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Matt Schwartz (; born 26 October 1971) is an Israeli-British record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, programmer, audio engineer, and DJ. Also known by his stage name The Drill.


Early life
Schwartz was born in , Israel and moved to in the early 1990s. He attended Kingston University and began working at the Hit-House in in 1994, collaborating with artists such as Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Matt Jam, and Carl Brown. During this time, he also produced records with James F. Reynolds.


Career
From 1996 to 1998, Schwartz worked at BeatFarm Studios, producing records for Massive Attack, Arthur Baker, Sara J, Tall Paul, and others. In 1998, Schwartz shifted focus to his career as an artist and producer. He founded Destined Records in 2000 for his own releases and co-founded Blackgold Recordings with Gil Goldberg and .

In 2002, Schwartz teamed up with fellow DJ/singer Joel Edwards to form the group . The duo released several singles in 2003 and their only full-length album, in 2004.

In 2005, Schwartz performed at the Paris Techno Parade as The Drill. He subsequently has played many gigs under his 'The Drill Sound System' and 'DADA Sound System' and with his Deepest Blue Project. Schwartz has had music featured in films such as The Jackal and , and has released music under various aliases, including M'Black, DADA, The Drill, 4tune500, and Deepest Blue. From 2004 to 2007, his composition of Shooting Star was the theme tune for .

In 2009, Schwartz collaborated with Trevor Horn, Olly Murs, Lol Creme, and Robbie Williams. He reached No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Airplay chart in 2010 with M'Black and topped Dutch charts in 2011 with "Bang It All" as Dada & Mastiksoul featuring . In 2012, he co-wrote 's "Timebomb." His track "Crush" reached No. 1 on the US dance charts in 2013.

In 2014, Schwartz co-wrote and produced 's "Unbreakable" and 's "Only Human." He also contributed to 's album Reason and worked with artists such as , , , and Pitbull. In 2015, "Outlines" by featuring reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. Schwartz also collaborated with on their debut album and NERVO on Collateral, co-producing tracks including "The Other Boys" featuring Minogue, , and , as well as 's "You're Gonna Love Again."

In 2016, Schwartz co-wrote and produced Selah Sue's "Fear Nothing," which won the North Vision Song Contest in . In 2018, he produced 's self-titled EP and 's "Wasted." Schwartz co-produced Yungblud's The Underrated Youth EP in 2019, which entered the UK charts at No. 6, and also worked on the singles "Loner" and "11 Minutes" featuring Halsey and .

In 2020, Schwartz co-produced and co-wrote Yungblud's second album, Weird!, which topped the UK charts. He produced and co-wrote "Patience" by featuring Yungblud and in 2021, which reached No. 1 on the UK Big Top 40. In 2022, he worked on Yungblud's third album, including singles "Tissues" and "Don't Feel Like Feeling Sad Today."


Producer work

Number one records

1997"King of My Castle" RemixerNo. 1No. 1
1998"Dissolved Girl"MezzanineWriterNo. 1 (Album)No. 1 Platinum

2000AlbumIntuitionWriter, producer No. 1 Denmark
20014tune500"Dancing in the Dark" Artist/Writer/Producer No. 1
2002Matt Schwartz"Can You Feel" Artist/ Writer/ProducerNo. 42No. 1
2002M-Gee"Body Swerve" Artist/Writer/Producer #1
2003"Deepest Blue"Artist/Writer/Producer#7#1
2004Deepest Blue"Give It Away"Late SeptemberArtist/Writer/Producer#8#1
2005The Drill"The Drill" Artist/Writer/Producer France No. 1
2006DADA"Lollipop" Artist/Writer/Producer#18#1Spain No. 8
2008Deepest Blue"Miracle" Artist/Writer/Producer #1
2009DADA"Stereo Flo" Artist/Writer/Producer #1Russia No. 5
2010M'Black"Heartbreak" Artist/Writer/Producer Billboard airplay No. 1
2010"A Million More Years"Olly MursWriterNo. 1 (Album) 2× Platinum
2011DADA & ft. "Bang It All" Artist/Writer/Producer Holland No. 1
2012"Timebomb" Writer/Producer#31#1Billboard airplay No. 1
2012 featuring "Turn Around"ContrastRemix/Production#8#1
2014/15 & Outlines Writer / Producer#8#1 upfront club top 40#1 UK Indie charts, UK Cool Cuts No. 1 #1 commercial pop top 30 (music week) #4 (midweek charts)2xPlatinum
2015Only HumanOnly HumanWriter / Producer#7 (Album) #1 MTV (16 feb 2015) #1 Viva TVSilver
2015 (Album)/2016 (single)Fear Nothing Writer/Producer #1 Album Belgium, Luxemburg, NetherlandsGold (Bel)
2018Wasted Writer/Producer #1 Lithuania iTunes
2019 with Halsey and 11 Minutes Writer/Producer #1 New music Friday UK&AU SpotifyPlatinum Aus/Gold US
2020Weird! Writer/Producer#1 Album #1 UK Official Album ChartsSilver
2021 featuring YUNGBLUD & Polo GPatience Writer/Producer#3 #1 UK Big Top 40
2022 YUNGBLUD (Album 3)Writer/Producer#1
  1. 1 Ireland
  2. 1 Scotland
  3. 1 Australia
  4. 1 Austria
  5. 1 New Zealand


Other singles / album tracks
2013"Save Me"Before I SleepWriter/Production#10 (Album)
2013Lawson"Love Locked Out"Writer/Production#4 (Album)
2014"Unbreakable" Writer/Production
2014"Only Human"Only HumanWriter/Production#6 (Album)
2014"Song for you and I"You Got It AllWriter/Production
2014"Sparks"Kiss Me OnceWriter/Producer
2015Lawson"Mountains" Writer
2015All Tvvins"Darkest Ocean" Writer/Producer
2016Lawson"Money" Writer
2016Joe and Jake"You're Not Alone" Writer/Producer
2016NCT (band)"Without You" Writer/Production
2016M.O"Too Good" Writer/Production
2016"" (Album) Production/Writer#2 Album (Ireland)
2017Yungblud"I Love You, Will You Marry Me" Production/Writer
2018"Pull Up" Production/Writer
2018 feat. Charlotte Lawrence"Falling Skies" from 13 Reasons Why Season 213 Reasons Why - S2 soundtrackProduction/Writer
2018Bullet for My Valentine"Letting You Go" and "Under Again"GravityWriter
2018Yungblud"Medication", "Machine Gun (F**k The NRA)", "Psychotic Kids", "Anarchist", "I Love You, Will You Marry Me", "Polygraph Eyes", "Kill Somebody" and "21st Century Liability"21st Century LiabilityProducer/writer
2019Yungblud"Braindead!" and "Casual Sabotage"The Underrated Youth EPProducer/writer
2020JC Stewart"I need you to hate me" Producer/Writer
2024Master Peace"Lodge", "Panic101", "Start You Up", "I Might Be Fake", "Sick in The Bathroom", "Heaven", and "Happiness is Love"How To Make A Master PeaceProducer/Writer
2025Yungblud"Changes" Producer


Selected discography
  • 1997 Remix 'King of my castle' – Wamdue project Eruption records UK charts No. 1
  • 1998 Remix 'South of the border'- (Angels release) 'EMI'
  • 1998 Co-write 'Dissolved Girl' – (featured on ) Virgin records UK Charts No. 1 album (Mezzanine)
  • 1999 Production, co-writer, Instruments – 'A bigger picture' – Gut Records
  • 2000 Artist 'Something about you' – TBC Echo records
  • 2001 Production, co-write 'Intuition' – Dj Encore ft. Engelina Universal Scandinavian chart topping act
  • 2002 Artist with Jo Mills Dancing in the dark – 4Tune500 Blackgold recordings
  • 2002 Matt Schwartz Pres. Sholan – "Can You Feel (What I'm Going Through)"
  • 2003 Nova – "All This Love" – Multiply Records
  • 2003 Artist With Grant Nelson Bodyswerve – M-Gee Ft. Mica Paris Swing City Club chart No. 1
  • 2003 – "Deepest Blue"
  • 2004 – "Give it Away"
  • 2004 – "Is It A Sin"
  • 2004 – "Shooting Star"
  • 2004 Album- 'Late September' – Open Records, UK Charts No. 22 Silver Certificate
  • 2004 Remix 'I Like It {featuring Yvonne John Lewis} Free2Air Recordings UK Charts No. 10
  • 2005 'The Drill' – "The Drill"
  • 2005 'The Drill' – "One More Night"
  • 2006 Matt Schwartz & MJ Cole 'Earthlift' – Matt Schwartz and Matt Cole
  • 2007 Dada feat. Sandy Rivera & Trix – "Lollipop"
  • 2007 Klark- 'Do Disco'
  • 2008 Deepest blue-'Miracle'
  • 2008 'Fall Down' – Nicol Destined Records Feat on ABC's show Army Wives
  • 2008 'Piano Mano' – The Drill Ft. Firetruck and Antarctica – No 2 Buzz Charts, No 5 Cool Cuts No'1 Download charts
  • 2008 'Dancing in the dark 08' – 4tune500 4' buzz no' 1 dj download charts
  • 2008 Producer, co-write, Nicol 'how does it feel now'- ABC Drama Army Wives
  • 2009 Remixer – Robbie Williams – Bodies
  • 2009 Dada, Obernik & Harris – "Stereo Flo"
  • 2009 Co-Writer Lol Cream & Robbie Williams – A million more years
  • 2010 Producer, co-Writer, Instruments, Mixing – – 'Flip the Switch' and 'Keep Up' (Mixing, additional instruments co-production)
  • 2010 Olly Murs – A million More years
  • 2010 M'Black – Heartbreak Destined Records/Robbins Ent., No. 1 Billboard Hot Dance Airplay, No. 2 Airplay (Internet radio), No. 9 Radio airplay (Dance)
  • 2011 Dada & Mastiksoul Ft. Akon – 'Bang It All'
  • 2011 Dada & Rui Da Silva ft One – Crazy Love (Destined Records)
  • 2012 Dada & Mastiksoul – Forever ft. Nani (Manchester United) No. 1 iTunes Portugal
  • 2012 Clement Marfo–Mayhem & Champion (Warner) No. 38 UK
  • 2012 -"Timebomb" (EMI) No. 1 in 10 countries including US & UK iTunes (inc video downloads) top 10 in 23 countries
  • 2012 Dada-Metals
  • 2012 M'Black – Crush
  • 2015 Dada, Paul Harris and Dragonette-Red Heart Black Spinning/Source


External links
  • http://www.destined-records.com
  • @mblackuk

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