So to say thank you for everyone who’s been listening for the last 100,000 plays I’m uploading a truly epic ‘lost’ track, GusGus ‘David (King Unique Remix)’ from 2003. The story behind why it didn’t come out is probably best forgotten, but the dispute had absolutely nothing to do with GusGus themselves. Don’t want to start any rumours ;)

As Soundcloud is particularly about letting you hear exclusive & unreleased stuff I’m uploading three versions – the final one and a couple of earlier work-in-progress versions. We couldn’t decide on the best drop so we made two; then we still couldn’t decide so we ended up mixing them together – anyway, for those who are interested here are both the work-in-progress versions, exactly as we bounced them off at the end of the studio day 8 years ago.

Obviously it sounds rather dated now, long after electro-house & glitchy techno have made all these sounds very common so enjoy it as a little slice of history :)

P.S. I would love to offer this as a free download but as a remix the song rights still belong with GusGus - so maybe go & nag them? :)

GusGus "David (King Unique Remix)" -(KU Archive 2003)-

i've done something special for this mix, two hours of King Unique tracks & remixes picked out from fourteen years & ninety releases. i've had a lot of fun pulling out old boxes of vinyl, DAT tapes & CD backups, (not to mention encountering some dodgy old press shots along the way) & even found a couple of unreleased gems from ten years back - original dubs of 'Sugarhigh' & Underworld's 'Two Months Off' anybody?

i've tried to include a little of everything, from early house days on Defected to dark tribal on Junior Boys Own & the melodic techno of Bedrock - plus the remixes for pretty much every major & indie label under the sun. it would've taken four or five hours just to include everyone's favourites in a 'definitive' mix so this is simply how KU looked to me in one week of looking back in 2013. if i missed out your essential KU i'll maybe do this again one day; & of course there's still all those bootlegs lying around doing nothing...

it goes without saying that this mix is as much about my original partner in KU Matthew Roberts as it is about me. we sat in the studio together 5 days a week 8 or 9 hours a day between 1999 & 2006 making this stuff - then scurried home to see our families briefly before heading off to the airport or motorway for the weekend. 

thanks matthew - thanks families x

extra big thank you to the folks at friskyRadio for airing this mix over the last month - here it is finally for you diehard soundclouders - & as a special thank you for waiting so long it's a 320 download 

King Unique Broadcast 28

I joined the lovely Henry Saiz for his debut 'Labyrinth Live' show at The Gallery Club, Ministry Of Sound, London just over a week ago. Amazing gig with a fantastic crowd - so glad we recorded it :)

NT89 “to Love” white/unreleased

Eliphino “I Don't Care” Hypercolour

Lake People “Point In Time”  Krakatau Records

Emma Louise “Boy (Talul Remix)” Ego

Tom Budden & Forrest “Some Kind Of Friend” Alive Recordings

Dominik Eulberg & Gabriel Ananda “Friend Of All That Lives” Traum

Pedram “Nina” Born Electric

Lancelot “Givin’ It Up” Anjunadeep

Moya “Making Me Fall (Kolombo Club Remix)” Hedonism Music

Alexander Solberg, Naomi Gonza “My G Swing” NastyFunk Records

Tone Fiction “Most of Us (Nikitin Remix)” LouLou Records

Skream “Rollercoaster (King Unique Crsdvsion Bootleg)” white/unreleased

Hot Natured “Reverse Skydiving (feat. Anabel Englund) (Shadow Child Remix)” FFRR

Gorgon City “Ready For Your Love ft. MNEK (Dub Mix)” Black Butter

Tom Budden “Flying Feather” Get Physical

George Fitzgerald “I Can Tell (By The Way You Move)” Domino

Shadow Child ft. Tymer “23 (Zinc Remix)” Food

Anushka vs Carl Bee “Constantly Maze'd (King Unique Bootleg)” white/unreleased

Henry Saiz “Rave Flute (King Unique Remix)” Natura Sonoris

Jamie Stevens “The Wonder Of You (King Unique Remix)” microCastle

Layo & Bushwacka vs. Shit Robot “Fatale Feeling (King Unique Bootleg)” white/unreleased


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King Unique Live @ Ministry Of Sound 21.02.14

Here it is - KU Broadcast 29 as heard on John Digweed's 'Transitions' - a bit housey, a bit bassy, a bit garagey, a bit techy, a bit proggy - a bit fucking good in fact.

Blossomer  - To The Sea (Pedram Remix)
Corbu – We Are Sound (Doorly Remix)
Booka Shade -  Crossing Borders (feat Fritz Kalkbrenner - Booka Dub Mix)
Facundo Mohr - Twisted (Inxec Remix)
Emma Louise - Boy (Talul Remix)
CHVRCHES - Recover (SoulCircuit Remix)
Mark Henning - Soul Catcher (Original Mix)
King Unique – Raydrop ( 7 hours feat. Natalie Arnold)
Alex Parkin – Zed (King Unique Beat Edit)
Henry Saiz  – Rave Flute (King Unique Remix)
Jamie Stevens – Tribe Of The Disco Kings (King Unique Remix)
Marc Marzenit – Mystery Ocean (Original Mix)
King Unique – Westway (Original Mix)
King Unique – Yohkoh 2014 (King Unique ‘7 Years On Remix’)

First aired on the 21st March 2014 on Transitions. Sleeve art by that Two Cute Dogs geezer as always - thanks Charlie!

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King Unique Broadcast 29 - Transitions 499 Guest Mix

hardcore meets nu-garage meets prog meets tech meets - oh fuck this it's 'big' ok? beatport - get a new genre

Kastis Torrau feat. Amber Long "Menace (King Unique Remix)" Lo Qual Preview

King Unique "2000000 Suns"

This is another side to the KU sound, a collaboration with my erstwhile KU partner Matthew Roberts & balearic shoegazers Packard Ghost, whose members include Rupert Lyddon of Grand National fame. It's going to be released on Bedrock's "Underground Sound of Ibiza" album next month as both the intro & the closing track of the poolside chill-out disc 1.

Quite a beautiful tune this, very happy to be getting it out into the world.

Pre-order from Bedrock

King Unique "Brakes (feat. Packard Ghost)" Lo Qual Preview

Defected In The House Radio Show Episode 040 (hosted by Sonny Fodera)

Love Is What You Need (Look Ahead) [Dr Packer Remix] [Mixed]

John Digweed &amp; Nick Muir "Bilder (King Unique Rebild)" - out now on Bedrock
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John Digweed & Nick Muir "Bilder (King Unique Rebild)"

on beatport now - thank you for all the support, kind messages & demands to buy this privately before the release date ;)

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Guy J "Candyland (King Unique Remix)"

King Unique Broadcast 15, aired on Transitions 26.02.10

  Antix & Embark “Lost & Found” Iboga

  Marascia & Alessio Mereu “Lado (Alessio Mereu Edit)” Parquet

  Andre Sobota “Magma” Lo Kik
     featuring sirens from -
     Donnacha Costello “Ten Thousand Hours” Look Long

  Egbert “Geizer” Cocoon
     featuring beats from -
     Donnacha Costello “Ten Thousand Hours” Look Long

  Henry Saiz “They Came From The Light (Into The Bliss 2010 Version)” Natura Sonoris

  Triangle “Five / We've Found It. Feat Mark Ridout” Flow Vinyl

  Peter Horrevorts “Bloody Hands (Marc Marzenit Monster Remix)” GEM

  Psychonauts “Take Control (Psycatron Remix)” International Deejay Gigolo

  Christian Smith “Beluga (Secret Cinema Remix)” Tronic

  King Unique “Feniksas (Fergie Remix)” Bedrock

  King Unique “2000000 Suns” Bedrock

  The xx vs. Alan Fitzpatrick & Reset Robot “Silicone Shelter (King Unique Bootie)” CDR

  Holy Ghost! “OnBoard” DFA/XL

  Jerry Fuchs “Part Of The Weekend Never Dies (Out-take Interview)” YouTube

King Unique Broadcast 15 - Transitions 26.02.10

Out Now on Beatport - 
https://pro.beatport.com/release/judgement-day/1578465

Here is a landmark 100th release of Asymmetric Recordings. A huge milestone to reach for any label, so what better way to celebrate than with one of the label head honcho's at the helm accompanied by the igniting vocal performance by MZ SUNDAY LUV (Get Physical, Rebirth).

Remix duties see the ever reliable, and always exciting King Unique take control. This remix takes us in to deep and deadly territories, adding a filthy distorted bass, a cascade of trippy fx and superb use of the vocal to create a serious rework. This gem straddles many a musical genre and is no doubt going to do some serious damage over the summer and beyond.

Support on the release from Sasha, Joris Voorn, Danny Tenaglia, James Teej, Raxon, Marc Marzenit, Guy Mantzur & more

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Lonya & Mz Sunday Luv - Judgement Day (King Unique Remix) OUT NOW

second of two official remixes i've just completed for the new UNKLE Sounds live project, this one featuring vocals by radiohead's thom yorke

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UNKLE feat. Thom Yorke "Rabbit In Your Headlights (King Unique Remix)" Lo Qual Preview

for the first time here's the full 2 & 1/2 hour recording from my set at majefa back in january of this year. includes the 'hair / beard malfunction' speech i made after technical problems in the booth delayed henry's set on the night. just thought i'd explain for anyone who wasn't there - in reality both my hair and saiz's beard were, of course, immaculate as always.

enjoy

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King Unique @ Manchester, Majefa 31 01 15 - Full Set DOWNLOAD

"2000000 Suns (John Digweed & Nick Muir Remix)"

King Unique "2000000 Suns (John Digweed & Nick Muir Remix)"

Passed this edit to David from Soulwax the minute it was finished; they put it straight onto their Radio 1 Essential Mix, (aka "50,000,000 Soulwax Fans Can't Be Wrong"). A bunch of labels got very excited & tried to clear it for release but no love from Phil Oakey. Original tracks are Martini Bros. "Big & Dirty" and League Unlimited Orchestra "Things That Dreams Are Made Of".

"Big Dirty Dreams (King Unique Bootleg)" Human League vs. Martini Bros.

Henry Saiz & Marc Marzenit "Radiance (King Unique Remix)" - out now on Natura Sonoris

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Henry Saiz & Marc Marzenit "Radiance (King Unique Remix)"

rubber band bass, time travel seventies synths and emo vocals - 2016 vibes for you & the rave-nerd / nerdette in your life

forthcoming single from Flaunt's 'Rave Noir' album, check back for release date news

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Flaunt "Rave On (King Unique Remix)"

King Unique Broadcast 30 - it's here, it's now, it's a musical selfie-brick. download it and throw it through the windows of your mind.

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King Unique Broadcast 30 -> FREE DOWNLOAD <-

"Silicone Shelter (King Unique Bootleg)" The xx vs. Alan Fitzpatrick & Reset Robot.

"Silicone Shelter (King Unique Bootleg)" The xx vs. Alan Fitzpatrick & Reset Robot - FREE DOWNLOAD

King Unique Broadcast 21, first aired 06.11.11 on Austral Mixing
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AFFKT feat. Sutja Gutierrez ‘Nuvol’ Sincopat
Aquarius Heaven ‘Universe’ Circus Company
Mickey Moonlight ‘This Son feat. Fimber Bravo (Original Mix)’ Ed Banger Records
Marco Effe ‘For Me’ Break New Soil
Michael Deep ‘Want 2’ Darkstar Records
Nick Warren ‘Rumbletump (Monaque Remix)’ Sudbeat
Francys ‘Crossing The White Line (Original Mix)’ Highway Records
Psycatron & Detroit Grand Pubahs ‘NvrSayNvr (SMD Remix)’ Delicacies
Oliver Huntemann ‘Rotten’ Ideal Audio
Max Cooper ‘Miocene’ Herzblut
Luke Chable ‘Substrate’ CD-R
Spooky ‘Polymorph (Psycatron Remix)’ microCastle
Guy J & Henry Saiz ‘Meridian’ Bedrock
Breccia & Ian O'Donovan ‘Nebula (Spada Remix)’ Espai
Blawan ‘What You Do With What You Have’ R&S Records


King Unique Broadcast 21

FREE DOWNLOAD - Cheeky little bootleg of Dirty came my way from The Background - passing it on to you. Deep dark techno flavours - Enjoy x

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King Unique - Dirty (The Background Bootleg)

King Unique Broadcast 22
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Charlie Chaplin 'The Great Dictator' Charles Chaplin Film Holdings
Petrels 'Concrete' Denovali Records
Dominik Eulberg 'Der Tanz Der Gluehwuermchen (Kollektiv Turmstrasse ‘Dirt Glow’ Remix) Traum
Heiko Laux &amp; Teo Schulte 'Polyrhythm' Rejected
Maurice Aymard 'El Sexto' MBF Ltd
Maetrik 'Revenge Of Jack' Truesoul
Roland M Dill 'The Return of Maryam Alma' Punch Music
Electric Rescue 'Dope' Bedrock
Luke Abbott 'Brazil Slow' Border Community
Darin Epsilon &amp; Tom Sela 'Metamorph (Luis Junior Remix)' Mesmeric
Marc Romboy Vs Rodriguez Jr 'Picnic Electronique (Deetron Remix)' Systematic
Cid Inc 'Crossfire' Tenampa Recordings
Caytas &amp; Patz 'Are You Afraid (Joel Mull Dub Edit)' Truesoul
Avus 'Staring Into One Eye (Wesley Matsell Remix)' Shabu Recordings
Marco Bailey 'Lotus' Bedrock
Petrels 'Concrete' Denovali Records

King Unique Broadcast 22

Off the back of the first Mainframe single I was asked by Junior to remix Pete Heller's Stylus Trouble "Sputnik", already a colossal record so it was a touch on the intimidating side if I'm honest. Don't remember much about doing it except it was the first time I used my top secret plug-in on a track. I'd been thinking it would be groovy to have an effect that chopped up sound in the same way that a spun coin sounds as it starts to slow down and falls on the table - a sudden rush of shorter and shorter repeats that get incredibly fast then stop. I took a bit of a blaggers chance and mentioned this to one of the coders at Cycling 74 and he quickly wrote me a very simple dirty plug-in that did just that job. It was hammered on a lot of KU afterwards but it got its first outing in the drop of the "Sputnik (Mainframe Dub)". I also remember Matthew going to see Sasha at Cream and coming back to tell me that a) Sasha had played the dub and b) the place had gone fucking nuts. Exciting stuff :)


Stylus Trouble "Sputnik (Mainframe Mix)" -(KU Archive 2001)-

King Unique Broadcast 23
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First aired on friskyRadio on 30.06.12
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Rudimental 'Feel The Love (Scuba Remix)' Black Butter
Vangelis 'Interview' Al Jazeera
Vaal 'Eer' Baastard
Hanne &amp; Lore 'Samba Oleg (Tube &amp; Berger Remix)' MBF
David Durango 'South Gate' Espai Music
Yariv Bernstein &amp; Nir Shoshani 'Safe &amp; Sound' Punch Music
Tapesh &amp; Maximiljan 'Clown (Alex Tepper Remix)' Suara
Luke Chable 'Something (King Unique Remix)' Mesmeric
Steve Slight 'Shaolin (SQL's Acid Sauce Remix)' GEM Records
Steve Ward 'Splash Of Green' GEM Records
MGMX 'Supernova' Espai Music
Breccia &amp; Ian O'Donovan 'Frentzen' Espai Music
Andre Sobota 'Time (King Unique Stopped Watch Remix)' microCastle
Marco Bailey &amp; Redhead 'Firestone' MB Elektronics
Olafur Arnalds &amp; Nils Frahm 'a2 (Max Cooper Remix)' Erased Tapes

King Unique Broadcast 23

Bit of a 'lost' remix I made 17 years ago for Frou Frou (Imogen Heap & Guy Sigsworth). I was lucky enough to be asked (as my 'Watkins' alias) to remix three or four tracks from the 'Details' album and this one ended up as a special bonus track on a collectable 'enhanced CD'. Rare as hen's teeth, so enjoy it here - deep, soft and melodic.

KU is 20 years old this year so I've been posting old pics, videos and stories over at KU fbook and insta - get yourself on there if you want to enjoy all the nostalgias - Matt

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Frou Frou 'Dumbing Down Of Love (Watkins Reno Vocal)'

take your mind back to july 2001; dark tribal prog rules britain's superclubs & britain's sound rules the world. berlin is not yet officially cool, cigarettes are smoked on dancefloors, dance music slower than 125 bpm is punishable by death & deadmau5 has not yet been born; it is a time of great joy.

the scene is a room full of samplers, synthesizers & class c narcotics - it is chong's palace studio (mark II), lair of king unique & sweating over a remix are two young men called matthew.

ring ring!... ring ring!...ring r-

KU: "hello?"

BBC: "hello it's the bbc here, can i speak to someone from king unique please"

KU: "oh, right - um hello"

BBC: "right - you know how we asked if you'd do a king unique essential mix in the autumn for us?"

KU: "err, yes"

BBC: "well, would you like to do it a bit sooner than we discussed? quite a lot sooner in fact?"

KU: "um... maybe?"

BBC: "great! the thing is (NAME REMOVED AT BBC LAWYER'S INSISTENCE) promised us a mix months ago & they've just told us it won't be ready after all. so you'd be doing us a huge favour if you stepped in"

KU: "right. just out of interest did ali & sharam say why they couldn't do it?"

BBC: "i couldn't possibly comment"

KU: "i see. well, we are insanely busy but we'd obviously like to help.... how soon were you thinking? this month or next?"

BBC: "oh definitely this month. in fact, um, more like, you know, er, this week actually"

KU: "this week!!!!????"

BBC: "...................... yes. by friday night in fact."

KU: "& you're aware that today is wednesday????!!"

BBC: "............................................ yes."

KU: "!"

so there you have it, the behind the scenes story of how we came to turn round our first essential mix in under 72 hours from a standing start, armed only with a mountain of vinyl, several samplers & a huge computer struggling to run 4 channels of pro-tools with less than half the power of a current iphone. this is King Unique Broadcast 0 if you like, the first time we hit the airwaves & not a bad way to start :)

to add to the nostalgia i've included the handy cassette case with tracklisting that Mixmag used to print each month for all the home-tapers out there - if you'd told us about Soundcloud back then we'd have burnt you as a witch.

enjoy the flashback ;)

Essential Mix 15/07/2001 - King Unique

UNKLE "Heavy Drug (King Unique Remix)"

did you miss me?

king unique returns - with a new identity and a new sound

meet ray :)

available now on beatport - 

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Pedro Aguiar "I Don't Want It (Ray Unico Remix)" Lo Qual Preview

King Unique Broadcast 25 and it's a double helping with King Unique & Ray Unico going back-to-back for two hours, slipping and sliding from 80s flavoured deepness & 90s flavoured house to the latest twitchy tech-house & big room techno.

fantastic tunes throughout & another fantastic sleeve from Two Cute Dogs

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James Teej ‘A Civil Duty’ Last Night On Earth

Jose M. & TacoMan ‘Kick This’ Trapez Ltd

Stacey Pullen ‘Any Which Way (Martin Buttrich Red Remix)’ Black Flag Recordings

Park Hill ‘Beres’ Alive Recordings

Closer ‘What Have You Done To Us’ CLSR

Pedro Aguiar ‘I Don't Want It (KU 'Ray Unico' Remix)’ Flow Vinyl

James Teej ‘Right At Home’ Last Night On Earth

Dusky ‘What I Never Knew’ Aus Music

Walker & Royce ‘A Perfect Sound (feat. Louisahhh!!!)’ Moda Black

Hauswerks ‘Drums & Bass’ Moda Black

Beroshima & Frank Muller & Ulrich Schnauss ‘Horizon (Tigerskin Remix)’ Tulipa Recordings

Will Monotone ‘Reality’ Weplayminimal

Justin Jay ‘Static’ dirtybird

Samu.l 'Restless Dreams' Selador Recordings

Dave Seaman & Andy Chatterley 'Toxic Picnic' Smiley Fingers

Medlar ‘Knockard Pearl (Detroit Swindle Mix)’ Wolf Music Recordings

Miss Kittin ‘Come Into My House (Mock & Toof Remix)’ wSphere

The Chosen Two ‘Mean & Evil’ Powder & Louder

George FitzGerald ‘Thinking Of You’ Hotflush

Bicep ‘Rise’ Aus Music

Han Haak ‘Jezebels Milk’ Selador Recordings

David Glass ‘It's All Good (Kydus Remix)’ Under No Illusion

Spektre ‘Erase The Tapes (Jon Rundell Remix)’ Respekt Recordings

James Holden ‘Gone Feral (Synth Tool)’ Border Community

Dave Angel ‘Harlequin’ Bedrock Records

Electric Rescue ‘The Rave Child’ Bedrock Records

Beroshima & Frank Muller & Ulrich Schnauss ‘Schoenbrunn (Kirk Degiorgio Remix)’ Tulipa Recordings

Sigur Ros 'Saeglopur (Paolo Mojo Remix)' CDR

Alan Watts ‘Out Of Your Mind’ vs. Goldmund ‘Threnody’ TragedyandHope

NT89 ‘Entrust’ Bad Life

King Unique Broadcast 25

King Unique EP

Hell (Funk Force Baked Mix)

Love Is What You Need

Love Is What You Need (Look Ahead) (Knee Deep Classic club mix )

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King Unique is Matt Thomas, an all round studio junkie and dj with a taste for tripped-out cosmic techno and rough-edged underground house; in a career spanning nearly a decade KU’s distinctive sound has won an enviable global following. A ceaseless schedule of dj sets and festival gigs backed up by relentless studio sessions resulting in scores of records, remixes and radio broadcasts has made the KU sound an instantly recognizable part of the music-life of millions of the world’s clubbers - and a fixture in the vinyl crates, cd wallets and laptops of the world’s most influential djs. Consistently appealing across genres the tracks have been played by everyone from John Digweed to Soulwax, Richie Hawtin to Tiesto, and have turned up everywhere from Hollywood soundtracks to mobile ringtones - not to mention countless compilations and mix albums.  

Formed in 2001 by Matt Thomas & Matthew Roberts, King Unique hit the floor running, claiming the title of Undisputed Remix Champs by scoring five Essential New Tunes in five months on Pete Tong's "Essential Selection" Radio 1 show. A US Billboard Dance Chart number 1 for the remix of Dirty Vegas’ “Walk Into The Sun”, plus two more solo Essential New Tunes for Matt under his Watkins and Mainframe alter-egos saw KU firmly cement their place amongst the ranks of first-call remixers. The King Unique production touch has been in constant demand since, appearing on more than sixty remixes and yielding some of the biggest dance floor bombs known to man - Underworld's "Two Months Off", The Killers "Somebody Told Me", Planet Funk’s “The Switch”, John Dahlback's "Late Night Worries", and Tracey Thorn’s "Grand Canyon". 

2006 saw the end of the original duo’s studio partnership, as Matt Thomas took on the King Unique role as a solo artist. The four years since have seen the KU sound rise to new heights with a mixture of euphoric acidic melodies, dark brooding techno vibes and old skool beats. This new 'cosmic techno' has found it's home on John Digweed's Bedrock label with the release of "2000000 Suns" and the KU / Anthony Pappa collaboration “Vamoosh”. Backing up the new material have been remixes of John Digweed’s “Bilder”, Hernan Cattaneo’s “Teleport”, Fergie’s “PCP” and an on-going association with James Lavelle’s UNKLE project that has so far resulted in five stunning re-workings; “Heaven”, "Heavy Drug", “The Answer”, “Reign feat. Ian Brown” & “Rabbit In Your Headlights feat. Thom Yorke” - all adding up to reaffirm Matt's status as one of the most versatile and consistent producers of the last ten years.

The renowned King Unique dj set has made KU a regular addition to the line up of some of the world's most respected clubs and biggest festivals, playing everywhere from ultra-hip blacked-out sweat boxes in Tokyo to euphoric crowds of thousands on the tropical beaches of Madeira. An increasingly hectic international schedule has seen Matt racking up enough air-miles for a free trip to the moon, with gigs in Sydney, Panama, Budapest, Seoul, Helsinki, Mexico City, Dubai, Rosario, Bogota, Kazantip, Vilnius - just to name a handful. Since the very first shows Matt has pushed at the cutting edge of the technology revolution that's swept through club culture, taking laptops, new gadgets and studio gear into the booth. 2010 saw the addition of the near mythic Monome controller to the sonic armoury - part track-mangling Ableton controller and part psychedelic light show, lovingly hand built by techno-hippies in the Catskill Mountains. 

Matt + Mac + Monome = Beats + Bleeps = KU Live 

See you by the speakers ;)

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