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Matt Schwartz | |
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| Born | 26 October 1971 Haifa, Israel |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
| Website | destined-records |
Matt Schwartz (born 26 October 1971) is an Israeli-British record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, programmer, audio engineer, and DJ. He describes himself on his X profile as a "Proud Zionist".
Schwartz was born in Israel and moved to London in the early 1990s. He attended Kingston University and began working at the Hit-House in Hammersmith in 1994, collaborating with artists such as Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Matt Jam, and Carl Brown. During this time, he also produced records with James F. Reynolds. [1]
From 1996 to 1998, Schwartz worked at BeatFarm Studios, producing records for Massive Attack, Arthur Baker, Sara J, Tall Paul, and others. [2] [3] [4] [5] In 1998, Schwartz shifted focus to his career as an artist and producer. He founded Destined Records in 2000 for his own releases and co-founded Blackgold Recordings with Gil Goldberg and Muff Winwood. [6]
In 2005, Schwartz performed at the Paris Techno Parade as The Drill. [7] He subsequently has played many gigs under his 'The Drill Sound System' and 'DADA Sound System' and with his Deepest Blue Project. [8] Schwartz has had music featured in films such as The Jackal and The Matrix , and has released music under various aliases, including M'Black, DADA, The Drill, 4tune500, and Deepest Blue. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] From 2004 to 2007, his composition of Shooting Star was the theme tune for Sky Sports. [15]
In 2009, Schwartz collaborated with Trevor Horn, Olly Murs, Lol Creme, and Robbie Williams. He reached No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Airplay chart in 2010 with M'Black and topped Dutch charts in 2011 with "Bang It All" as Dada & Mastiksoul featuring Akon.[ citation needed ] In 2012, he co-wrote Kylie Minogue's "Timebomb." His track "Crush" reached No. 1 on the US dance charts in 2013. [16]
In 2014, Schwartz co-wrote and produced Madison Beer's "Unbreakable" and Cheryl Cole's "Only Human." [17] He also contributed to Selah Sue's album Reason and worked with artists such as Union J, Ruen Brothers, Holychild, and Pitbull. In 2015, "Outlines" by Mike Mago featuring Dragonette reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. Schwartz also collaborated with All Tvvins on their debut album [18] and NERVO on Collateral, co-producing tracks including "The Other Boys" featuring Minogue, Jake Shears, and Nile Rodgers, as well as Avicii's "You're Gonna Love Again." [19]
In 2016, Schwartz co-wrote and produced Selah Sue's "Fear Nothing," which won the North Vision Song Contest in Zurich. In 2018, he produced Yungblud's self-titled EP [20] and Peking Duk's "Wasted." Schwartz co-produced Yungblud's The Underrated Youth EP in 2019, which entered the UK charts at No. 6, and also worked on the singles "Loner" and "11 Minutes featuring Halsey and Travis Barker. [21]
In 2020, Schwartz co-produced and co-wrote Yungblud's second album, Weird! , which topped the UK charts. He produced and co-wrote "Patience" by KSI featuring Yungblud and Polo G in 2021, which reached No. 1 on the UK Big Top 40. [22] In 2022, he worked on Yungblud's third album, including singles "Tissues" and "Don't Feel Like Feeling Sad Today." [23] [24]
| Year | Artist | Tracks | Album | Role | UK Chart Position | Club Chart | Other Charts | Certificate |
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| 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 [25] | Platinum Aus/Gold US | |||
| 2020 | YUNGBLUD | Weird! | Writer/Producer | #1 Album | #1 UK Official Album Charts [26] | Silver | ||
| 2021 | KSI featuring YUNGBLUD & Polo G | Patience | Writer/Producer | #3 | #1 UK Big Top 40 [27] | |||
| 2022 | YUNGBLUD | YUNGBLUD (Album 3) | Writer/Producer | #1 [28] |
| 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 [34] | ||
| 2016 | All Tvvins | "IIVV" (Album) | Production/Writer | #2 Album (Ireland) [35] | |
| 2017 | Yungblud | "I Love You, Will You Marry Me" | Production/Writer [36] | ||
| 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 [37] | |
| 2018 | Bullet for My Valentine | "Letting You Go" and "Under Again" | Gravity | Writer [38] | |
| 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 [39] | |
| 2019 | Yungblud | "Braindead!" and "Casual Sabotage" | The Underrated Youth EP | Producer/writer [40] | |
| 2020 | JC Stewart | "I need you to hate me" | Producer/Writer [41] | ||
| 2024 | Master Peace | "Lodge", "Panic101", "Start You Up", "I Might Be Fake", "Sick in The Bathroom", "Heaven", and "Happiness is Love" | How To Make A Master Peace | Producer/Writer [42] |
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