Matthew 'Matt' Rupert Lancaster Relton, known professionally as Kidnap, formerly known as Kidnap Kid, is an English electronic dance music

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

and DJ from

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. He was awarded iTunes US's 'Best Electronic Song of 2012' for his track "Vehl".(2012)
Kidnap Kid
, Stack House, 2012, retrieved 2013-07-15 Relton was educated at

Silverdale School Silverdale School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is the founding school of Chorus Education Trust (formerly Silverdale Multi-Academy Trust). It opened in 1957 ...

before completing a degree in politics and crime at the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

.Morejon, Ryan (2011)
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, 10 July 2011, retrieved 2013-07-15 Since early 2016, Relton has been releasing music through his own record label 'Birds That Fly'. In 2017, Relton was nominated at the

Electronic Music Awards The Electronic Music Awards is a music award show focused on electronic music genres that debuted on September 21, 2017 in Los Angeles. It was created by Paul Oakenfold and entertainment company Hunt & Crest and produced by Live L!ve Media. The sho ...

for Record of the Year for "ABA" with

Lane 8 Daniel Goldstein, better known by his stage name Lane 8, is an American musician, electronic music producer, and DJ. Currently residing in Denver, Colorado, he is signed to English deep house label Anjunadeep. Pete Tong named Lane 8 a "Future S ...

. He also performed at the 2017

show. In 2017, he changed his artist name from Kidnap Kid to Kidnap.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Grow'' (2019),

Armada Music Armada Music is a Dutch independent record label that specialises in releasing electronic dance music. The name Armada derives from the first two letters of the founders' first names: Armin van Buuren, Maykel Piron and David Lewis. Signed a ...

Extended plays

* ''The Great Confusion'' (2011), Squelch and Clap * ''The Apocalypse of John'' (2011), Squelch and Clap * ''Alphaville'' (2012), Black Butter Records * ''Moments'' (2016), Birds That Fly

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kidnap Kid 21st-century English musicians 1991 births Alumni of the University of Leeds Black Butter Records artists English dance musicians English electronic musicians English record producers Living people Musicians from Sheffield People educated at Silverdale School, Sheffield