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Matt Jones’ spark for dance music was ignited in the late 1990s, as a youngster hearing tracks by Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx & the Chemical Brothers. A developing interest in electronic music led him to catch the DJ bug at 16. He soon found his niche within House music, spending every last penny on imported records by House producers such as DJ Sneak, Daft Punk, Erick Morrillo, Todd
Terry & anyone with the right beats. Soon he discovered his preferred style of house music. It all came together after witnessing an absolutely slamming party courtesy of Chicago House Music legend Derrick Carter. Tough bass lines, Jackin’ beats and infectious elodies were all the ingredients necessary. Being somewhat of a gear junkie, he later acquired a sampler in an attempt to push his DJ sets further.
Discovering it was possible to create new music with the sampler, lead him swiftly down the rabbit hole of music production. Matt Jones’ has since gone on to DJ up & down the country & produce a range of material under the House Music umbrella. Music ranging from deep warm up grooves, to Jackin’ dance floor cuts, catering for.
The label itself was originally founded by Lorraine Burrell (R.I.P.) in the city of London back in 1993. It was a platform for Chris Simmonds and his fellow music friends to promote themselves and their music on a very casual basis.
Since then the music policy delivered a bright selection of House music with a strong affection for the motion supportive drive of Chicago and Detroit club music while always dealing with a timeless approach to vintage jazz, funk and disco elements with Chris Simmonds being the major influence on the sound of the label.
During that time the label has become a musical home for further producers like Mike Huckaby, Tim Deluxe, DJ Sneak, Arturo Garces, Jade Cox, The Crazy Brazillian, Magoo, The Diggers, Bakers Dozen, Private Funk, Shuffle, Matt Jones, Ray Gibbons, Mark Jones and Keynote Productions plus countless unreleased projects that are to be released in the near future exclusively from this website!
The focus of Cross Section Music is capturing, plus developing the moment in the studio and then transforming the music to good energy for the DJs, clubs and House music movement.
In the words of Chris Simmonds “I have seen many things and grown through many trends, over the past 3 decades and I have been prepared to make the most of the opportunities when they come. I would like to thank everyone that has been a part of the journey so far especially my business partners, my family, close friends and continued supporters”.
