Kid Massive

Flying the flag for Denmark, the now UK based dance producer has had quite the impressive career to date. His recent album, the stunning 12 song collection “A Little Louder”, has proven to be one of his finest achievements and with productions supported by dance heavy weights like Tiesto, David Guetta, Fatboy Slim, Bob Sinclar and Chuckie, Kid Massive’s stock as a DJ/Producer/Remixer is very much on the rise. It all started for Benjamin Pedersen back in the early noughties, experimenting with different styles of music from electro-clash and jungle, to soulful and funky house, before finding his signature mainroom house sound. Signing to legendry label Slip & Slide he delivered his first international hit “Get Busy” in 2008, which reached number 2 in the Beatport Top 100. Building on this achievement, he released two hugely successful reworks of seminal classics “Music Is The Answer” and “Touch Me (In the Morning)”. The latter was released on Roger Sanchez’s Stealth Records, launching KM onto the world stage and establishing him as an important part of international dance music. Fast forward to 2010 where he had clocked up support from dance music’s elite and continued to gain respect with releases “Pride (A Deeper Love)” and “Home”. The first of these, a rework of the C&C Music Factory classic (complete with a huge remix from John Dahlbäck) gained radio support across the globe and achieved shining reviews in both IDJ and Mixmag, propelling it to no 5 in the UK Buzz chart. Hot on its heels came the powerhouse collaboration “Home” with Grammy Award winning artist Paul Harris (Dirty Vegas), Michael Gray and Sam Obernik. Hailed as ‘Ibiza summer magic’ and championed by Pete Tong on Radio 1, the single went to no 2 in the UK Buzz Chart and number 5 in the Cool Cuts Chart. In 2011 the first single from the same named album “A Little Louder”, featuring legendary house vocalist Peyton, made its debut with an impressive array of chart positions: no 5 UK Club Chart, no 19 UK Cool Cuts Chart, no 10 UK Buzz Chart, no 38 Beatport Top 100, no 11 Beatport House Chart, no 19 Australian ARIA Club Chart, no 3 DMC World Chart and no 2 DMC UK Chart. The unmissable remix package from TV Rock, Bassjackers, Muzzaik and Damian William garnered heavy support from national UK and French radio stations whilst remaining in the Beatport Charts for a staggering 5 months. All of this successfully paved the way for the second single “Don’t Cry” with explosive remixes by Hard Rock Sofa, Olav Basoski, Bass Kleph and Neon Stereo. Featuring Billboard chart-topping vocalist Mark Le Sal it earned another place in the official UK Club Chart reaching no 7, plus no 9 in the UK Buzz Chart and airplay on national stations BBC Radio 1, Kiss FM, Capital FM. The beginning of 2012 saw the third and final album single “Yawn” shoot to no 1 in the UK Club Chart, cementing KM’s position not only as a prolific DJ/Producer but also respected artist within the EDM scene. A fun fuelled collaboration with Sam Obernik and Dutch MC Jay Colins, the song’s cross-over appeal and heavy hitting remix package from David Tort, Vandalism and Silcox & Eyes, secured yet more chart positions: no 9 in the UK Buzz Chart, no 10 in the UK Cool Cuts Chart and no 27 in the Australian ARIA Chart. Following on from the highly successful album project, KM has recently teamed up with rising US stars Databoy to produce “Good Girlfriend”; a rare blend of dance single which fits both the club main room and radio perfectly and is set to become a commercial smash. The official video filmed at Ministry Of Sound London, achieved an incredible 250K views on VEVO in its first week and is set to air on music channels across the UK. Continuing on in massive style, this year he has remixed Roger Sanchez & Sidney Samson’s tribal monster “Flashing Lights”, indie act Ruby Goe’s “Bad Man” and Helena & Mr Wilsons huge summer anthem “Girl From The Sky”. Alongside his own production work, KM is also label manager of the swiftly rising imprint Get Down Recordings, promoting forward thinking house music from talented emerging and established artists.