Jackmaster, Scottish DJ and producer, dies aged 38

In 2010, Jackmaster merged his labels Dress 2 Sweat and Wireblock, the latter of which he worked with brothers Calum and Neil Morton, with Stuff to form the new Numbers label. It was of course named after the club night they all ran together in Glasgow, which still hosts dance nights there and in other cities. Under the joint label Numbers, records by Sophie, Jamie xx, Hudson Mohawke, Jessie Ware, Rustie and more have been released digitally and on vinyl.

Jackmaster won the Breakthrough DJ honor at DJ magazineBest of Britain Awards in 2010. It was the first of many accolades in his career, which went on to include the future DJ magazine charts, climbing the Resident Advisor's Top 100 DJs polls and earning a residency slot on BBC Radio 1. He was also the inaugural winner of the Sub Club Electronic Music Award at the Scottish Music Awards 2016 and was awarded the Tennents Golden Can Award for Contributions to Scottish Culture in 2017.

Although Jackmaster has released a number of original singles throughout his career, including “Nitro” and “Let's Go”, arguably his best-known releases are FabricLive.57which was directly invited to curate by Fabric in 2011, and the 2016 mix DJ-Kicks Jackmaster. His most recent releases were from 2023 The party continues Avision EP and collaborations “Bumpin'” and “Just Get Up”.

In 2018, Jackmaster publicly apologized for “attempting to kiss and grab people against their will” at the Loves Saves the Day festival. “I was abusive and acted lewdly and inappropriately towards several staff members at the festival—both female and male—during a drug-induced blackout,” he wrote, “in which I had put myself after my performance, drinking a substance called GHB. .”

Dozens of artists have posted tributes to Jackmaster after hearing the news of his death, including Diplo, Honey Dijon, Modeselektor, Black Coffee, Dillon Francis and Peggy Gou. “Inspiration. Pure talent. Pioneering DJ. Friend,” wrote Disclosure Instagram. “The music scene will never be the same without you. Thank you for all the great memories, shows and laughs we had together. 🙏🏻 Rest in Peace Jack.”