Tom Mundell, better known as Metrik, is an English

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

producer from London. He has been releasing records since 2007 and currently is one of the top

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 ...

producers in the world, with 650,000 monthly listeners on

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as of spring 2022.

History

2010–12: Early career

In 2010, Metrik released his debut EP, ''The Departure EP'', on Viper Recordings, which included "T-1000" as well as collaborations with

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("The Arrival" / "Learn To Fly") and techno producers Christian Smith & John Selway ("The Departure"). In 2011 he released ''Between Worlds EP'' on Viper Recordings which included "T-2000" and "I See You" which featured vocals from house singer

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. In 2012 he released ''Flightwave EP'' as a free download. Later that year he released one of his one of his most iconic tracks, "Freefall", featuring the vocals of Australian singer Reija Lee.

2012–16: Universal Language

In November 2012, he signed exclusively 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 ...

. Soon after he was invited to do the prestigious

BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...

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 DJs and music producer ...

and appeared on the front cover of ''Computer Music Magazine'' with a Producer Masterclass. His 2014 single "Want My Love" (featuring

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) became his first charting single peaking at number 61 in the

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and no. 31 in the

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. His debut album, ''Universal Language'' was released on 29 September 2014, following the album's second single "Human Again" (featuring Jan Burton), peaking at no. 13 in the

. "Believe" was featured on Microsoft's ''

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'' and "Make the Floor Burn VIP" was featured in Season 4 Episode 1 of ''Luther''. His collaboration with

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“Legacy" was used as the lead track for Hospital Records's milestone "We Are 18" album. In 2015 Metrik collaborated with Belgian drum & bass artist Netsky on "Can’t Speak" (featuring Stealth) and remixed

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’s "The Appeal & The Mindsweep I".

2016–2018: LIFE/THRILLS

On 7 October 2016, Metrik released his second album ''LIFE/THRILLS'' with critical acclaim and hit number 4 in the

. The album amassed over 6 million streams on Spotify in its first year of release and spawned three singles. "Chasing Sunrise" (featuring

) became BBC Radio 1's "Track Of The Day", reached number 2 in Radio 1's Specialist Chart and playlisted for 6 weeks on Apple Music

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. "LIFE/THRILLS" (feat. NAMGAWD) featured on the

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TrackID Online advert and was licensed officially for the 2017 release of

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. "We Got It" (featuring Rothwell), the third and final single from LIFE/THRILLS was released in February 2017. The track reached over 2 million streams on Spotify and was awarded "Best Remix" at the Drum&BassArena Awards 2017. Other notable tracks "Cadence" and "Hi!" featured on Microsoft's

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and "Bring It Like That" featured on Wipeout Omega Collection. In December Metrik remixed "X-Ray" by

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which hit number 1 on the

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drum & bass chart. Metrik was interviewed by DJ Mag, UKF and The Sun. In January 2017, Metrik joined BBC Radio 1 as a resident DJ and embarked on an extensive tour across Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand with notable festival performances at

Reading & Leeds The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend. The Reading Festiv ...

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Bestival Bestival was a four-day music festival held in the south of England. It had been held annually in the late summer since 2004 at Robin Hill on the Isle of Wight. In 2017 the festival relocated to the Lulworth Estate in Dorset. The event was organ ...

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Las Vegas, Hospitality in the Park and others. His performance at Bestival alongside

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was broadcast live on BBC Radio 1. In May he performed at the

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Headquarters showcasing the official launch of WipeOut Omega. The livestream was viewed over 15 million times on streaming platform

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. The year birthed a new working relationship with

Dolby Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (often shortened to Dolby Labs and known simply as Dolby) is an American company specializing in audio noise reduction, audio encoding/compression, spatial audio, and HDR imaging. Dolby licenses its technologies to ...

as an ambassador for

Dolby Atmos Dolby Atmos is a surround sound technology developed by Dolby Laboratories. It expands on existing surround sound systems by adding height channels, allowing sounds to be interpreted as three-dimensional objects with neither horizontal, nor verti ...

for Music, an initiative bringing immersive audio to live music venues. Metrik premiered the first-ever drum and bass show in Dolby Atmos to a sold-out crowd at Sound-Bar in Chicago as part of his Autumn 2017 USA tour. Later in the year, Metrik was a featured artist at the

Ableton Ableton AG is a German music software company that produces and distributes the production and performance program Ableton Live and a collection of related instruments and sample libraries, as well as their own hardware controller Ableton Push. ...

Loop summit for music makers at Funkhaus in Berlin, and led a masterclass on production techniques for Dolby Atmos content creation and mastering tools. Metrik has remixed selected works of

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, Enter Shikari,

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and

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on labels such as

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, Parlophone,

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, Spinnin' and

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2019–present: Ex Machina

In April 2019, the song "Hackers" was released, revealing a less mainstream approach, and in September Metrik released "Gravity". Amongst other

artists, he performed at "Hospitality Berlin" on 13 April 2019, "Hospitality Summer BBQ" on 4 May 2019, at "Hospitality Bristol BBQ" on 8 June 2019 and "Hospitality In The Park" on 21 September 2019. Festival appearances included "A Weird & Wonderful Day Out" and Beat-Herder, he also performed at

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on 24 May 2019. In February 2020, Metrik released "We Are The Energy" via Hospital Records. In June 2020, his third studio album, ''Ex Machina'' was released along the single "Parallel" which features Grafix. In July, Metrik released a new song featuring

ShockOne Karl Thomas, better known as ShockOne, is an Australian electronic music producer and DJ born in 1982. Originally from Esperance, Western Australia, he now resides in Perth. He has been releasing music as ShockOne since 2005, producing a wide v ...

, titled "Dying Light". Metrik was voted best producer of 2020 in the Drum&BassArena Awards.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays and singles

Remixes

References

External links

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