Logistics (musician)
Matt Gresham (born 30 July 1981) better known by his stage name Logistics, is an English drum and bass music producer and DJ from Cambridge, England.[2] He is signed to Hospital Records[3] and has released eight albums.
Logistics | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Matt Gresham[1] |
| Born | 30 July 1981 |
| Origin | Cambridge, England |
| Genres | Drum and bass |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, disc jockey |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Hospital Records |
Biography
Gresham grew up listening mainly to guitar based music such as Rage Against the Machine, and downtempo electronic music. He took no interest in drum and bass until he was introduced to the "Music Box" LP released by Full Cycle Records, which appealed to him as he described it "like downtempo tunes with double time beats".[4]
He creates his music using the Ableton sequencer. His music style tends to be towards the more soul-influenced styles of drum and bass but is also targeted at a club audience rather than a home audience,[5][6] which is described as such by Hospital Records as "bridging the gap between a lacklustre subgenre, liquid funk, and more exciting, dancefloor orientated drum and bass".[4] His two brothers—Dan Gresham (known as Nu:Tone) and Nick Gresham (known as Other Echoes and, formerly, Bastille)—are also producers signed to Hospital Records. Matt has also collaborated with Dan under the name Nu:Logic.[4]
The first release Gresham was involved in was a collaborative work as Nu:Logic, on Tangent Recordings in 2003.[7] He then went on to release his first work under the name Logistics, "Come To You / Music", on Nu:Tone's own label, Brand.nu, which led to his signing to Hospital Records.[3] At the time, Gresham was taking a degree in graphic design at Goldsmiths College, but he left to pursue a professional career in music production, after achieving success in the drum and bass scene.[1] After leaving college, he released tracks such as "Together" and "Spacejam" (from the Spacejam EP) and "The Trip" (from Weapons of Mass Creation 2) which attracted the attention of Grooverider and Andy C.[4]
His 2006 album "Now More Than Ever", won BBC 1Xtra's 2007 Xtra Bass award.[8] London Elektricity's Tony Colman, the label manager of Hospital Records, described the album in an interview as (at the time) "the most eagerly anticipated debut album ever to be released on Hospital."[9]
He released his seventh studio album, Electric Sun, on 25 March 2016.[10]
On 30 March 2018, the album Hologram was released;[11] the single "Lotus Flower" off this album was released in late 2017.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Now More Than Ever | 2006 |
| Reality Checkpoint | 2008 |
| Crash Bang Wallop | 2009 |
| Spacejams | 2010 |
| Fear Not | 2012 |
| Polyphony | 2014 |
| Electric Sun | 2016 |
| Hologram | 2018 |
Singles and EPs
| Title | Featured artists | Label | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock The Jazzbar E.P. | Nu:Tone feat. Logistics | Tangent Recordings | 2003 |
| Free My Soul / Replay | SKC+Safair / Logistics | Hospital Records | 2004 |
| Come To You / Music | Danism / Logistics | BrandNu Recordings | |
| I Want To Know / Hold On Be Strong | Commix / Logistics | Advanced Recordings | |
| The Future Sound Of Cambridge | Nu:Tone / Logistics / Commix | Hospital Records | |
| Millionaire / Front To Back | Logistics | Innerground Records | |
| Surround / Deep Joy | Commix / Logistics | BrandNu Recordings | |
| Spacejam EP | Logistics | Hospital Records | |
| Play The Game / Sin City | Friction and Logistics | Valve Recordings | 2005 |
| Release The Pressure EP | Logistics | Hospital Records | |
| Weapons of Mass Creation 2 Sampler | Logistics / CLS+Wax | Hospital Records | |
| Uprock / Static | Logistics | M*A*S*H | |
| Beatbox Master / Girl From Mars | Logistics | Hospital Records | 2006 |
| Blackout / Krusty Bass Rinser | Logistics | Hospital Records | |
| City Life | Logistics | Hospital Records | |
| Flashback / Can't Let Go | Cyantific + Logistics | Hospital Records | |
| Blackout / Bounce | Logistics | Hospital Records | |
| Wide Lens EP | Logistics | Hospital Records | 2007 |
| Reality Checkpoint Part One | Logistics | Hospital Records | 2008 |
| Reality Checkpoint Part Two | Logistics | Hospital Records | |
| Jungle Music / Toytown | Logistics | Hospital Records | 2009 |
| Warehouse (Ill.Skillz Remix) / 1 N 2 | Logistics / Jonny L | Hospital Records | 2010 |
| Brighter Day / 88 MPH | Cyantific and Logistics | Cyantific Records | |
| Gridline / They Could Love | Ill.Skillz vs. Logistics | Ill.Skillz Recordings | |
| Fifteen Years of Hospital Records: Sampler One | High Contrast / Logistics | Hospital Records | 2011 |
| Somersaults / Triangles | Logistics | Hospital Records | 2014 |
| Waveforms | Logistics | Hospital Records | 2019 |
| Headspace | Logistics | Hospital Records | 2020 |
| Love Letters | Logistics | Hospital Records | 2022 |
| End Sequence | Logistics | Hospital Records | 2023 |
Remixes
| Artist | Remix | Label | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mood II Swing | I Got Love (Logistics Remix) | Bingo | 2005 |
| Friction & Nu Balance | Slipstream (Logistics Remix) | Playaz Recordings | |
| Mutt | Blue (Logistics Remix) | Crisis Recordings | 2006 |
| Syncopix | Together Again (Logistics Remix) | Syncopix Records | |
| Leviticus | Burial (Logistics Remix) | Philly Blunt Records | |
| London Elektricity | The Great Drum & Bass Swindle (Logistics Remix) | Hospital Records | 2007 |
| ShockOne | Further Away From Me (Logistics Remix) | SGN:LTD | 2008 |
| Blue Sonix | Luv Me (Logistics Remix) | Spearhead Records | |
| Matrix & Futurebound | Family (Nu:tone & Logistics Remix) | Viper / Metro | |
| BCee | Consumed (Logistics Remix) | Spearhead Records | 2009 |
| Danny Breaks | Droppin Science Volume 1 (Logistics Remix) | Hospital Records | |
| Way Out West | The Gift (Logistics Remix) | Deconstruction | |
| Zed Bias | Neighbourhood (Logistics Remix) | Locked On | |
| Booka Shade vs M.A.N.D.Y | Donut (Logistics Remix) | Get Physical | 2010 |
| Shapeshifter | Lifetime (Logistics Remix) | Hospital Records | |
| Devlin ft. Yasmin | Runaway (Nu:Tone and Logistics Remix) | Universal / Island Records | |
| S.P.Y | By Your Side (Logistics Remix) | Spearhead Records | |
| Sky Ferreira | One (Logistics Remix) | Capitol Records | |
| Wretch 32 feat. Example | Unorthodox (Logistics Remix) | Ministry Of Sound | 2011 |
| London Elektricity | The Plan That Cannot Fail (Logistics Remix) | Hospital Records | |
| Rebecca Ferguson | Nothing's Real But Love (Logistics Remix) | RCA Records | 2012 |
| Afrojack & Shermanology | Can't Stop Me (Logistics Remix) | 3beat | |
| Russ Chimes | Back 2 You (Logistics Remix) | Positiva | |
| Taku Inoue | Night Falls (Logistics Remix) | Namco | |
| Electric Guest | This Head I Hold (Nu:Logic Remix) | Warner Music | 2013 |
| Capital Cities | Safe and Sound (Nu:Logic Remix) | Capitol Records | |
| Four Tet | Angel Echoes (Logistics remix) | Domino | 2014 |
| Birdy | Wings (Nu:Logic Remix) | Warner Music | |
| Maduk | Believe (Logistics Remix) | Liquicity | |
| Fred V & Grafix | Sick Of All Your Secrets (Logistics Remix) | Hospital Records | |
| The Writers Block | Don't Look Any Further (Logistics Remix) | Ultra Music | |
| Above & Beyond | Blue Sky Action (Logistics Remix) | Anjuna Beats | 2015 |
| Saint Raymond | I Want You (Logistics Remix) | Warner Music | |
| Russ Chimes | We Need Nothing To Collide (Logistics Remix) | Hospital Records | |
| Andreya Triana | Gold (Logistics Remix) | Counter Records | |
| Etherwood | Light My Way Home (Logistics Remix) | Hospital Records | 2016 |
| Wilkinson ft. Wretch 32 | Flatline (Nu:Logic Remix) | Virgin EMI | |
| WRLD & Father Dude | Galaxies (Logistics Remix) | NEST HQ | |
| BCee & Charlotte Haining | First Love (Logistics Remix) | Spearhead Records | 2020 |
| Blue Sonix | Luv Me (Logistics Remix) | 2021 | |
| London Elektricity | Never Trust A Hippy (Logistics Remix) | Hospital Records | |
| Logistics | Jungle Music (DRS & Dynamite x Logistics Remix) |
References
- Artist profile on Coda Agency (Retrieved June 2007)
- Interview on planetdnb.com by Ben Gomori, 13 June 2007 Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved June 2007)
- Discogs.com discography (Retrieved June 2007)
- Artist biography on Hospital Records' website (Retrieved June 2007)
- Review of "Now More Than Ever" on Drum & Bass Arena Archived 4 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved June 2007)
- Review of "Now More Than Ever" on inthemix.com.au Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved June 2007)
- Nu:Logic discography on rolldabeats.com (Retrieved June 2007)
- BBC 1Xtra XtraBass award pages (Retrieved June 2007)
- Interview with Tony Colman on trackitdown.net Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved June 2007)
- "Logistics – Electric Sun – Shop – Hospital Records". hospitalrecords.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- "Logistics – Hologram – Shop – Hospital Records". hospitalrecords.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.