Matrix (artist)
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Jamie Quinn, better known as Matrix, is a London based drum and bass
producer and DJ.
He started his musical career as one half of drum and bass duo Turbosound, who signed to DJ SS
's F Project Records label, an offshoot of Formation Records
.
Later, Jamie began to release solo work as Matrix on various other Drum and Bass labels, beginning around 1994. Since then he has DJ'd worldwide and produced many records, including several for his own label, Metro Recordings. He has also remixed records for the likes of Justin Timberlake
, Annie Lennox
and Robbie Williams
.
Further musical partnerships have seen him make a foray into the world of house music as one half of Goldtrix
, who had a UK top ten hit with the single "Trippin'".
His brother, Matt, is also famous on the drum and bass scene as Optical
. Jamie's debut LP as Matrix, "Sleepwalk", was released on his brother's label Virus Recordings in 2000.
More recently, Jamie has collaborated with Liverpool based producer, Brendan Collins under the name Matrix & Futurebound resulting in the "Universal Truth" album, released in the summer of 2007.
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
producer and DJ.
He started his musical career as one half of drum and bass duo Turbosound, who signed to DJ SS
DJ SS
DJ SS is an English drum and bass DJ and record producer. SS is short for Scratchenstein, which is a name he used when he was a hip hop scratch DJ, and a part of the hip hop act, The Formation Five, whose name inspired the name of his record label...
's F Project Records label, an offshoot of Formation Records
Formation Records
Formation Records is a Leicester-based drum and bass label that was founded in 1989 by DJ SS and his partner Eidris. The label came to prominence from 1992 onwards releasing countless classics of darkside hardcore/jungle over the next couple of years...
.
Later, Jamie began to release solo work as Matrix on various other Drum and Bass labels, beginning around 1994. Since then he has DJ'd worldwide and produced many records, including several for his own label, Metro Recordings. He has also remixed records for the likes of Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
, Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...
and Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
.
Further musical partnerships have seen him make a foray into the world of house music as one half of Goldtrix
Goldtrix
Goldtrix is a British house music duo from London, England, consisting of producers Daniel Goldstein and Matrix. Goldtrix is a play on the artists names: Goldstein + Matrix....
, who had a UK top ten hit with the single "Trippin'".
His brother, Matt, is also famous on the drum and bass scene as Optical
Optical (artist)
Matt Quinn, better known as Optical, is a drum and bass producer and DJ from England.He is best known for his work with Ed Rush, fellow head of the Virus Recordings label, and as a pioneer of the techstep and neurofunk sound...
. Jamie's debut LP as Matrix, "Sleepwalk", was released on his brother's label Virus Recordings in 2000.
More recently, Jamie has collaborated with Liverpool based producer, Brendan Collins under the name Matrix & Futurebound resulting in the "Universal Truth" album, released in the summer of 2007.