Charles Matlock

Charles Matlock started his DJ career in Chicago in 1984 and has spent many years learning from his longtime friend and mentor, Grammy Award winner, Frankie Knuckles. Since 1984, Charles has held more than 25 club residencies and has performed as a DJ at more than 100 clubs and events in Chicago, New York, Toronto and Miami, including the Edge of the Lookingglass and SideCar Café in Chicago. In 1987, Charles was hired to be State Street Records’ first record pool director and in that position he was responsible for breaking all of State Street’s hits in Chicago. Further, Charles is also an ASCAP songwriter and music producer and currently has releases on 3 different record labels in 3 different genres of dance music. He also often records as a spoken word artist under the name “The Voice”.