Slipmatt
Godfather’, ‘Legend’, ‘International Hero’. All accolades attributed by loving fans Worldwide to the DJ, Producer and scene pioneer known as ‘Slipmatt’. For over three and a half decades, this dubplate diamond has been changing the game, staying on the pulse and keeping ahead of the curve, packing dancefloors and selling out clubs long before it was cool and still does so to this very day.
Having produced a ton of successful singles and compiled a number of huge compilation albums under his ‘Slipmatt’ alias for some of the World’s most respected record labels including Ministry Of Sound, ‘Slipmatt’ is also one of the masterminds behind legendary production outfit SL2 (along with DJ Lime), the visionaries responsible for the chart smashing anthems ‘On A Ragga Tip’ ‘DJs Take Control’ & ‘Way In My Brain’ among many others on the iconic label XL Recordings, home to legendary acts such as ‘The Prodigy’, ‘Basement Jaxx’; and ‘Adele’.
Slipmatt & Limes’s ‘SL2’ are presently enjoying a resurgence of popularity with recent features on huge national and international TV ads by McDonalds, Virgin Media, Facebook and Betfair to name just a few.
This wayward don of dance has also played at every major dance / rave event and venue worth knowing about back in the day including Energy, Telepathy, Fantazia, Vision, Universe, World Dance, United Dance, Dreamscape, Helter Skelter, Slammin’ Vinyl, Rezurrection, Elevation, Moondance, Raindance, Streetrave, Clockwork Orange, God’s Kitchen and to top it all off had the great honour of playing directly after his good friends ‘The Prodigy’ to a packed O2 Arena of over 20,000 people, bringing that particular night to an epic close, and ringing in the year 2014 with a tremendous bang.
Much more has happened since those days as ‘Slipmatt’ has continued to play across the globe in the USA, Asia, Australia, Europe and every corner of his native UK for a string of well recognised and well attended club promotions, festivals and events. He’s certainly no stranger to a festival or two either playing at leading big top gigs such as Glastonbury, Boomtown, Reminisce and so many more. The regular visits to Ibiza continue to this day where ‘Slipmatt’ has been taking his own ‘Slip Back In Time’ event to San Antonio for a regular annual sell-out 7-day rave holiday in the sunshine. 2025 will be the busiest yet!
His media outreach is quite noteworthy also, having started RAW FM, been a resident on Kiss FM, a regular in M8 Magazine and Mixmag, featured in the illustrious DJ Magazine Top 100, he’s been on BBC television a number of times including the famous chart show ‘Top Of The Pops’, runs two of his own popular Radio shows and Podcasts ‘World Of Rave’ and ‘Slip’s House’ and additionally, has won a multitude of awards, including that of ‘Best DJ’ and ‘Best Producer’ awarded by some of the industries most respected bodies such as Kiss FM and EHM. His social media platforms have accumulated well over 400,000 followers and counting and are always very active.
Not one to ever slow down or fall behind and always keeping himself fresh and relevant, this dancefloor don has been focusing lately on the biggest and best house beats, which has led him to an already extraordinarily busy decade so far. Add to that his upcoming book “My Story (and How I Became a World Class DJ)” is set to be a smash hit amongst rave fanatics the World over later this year and with almost a hundred gigs booked in for 2025 already (mid-Jan), there are no signs of this crowd-pleasing international artist slowing down any time soon.
Godfather Of Rave and still keeping it fresh? Definitely.