Anouk Matton (born 1992), known professionally as Mattn, is a Belgian electronic dance music disc jockey, singer, and record producer. She has regularly featured in the top 100 DJs poll and is known as one of the most prominent women in the EDM music scene.

Career

Mattn was born in 1992 and comes from Antwerp, Belgium. Her music has been styled as "electro-house", and she also combines singing with her DJing. She has played live sets worldwide, including at notable events such as

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. Mattn has produced a number of hit tracks, typically on the '' Smash the House'' record label, including "Café Del Mar 2016" with

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that peaked at #22 in the Belgian charts in 2016. In 2019 her release with

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, "Carnival", received negative critical reception including it did not feature "a single sign of creative expenditure". In 2020 Mattn collaborated with

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to release the track "Morning Mood". In 2021 Mattn had a

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series, ''Anouk Matton Privé'', on the VTM TV channel. The series attracted negative criticism in the media. Following a cessation, in 2022 Mattn returned to live touring which included performing a series of shows at the

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supporting

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Awards and recognition

In 2019 Mattn won the

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. She has been listed five times, from 2018 to 2022, in the

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poll of worldwide disc jockeys as voted by the public. Her highest position, #42, was in 2020. DJ Mag also stated in 2020 that Mattn was a "trailblazer" as one of the few women prominent in the

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genre.

Personal life

Mattn married Dimitri Vegas, half of the DJ act

, in Ibiza in 2017. Mattn had a son in 2021.

Discography

References

External links

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Anouk Matton
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