Matt Tolfrey, DJ, producer and Leftroom Records founder, dies

Born in England and raised in Bahrain, Matt returned to the UK at the age of 16, settling in the Midlands. His first DJ gig took place in a bar in Worcester, before he enrolled at Nottingham Trent University, where he became fully immersed in the local electronic music scene. He hosted the Junk Funk radio show on Fly FM and earned residencies at two of Nottingham’s most respected clubs: The Bomb and Stealth.

After releasing his first track on Damian Lazarus’s Crosstown Rebels, Tolfrey launched his own imprint, Leftroom Records — born from his desire to produce and release off-center, experimental house and techno. The label’s early success led him to host nights at T Bar in Shoreditch, housed in the Tea Building, one of the epicenters of the mid-2000s minimal techno movement.