DJ Format
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| DJ Format | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Matt Ford |
| Origin | Southampton, United Kingdom |
| Genre(s) | Hip-hop |
| Occupation(s) | Disc jockey |
| Years active | 2003-present |
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]
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 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]
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Music For the Mature B-Boy (2003)
- If You Can't Join 'Em… Beat 'Em (2005)
[edit] Mixes
- A Right Earful Vol. 1 (2005)
- Fabric Live 27 (April 2006)
- European Vacation (2006)
- Fania DJ Series - DJ Format (June 2007)
[edit] 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)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Farrage, Richard. "Homegrown talent's a hit: DJ Format", Evening Chronicle, 2006-05-29, p. 21.
- ^ Pettie, Andrew. "Pop CDs of the week: Eliza Carthy, Mark Owen, DJ Format and M.I.A", The Daily Telegraph, 2005-04-16, p. 10. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- ^ a b Churchill, Tom. "This Format's far from stale", The Sun, 2008-02-22, p. 70.
- ^ Nanda, Sam. "DJ sticks to winning hip hop Format", Coventry Evening Telegraph, 2005-04-28, p. 58.
- ^ "The charts: Music", The Independent, 2005-04-29, p. 33.
- ^ "Top 100", The Sun, 2005-12-09, p. 74.
