DJ Slipmatt or Matthew Nelson to use his real name, has DJed in the Acid House / Rave scene since 1989. His brother is Richard from old skool veterans Raindance, and it is he who gave Slipmatt his first break.
From there he, Slipmatt, went on to play at Club Kinetic, Elation, Die Hard, Dance Paradise, Dreamscape, Fantazia and many more. At the same time Slipmatt successfully tried his hand a music producing, teaming up with fellow Essex DJ, DJ Lime to form SL2 (named after the Turntables, model SL1200). They had a massive old skool hit with "On a Ragga Tip" which reach number 2 in the charts.
DJ Slipmatt also owns records company "Universal" (not the major) which releases Piano Melody type anthems of an uplifting nature. He also part owns "Awesome" Records with DJ Lime. Excellent releases include "Is Anybody Out There?" in collaboration with DJ Ham and the remix of "you're Mine" by DJ Chewy. Slipmatt also releases Hardcore Anthems under the alias of SMD (standing for SlipMatt Dub's). He has also A&Red for XL Recording for their sub label First Recordings which have released remixes of 'On A Ragga Tip' in 1997.
Still DJing, Slipmatt, now predominantly plays Happy Hardcore and plays the big events like Helter Skelter, Dreamscape, Raindance etc. When asked his music policy he says simply, "I play to the crowd".
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