Anouk Matton (born 1992), known professionally as Mattn, is a Belgian electronic dance music disc jockey, singer, and record producer. She has regularly featured in the top 100 DJs poll and is known as one of the most prominent women in the EDM music scene.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anouk Matton |
| Born | 1992 (age 31–32) |
| Origin | Antwerp |
| Genres | house music, EDM[1] |
| Occupation | Disc Jockey |
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| Followers | 483,000 |
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Career
editMattn was born in 1992 and comes from Antwerp, Belgium. Her music has been styled as "electro-house", and she also combines singing with her DJing. She has played live sets worldwide, including at notable events such as Creamfields and Tomorrowland.[2][3]
Mattn has produced a number of hit tracks, typically on the Smash the House record label, including "Café Del Mar 2016" with Futuristic Polar Bears that peaked at #22 in the Belgian charts in 2016.[3][4] In 2019 her release with Timmy Trumpet and Wolfpack, "Carnival", received negative critical reception including it did not feature "a single sign of creative expenditure".[5] In 2020 Mattn collaborated with D-Wayne to release the track "Morning Mood".[6]
In 2021 Mattn had a reality tv series, Anouk Matton Privé, on the VTM TV channel. The series attracted negative criticism in the media.[7] Following a cessation, in 2022 Mattn returned to live touring which included performing a series of shows at the Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel supporting Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike.[1]
Awards and recognition
editIn 2019 Mattn won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Belgian Act.[8] She has been listed five times, from 2018 to 2022, in the DJ Mag Top 100 poll of worldwide disc jockeys as voted by the public. Her highest position, #42, was in 2020.[1][2][3] DJ Mag also stated in 2020 that Mattn was a "trailblazer" as one of the few women prominent in the EDM genre.[9]
Personal life
editMattn married Dimitri Vegas, half of the DJ act Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, in Ibiza in 2017.[10][11] Mattn had a son in 2021.[3]
Discography
edit| Title | Artist | Year | Peak Belgium[4] |
Peak France[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Café Del Mar 2016 | Mattn & Futuristic Polar Bears | 2016 | 22 | 87 |
| Let The Song Play | Mattn & Magic Wand feat. Neisha Neshae | 2017 | 37 | — |
References
edit- ^ a b c "MATTN - Top 100 DJs 2022 - DJMag.com". DJ Mag. 2022. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ a b Heath, Harold (2018). "MATTN - Top 100 DJs 2018 - DJMag.com". DJ Mag. Archived from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d "MATTN - Top 100 DJs 2021 - DJMag.com". DJ Mag. 2021. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Mattn - ultratop.be". Ultratop. Archived from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Timmy Trumpet feat. MATTN vs. Wolfpack & X-Tof - Carnival (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Edit) - EDM Reviewer". EDM Reviewer. 26 November 2019. Archived from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Review: Brody Jenner/Chemical Safari and D-wayne soar on 'Funky Pills' (Includes first-hand account)". Digital Journal. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Desmytere, Wout (30 September 2021). "Anouk Matton responds to criticism of her own reality series: "It stings to read such things about yourself"". Gazet van Antwerpen. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "THESE ARE THE BIG WINNERS AT THE 2019 MTV EMA". MTV Europe. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "MATTN - Top 100 DJs 2020 - DJMag.com". DJ Mag. 2020. Archived from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Provost, Brittany (11 September 2017). "Dimitri Vegas Has Tied the Knot With MATTN, And Stunning Doesn't Even Begin To Describe Their Photos". edmtunes.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Dimitri Vegas maakt trouwdatum bekend". showbizzsite.de. 12 May 2017. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
External links
edit- Anouk Matton discography at Discogs
- Anouk Matton at AllMusic
- Anouk Matton at IMDb
- Anouk Matton at Djanetop
