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HarderFaster DJs >> Matt Pickup
Music Style:Energetic Hard House
From:Blackburn
Date of birth:01/08/1981
Residencies:Frantic HDS, Parlez Vous, Cyberkitten, Summit ,Digital Love
Management Agency:www.myspace.com/mattpickup
Bookings Contact:Mattpickup@u-f-c.co.uk or Matt Pickup - 07834244404
No. of records:To many to count!
but its all about digital now baby!!!!!!!!!
Started playing:Started playing about 9 years ago
All time top 3 tunes:1. Base Graffeti - House always wins
2. RR Fierce - Rok da Spot
3. Incisions - Beyond Motion
Website:WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MATTPICKUP

www.u-f-c.co.uk & www.clubbedup.co.uk
Would most like to play:Dance Valley, Sundissential north, Polysexual,Tidy Weekender
Most enjoyable set you've played:Frantic @ SE one, London , Parlez Vous @ The mill ,Bradford,
Cyberkitten (always a brilliant party ) too many to keep going on !!!!!!!!!!!
Favourite DJ:Justin Bourne, Ben Stevens, Andy Farley ,Andy Rise & Cally Gage
Favourite Venue:Brixton Academy or Evolution in Leeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Favourite Promotion:WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MATTPICKUP
www.myspace.com/mattpickup - www.franticuk.net
Favourite Producer: Paul Maddox,Tom Parr ,Riggsy & Jon BW
Favourite Label:Hard Up Digital & Hard Up Funk (Both found on Tidy Digital or Trackitdown.net)
Drink:Red Bull
Non-music pastime:Blackburn Rovers,music production & Clubbing
Words of wisdom:Dont Eat Yellow Snow or back a 3 legged horse !!!!!!
Other Comments:Check out Hard Up Digital & Hard Up Funk for the best up and coming producers! Now Available on tidy digital and trackitdown !!!!!!!


Last updated:
10 Feb 2008

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Updated 08-11-06 15:11
Matt Pickup Biography

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MATTPICKUP

Matt Pickup is one of the most charismatic and talented DJs in the world of hard house. A Northern lad through and through, his friendly, smiling manner belies the hard-as-nails, uncompromising nature of his music. He has become renowned in the hard dance scene for being one of the most flawless, precise mixers around who knows how to test a soundsystem to its limits and isn’t afraid to show that they’re having a good time. A Matt Pickup set is not only a sonic assault on the mind and the ears, but also an attack on the body, with fat, ribshaking basslines an essential ingredient. His sets are not for the faint-hearted, and after an hour on the dancefloor with him behind the decks, you’d best believe you will be feeling battered and bruised.

Matt had been DJing for several years before he made his real breakthrough in 2005. After sending Will Paterson (promoter of Frantic) a demo of tough, pacey filth, Matt soon found himself receiving bookings with the hard dance giant. His first set for them in February 2005 at the 4500 capacity Hard House Academy saw him take the legendary Foyer to pieces and leave a long-standing mark on the London hard dance scene. Sets across the country soon followed, with the likes of GoodGreef and Cyberkitten soon snapping him up, with Tasty and Sundissential both securing his services later on. He is a resident at the ever-popular Bradford-based Parlez-Vous alongside Andy Whitby, Shan and Ben Stevens and at Early Doors in Manchester and is a regular guest at the up and coming night Cyberkitten in Northampton. His boundless enthusiasm behind the decks has made him a firm favourite amongst harder crowds and he can always be relied on to absolutely destroy a dancefloor with his super-tough energetic sound.

He also runs a successful hard dance digital label UFC Records (www.u-f-c.co.uk), including some of his own production as part of the collective. The first 3 tracks on the label hit the top twenty downloads within the first two days of launch on tidy digital. He has made a great start in the world of production with infectious tracks like ‘House Rockin’’ and has tracks due to be released on vinyl called “Antidote” on Nosebleed and “Espionage” on Volatile NRG. Check out www.myspace.com/MattPickup to listen to samples.

The future looks very bright for Matt Pickup. Having earned the respect of his peers, he’s now setting his sights for the very top – and it looks like he’s going to reach it...

Written By Benz (E99)

Will Paterson (Frantic promoter)

"When it comes to the Hard Stuff no one impresses like Mr Pickup. I would
ask all other Hard House promoters to book this brilliant DJ."


Ben Stevens (Vicious Circle)

I first saw Matt play in a dj competition in Manchester & I was extremly impressed with his technical ability. Playing a mixture of techno & hard house he worked the crowd well & had everyone on their feet. Having played for some of the biggest clubs in the Uk Matt is definitely one to watch for the future.

DJ GRH (Tidy )

The competitive nature of the hard dance scene places great emphasis on DJ’s and producers standing WELL above the crowd and excelling in their output to the crowd. Finding a sub genre of hard dance and becoming nothing short of ‘bloody brilliant’ at it is often a way of ‘making it your own’. Matt Pickup is renowned for his hard, filthy and downright exciting sets – any hard dance clubber will instantly think of that style when you mention his name. He’s settled in well to the scene and I have a lot of admiration for his UFC venture and the way it is going about helping unsigned producers / productions get their material out there. What with things being so intense at the moment in the scene, even a good character / kind nature can take you places – the scene is very much a friendly place at the moment, despite its undeniable demise. Matt is a bubbly, infectious DJ with a passion for the harder side of hard dance – and one that, if there’s any justice, will continue to gain important bookings such as Frantic he will be one to watch in the future .

Discography
Updated 10-02-08 21:02
New Tracks:

1. Matt Pickup & Booth vs Riggsy - Strange Morning (UFC 009)
2. Matt Pickup & Booth vs Riggsy - Don't Fuck with us (Unsigned)
3. Matt Pickup & Stuart M - Assassination (Unsigned)
4. Matt Pickup & Stuart M - House Rockin (F...[expand]

Future Plans
Updated 08-11-06 15:11
At the end of sept my online record label starts.

www.U-F-C.co.uk >>>>>>>>>> The next generation of music

It is a label to help promote new producers and to help dj's get ahead of the game by having tracks you cant get any where ...[expand]

Past Sets
Updated 08-02-06 23:02
Matt Plays most weekends up and down the country with the most noteable being :
Frantic @ Se one, Heaven, Brixton acdemy, Camden Palace & Renaissance Rooms
GoodGreef - Manchester
Insomniacz - Sheffield
Parlez vous - Bradford
Cyberkitten - Milton...[expand]

Upcoming UK Sets
Updated 10-02-08 21:02
Feb 2 2008 10:00Pm
Parlez Vous? @ The Mill Bradford

Feb 23 2008 10:00Pm
Frantic Present Timeless (Frantic main Room) @ Collasium London

Mar 7 2008 8:00Pm
[color=blue]Tidy Weekender 14 @ Pontins Pre...[expand]

Recent photosets featuring Matt Pickup
Frantic's 12th Birthday
KOKO (29th August, 2009)
(Photos: ChiccaBabe)
Wicked night, spot on music and a lovely crowd :-)
POLYSEXUAL INCLUDING INSEKT
Air (18th April, 2008)
(Photos: ChiccaBabe)
Blast & Knowwhere
Area (22nd June, 2007)
(Photos: crazy frog)
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Resurrection - Sin:ergy Vs PureFilth!, 4th May
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Hard House Heaven The Midlands Chapter, 28th Apr
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Encoded Nrg Summer Party, 5th Aug
[12.2.11] Frantic presents Timeless 9, 12th Feb
1/1/11-Hard Dance Heaven@Hidden, 1st Jan
NYE: Winter Gathering, 31st Dec
Blue vs AWsum, 18th Sep
Summit & Viva (Hard House Returns), 26th Jun

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