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Birth name | Mark Wilkinson [1] |
Born | London Borough of Hammersmith, England | 18 April 1989
Origin | Hammersmith, London, England |
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Years active | 2010–present [1] |
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Website | wilkinson-music |
Mark Wilkinson (born 18 April 1989), [2] better known by his stage name Wilkinson, is an English record producer, DJ and remixer from Hammersmith, England. He has released music on RAM Records and Hospital Records, as well as Virgin EMI. His 2013 single "Afterglow" with vocals by Becky Hill reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart on 20 October 2013.
On 13 December 2010, Wilkinson released his debut single "Moonwalker / Samurai" through RAM Records. The tracks were first premiered through Andy C's drum and bass compilation album Nightlife 5. [3] On 12 June 2011, he released the single "Every Time / Overdose", which became the 99th single release of RAM Records. "Every Time" features vocals from Marcus Gregg and it became Wilkinson's first song to spawn a music video. [4] [5] [6] On 4 December 2011, he released "Tonight / Pistol Whip". "Tonight" was later re-released in 2013 as the iTunes Single of the Week to promote the release of his debut studio album Lazers Not Included . On 19 August 2012, he released the single "Automatic / Hands Up!". Although it received mixed feedback and significantly less airplay, "Automatic" still managed to gain support from the likes of Annie Mac and MistaJam. [7]
On 2 December 2012, he released "Need to Know / Direction" featuring Iman as the lead single from his debut studio album. On 3 April 2013, he released "Take You Higher / Crunch" as the next single from the album. On 26 July 2013, he released "Heartbeat" featuring P Money and Arlissa as the third single from his debut studio album. On 13 October 2013, he released "Afterglow" as the fourth single from his debut studio album. The song peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart, making it his first top 10 single in the UK. On 28 October 2013, he released his debut studio album Lazers Not Included . The album peaked at number 46 on the UK Albums Chart and number 2 on the UK Dance Chart. On 9 February 2014, he released "Too Close" featuring Detour City as the album's fifth single, which peaked at number 55 in the UK. The album's sixth single "Half Light" (featuring Tom Cane) charted at number 25 in the UK, making it Wilkinson's second top 40 single. It was released on 1 June 2014.
Since the release of Lazers Not Included, Wilkinson has worked on music with Katy B, Wretch 32, Angel Haze and Knytro. On 14 July 2014, a new single entitled "Dirty Love" premiered on MistaJam's BBC Radio 1Xtra show. [8] The song features vocals from Talay Riley, and was released on 12 October 2014. The song later featured on the "extended edition" of Lazers Not Included, which was released on 20 October 2014. This new edition of his debut album, originally titled Lazers Not Included 2.0, was to be released on 18 August 2014 and was to feature six previously unheard songs. [9] However, these plans were scrapped and the extended edition instead featured numerous remixes of and by Wilkinson alongside the new single. [10]
On 2 October 2014, he embarked on his Lazers Not Included tour with support from Etherwood, I See MONSTAS and Toyboy & Robin on selected dates. The tour began in Bournemouth and finished in Cambridge. A new song with Shannon Saunders (with whom he is in a relationship), entitled "Breathe", premiered in Bournemouth. [11] His next single, a collaboration with TC entitled "Hit the Floor", was released exclusively to Beatport on 12 January 2015 and elsewhere on 26 January. [12] The song was pressed to a number of limited edition picture discs for Record Store Day 2015. On 6 March 2015, his next single entitled "Hopelessly Coping" (featuring Thabo) premiered on Annie Mac's Radio 1 show. It was released on 17 May 2015 alongside remixes from Gorgon City, René LaVice, Preditah and Hanami. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 49. On 24 August 2015, "Breathe" was released as a free download, accompanied by a music video. The song is also available on digital retailers.
"Flatline", the lead single from Wilkinson's forthcoming second studio album, Hypnotic, features vocals from Wretch 32 and was released on 12 March 2016. [13] This was followed by "What", featuring uncredited vocals from MC Ad-Apt and "Sweet Lies", featuring vocals from Karen Harding. Hypnotic was released on 21 April 2017. He released the song Rush with Dimension in November 2017.
In 2018, Wilkinson released the singles "Take It Up" (with Sub Focus), "Decompression" and "I Need" (feat. Hayla). 2019 saw the release of the UKF10 sampler which contained Wilkinson's song "Machina".
In September 2019, Wilkinson and Sub Focus released "Illumiunate" as a first single for their album Portals , released on 9 October 2020. Their second single, "Just Hold On", came out in April 2020. In July 2020, it was announced that Wilkinson is scheduled to perform at the 2021 SW4 (South West Four Weekender) festival. [14] Later single to follow were "Air I Breathe", "Turn the Lights Off" and "Freedom" featuring Empara Mi. The album was released on 9 October 2020.
On 18 February 2021, Wilkinson announced the launch of his new record label, Sleepless Music (A copy of a pre-existing label, Sleepless Records of Liverpool). The label would go on to release future Wilkinson music and include releases from the likes of S.P.Y, Fred V, Krakota and many more.
After releasing the singles "Frontline", "If You Want It", "Keep Dancing" (featuring Amber Van Day) and "Used to This" (featuring Issey Cross, No. 14 on the UK Dance Singles Chart) in 2021, Wilkinson announced his fourth studio album Cognition, released in February 2022. [15]
In 2022, the singles "Close Your Eyes" (featuring Iiola) and "Here for You" (with Becky Hill) were released.
The Artwork for Cognition was a collaborative effort with Folkestone-based collage artist Charlie Elms, aka 10 Years Time. [16]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
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UK [17] | UK Dance [18] | NZ [19] | |||
Lazers Not Included |
| 46 | 2 | — | |
Hypnotic |
| 41 | 1 | — | |
Portals (with Sub Focus) |
| 68 | 1 | 26 | |
Cognition [21] |
| 78 | 1 | 3 |
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
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UK [17] | UK Dance [22] | BEL [23] | SCO [24] | |||||
2010 | "Moonwalker / Samurai" | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
2011 | "Every Time / Overdose" | — | — | — | — | |||
"Tonight / Pistol Whip" | — | — | — | — | ||||
2012 | "Automatic / Hands Up!" | — | — | — | — | |||
"Need to Know / Direction" [a] (featuring Iman) | 195 | 39 | 105 | — | Lazers Not Included | |||
2013 | "Take You Higher / Crunch" | — | 35 | — | — | |||
"Heartbeat" (featuring P Money and Arlissa) | 169 | 36 | — | — | ||||
"Afterglow" (featuring Becky Hill) [b] [c] | 8 | 1 | 54 | 15 |
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2014 | "Too Close" (featuring Detour City) | 55 | 14 | 78 | 83 | |||
"Half Light" (featuring Tom Cane) | 25 | 9 | 133 | 28 | ||||
"Dirty Love" (featuring Talay Riley) | 20 | 5 | 99 | 27 | Lazers Not Included (extended version) | |||
2015 | "Hit the Floor" (with TC) | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
"Hopelessly Coping" (featuring Thabo) | 49 | 11 | — | 60 | ||||
2016 | "Flatline" (featuring Wretch 32) | — | — | — | — | Hypnotic | ||
"What" | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
"Sweet Lies" (featuring Karen Harding) | — | 34 | — | 98 |
| Hypnotic | ||
"Brand New" | — | — | — | — | ||||
2017 | "We Will Be" (featuring Matt Wills) | — | — | — | — | |||
"Wash Away (Calling For You)" (featuring Boy Matthews) | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Rush" (with Dimension) | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
2018 | "Decompression" | — | — | — | — | |||
"Take It Up" (with Sub Focus) | — | — | 92 | — | ||||
"I Need" (featuring Hayla) | — | — | — | — | ||||
2019 | "All For You" (featuring Karen Harding) | — | — | — | — |
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"Illuminate" [25] (with Sub Focus) | — | — | — | — | Portals | |||
2020 | "Just Hold On" [26] (with Sub Focus) | — | — | — | — | |||
"Air I Breathe" [27] (with Sub Focus) | — | — | — | 85 | ||||
"Turn the Lights Off" (with Sub Focus) | — | — | — | — | ||||
2021 | "Freedom" (with Sub Focus featuring Empara Mi) | — | — | — | — | |||
"Frontline" | — | — | — | — | Cognition | |||
"Keep Dancing" [28] (featuring Amber Van Day) | — | — | 99 | — | ||||
"If You Want It" [29] | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Used to This" [30] (featuring Issey Cross) | 33 | 11 | — | — |
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2022 | "Close Your Eyes" [31] (featuring Iiola) | — | — | — | — | |||
2023 | "Infinity" [32] (featuring Ilira, Iiola and Tom Cane) | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. |
Year | Title | Album |
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2022 | "Paradise" (Bru-C featuring Wilkinson) | TBA |
Year | Title | Album |
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2013 | "Tonight" [d] | Lazers Not Included |
2015 | "Breathe" (featuring Shannon Saunders) | Hypnotic |
Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
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UK [17] | UK Dance [33] | NZ [19] | NZ Hot [34] | ||||
2022 | "Here for You" (with Becky Hill) | 43 | 12 | 8 | — |
| Cognition |
"XTC" (Remix) (with Eli Brown and Solardo) | — | — | — | 10 | |||
"Release Valve" | — | — | — | 14 | |||
"No One Else" (with Kanine and Clementine Douglas) | — | — | — | 12 | |||
"On Your Mind" (with Amber Van Day) | — | — | — | 34 |
Year | Song | Release | Label |
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2010 | "Hypnosis" | Sick Music 2 | Hospital |
"Scream It" [e] | Andy C: Nightlife 5 | RAM | |
2011 | "Refugee" | RAM 100 | RAM |
"Get into It" (with Cyantific) | Touch Me / Get into It | RAM | |
2012 | "Blender Bass" | Non-album single | Self-released |
2013 | "Casino" [f] | Andy C: Nightlife 6 | RAM |
2019 | "Machina" | UKF10 - 10 Years of UKF | UKF |
Year | Song | Artist |
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2010 | "Hold the Line" (with Cyantific) | Major Lazer |
"Oxytocin" (with Cyantific) | Kid Adrift | |
"Box of Secrets" (with Cyantific) | Zarif | |
2011 | "Under the Stars" | Morning Parade |
"Time" | Chase & Status featuring Delilah | |
"Reaching Out" | Nero | |
"Midnight Run" | Example | |
2012 | "Pixelated People" | Jess Mills |
"Remedy" | Professor Green featuring Ruth-Anne | |
"Pure Gold" | Calyx and Teebee featuring Kemo | |
"Breaking" | Syron | |
2013 | "Reload" | Wiley featuring Chip |
"Fade" | Jakwob featuring Maiday | |
"Think About It" | Naughty Boy featuring Wiz Khalifa and Ella Eyre | |
"Too Close VIP" | Wilkinson | |
"Overdose VIP" | ||
2014 | "Direction VIP" | |
"Sing" | Ed Sheeran | |
"Pardon Me" (with Professor Green and Laura Mvula) | Naughty Boy featuring Ava Stokes | |
"Go All Night" | Gorgon City featuring Jennifer Hudson | |
2015 | "Wild Frontier" | The Prodigy |
2016 | "Be Bold" | Tam Cooper |
2017 | "Skin" | Rag'n'Bone Man |
2018 | "I Need" (with Metrik) | Wilkinson featuring Hayla |
2020 | "Just Hold On" (with Sub Focus vs. Pola & Bryson) [35] | Sub Focus and Wilkinson |
2021 | "Freedom" (with Sub Focus vs. High Contrast) [36] | Sub Focus and Wilkinson featuring Empara Mi |
"Turn Back Time" | Diplo and Sonny Fedora | |
"Rock It" | Sub Focus | |
2022 | "XTC" | Solardo & Eli Brown |
2023 | "Miracle" | Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding |
"The Last Goodbye" [37] | Odesza featuring Bettye LaVette | |
Year | Title | Artist | Album |
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2012 | "Breaking" (co-produced by Woz) | Syron | Non-album single |
2014 | "Merlin (Everybody Knows)" (co-produced by David Etherington and Jay Reynolds) | Detour City | Non-album single |
"6 Words" (co-produced by Mikey Muzik and Mo-Samuels) | Wretch 32 | Growing Over Life | |
2016 | "So Far Away" (co-produced by Geeneus) | Katy B featuring Stamina MC | Honey |
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