XL MIDDLETON
XL Middleton
XL Middleton (Matthew T. Hudgins) is a Pasadena, California producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has been a driving force in modern funk since the early 2000s. Blending 80s boogie and disco, 90s G-funk, house and synth-pop, he co-founded and runs MoFunk Records, the Los Angeles label that helped define the modern-funk movement. He also founded Salt Box Records, the funk-centric record shop he opened in LA's Chinatown in 2017, co-hosts the monthly Pop Lock Funk club night, and organizes the annual Modern Funk Fest. A prolific keyboardist and beatmaker with dozens of albums, EPs and singles to his name, his recent work folds socially conscious lyricism about gentrification and homelessness into his signature laid-back grooves. He is a longtime collaborator with Soul Clap, FSQ, Zackey Force Funk and fellow Pasadena artist Moniquea, and has shared the studio with G-funk luminaries Domino and Kokane.
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Bio
XL Middleton (Matthew T. Hudgins) is a Pasadena, California producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has been a driving force in modern funk since the early 2000s. Blending 80s boogie and disco, 90s G-funk, house and synth-pop, he co-founded and runs MoFunk Records, the Los Angeles label that helped define the modern-funk movement. He also founded Salt Box Records, the funk-centric record shop he opened in LA's Chinatown in 2017, co-hosts the monthly Pop Lock Funk club night, and organizes the annual Modern Funk Fest. A prolific keyboardist and beatmaker with dozens of albums, EPs and singles to his name, his recent work folds socially conscious lyricism about gentrification and homelessness into his signature laid-back grooves. He is a longtime collaborator with Soul Clap, FSQ, Zackey Force Funk and fellow Pasadena artist Moniquea, and has shared the studio with G-funk luminaries Domino and Kokane.
Credits
- XL Middleton·
- Moniquea·
- Ivan Makvel·
- FSQ·
- Prins Thomas·
- Soul Clap·
- Zackey Force Funk·
- Milk Talk·
- Charles Levine·
- Kazzey·
- Mishell Ivon·
- The Vapor Caves·
- Kumoko
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