Jamie Quinn, better known by his stage name Matrix, is a British

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 ...

producer, DJ, and founder of

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Metro Recordings in

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Musical career

1994-2000: Career beginnings

Quinn started his musical career as one half of drum and bass duo Turbosound. The duo was signed to F Project Records, an imprint of

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, operated by

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. As early as 1994, Quinn began to release material as Matrix. Since then, his work has appeared on numerous compilations released by various drum and bass labels. His debut LP, ''Sleepwalk'' was released in 2000 by Virus Recordings (operated by his brother).

2001-2004: Goldtrix

In 2001, Quinn ventured into the

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genre as one half of

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. In 2002, they hit number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Clu ...

. In 2002, Goldtrix released a

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of Jill Scott's "

It's Love (Trippin') 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. In 2002, they hit number one on the U.S. '' Billboard'' Hot Dance Cl ...

", featuring

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Andrea Brown. It became a number one hit on the

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and reached number six on the

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in February 2002.

2005-2011: Matrix and Futurebound and debut album

In 2005, Quinn collaborated with

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-based producer Brendan Collins known as 'Futurebound' to release their ''Strength 2 Strength'' single. They later released their debut album ''Universal Truth'' on 9 April 2007 through Metro Recordings and Viper recordings, under the alias "Matrix & Futurebound". On 10 March 2008 they released ''Womb'' as a single from the ''Universal Truth'' album later followed by a new single ''Shanghai Surprise'' featuring singer Cat Knight. On 30 May 2011 they released a mix combination album ''Worldwide 001'' which featured Scott Owens and Cat Knight.

2012–present: Mainstream success

On 6 May 2012 Matrix and Futurebound released "

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" featuring British singer Luke Bingham. The song went on to chart in the top 30 of the

at number 29 and top ten of the

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at number six. Later in 2012, their second single "Magnetic Eyes" was released on 30 December 2012. The song was their second top 30 hit in the UK peaking at number 24 on the

and number 5 on the

. In January 2014, Control, featuring Max Marshall, became their highest-charting single, peaking at number seven on the

Discography

As lead artist

Extended plays

Singles & Featured Singles

*"The Message / Seabreeze" ew Identity(1996) *"Double Vision / Sedation"

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(1997) *Dom & Matrix – "The Vandal / Footsteps" oving Shadow(1997) *Fluid Motion / Junk" ew Identity(1997) *Matrix Vs. Dilemma – "Spring Box Remixes" enetic Stress(1998) *

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Vs. Matrix – "Data Life / Crossfire" d Hoc(1998) *"Mute 98 / Convoy" rototype(1998) *Optical & Ryme Tyme / Matrix – "Ghostbuster / Gap The Mind" (1999) *Matrix / Freshmess on Wax – "Untitled / Flip The Script Part 2 (Matrix Remix)" ierce(2000) *"Fallen (Remix) / Bad Dreams" dioma(2001) *Matrix & Danny J – "Paradiso / Can't Stop"

(2001) *Matrix / Stakka & Skynet – "Landslide / Black Monday" (2003) *Kemal / Matrix – "23° From Vertical" SCI4(2003) *Matrix & Danny J – "Vertigo"

(2003) *Matrix & Danny J – "Telepathy / Domino" C Presents...(2004) *Optical,

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& Matrix – "Chamaleon" irus(2006) *Matrix & Sonic – "Flashlight / The Prophet"

(2006) * Shimon v. Matrix – "Slip Stream" & "Dirty 5th" udioPorn(2007) *Matrix & InsideInfo – "Quattro / Ice Beam"

(2012) *Optical / Matrix – "To Shape The Future / Raging Calm / Undersea Flight (2017 Remasters)" etalheadz(2017) *Matrix / Optical – "What's The Difference? / Medicine Remix" irus(2017) *Matrix, Lyahman Pablo – "Horns Of Peace" eckings(2019) *"Let's Go Back"

(2019)

As Goldtrix

Singles

As Matrix & Futurebound

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matrix English DJs English drum and bass musicians English record producers DJs from London English people of Irish descent Living people Electronic dance music DJs Year of birth missing (living people)