gold (Bel) | |||
| 2018 | Peking Duk | Wasted | Writer/Producer | #1 Lithuania iTunes | ||||
| 2019 | Yungblud with Halsey and Travis Barker | 11 Minutes | Writer/Producer | #1 New music Friday UK&AU Spotify[39] | Platinum Aus/Gold US | |||
| 2020 | YUNGBLUD | Weird! | Writer/Producer | #1 Album | #1 UK Official Album Charts[40] | Silver | ||
| 2021 | KSI featuring YUNGBLUD & Polo G | Patience | Writer/Producer | #3 | #1 UK Big Top 40[41] | |||
| 2022 | YUNGBLUD | YUNGBLUD (Album 3) | Writer/Producer | #1 [42] |
Other singles / album tracks edit
| 2013 | Bo Bruce | "Save Me" | Before I Sleep | Writer/Production | #10 (Album) |
| 2013 | Lawson | "Love Locked Out" | Chapman Square | Writer/Production | #4 (Album) |
| 2014 | Madison Beer | "Unbreakable" | Writer/Production | ||
| 2014 | Cheryl Cole | "Only Human" | Only Human | Writer/Production | #6 (Album) |
| 2014 | Union J | "Song for you and I" | You Got It All | Writer/Production | |
| 2014 | Kylie Minogue | "Sparks" | Writer/Producer | ||
| 2015 | Lawson | "Mountains" | Writer | ||
| 2015 | All Tvvins | "Darkest Ocean" | Writer/Producer | ||
| 2016 | Lawson | "Money" | Writer | ||
| 2016 | Joe and Jake | "You're Not Alone" | Writer/Producer | ||
| 2016 | NCT (band) | "Without You" | Writer/Production | ||
| 2016 | M.O | "Too Good" | Writer/Production[48] | ||
| 2016 | All Tvvins | "IIVV" (Album) | Production/Writer | #2 Album (Ireland)[49] | |
| 2017 | Yungblud | "I Love You, Will You Marry Me" | Production/Writer[50] | ||
| 2018 | BRYN | "Pull Up" | Production/Writer | ||
| 2018 | Yungblud feat. Charlotte Lawrence | "Falling Skies" from 13 Reasons Why Season 2 | 13 Reasons Why - S2 soundtrack | Production/Writer[51] | |
| 2018 | Bullet for My Valentine | "Letting You Go" and "Under Again" | Gravity | Writer[52] | |
| 2018 | Yungblud | "Medication", "Machine Gun (F**k The NRA)", "Psychotic Kids", "Anarchist", "I Love You, Will You Marry Me", "Polygraph Eyes", "Kill Somebody" and "21st Century Liability" | 21st Century Liability | Producer/writer[53] | |
| 2019 | Yungblud | "Braindead!" and "Casual Sabotage" | The Underrated Youth EP | Producer/writer[54] | |
| 2020 | JC Stewart | "I need you to hate me" | Producer/Writer[55] |
Selected discography edit
- 1997 Remix 'King of my castle' – Wamdue project Eruption records UK charts No. 1
- 1998 Remix 'South of the border'- (Angels release) Robbie Williams 'EMI'
- 1998 Co-write 'Dissolved Girl' – Massive Attack (featured on The Matrix) Virgin records UK Charts No. 1 album (Mezzanine)
- 1999 Production, co-writer, Instruments – 'A bigger picture' – JTQ Gut Records
- 2000 Artist 'Something about you' – TBC Echo records
- 2001 Production, co-write 'Intuition' – Dj Encore ft. Engelina Universal Scandinavian chart topping act
- 2002 Artist with Jo Mills Dancing in the dark – 4Tune500 Blackgold recordings
- 2002 Matt Schwartz Pres. Sholan – "Can You Feel (What I'm Going Through)"
- 2003 Nova – "All This Love" – Multiply Records[56]
- 2003 Artist With Grant Nelson Bodyswerve – M-Gee Ft. Mica Paris Swing City Club chart No. 1
- 2003 Deepest Blue – "Deepest Blue"
- 2004 Deepest Blue – "Give it Away"
- 2004 Deepest Blue – "Is It A Sin"
- 2004 Deepest Blue – "Shooting Star"
- 2004 Deepest Blue Album- 'Late September' – Open Records, UK Charts No. 22 Silver Certificate
- 2004 Remix 'I Like It {featuring Yvonne John Lewis} Free2Air Recordings UK Charts No. 10
- 2005 'The Drill' – "The Drill"
- 2005 'The Drill' – "One More Night"
- 2006 Matt Schwartz & MJ Cole 'Earthlift' – Matt Schwartz and Matt Cole
- 2007 Dada feat. Sandy Rivera & Trix – "Lollipop"
- 2007 Klark- 'Do Disco'
- 2008 Deepest blue-'Miracle'
- 2008 'Fall Down' – Nicol Destined Records Feat on ABC's show Army Wives
- 2008 'Piano Mano' – The Drill Ft. Firetruck and Antarctica – No 2 Buzz Charts, No 5 Cool Cuts No'1 Download charts
- 2008 'Dancing in the dark 08' – 4tune500 4' buzz no' 1 dj download charts
- 2008 Producer, co-write, Nicol 'how does it feel now'- ABC Drama Army Wives
- 2009 Remixer – Robbie Williams – Bodies
- 2009 Dada, Obernik & Harris – "Stereo Flo"
- 2009 Co-Writer Lol Cream & Robbie Williams – A million more years
- 2010 Producer, co-Writer, Instruments, Mixing – Hyper Crush – 'Flip the Switch' and 'Keep Up' (Mixing, additional instruments co-production)
- 2010 Olly Murs – A million More years
- 2010 M'Black – Heartbreak Destined Records/Robbins Ent., No. 1 Billboard Hot Dance Airplay, No. 2 Airplay (Internet radio), No. 9 Radio airplay (Dance)
- 2011 Dada & Mastiksoul Ft. Akon – 'Bang It All'
- 2011 Dada & Rui Da Silva ft One – Crazy Love (Destined Records)
- 2012 Dada & Mastiksoul – Forever ft. Nani (Manchester United) No. 1 iTunes Portugal
- 2012 Clement Marfo–Mayhem & Champion (Warner) No. 38 UK
- 2012 Kylie Minogue-"Timebomb" (EMI) No. 1 in 10 countries including US & UK iTunes (inc video downloads) top 10 in 23 countries
- 2012 Dada-Metals
- 2012 M'Black – Crush
- 2015 Dada, Paul Harris and Dragonette-Red Heart Black [Spinning/Source]
Location timeline edit
- 1981–1984 – Haifa youth philharmonic orchestra
- 1990–1993 – Signal Studios, Israel
- 1993–1995 – Kingston university Gateway school of music, Kingston upon themes, UK
- 1995–1996 – Hit house production house, Hammersmith, UK
- 1996–1998 – Beatfarm studios, Waterloo UK
- 1998–2001 – Personal Studio, Golders Green, UK
- 2009 - Sarm Studios
- 2001– present – Destined Studios, Soho recording Studios, West end, UK.
References edit
- ^ "Dissolved Girl". MassiveAttack.ie. 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Birdcage Music". Birdcage.
- ^ "Matt Schwartz – Mix Engineer". Discogs. 26 August 1998.
- ^ "King of My Castle Info". Discogs. 26 August 1999.
- ^ "JTQ – A bigger Picture". AllMusic.com.
- ^ "Working with Gil Goldberg". Duedil.
- ^ "4Tune – 500 Dancing in the Dark". Discogs. 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Theme Tune for Sky Sports". KGB Answers.
- ^ a b "Billboard Artist – Mblack". Billboard.
- ^ "Matt Schwartz – DanceEnergy". DanceEnergy. 23 March 2009.
- ^ "DADA feat Sandy Rivera – Lollipop". BBC.
- ^ "Swedish Charts Matt Schwartz". Swedish Charts.
- ^ . HousePlanet. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ^ "Deepest Blue – Uaudio". Uaudio.
- ^ "Deepest Blue". Berube Communications.
- ^ "Trevor Horn Update The Mack". PerfectSongs.
- ^ "All Music – Olly Murs". All Music.
- ^ "Robbie Williams Discography". RobbieWilliams.com.
- ^ "DADA & Mastiksoul featuring Akon". Dutch Charts.
- ^ "Winter Music Conference". Winter Music Conference.
- ^ . FMQB Productions. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Cheryl Cole". Pop Justice.
- ^ "Outlines track". Discogs. 16 February 2015.
- ^ "Thank you track". XFM.
- ^ "You're gonna love again track". Discogs. 3 July 2012.
- ^ "Yungblud EP". indiecentral.
- ^ "Wasted Spotify US NMF chart". Spotify.
- ^ "ii minutes". NME. 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Top 10". Official Charts.
- ^ "Weird!". Universal music.
- ^ "Weird!". Official Charts.
- ^ "genius credits". Genius.
- ^ "BBC YUNGBLUD Matty". BBC News. 4 September 2022.
- ^ "credits tissues". kkbox.
- ^ "credits". Genius.
- ^ "New Recording Studio". Prism Sound.
- ^ "The Drill – Techno Paris Parade". Melty. 12 September 2005.
- ^ "The man behind The Drill, Deepest Blue and DADA". Club District.
- ^ "11 minutes". Spotify.
- ^ "Weird! no 1". official Charts.
- ^ "number 1 big top 40". Big Top 40.
- ^ "number 1 UK". official charts.
- ^ "number 1 UK". Official charts.
- ^ "number 1 Scotland". Official charts.
- ^ interpret=Yungblud&titel=Yungblud&cat=a/ "number 1 Australia". aria.
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- ^ "number 1 UK". N top 40.
- ^ "Too Goog – MO". Hamada.
- ^ "IIVV – All Tvvins". irma.
- ^ "ILYWYMM". Discogs. 21 October 2017.
- ^ "Falling Skies (featuring Charlotte Lawrence)". My Soundf.
- ^ "Letting you go". All about music. 19 May 2018.
- ^ "21st Century Liability". Umusic.
- ^ "Underrated youth". celebmix. 20 October 2019.
- ^ "JC Stewart shares his new single "I need you to hate me"". Warner Music.
- ^ "Nova (8) – All This Love (vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2 September 2005. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
External links edit
- http://www.destined-records.com
- Matt Schwartz discography at Discogs