Matt Ward (record producer)

[1] He has worked under the following aliases: Full Phatt,[2] Hotsnax,[3] 23 Deluxe,[4] The MDs, Perfect Storm, FP, Global State,[5] Boom Squad,[6] Instant Flava,[7] Secret Agents, Switch,[8] Mush[9] Shake Ya Cookie,[10] and Patrolla.

In 2003, as part of Full Phatt, Ward was one of the first official remixers (alongside Fatboy Slim and The Neptunes) of the Rolling Stones track "Sympathy for the Devil".

He also produced the original version of Ironik's "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)" featuring Elton John which went on to become a Top Three record in the UK.

In the same year, he worked with UK girl band, The Saturdays, co-writing a track on their Top Ten hit album Chasing Lights with the song "Vulnerable".

Ward has also done many radio edits for artists such as Jay-Z, Sting, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Plan B, Gym Class Heroes, Ed Sheeran, Lionel Richie, fun., Wale, Afrojack, Tiësto, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

In November 2013, Ward additionally produced and mixed "Red Lights" by Tiësto which has sold over 600,000 copies to date and spent eleven weeks at the top of the Billboard dance charts.