Wilkinson (musician)
Mark Wilkinson (born 18 April 1989),[2] better known by his stage name Wilkinson, is an English record producer, DJ and remixer from Hammersmith, England. He has released music on RAM Records and Hospital Records, as well as Virgin EMI. His 2013 single "Afterglow" with vocals by Becky Hill reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart on 20 October 2013.
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| Birth name | Mark Wilkinson[1] |
| Born | 18 April 1989 London Borough of Hammersmith, England |
| Origin | Hammersmith, London, England |
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| Years active | 2010–present[1] |
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| Website | wilkinson-music |
Music career
2010–2016: RAM Records and Lazers Not Included
On 13 December 2010, Wilkinson released his debut single "Moonwalker / Samurai" through RAM Records. The tracks were first premiered through Andy C's drum and bass compilation album Nightlife 5.[3] On 12 June 2011, he released the single "Every Time / Overdose", which became the 99th single release of RAM Records. "Every Time" features vocals from Marcus Gregg and it became Wilkinson's first song to spawn a music video.[4][5][6] On 4 December 2011, he released "Tonight / Pistol Whip". "Tonight" was later re-released in 2013 as the iTunes Single of the Week to promote the release of his debut studio album Lazers Not Included. On 19 August 2012, he released the single "Automatic / Hands Up!". Although it received mixed feedback and significantly less airplay, "Automatic" still managed to gain support from the likes of Annie Mac and MistaJam.[7]
On 2 December 2012, he released "Need to Know / Direction" featuring Iman as the lead single from his debut studio album. On 3 April 2013, he released "Take You Higher / Crunch" as the next single from the album. On 26 July 2013, he released "Heartbeat" featuring P Money and Arlissa as the third single from his debut studio album. On 13 October 2013, he released "Afterglow" as the fourth single from his debut studio album. The song peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart, making it his first top 10 single in the UK. On 28 October 2013, he released his debut studio album Lazers Not Included. The album peaked at number 46 on the UK Albums Chart and number 2 on the UK Dance Chart. On 9 February 2014, he released "Too Close" featuring Detour City as the album's fifth single, which peaked at number 55 in the UK. The album's sixth single "Half Light" (featuring Tom Cane) charted at number 25 in the UK, making it Wilkinson's second top 40 single. It was released on 1 June 2014.
Since the release of Lazers Not Included, Wilkinson has worked on music with Katy B, Wretch 32, Angel Haze and Knytro. On 14 July 2014, a new single entitled "Dirty Love" premiered on MistaJam's BBC Radio 1Xtra show.[8] The song features vocals from Talay Riley, and was released on 12 October 2014. The song later featured on the "extended edition" of Lazers Not Included, which was released on 20 October 2014. This new edition of his debut album, originally titled Lazers Not Included 2.0, was to be released on 18 August 2014 and was to feature six previously unheard songs.[9] However, these plans were scrapped and the extended edition instead featured numerous remixes of and by Wilkinson alongside the new single.[10]
On 2 October 2014, he embarked on his Lazers Not Included tour with support from Etherwood, I See MONSTAS and Toyboy & Robin on selected dates. The tour began in Bournemouth and finished in Cambridge. A new song with Shannon Saunders (with whom he is in a relationship), entitled "Breathe", premiered in Bournemouth.[11] His next single, a collaboration with TC entitled "Hit the Floor", was released exclusively to Beatport on 12 January 2015 and elsewhere on 26 January.[12] The song was pressed to a number of limited edition picture discs for Record Store Day 2015. On 6 March 2015, his next single entitled "Hopelessly Coping" (featuring Thabo) premiered on Annie Mac's Radio 1 show. It was released on 17 May 2015 alongside remixes from Gorgon City, René LaVice, Preditah and Hanami. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 49. On 24 August 2015, "Breathe" was released as a free download, accompanied by a music video. The song is also available on digital retailers.
2016–2018: Hypnotic
"Flatline", the lead single from Wilkinson's forthcoming second studio album, Hypnotic, features vocals from Wretch 32 and was released on 12 March 2016.[13] This was followed by "What", featuring uncredited vocals from MC Ad-Apt and "Sweet Lies", featuring vocals from Karen Harding. Hypnotic was released on 21 April 2017. He released the song Rush with Dimension in November 2017.
In 2018, Wilkinson released the singles "Take It Up" (with Sub Focus), "Decompression" and "I Need" (feat. Hayla). 2019 saw the release of the UKF10 sampler which contained Wilkinson's song "Machina".
2019–2021: Portals and Sleepless Music
In September 2019, Wilkinson and Sub Focus released "Illumiunate" as a first single for their album Portals, released on 9 October 2020. Their second single, "Just Hold On", came out in April 2020. In July 2020, it was announced that Wilkinson is scheduled to perform at the 2021 SW4 (South West Four Weekender) festival.[14] Later single to follow were "Air I Breathe", "Turn the Lights Off" and "Freedom" featuring Empara Mi. The album was released on 9 October 2020.
On 18 February 2021, Wilkinson announced the launch of his new record label, Sleepless Music. The label would go on to release future Wilkinson music and include releases from the likes of S.P.Y, Fred V, Krakota and many more.
2022–present: Cognition
After releasing the singles "Frontline", "If You Want It", "Keep Dancing" (featuring Amber Van Day) and "Used to This" (featuring Issey Cross, No. 14 on the UK Dance Singles Chart) in 2021, Wilkinson announced his fourth studio album Cognition, released in February 2022.[15]
In 2022, the singles "Close Your Eyes" (featuring Iiola) and "Here for You" (with Becky Hill) were released.
The Artwork for Cognition was a collaborative effort with Folkestone-based collage artist Charlie Elms, aka 10 Years Time.[16]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [17] |
UK Dance [18] |
NZ [19] | |||
| Lazers Not Included |
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46 | 2 | — | |
| Hypnotic |
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41 | 1 | — | |
| Portals (with Sub Focus) |
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68 | 1 | 26 | |
| Cognition[21] |
|
78 | 1 | 3 | |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [17] |
UK Dance [22] |
BEL [23] |
SCO [24] | |||||
| 2010 | "Moonwalker / Samurai" | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| 2011 | "Every Time / Overdose" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Tonight / Pistol Whip" | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | "Automatic / Hands Up!" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Need to Know / Direction"[a] (featuring Iman) |
195 | 39 | 105 | — | Lazers Not Included | |||
| 2013 | "Take You Higher / Crunch" | — | 35 | — | — | |||
| "Heartbeat" (featuring P Money and Arlissa) |
169 | 36 | — | — | ||||
| "Afterglow" (featuring Becky Hill)[b][c] |
8 | 1 | 54 | 15 |
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| 2014 | "Too Close" (featuring Detour City) |
55 | 14 | 78 | 83 | |||
| "Half Light" (featuring Tom Cane) |
25 | 9 | 133 | 28 | ||||
| "Dirty Love" (featuring Talay Riley) |
20 | 5 | 99 | 27 | Lazers Not Included (extended version) | |||
| 2015 | "Hit the Floor" (with TC) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Hopelessly Coping" (featuring Thabo) |
49 | 11 | — | 60 | ||||
| 2016 | "Flatline" (featuring Wretch 32) |
— | — | — | — | Hypnotic | ||
| "What" | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Sweet Lies" (featuring Karen Harding) |
— | 34 | — | 98 |
|
Hypnotic | ||
| "Brand New" | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | "We Will Be" (featuring Matt Wills) |
— | — | — | — | |||
| "Wash Away (Calling For You)" (featuring Boy Matthews) |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rush" (with Dimension) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
| 2018 | "Decompression" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Take It Up" (with Sub Focus) |
— | — | 92 | — | ||||
| "I Need" (featuring Hayla) |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | "All For You" (featuring Karen Harding) |
— | — | — | — | |||
| "Illuminate"[25] (with Sub Focus) |
— | — | — | — | Portals | |||
| 2020 | "Just Hold On"[26] (with Sub Focus) |
— | — | — | — | |||
| "Air I Breathe"[27] (with Sub Focus) |
— | — | — | 85 | ||||
| "Turn the Lights Off" (with Sub Focus) |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| 2021 | "Freedom" (with Sub Focus featuring Empara Mi) |
— | — | — | — | |||
| "Frontline" | — | — | — | — | Cognition | |||
| "Keep Dancing"[28] (featuring Amber Van Day) |
— | — | 99 | — | ||||
| "If You Want It"[29] | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Used to This"[30] (featuring Issey Cross) |
33 | 11 | — | — |
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| 2022 | "Close Your Eyes"[31] (featuring Iiola) |
— | — | — | — | |||
| 2023 | "Infinity"[32] (featuring Ilira, Iiola and Tom Cane) |
— | — | — | — | TBA | ||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||
Featured singles
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | "Paradise" (Bru-C featuring Wilkinson) |
TBA |
Promotional singles
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | "Tonight"[d] | Lazers Not Included |
| 2015 | "Breathe" (featuring Shannon Saunders) |
Hypnotic |
Other charted songs
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [17] |
UK Dance [33] |
NZ [19] |
NZ Hot [34] | |||
| 2022 | "Here for You" (with Becky Hill) |
43 | 12 | 8 | — | Cognition |
| "XTC" (Remix) (with Eli Brown and Solardo) |
— | — | — | 10 | ||
| "Release Valve" | — | — | — | 14 | ||
| "No One Else" (with Kanine and Clementine Douglas) |
— | — | — | 12 | ||
| "On Your Mind" (with Amber Van Day) |
— | — | — | 34 | ||
Other appearances
| Year | Song | Release | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Hypnosis" | Sick Music 2 | Hospital |
| "Scream It"[e] | Andy C: Nightlife 5 | RAM | |
| 2011 | "Refugee" | RAM 100 | RAM |
| "Get into It" (with Cyantific) |
Touch Me / Get into It | RAM | |
| 2012 | "Blender Bass" | Non-album single | Self-released |
| 2013 | "Casino"[f] | Andy C: Nightlife 6 | RAM |
| 2019 | "Machina" | UKF10 - 10 Years of UKF | UKF |
Remixes
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Hold the Line" (with Cyantific) |
Major Lazer |
| "Oxytocin" (with Cyantific) |
Kid Adrift | |
| "Box of Secrets" (with Cyantific) |
Zarif | |
| 2011 | "Under the Stars" | Morning Parade |
| "Time" | Chase & Status featuring Delilah | |
| "Reaching Out" | Nero | |
| "Midnight Run" | Example | |
| 2012 | "Pixelated People" | Jess Mills |
| "Remedy" | Professor Green featuring Ruth-Anne | |
| "Pure Gold" | Calyx and Teebee featuring Kemo | |
| "Breaking" | Syron | |
| 2013 | "Reload" | Wiley featuring Chip |
| "Fade" | Jakwob featuring Maiday | |
| "Think About It" | Naughty Boy featuring Wiz Khalifa and Ella Eyre | |
| "Too Close VIP" | Wilkinson | |
| "Overdose VIP" | ||
| 2014 | "Direction VIP" | |
| "Sing" | Ed Sheeran | |
| "Pardon Me" (with Professor Green and Laura Mvula) |
Naughty Boy featuring Ava Stokes | |
| "Go All Night" | Gorgon City featuring Jennifer Hudson | |
| 2015 | "Wild Frontier" | The Prodigy |
| 2016 | "Be Bold" | Tam Cooper |
| 2017 | "Skin" | Rag'n'Bone Man |
| 2018 | "I Need" (with Metrik) |
Wilkinson featuring Hayla |
| 2020 | "Just Hold On" (with Sub Focus vs. Pola & Bryson)[35] |
Sub Focus and Wilkinson |
| 2021 | "Freedom" (with Sub Focus vs. High Contrast)[36] |
Sub Focus and Wilkinson featuring Empara Mi |
| "Turn Back Time" | Diplo and Sonny Fedora | |
| "Rock It" | Sub Focus | |
| 2022 | "XTC" | Solardo & Eli Brown |
| 2023 | "Miracle" | Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding |
| "The Last Goodbye"[37] | Odesza featuring Bettye LaVette | |
Production credits
| Year | Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Breaking" (co-produced by Woz) | Syron | Non-album single |
| 2014 | "Merlin (Everybody Knows)" (co-produced by David Etherington and Jay Reynolds) | Detour City | Non-album single |
| "6 Words" (co-produced by Mikey Muzik and Mo-Samuels) | Wretch 32 | Growing Over Life | |
| 2016 | "So Far Away" (co-produced by Geeneus) | Katy B featuring Stamina MC | Honey |
References
Notes
- a ^ "Need to Know" did not chart on the Ultratop's Belgian Flanders Single's Chart, but it did chart at number 55 on the Ultratip chart, the top-100 songs which haven't made the Ultratop 50.
- b ^ Becky Hill was uncredited on this single originally, but has become part of her official discography on the officialcharts.com site when the single re-entered the Top 100.[38]
- c ^ "Afterglow" did not chart on the Ultratop's Belgian Flanders Single's Chart, but it did chart at number 4 on the Ultratip chart, the top-100 songs which haven't made the Ultratop 50.
- d ^ Re-release of 2011 single as iTunes Single of the Week to promote the release of the album
- e ^ Other Wilkinson tracks featured on the release, but "Scream It" was the only exclusive track to the compilation.
- f ^ It is also exclusively on the vinyl edition of Lazers Not Included.
Sources
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- "Shannon Saunders on Twitter: "YES BOURNEMOUTH!!!!!! Videos of my singing our song Breathe on @kwamekwaten Instagram!"". Shannon Saunders on Twitter. 2 October 2014.
- "Wilkinson & TC - Hit The Floor". YouTube. 6 January 2015.
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- "Wilkinson collaborates with Folkestone's 10 Years Time on new album artwork". Cenemagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- Peak positions in the United kingdom:
- For all except noted: "Wilkinson | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- For "Need to Know / Direction": "CHART: CLUK Update 19.01.2013 (wk2)". Zobbel.de/.
- For "Heartbeat": "CHART: CLUK Update 3.08.2013 (wk30)". Zobbel.de/.
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- For Lazers Not Included: "Chart Archive > 9 November 2013". Official Charts Company. 9 November 2013.
- For Cognition: "Chart Archive > 18 February 2022". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
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- Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:
- For "Need to Know / Direction": "Chart Archive > January 19, 2013". Official Charts Company. 19 January 2013.
- For "Take You Higher / Crunch": "Chart Archive > April 6, 2013". Official Charts Company. 6 April 2013.
- For "Heartbeat": "Chart Archive > August 10, 2013". Official Charts Company. 10 August 2013.
- For "Afterglow": "Chart Archive > October 26, 2013". Official Charts Company. 26 October 2013.
- For "Too Close": "Chart Archive > March 8, 2014". Official Charts Company. 8 March 2014.
- For "Half Light": "Chart Archive > June 14, 2014". Official Charts Company. 14 June 2014.
- For "Used to This": "Chart Archive > March 4, 2022". Official Charts Company. 25 February 2022.
- "Discografie Wilkinson". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
- For "Afterglow": "Chart Archive > October 26, 2013". Official Charts Company. 26 October 2013.
- For "Too Close": "Chart Archive > March 9, 2014". Official Charts Company. 9 March 2014.
- For "Half Light": "Chart Archive > June 14, 2014". Official Charts Company. 14 June 2014.
- For "Sweet Lies": "Chart Archive > November 25, 2016". Official Charts Company. 25 November 2016.
- "Illuminate - Single by Sub Focus on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- Kicks, Whisky (5 February 2020). "Just Hold On". DJ Mag. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- Scilippa, Phil (13 August 2020). "Sub Focus and Wilkinson team up for emotive new single 'Air I Breathe'". EDM.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- "Keep Dancing - Single by Wilkinson & Amber Van Day on Apple Music". Retrieved 27 May 2021 – via Apple Music.
- Meadow, Matthew (17 September 2021). "Wilkinson snags Childish Gambino 'Redbone' lyrics on new single, 'If You Want It'". Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- "Used to This - Single by Wilkinson & Issey Cross on Apple Music". Retrieved 10 January 2022 – via Apple Music.
- "Close Your Eyes - Single by Wilkinson & Iiola on Apple Music". Retrieved 13 March 2022 – via Apple Music.
- "Infinity (feat. ILIRA, iiola & Tom Cane - Single by Wilkinson on Apple Music". Retrieved 1 April 2023 – via Apple Music.
- Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:
- For "Here for You": "Chart Archive > February 18, 2022". Official Charts Company. 18 February 2022.
- "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- "On Your Mind": "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- "Just Hold On (Sub Focus & Wilkinson vs. Pola & Bryson Remix) - Single by Sub Focus & Wilkinson on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- "Freedom (Sub Focus x Wilkinson x High Contrast Remix) - Single by Sub Focus, Wilkinson & Empara Mi on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "Odesza - The Last Goodbye (Wilkinson Edit)". Soundcloud. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- "Becky Hill | full Official Chart History". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.