Dj Format Information
Matt Ford, better known as DJ Format (a near-inversion of his birth name),[1] is a hip hop DJ born in Southampton, United Kingdom and living in Brighton. He collaborates frequently with Abdominal on the album Music For the Mature B-Boy and with Abdominal and fellow Canadian rapper D-Sisive on the second full album If You Can't Join 'Em… Beat 'Em,[2] as well as with Akil and Chali 2na from Jurassic 5.[3]
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Career
As a youth, Ford's first hip hop influences included A Tribe Called Quest and Main Source. He established a relationship with Jurassic 5 and initially traveled with them as their bus driver.[4] He came to national attention in 2002 when he opened on tour for DJ Shadow.[1] In 2005, If You Can't Join 'Em… Beat 'Em reached the top 10 of the UK indie albums chart.[5]
The Sun named his album If You Can't Join 'Em… Beat 'Em one of the top 100 of 2005,[6] and in 2008 called him "one of the leading lights in the UK scene".[3]
DJ Format is currently writing for a new album.
Discography
Albums
- Music for the Mature B-Boy (2003)
- If You Can't Join 'Em… Beat 'Em (2005)
Mixes
- A Right Earful Vol. 1 (2005)
- FabricLive.27 (April 2006)
- European Vacation (2006)
- Fania DJ Series - DJ Format (June 2007)
- Stealin' James (2008)
- Holy Shit with Mr Thing (2008)
- Kings of Rock (2009)
- The Simonsound - Have You Heard... (2009)
Singles
- We Know Something You Don't Know With Akil and Chali 2na from Jurassic 5 (2003)
- The Hit Song (Feat. Abdominal) (2003)
- Vicious Battle Raps (Feat. Abdominal) (2003)
- Rap Machine (2005) (Feat. Abdominal)
- 3-Feet Deep (2005) (Feat. Abdominal & D-Sisive)
- Separated at Birth (2005) Abdominal & D-Sisive)
References
- ^ a b Farrage, Richard (2006-05-29). "Homegrown talent's a hit: DJ Format". Evening Chronicle. p. 21.
- ^ Pettie, Andrew (2005-04-16). "Pop CDs of the week: Eliza Carthy, Mark Owen, DJ Format and M.I.A". The Daily Telegraph. p. 10. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/04/16/bmpopcdwk16.xml&page=2. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ^ a b Churchill, Tom (2008-02-22). "This Format's far from stale". The Sun: p. 70.
- ^ Nanda, Sam (2005-04-28). "DJ sticks to winning hip hop Format". Coventry Evening Telegraph. p. 58.
- ^ "The charts: Music". The Independent. 2005-04-29. p. 33.
- ^ "Top 100". The Sun: p. 74. 2005-12-09.
External links
Music videos
- "The Hit Song", directed and hosted by Ruben Fleischer
- "We Know Something You Don't Know", directed and hosted by Ruben Fleischer
- "Vicious Battle Raps", directed and hosted by Ruben Fleischer
- "3 Feet Deep", directed and hosted by Keith Schofield
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