Mattafix

Mattafix
The musician Marlon Roudette
General information
origin	London , England
Genre (s)	Hip hop
founding	2003
Founding members
	Marlon Roudette
	Preetesh Hirji

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Signs of a Struggle   DE 20th 12/02/2005 (16 weeks)   AT 10 12/02/2005 (19 weeks)   CH 13  gold 11/13/2005 (23 weeks) Rhythm & Hymns   DE 40 07/12/2007 (1 week)   CH 22nd 12/02/2007 (19 weeks)

Singles

Big City Life   DE 1  platinum 10/14/2005 (35 weeks)   AT 1  gold 10/23/2005 (36 weeks)   CH 1  platinum 10/23/2005 (50 weeks)   UK 15th 08/20/2005 (9 weeks) Passer By   UK 79 05/11/2005 (1 week) To & Fro   DE 73 04/07/2006 (8 weeks)   CH 56 04/09/2006 (7 weeks) Cool down the pace   DE 82 09/08/2006 (3 weeks)   AT 52 09/08/2006 (2 weeks)   CH 63 09/03/2006 (6 weeks) Living Darfur   DE 32 11/30/2007 (11 weeks)   AT 21st 11/22/2007 (18 weeks)   CH 13 03/11/2007 (29 weeks)

Mattafix was a British producer duo founded in 2003 in London by musicians Marlon Roudette and Preetesh Hirji .

history

Roudette and Hirji had met in a recording studio. In addition to hip-hop , other influences of their music can be found in blues , jazz , reggae , bhangra , calypso .

Marlon Roudette was born in London, but grew up on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent from the age of ten, Preetesh Hirji, however, always lived in London, his parents come from India. Roudette is the stepson of Neneh Cherry . His father is Cameron McVey , one of the busiest music producers in London . The name Mattafix comes from a slang expression common in St. Vincent (The Matter has been fixed), which roughly means "everything is in order".

Mattafix's international breakthrough came with the debut single Big City Life , which was promoted on the BBC's radio program by radio DJs Pete Tong, Zane Low and Jo Wiley. In August 2005 it reached number 15 on the UK charts. At the end of September 2005 the single was released in Germany and reached the top of the charts on January 20, 2006. Big City Life was also represented as a song at the 2006 World Cup in Germany .

In autumn 2005 the band released their debut album, Signs of a Struggle . In 2006 Mattafix was nominated for an Amadeus Austrian Music Award . In addition, Mattafix received the amber nightingale prize as the main winner on September 1st, 2006 at the international jazz festival in Sopot in the Forest Opera.

In 2007 they addressed the Darfur conflict in the single Living Darfur , the video of which was shot in a refugee camp in Chad .

Roudette has been working solo since 2011.

Discography

Singles

• 11:30 / Cradle (2005)
• Big City Life (2005)
• Passer By (2005)
• To & Fro (2006)
• Cool Down The Pace (2006)
• Living Darfur (2007)
• Things Have Changed (2008)
• Freeman (2008)
• Angel On My Shoulder (2008)

Albums

• Signs of a Struggle (2005)
• Rhythm and Hymns (2007)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Italy 2017: for the single Big City Life  New Zealand 2005: for the single Big City Life

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	-	platinum1	300,000	musikindustrie.de
Italy (FIMI)	gold1	-	25,000	fimi.it
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold1	-	7,500	nztop40.co.nz
Austria (IFPI)	gold1	-	15,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold1	platinum1	45,000	hitparade.ch
All in all	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2

Web links

• Mattafix at laut.de

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