Mats Ronander (born 27 December 1986), better known by his

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Funkin Matt, is a

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record producer, remixer and DJ. Ronander is best known for his remix of Mariah Carey's "

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", with fellow producer

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, which reached #1 on

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Dance Club Chart in

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Career

In 2007 Ronander released his first EP "Shake It Don't Break It" on Sidney Samson's label Samsobeats. In 2012 Funkin Matt came in touch with

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boss

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and went on to releasing "I Wish" on the

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based label. This caught the attention of Tiesto which reached out to Ronander, prompting him to later release the "Alive" EP on Tiesto's

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. Later in 2012, Ronander started working with US label

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, run by

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. He went on to release "Rapture" and "MAD" on the same label, the latter of which was featured in

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s video game " The Crew". He also did guest mixes for both Diplo and Tiesto on their respective

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radio shows. In 2017 he signed tracks to Spinnin' Records, and released the tracks "Phoenix" on

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and "Aurora" on Oliver Heldens' sub label Heldeep Records.

Discography

Singles and extended plays

Remixes

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1986 births Norwegian dance musicians Norwegian DJs Norwegian record producers Living people Musicians from Tønsberg Remixers Future house musicians Dim Mak Records artists Electronic dance music DJs