Destined Records

Matt Schwartz (; born 26 October 1971) is an Israeli-British record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, programmer, audio engineer, and DJ.

Early life

Schwartz was born in Israel and moved to London in the early 1990s. He attended Kingston University and began working at the Hit-House in Hammersmith in 1994, collaborating with artists such as Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Matt Jam, and Carl Brown. During this time, he also produced records with James F. Reynolds.

Career

From 1996 to 1998, Schwartz worked at BeatFarm Studios, producing records for Massive Attack, Arthur Baker, Sara J, Tall Paul, and others. In 1998, Schwartz shifted focus to his career as an artist and producer. He founded Destined Records in 2000 for his own releases and co-founded Blackgold Recordings with Gil Goldberg and Muff Winwood.

In 2005, Schwartz performed at the Paris Techno Parade as The Drill. He subsequently has played many gigs under his 'The Drill Sound System' and 'DADA Sound System' and with his Deepest Blue Project. Schwartz has had music featured in films such as '' The Jackal'' and ''The Matrix'', and has released music under various aliases, including M'Black, DADA, The Drill, 4tune500, and Deepest Blue. From 2004 to 2007, his composition of Shooting Star was the theme tune for Sky Sports.

In 2009, Schwartz collaborated with Trevor Horn, Olly Murs, Lol Creme, and Robbie Williams. He reached No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Airplay chart in 2010 with M'Black and topped Dutch charts in 2011 with "Bang It All" as Dada & Mastiksoul featuring Akon. In 2012, he co-wrote Kylie Minogue's " Timebomb." His track "Crush" reached No. 1 on the US dance charts in 2013.

In 2014, Schwartz co-wrote and produced Madison Beer's "Unbreakable" and Cheryl Cole's "Only Human." He also contributed to Selah Sue's album ''Reason'' and worked with artists such as Union J, Ruen Brothers, Holychild, and Pitbull. In 2015, "Outlines" by Mike Mago featuring Dragonette reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. Schwartz also collaborated with All Tvvins on their debut album and NERVO on ''Collateral'', co-producing tracks including "The Other Boys" featuring Minogue, Jake Shears, and Nile Rodgers, as well as Avicii's "You're Gonna Love Again."

In 2016, Schwartz co-wrote and produced Selah Sue's "Fear Nothing," which won the North Vision Song Contest in Zurich. In 2018, he produced Yungblud's self-titled EP and Peking Duk's "Wasted." Schwartz co-produced Yungblud's ''The Underrated Youth'' EP in 2019, which entered the UK charts at No. 6, and also worked on the singles "Loner" and " 11 Minutes featuring Halsey and Travis Barker.

In 2020, Schwartz co-produced and co-wrote Yungblud's second album, ''Weird!'', which topped the UK charts. He produced and co-wrote "Patience" by KSI featuring Yungblud and Polo G in 2021, which reached No. 1 on the UK Big Top 40. In 2022, he worked on Yungblud's third album, including singles "Tissues" and "Don't Feel Like Feeling Sad Today."

Producer work

Number one records

Other singles / album tracks

Selected discography

* 1997 Remix 'King of my castle' – Wamdue project ''Eruption records'' UK charts No. 1
* 1998 Remix 'South of the border'- (Angels release) Robbie Williams 'EMI'
* 1998 Co-write 'Dissolved Girl' – Massive Attack (featured on The Matrix) ''Virgin records'' UK Charts No. 1 album (Mezzanine)
* 1999 Production, co-writer, Instruments – 'A bigger picture' – JTQ ''Gut Records''
* 2000 Artist 'Something about you' – TBC ''Echo records''
* 2001 Production, co-write 'Intuition' – Dj Encore ft. Engelina ''Universal'' Scandinavian chart topping act
* 2002 Artist with Jo Mills ''Dancing in the dark'' – 4Tune500 ''Blackgold recordings''
* 2002 Matt Schwartz Pres. Sholan – "Can You Feel (What I'm Going Through)"
* 2003 Nova – "All This Love" – ''Multiply Records''
* 2003 Artist With Grant Nelson ''Bodyswerve'' – M-Gee Ft. Mica Paris ''Swing City'' Club chart No. 1
* 2003 Deepest Blue – "Deepest Blue"
* 2004 Deepest Blue – "Give it Away"
* 2004 Deepest Blue – "Is It A Sin"
* 2004 Deepest Blue – "Shooting Star"
* 2004 Deepest Blue Album- 'Late September' – ''Open Records'', UK Charts No. 22 Silver Certificate
* 2004 Remix 'I Like It ''Free2Air Recordings'' UK Charts No. 10
* 2005 'The Drill' – "The Drill"
* 2005 'The Drill' – "One More Night"
* 2006 Matt Schwartz & MJ Cole 'Earthlift' – Matt Schwartz and Matt Cole
* 2007 Dada feat. Sandy Rivera & Trix – "Lollipop"
* 2007 Klark- 'Do Disco'
* 2008 Deepest blue-'Miracle'
* 2008 'Fall Down' – Nicol Destined Records Feat on ABC's show Army Wives
* 2008 'Piano Mano' – The Drill Ft. Firetruck and Antarctica – No 2 Buzz Charts, No 5 Cool Cuts No'1 Download charts
* 2008 'Dancing in the dark 08' – 4tune500 4' buzz no' 1 dj download charts
* 2008 Producer, co-write, Nicol 'how does it feel now'- ABC Drama Army Wives
* 2009 Remixer – Robbie Williams – Bodies
* 2009 Dada, Obernik & Harris – "Stereo Flo"
* 2009 Co-Writer Lol Cream & Robbie Williams – A million more years
* 2010 Producer, co-Writer, Instruments, Mixing – Hyper Crush – 'Flip the Switch' and 'Keep Up' (Mixing, additional instruments co-production)
* 2010 Olly Murs – A million More years
* 2010 M'Black – Heartbreak ''Destined Records/Robbins Ent.'', No. 1 Billboard Hot Dance Airplay, No. 2 Airplay (Internet radio), No. 9 Radio airplay (Dance)
* 2011 Dada & Mastiksoul Ft. Akon – 'Bang It All'
* 2011 Dada & Rui Da Silva ft One – Crazy Love (Destined Records)
* 2012 Dada & Mastiksoul – Forever ft. Nani (Manchester United) No. 1 iTunes Portugal
* 2012 Clement Marfo–Mayhem & Champion (Warner) No. 38 UK
* 2012 Kylie Minogue-" Timebomb" (EMI) No. 1 in 10 countries including US & UK iTunes (inc video downloads) top 10 in 23 countries
* 2012 Dada-Metals
* 2012 M'Black – Crush
* 2015 Dada, Paul Harris and Dragonette-Red Heart Black pinning/Source

References

External links

* http://www.destined-records.com
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* @mblackuk

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartz, Matt
1971 births
Living people
Israeli emigrants to the United Kingdom
British record producers
British audio engineers
British male songwriters
Club DJs
British dance musicians
DJs from London
Musicians from Haifa
Mixing engineers
Jewish British musicians