Biography
Kurtis el Khaleel (born Graham Curtis el Khaleel, September 4, 1965), known by the stage name Kurtis Mantronik, is a Jamaican-born hip hop and electronic musician, DJ, remixer, and producer. He was the leader, DJ, and keyboardist of the influential 1980s hip hop and electro-funk group Mantronix. He currently lives in South Africa where he has produced and remixed house and techno music tracks by artists such as India, Junior Senior, Kylie Minogue, Fatboy Slim, the Chemical Brothers, Michael Gray, Victoria Beckham, Liberty X, S Club, and Mim. Mantronik was influential in the development of hip hop music: notably, he laid the foundations for Southern hip hop genres such as Miami bass and trap music, and helped popularize the Amen break.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Notorious
1986
Twist
2003
Body Language
2003
Come Into My Life
1987
(You Are My) All And All
1986
Greatest Hits
2005
Move Your Feet
2002
Push The Feeling On
1992
Got To Have Your Love
1989
Lifetime Love
1987
Back To The Old School
1986
King Of The Beats (Anthology 1985-1988)
2012
How Did You Know
2003
Reich Remixed
1999
King Of The Beats 2
1998
Love, Peace And Grease
1997
Don't Go Messin' With My Heart
1991
This Should Move Ya
1990
Burnin' At 20 Below
1990
Superfly 1990
1990
Now Dance 902
1990
The Desolate One
1989
From Now On
1989
In Full Effect
1988
Credited work
1,257 releases · 253 albums · active 1985–2025
- Engineering · 1,060
- Production · 1,047
- Performance · 589
- Other credits · 120
Studios: I.N.S. Studios · Mantronik Sound Factory · Unique Recording · Al Cohen Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Mantronix
- Joyce Sims
- Just-Ice
- T La Rock
- Jean Paul Gaultier
- Duran Duran
- Sequal