XL Middleton

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·
• Mishell Ivon·
• Kazzey·
• Zackey Force Funk·
• FSQ·
• Prins Thomas·
• The Vapor Caves·
• Soul Clap·
• Milk Talk·
• Kumoko·
• Charles Levine

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