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Mattafix

Data updated on 2025-07-11 08:03:42 UTC
Though Mattafix's Marlon Roudette and Preetesh Hirji come from different backgrounds (Roudette grew up on the island of St. Vincent, where he studied the steel drums, while Hirji was born to Indian parents in London and was fascinated by the computer), as a band they play urban, poppy music that fits in perfectly on European radio. After meeting each other one day in a recording studio, the two became friends and decided to start a band. Calling themselves Mattafix, a derivative of the West Indian expression "matter fixed," the group released the single "Big City Life" in the summer of 2005, and the song, a mix of island cadence and clean production, was soon being played across Continental airwaves. Their debut full-length, Signs of a Struggle, came out a few months later, and after a year or so of touring Mattafix began writing and recording their next LP, Rhythm & Hymns. Though the album came out in November of 2007, the duo released the charity single "Living Darfur" in collaboration with the groups Save Darfur and Crisis Action, in hopes of raising awareness about the ongoing conflict there. ~ Marisa Brown, Rovi

Genres

: reggae fusion

Total plays

491.0 million
Updated on 2025-07-11

Country

United Kingdom

Monthly listeners

3,122,477

Followers

99,234

Top Cities

  1. Austria
    Vienna
    75,753 listeners
  2. Czech Republic
    Prague
    72,510 listeners
  3. Germany
    73,073 listeners
  4. Germany
    76,723 listeners
  5. Australia
    70,032 listeners

Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Big City Life
Big City Life
239,939,416 2:27 2022-06-16
Big City Life
Big City Life
184,928,902 4:01 2005-10-31
Living Darfur
Living Darfur
20,470,338 4:13 2007-09-17
Gangster Blues
Gangster Blues
6,764,074 4:19 2005-10-31
11.30
11.30
5,489,423 3:29 2005-10-31
To & Fro
To & Fro
4,154,032 4:04 2005-10-31
Freeman
Freeman
3,940,573 4:32 2008-12-08
Passer By
Passer By
3,801,445 3:34 2005-10-31
Angel
Angel
2,603,523 4:11 2008-12-08
Shake the Limbs
Shake the Limbs
2,475,951 3:41 2008-12-08
Things Have Changed
Things Have Changed
2,204,087 3:46 2008-12-08
I To You
I To You
1,263,926 4:21 2005-10-31
Clear And Present Danger
Clear And Present Danger
1,195,187 4:21 2005-10-31
In My Life
In My Life
1,151,736 4:30 2008-12-08
Everyone Around You
Everyone Around You
1,098,034 4:58 2005-10-31
In the Background
In the Background
1,068,778 3:46 2008-12-08
Older
Older
944,947 2:50 2005-10-31
Impartial
Impartial
944,496 3:55 2005-10-31
Cool Down the Pace
Cool Down the Pace
914,650 7:02 2005-10-31
The Forgotten
The Forgotten
900,593 3:53 2005-10-31
The Means
The Means
785,184 4:09 2005-10-31
Stranger Forever
Stranger Forever
731,850 4:02 2008-12-08
Memories or Soweto
Memories or Soweto
672,650 3:38 2008-12-08
555
555
670,088 6:34 2005-10-31
Your Eyes - La finestra
Your Eyes - La finestra
577,267 4:05 2008-11-21
Far From Over
Far From Over
576,687 3:57 2008-12-08
Got to Lose
Got to Lose
544,613 3:35 2008-12-08
Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) - Mattafix Mix
Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) - Mattafix Mix
179,653 3:20 2009-01-10

New releases

Big City Life
Big City Life
2022-06-16
[Warner Records]
Big City Life
Big City Life
2022-06-16
[Sweat It Out!]
Rhythm & Hymns
Rhythm & Hymns
2008-12-08
[Trincy Music]
Living Darfur
Living Darfur
2007-09-17
[Trincy Music]
Signs Of A Struggle
Signs Of A Struggle
2005-10-31
[Trincy Music]