Matt Anderson presents Rude Movements

Matt started DJing at the age of 11, with a pair of belt-drive decks, occasionally helping on a friend's mobile disco.  At the outset, he was playing classic Dance Music of the time like The Gap Band, The Dazz Band and Slave, along with 2-Step Soul and early Chicago House.  Through the late 80"s he became immersed in the art of the DJ and the emerging House and Hip-Hop scenes.  In the UK, it was not unusual at that time for a DJ to play both styles alongside each other.

By the end of the 80's Matt was a regular at clubs in Essex and London.  The UK Acid House scene was in its embryonic phase, and clubs such as The Limelight, Milk Bar, Shoom, the Astoria and Heaven were playing this new UK take on the House Music sound.  The same DJ's would also play at illegal warehouse parties and raves.  DJ's like Danny Rampling, Trevor Fung and Eddie Richards would play alongside Fabio, Grooverider and Jumpin' Jack Frost.  The music was so varied, from Hardcore Acid to Soulful House from Larry Heard, Hip-Hop and Balearic tunes.

It wasn't long before Matt started DJing at house parties and raves.  He then progressed to some of the legendary clubs of that era such as Labyrinth in East London, The Braintree Barn and Slime Time in Peckham.  The 'one nation under a groove' approach didn't last forever though.  In the early 90's, UK underground Club Music split into the two distinct genres of House and Hardcore.  While House music nights became quite sophisticated and fashion conscious affairs, Matt was more interested in the darker, more underground strain of Hardcore Music that stayed true to its roots in Hip-Hop and Acid House.  This was the beginning of Drum and Bass, a scene that turned kids with Atari ST's into global superstars and was responsible for some of the most innovative music this Country has ever produced.

He continued to DJ locally in Essex and London at venues such as The Rocket in Holloway Road, Wonderland Arena in Dalston and The Powerhouse in Stratford.  Matt also entered into production, and was responsible for the  first release on the pioneering Certificate 18 label, based in Ipswich, Suffolk.  This was the same label that launched the careers of a certain Photek and Source Direct.  After his debut release on Certificate 18 entitled 'Intuition', he worked on a number of projects with Photek.  They released further material on Certificate 18 records and also on the Skanna label.  Many of these tunes found their way into the boxes of Drum and Bass DJ's like Fabio, LTJ Bukem and Kemistry (RIP) and Storm.  The music at this time was bubbling with creativity and clubs like 'Speed' and 'That's How It Is' championed this new breed of bedroom producers.

Matt's next big break came via the now defunkt DJ magazine called 'Muzik'.  They ran a 'Bedroom Bedlam' section for up and coming DJ's and featured the best mixtape they had received each month.  Matt was one of the early winners in October 1996, with a mix of deep and dreamy Drum and Bass, combined with soulful and jazzy interludes.  His tape was unlike anything else they had heard before and received rave reviews.  On the back of this, Matt became a resident at Muzik Magazine nights and played at some of the UK's most famous clubs of the mid-90's including 'Home', Ministry of Sound', 'The End' and 'Fabric'.  He also became resident at Plastic People's eclectic night 'Balance' warming up for the likes of Fabio, Dego, Bukem and Theo Parrish every weekend.

By the end of the 90's, his style started to return to the freeform approach of those heady Acid House days.  Drum and Bass luminaries like Roni Size, 4 Hero and Lemon D introduced Matt to classic jazz from the likes of Roy Ayers, Lonnie 'Liston' Smith and Chick Corea, which has shaped his sound of today.  He continued to DJ in London in the UK, but also abroad in Iceland, Rotterdam, Rome, Barcelona and  alongside Mark Ronson and Pharrell Williams at the New York Museum of Fine Arts.  Matt also played in Minsk, capital of Belarus, New Years Eve 2008.

Since his move to the West Country he has become resident at 'Hold it Down' events and also Timepiece nightclub in Exeter.  You can also catch him hosting the "Hold it Down Show' on phonic, playing Underground Soul Music taking in Dubstep, Hip-Hop, House, Drum and Bass, Jazz .....past, present and future.  In addition, he is making a return to production in 2010.  Keep on listening!!