Rhythm Plate Explained

Rhythm Plate
Background:group_or_band
Alias:Rhythm Plate
Current Members:Matt Rhythm
Ant Plate
Origin:Matlock, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Instruments:Synthesizer – SamplerDrum machine – Bass guitar – Electric guitar – Vocals
Genre:House
Dance
Nu-disco
Electronica
Occupation:Producer
remixer
Years Active:1998 to Present
Label:Pressed For Time Records
Vinyl Only Records
Lost My Dog Records
Winding Road Records
DiY Discs
Mantis Recordings
No Shame Records
Associated Acts:YSE, YSE Saint Laur'Ant, Paraíso, Bleep District, Goshawk
Website:https://soundcloud.com/rhythmplate

Rhythm Plate are predominantly a deep house production duo who formed in 1995. They consist of Matt 'Rhythm' and Ant 'Plate', who have infrequently DJed across the UK (Egg, Fabric), even less so, Europe (SONAR 2009 & 2010, Cork, Montpellier) and once around the world (San Francisco, Auckland, Brisbane, Thailand). In 2012, they played their first live gig at Fabric[1] using extensive outboard gear; including a Roland Juno 60, a Minimoog Model D, a Korg DW-8000, various effects and mixers and two Yamaha samplers. In 2013, Rhythm Plate started a new 'vinyl only' record label called Pressed For Time Records which, despite its lack of paid publicity/PR machine interest, each of the releases have been well received by the deep/tech house community of DJs[2] It still releases music today.

Rhythm Plate released their first, and only, studio album Off The Charts in September 2013. This saw them collaborate with several vocalists including Frank H Carter III, Clive Astin, Colin Mutchler, Mykle Anthony (14 Karat Soul), Lorna Bean (Sean Bean) and actor Johnny Ray Gill, as well working with as notable musicians, Matt Chandler (jazz guitar), Gary Reader (saxophone) and Richard Heacock (strings).

They have written incidental music that has been featured on several UK and US television shows, most notably . They have also remixed other artists including Mark Ronson, The Frames, Amp Fiddler, Martin Iveson, Inland Knights and had tracks featured on music compilations released by Renaissance, Global Underground and Hed Kandi amongst others.

Discography

Year Album Label
2013 Off the charts Lost My Dog Records
2020 It's not an album, it's a doublepack e.p Pressed For Time Records

Singles and EPs

Year Song Label
1999 "Masters at Wirksworth EP" DiY Discs
1999 "Prospect Drive" Mantis Recordings
2000 "Breathe (Again)" Where's Miami EP No Shame/Mantis Recordings
2002 "New Jack Infection EP" Bluem Recordings
2002 "Neutral Solutions EP" Procreation
2002 "Lean" Mantis Recordings
2003 "Flames High" Roam Records
2003 "Divine Strategies EP" Losonofono
2004 "Straight Outta Cromford EP" DiY Discs
2005 "Bless" Losonofono
2005 "You Couldn't EP" Flat & Round Records
2006 "ABCDE EP" Winding Road Records
2007 "Robbin' Hudd" Hudd Traxx
2007 "Music From Our Souls EP" Winding Road Records
2009 "Dirty" Kolour Recordings
2013 "Lean" Pressed For Time Records
2013 "Owl House You EP" Pressed For Time Records
2013 "Re-Masters at Wirksworth EP" Pressed For Time Records
2014 "Casual Relief EP" Pressed For Time Records
2015 "No More (feat. Sarah Jay)" Pressed For Time Records
2018 "Point of Data EP" Vinyl Only Records
2023 "Codependency EP" Vinyl Only Records

Remixes

Year Artist Song Remix Name Label
1998 AtJazz Wind & Sea "Rhythm Plate's Windy Sea" DiY Discs
2002 Inland Knights 17 Days "Rhythm Plate's Heading Home" Procreation
2010 Mark Ronson Somebody To Love Me "Rhythm Plate's Jack Mix '87" Colombia
2010 Mark Ronson Bang Bang Bang "Rhythm Plate's Bangin' Disco Edit" Colombia
2010 Mark Ronson Bang Bang Bang "Rhythm Plate's Dub Plate" Colombia
2011 The Frames Rise "Rhythm Plate's Hi-Rise Reconstruction" Anti-
2011 Experimental Products Glowing in the Dark "Rhythm Plate's Ready Brek Re-wire" Short Circuit Records

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fabric interview with Rhythm Plate. Fabriclondon.com . 11 April 2012 . 7 November 2018.
  2. Web site: InternationalDJ Magazine interview with Rhythm Plate. internationaldjmag.com . 1 May 2020 . 26 July 2020.