Mat the Alien

Mat the Alien is nothing shy of a prolific and iconic DJ who is emblematic to the electronic music scene. Since the late 80’s Mat has been exploring diverse facets of sound and elevating them to an otherworldly level so his stage name is quite appropriate. Mat has recorded a diverse array of music exploring bold soundscapes, goosebump inducing beats and dance floor erupting sonic explosions. Mat has played at legendary Venues & festivals across the globe from Russia to Asia and South America in Venues from Fabric to Low End Theory. He is notably a local favorite in the BC festival industry. His performances at Shambala (for 18 years no less) and Basscoast is a massive attraction to audience members. Mat has also sustained a 8 month residency in Las Vegas, Toured with Monster Energy DJ's and DJ Jazzy Jeff for 7 Inches of Pleasure across Canada and was officially sponsored by Monster Energy Drink as an established artist for 8 years. If that wasn’t impressive enough, his music has been featured on BBC Radio 1 and Rinse FM many times, he has performed at some of the world’s best festivals and was the winner of the first ever Red Bull 3Style Dj Contest. While he is a household DJ name his music defies electronica, his material belongs in any music lovers collection.Mat has played at legendary Venues & festivals across the globe from Russia to Asia and South America in Venues from Fabric to Low End Theory He is notably a local favorite in the BC festival industry. His performances at Shambala (for 18 years no less) and every Basscoast is a massive attraction to audience members. Mat’s life changed when he experienced a catastrophic mountain biking accident in Oct 2020. This left him paralyzed from the Armpits down, transforming his world into something completely different. His resilience throughout this experience has truly illuminated his undeniable strength. The worldly wide versatile pidgin rap experimentalist known as Magugu, who’s mission is to connect the African and western culture together with his Pidgin Rap style ( A local dialect in Nigeria consisting of broke English and local slangs ) Magugu has been making global waves with his iconic vocal tone, unique and distinctive unlike anything else you’ve heard before. The native Nigerian based in the U.K who recently signed to Ninja tunes publishing is making waves in the underground scene with support from Dj’s like Giles Peterson, Skrillex, Target, NiNa Las Vegas, Supa Jamz etc. With millions of streams & viral videos circulating around the net His global sound has been filling up the dance floors from Europe to Africa to Asia to America and his style ranges from Dancehall, hip hop, dub, grime, bass, drum and bass, etc. His energetic and positive attitude has won him praises as a top performer with his commanding presence and dance moves. Outspoken and ambitious magugu is aiming to take over the planet with his pidgin rap style & pump good energy to all his listeners