Matt Hardwick (born 1974) is a

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music disc jockey and record producer from

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, England. He was a professional footballer for

Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot ...

, and went on to be resident DJ at the

Gatecrasher Gatecrasher is an international clubbing brand made famous by the "Gatecrasher" (later "Crasher") dance music events, which were held at the Republic nightclub in Sheffield, UK during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The promoters of the brand ...

nightclub from 1996 to 2004. Hardwick has been featured several times in the

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top 100 DJ list, and has performed for the

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Essential Mix The ''Essential Mix'' is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 0:00 and 2:00 a.m. UK time on Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, the ''Essential Mix'' features contemporary Disc jockey, DJs and m ...

Career

Hardwick started as a professional footballer, being named in the first team squad for

for the 1995-1995 season. Later in 2005 he stated that following moving from the amateur game to professional that "all the fun went out of the game for me". Hardwick started his disc jockey career in , performing for a pirate radio station in

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. He "talked his way" into become a DJ at the

nightclub, including playing the first record on the first night. Hardwick was resident at Gatecrasher for 8 years until leaving in 2004 to focus on his development as a DJ. As well as his live gigs in the UK, Hardwick has built an international reputation for his live performances, and has toured across the Americas, Europe and Asia. He has also played festivals such as

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, and

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. In 2002 Hardwick performed an

for the

Pete Tong Peter Michael Tong, (born 30 July 1960) is an English disc jockey who works for BBC Radio 1. He is the host of programmes such as '' Essential Mix'' and '' Essential Selection'' on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio s ...

show. This was considered a success and in 2005 he performed a further mix, which was shortlisted for the Essential Mix of the year award. Hardwick has been voted several times into the

poll as one of the world's top 100 DJs. He featured in the top 100 poll every year from 2004 to 2008, with his highest position at number 48 in 2007. Hardwick has released several dance music compilation mix albums, including ''Platipus 8'' which was released in 2002 to positive critical reception. His 2009 release, ''Gatecrasher’s Trance Anthems 1993-2009'', peaked at #1 in the UK official compilation chart. Hardwick also releases and produces his own music productions, including under the pseudonym the Prophets of Psych.

Discography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hardwick, Matt Living people Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players British electronic dance music DJs Musicians from Yorkshire 21st-century British musicians 1974 births British club DJs Anjunabeats artists