Bronx-born, Freddy Bastone is known for his plethora of styles as a music producer and DJ. Over the course of his career, he has recorded countless Platinum records with the most influential artists in the music business.



He started his professional DJ career in NYC as a teenager in the 80s at the world-famous Danceteria (Rudolf Piper and John Argento), Studio 54, the Palladium (Steve Rubell and Ian Straeger) the Underground (John Contini), and Torries where his versatile style earned him a loyal following and the attention of renowned record labels and producers who hired him as an influencer with dance music ears in the clubs, studios and in the editing room.The mid to late 80s was a very busy time for Bastone, playing live shows for Hot 103 FM from The legendary Palladium & Studio 54 on Friday and Saturday nights. The recognition from his work on hot mixes for radio and relationships developed with his mentors John Luongo, Mark Kamins, Arthur Baker, Larry Levan and others led Bastone to create studio remixes for artists such as Carolyn Harding, The Communards, The Style Council, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Blaze, The Temptations, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Samantha Fox, George Michael, Taffy, Secession, Dread Flinstone, Queen, Freddie Mercury, Konk, Brilliant, Jackson 5, Billie Idol, Yes, Loleatta Holoway, Sky, Rod Stewart, When in Rome, Nu Shooz, The Voice in Fashion, Raww, Lonnie Gordon, Boy George, Malcolm Mclaren, Judas Priest, Savage Garden, Full House, Safire, Mitsou, Was not Was, and Danny Extravaganza which was the first vogue track to hit the clubsBastone also worked as an A and R rep for both Profile Records (Corey Robins) and Emergency Records (Sergio Cossa and Curtis Urbina), where he developed artists Paul Hardcastle, Blaze, Taffy, Raww and started his own label, Metropolis Records, under the Emergency umbrellaWith mgmt. company Promotion (Brad LeBeau), Bastone went from remixing to producing. Freddy Bastone (alias The Corporation of One), “The Real Life” was a #1 track in the UK which led to a record deal with Fiction Records (Chris Parry) and a publishing deal with MCA. Bastone’s new Dance music is released under the name Bastone & Henry.



Bastone introduced the band Nu Shooz “I Can’t Wait” to Atlantic Records which quickly went to #1. Epic 

Records President Don Greason hired Bastone to bring new acts to his lineup of talent, delivering their first house music group “Full House” and #1 pop sensation Will to PowerKeeping to the streets, Bastone Produced Latin rapper/singer Pablo Toto for Tuff City who became a cult 

artist with his hit “Dame Chocha”. At this point in his career, Bastone was DJing at the newest and hottest clubs in the world such as Marz (Rudolf and Yuki Watanabe), The Underground (John Contini), 4D, and Merlins in NYCBastone toured the world performing in countries in the UK (Heaven, The Whiskey & The Hacienda), Japan (Genesis, Air Craft Carrier), and Taiwan (Taipei) amongst others.



The 2000s also saw Bastone collaborating with numerous producers including Jeffrey Burnstien (Bastone and Burns), Mark Henry, Tony Mangurian, Rockafella, and John Robie. They created remixes and 

productions for such artists as J. Lo, Missy Elliot, Jamirquai, Jewel, Res, Kevin Lyttle, S Club, Gioia, 

Cristina Aguilera, Rod Stewart, Nora Jones, Lil Kim, Yazmeen, Hall and Oates, Shakira, Titiyo, Laura Fabian, Justin Timberlake, Radio Head, Adele, Jessi J, Bastone & Berrios, Kim Cameron, Carlton Ford to name a few.



In recent times Freddy Bastone has been playing at San Bar, Zeppelin Hall and has a residence at Ethyl’s (Gerard Reny).

Godfather’, ‘Legend’, ‘International Hero’. All accolades attributed by loving fans Worldwide to the DJ, Producer and scene pioneer known as ‘Slipmatt’. For over three decades, this dubplate diamond has been changing the game, staying on the pulse and keeping ahead of the curve, packing dancefloors and selling out clubs long before it was cool and still does so to this very day.
  
Having produced a ton of successful singles and compiled a number of hit selling mix albums under his ‘Slipmatt’ alias for some of the World’s most respected record labels including United Dance and Ministry Of Sound, ‘Slipmatt’ is also one of the masterminds behind legendary production outfit SL2 (along with Lime and MC Jay), the visionaries responsible for the chart smashing anthems ‘On A Ragga Tip’ & ‘Way In My Brain’ among many others on the iconic label XL Recordings, home to legendary acts such as ‘The Prodigy’, ‘Basement Jaxx’; and ‘Adele’. 

‘On A Ragga Tip’ is presently enjoying a resurgence of popularity as it goes on the current Virgin Media TV ad as part of their Un-Limiting adverts which includes the new ‘On A Ragga Tip’ Un-Limiting Remix, which has equally proved as popular as ever with dancefloors around the globe and this year alone is scheduled  to collaborate in the studio with Shades Of Rhythm, Andy Galea of Sol Brothers, Alex P, Awesome 3, Alexis Raphael, Sooney and, his good friend DJ Lime with some brand new SL2 releases also in the pipeline.

This wayward don of dance has also played at every major dance event and venue worth knowing about over the years including Energy, Telepathy, Fantazia, Vision, Universe, World Dance, United Dance, Dreamscape, Helter Skelter, Slammin’ Vinyl, Rezurrection, Elevation, Moondance, Raindance, Peace Fest, Clockwork Orange and to top it all off had the great honour of playing directly after his good friends ‘The Prodigy’ to a packed O2 Arena of over 20, 000 people, bringing that particular night to an epic close, and ringing in the year 2014 with a tremendous bang.

‘Slipmatt’ also repeatedly continues to play across the globe in the USA, Asia, Australia, Europe and every corner of his native UK for a string of well recognised and well attended club promotions, festivals and events. He’s no stranger to a Festival or two either playing at leading big top gigs such as Glastonbury, Boomtown and We Are Festival and there has also been and continues to be multiple overseas visits to Ibiza where Slipmatt still to this day enjoys regular return trips to the White Isle’s most infamous hot spots to play such as Eden, Es Paradis and Benimussa Park (The Zoo) 

His media outreach is quite noteworthy also, having started RAW FM, been a resident on Kiss FM, a regular in M8 Magazine and Mixmag, featured in the illustrious DJ Magazine Top 100, he’s been on BBC television a number of times including the famous chart show ‘Top Of The Pops’, runs two of his own popular Radio shows and Podcasts ‘World Of Rave’ and ‘Slip’s House’ and additionally, has won a multitude of awards, including that of ‘Best DJ’ and ‘Best Producer’ awarded by some of the industries most respected bodies such as Kiss FM and EHM.

Not one to ever slow down or fall behind and always keeping himself fresh and relevant, this dancefloor don has been focusing lately on the biggest and best house beats, which has led him to an already extraordinarily busy 2020. Add to that his upcoming book “My Story (and How I Became a World Class DJ)”, which is set to be a smash hit amongst rave fanatics the World over later this year and with over a hundred gigs booked for 2020 already (mid-Feb), there are no signs of this crowd pleasing international artist slowing down any time soon. 

Godfather Of Rave and still keeping it fresh? Definitely.

by Jon Brown | 2020

...Obscure & Underground...

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