Coldcut

Biography

Coldcut are an English electronic music duo composed of Matt Black and Jonathan More. Credited as pioneers for pop sampling in the 1980s, Coldcut are also considered the first stars of UK electronic dance music due to their innovative style, which featured cut-up samples of hip-hop, soul, funk, spoken word and various other types of music, as well as video and multimedia. According to Spin, "in '87 Coldcut pioneered the British fad for 'DJ records'".

Channel description

The official YouTube page of Coldcut - Founders of Ninja Tune and Pioneers of Electronic Music and Art.

Formally the Ahead Of Our Time page, for clarity we have rebranded as Coldcut.

All releases can be found in the AHOT playlist.

Our latest software is Jamm Pro, the Production and Live Performance App for iPad.

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Check our Jamm Pro playlists for more insights and tutorials.

Coldcut are founders of Ninja Tune, the UK independent electronic music label. Ahead of Our Time was their original label before Ninja Tune and in 2015 was reopened as a project, channel, lab, and general playground to facilitate free expression of and experimentation with a range of ideas and interests.

These include Art, Music, DJing, VJing, Mixing/Mashup/Montage/Remixing, AV, Optec, Software, Apps, Gaming, Algorhythmic Creativity, Artificial + Augmented Intelligence, Politics, Satire, Social Benefit, Environmentalism, Philosophy, Revolution, Fun etc.

http://coldcut.net/

Latest videos Channel ↗

• 01 571 How Long to Freedom? Jun 10, 2026
• 02 792 Record Store Day: Matt helped bring Shamans in Space - Liquid Sound Design exclusive vinyl pressing. Apr 18, 2026
• 03 1.3K Dark Lady by DJ Food - Free Tuneset on Jamm Pro. Thank you to our wonderful community ❤️ Jan 25, 2026
• 04 1.4K #throwbackthursday Ambient Live Jamm Pro Performance in Space Odyssey, Reykjavik Dec 11, 2025
• 05 288 Coldcut Revolution x Sound of The Police -live at Eurokennes Oct 5, 2025