Matt Gresham (born 30 July 1981) better known by his stage name Logistics, is an English

drum and bass Drum and bass (also written as drum & bass or drum'n'bass and commonly abbreviated as D&B, DnB, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-ba ...

music producer and DJ from

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, England.Interview on planetdnb.com by Ben Gomori, 13 June 2007
(Retrieved June 2007) He is signed to

Hospital Records Hospital Records is a British independent record label based in South London. Primarily releasing drum and bass, the label was started in 1996 by Tony Colman (London Elektricity) and Chris Goss, and has grown in recent years to become one of t ...

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(Retrieved June 2007) and has released eight albums.

Biography

Gresham grew up listening mainly to guitar based music such as

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, and

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. He took no interest in drum and bass, unlike his brother at the time, until he was introduced to the "Music Box" LP released by Full Cycle Records, which appealed to him as he described it ''"like downtempo tunes with double time beats"''. He creates his music using the Ableton sequencer. His music style tends to be towards the more soul-influenced styles of drum and bass but is also targeted at a club audience rather than a home audience, which is described as such by Hospital Records as "''bridging the gap between a lacklustre subgenre, liquid funk, and more exciting, dancefloor orientated drum and bass''".Artist biography on Hospital Records' website
(Retrieved June 2007) His two brothers—Dan Gresham (known as Nu:Tone) and Nick Gresham (known as Other Echoes and, formerly, Bastille)—are also producers signed to Hospital Records. Matt has also collaborated with Dan under the name Nu:Logic. The first release Gresham was involved in was a collaborative work as Nu:Logic, on Tangent Recordings in 2003. He then went on to release his first work under the name Logistics, ''"Come To You / Music"'', on Nu:Tone's own label, Brand.nu, which led to his signing to

. At the time, Gresham was taking a degree in

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, but he left to pursue a professional career in music production, after achieving success in the drum and bass scene. After leaving college, he released tracks such as "Together" and "Spacejam" (from the ''Spacejam EP'') and "The Trip" (from ''Weapons of Mass Creation 2'') which attracted the attention of

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and

Andy C Andrew John Clarke (born 7 April 1976) is a British DJ and record producer and is co-founder of RAM Records, a pioneering label in the drum and bass genre. Music career Early years Andy C was a DJ in his own right but gained a strong reputa ...

. His 2006 album ''"Now More Than Ever"'', won

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's 2007

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award.

London Elektricity Tony Colman (born 28 April 1961), better known by his stage name London Elektricity, is an English electronic musician and the co-founder and CEO of Hospital Records. History The first incarnation of London Elektricity was the duo Tony Colman a ...

's Tony Colman, the label manager of Hospital Records, described the album in an interview as (at the time) "the most eagerly anticipated debut album ever to be released on Hospital." He released his eighth studio album, ''Electric Sun'', on 25 March 2016. On 30 March 2018, the album ''Hologram'' was released; the single "Lotus Flower" off this album was released in late 2017.

Discography

Studio albums Singles and EPs Remixes

References

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