Matt Ford
, better known as DJ Format
(a near-inversion of his birth name), [1] is a hip hop DJ born in Southampton, United Kingdom and living in Brighton.
He collaborates frequently with Abdominal on the album Music For the Mature B-Boy
and with Abdominal and fellow Canadian rapper D-Sisive on the second full album If You Can't Join 'Em… Beat 'Em
, [2] as well as with Akil and Chali 2na from Jurassic 5. [3]
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Career
As a youth, Ford's first hip hop influences included
A Tribe Called Quest and
Main Source. He established a relationship with Jurassic 5 and initially traveled with them as their bus driver.
[4] He came to national attention in 2002 when he opened on tour for
DJ Shadow.
In 2005,
If You Can't Join 'Em… Beat 'Em
reached the top 10 of the UK indie albums chart.
[5]
The Sun
named his album
If You Can't Join 'Em… Beat 'Em
one of the top 100 of 2005,
[6] and in 2008 called him "one of the leading lights in the UK scene".
Discography
Albums
- Music for the Mature B-Boy
(2003)
- If You Can't Join 'Em… Beat 'Em
(2005)
Mixes
- A Right Earful Vol. 1
(2005)
- FabricLive.27
(April 2006)
- European Vacation
(2006)
- Fania DJ Series - DJ Format
(June 2007)
Singles
- We Know Something You Don't Know
With Akil and Chali 2na from Jurassic 5 (2003)
- The Hit Song
(Feat. Abdominal) (2003)
- Vicious Battle Raps
(Feat. Abdominal) (2003)
- Rap Machine
(2005) (Feat. Abdominal)
- 3-Feet Deep
(2005) (Feat. Abdominal & D-Sisive)
- Separated at Birth
(2005) Abdominal & D-Sisive)
References
- Homegrown talent's a hit: DJ Format
- Pop CDs of the week: Eliza Carthy, Mark Owen, DJ Format and M.I.A
- This Format's far from stale
- DJ sticks to winning hip hop Format
- The charts: Music
- Top 100