Jordan Day Reid

Jordan Day Reid (born 9th December 1989), better know by his Producer/Artist name JD. Reid, is a British music composer / producer / DJ born and raised in London, England, 
JD. Reid is a Double-Platinum selling producer who has been critically acclaimed for his ability to produce music across varying genres - Electronic, Hip-Hop, R&B, Grime, Jazz, Indie and mainstream Popular Music. As a producer Reid has amassed more than 174m global streams. He is also the owner of Baby Gravy Records. 
His solo releases have featured slowthai, Katy B, Ghetts, Kojey Radical, Novelist (musician), D Double E, Sinéad Harnett|Sinead Harnett, Mr Carmack, Oscar #World Peace, Mr. Mitch, Jevon and Hodgy (formally of Odd Future). As a songwriter and record producer, Reid has collaborated with Mabel (singer)|Mabel, Celeste (singer)|Celeste, slowthai, Skepta, Denzel Curry, Prodigy (rapper)|Prodigy, Dominic Fike, Biig Piig, Ms Banks, Henry Wu, Flohio, Fatima and Sasha Keable|Sasha Keeble.
Remix work includes songs by Jorja Smith, Giggs (rapper)|Giggs and Roska. 
Jordan Day Reid (JD.Reid) was born in North West London, UK on 9th December 1989 to a Sri Lankan/Irish Mother and a Jamaican/English Father. 
JD. Reid’s Mother spent a large part of her career working in the Record industry and his Father was a percussionist, therefore music was a big part of his upbringing. JD. Reid ventured into making music at the age of 15. 
JD. Reid went to school in North West London, where he also went on to attend college. He studied his degree in Music Technology at the University of Hertfordshire (from 2008) where he shared classes with Nana Rogues, Flux Pavilion and Hoskins. 
Following his departure from University in 2011, JD. Reid began to focus on starting a career as a music producer. His first music commission came from singer Bryan Adams for a film short Georgia May Jagger featuring the model herself. 
JD. Reid's first production for other artists was for London Alternative Rap artists ‘Piff Gang’ and ItsNate. Reid’s artist debut was the self-released EP ‘Word Get’s Around’ (May 2012). This was followed in September 2013 by his second self-released EP, ‘88’.. At this time JD. Reid also made his debut as a DJ, at various London based Hip-Hop club nights. 
As well as producing music, In 2012 JD. Reid also had a full time job at London’s Assault & Battery Studios, assisting renowned record producers Flood (producer)|Flood and Alan Moulder where he gained valuable studio and production experience. 
In 2014, JD. Reid went on to work part-time at Rinse FM as a Radio producer|Radio Producer. Working with many DJ’s and artists he had admired for years was, as Reid described, ‘a real game changer’. The Rinse FM DJ Plastician then released JD. Reid’s first EP on his Terrorhythm Recordings label on 7th April 2014, ‘Maneki Neko’. This was followed by the double A-side single ‘Amethyst’ on 20th January 2015.
Having heard these releases, the owner of Rinse FM, Geeneus, asked JD. Reid to work with Rinse artists Katy B and Sinéad Harnett|Sinead Harnett. He also gave JD. Reid his own monthly show on the radio station in which he introduced his listeners to music by both new and established producers within the Alternative Beats and Electronic genres. 
On 8th April 2016 his first release on Rinse was the four track EP ‘io’ featuring Mr Carmack, Zilo and D Double E. 
On 28th July 2017 his five-track EP ‘Calibrate' was released on Rinse, featuring slowthai, Novelist (musician)|Novelist, Oscar #Worldpeace, Kojey Radical, 808INK and Hodgy. The EP was well received by the media with DJ Mag naming him as ‘one of the most exciting UK grime and Hip Hop producers’
JD. Reid left his job at Rinse FM in 2017 and music then became a full-time career. Soon after he was signed by Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Music Publishing on 21st December 2017. 
In February 2018 came the first release on JD. Reid’s own label, Baby Gravy Records, the 15-track mixtape, ‘Tree’. This album showcased the range of his production capabilities – from Hip-Hop to melodic R&B and Jazz. Featuring artists Mr Mitch, slowthai, Chloe Bodur, Fatima, Oscar #Worldpeace, Roses Gabor, 808Ink, Henry Wu, Jevon, Ghetts, Bossman Birdie, Drae Da Skimask, Katy B, Jvck James, Jay Prince, Jon 1st - the project was well received by the media with Mixmag hailing JD. Reid as ‘London’s Answer to Timbaland’. 
In November 2020 Reid released his mixtape ‘North West’s Finest’ exclusively on Bandcamp. The mixtape featured Denzel Himself, Zilo, Ms Banks, Suspect and Biig Piig. There was also a full length visual to accompany the release. Resident Advisor’s review stated that ‘JD. Reid’s mixtapes have revealed him to be one of London’s most talented producers’. 
=== Mixtapes ===
Title 	Details
Tree 	
* Released: 23rd February 2018
* Label: Baby Gravy
* Format: Streaming, Digital Download
North West's Finest	
* Released: 6th November 2020
* Label: Baby Gravy
* Format: Streaming, Digital Download
=== Extended Plays ===
Title 	Details
Word Gets Around	
* Released: 28th May 2012
* Label: Self Released
* Format: Streaming, Digital Download
88 	
* Released: 7th September 2013
* Label: Self Released
* Format: Streaming, Digital Download
Maneki Neko 	
* Released: 7th April 2014
* Label: Terrorhythm Recordings
* Format: Streaming, Digital Download
Me+1
(collaboration with ItsNate)	
* Released: 11th September 2015
* Label: Astral Black
* Format: Streaming, Digital Download
io 	
* Released: 8th April 2016
* Label: Rinse
* Format: Streaming, Digital Download
Calibrate 	
* Released: 28th July 2017
* Label: Rinse
* Format: Streaming, Digital Download
=== Singles ===
Title	Details
System 
(collaboration with Sinead Harnett)	
* Released: 20th September 2018
* Label: Bad Music
* Format: Streaming, Digital Download
=== Songs co-written, featuring production involvement and/or engineering. ===
Title 	Year	Artist 	EP / Album 	Credits	Credits 	Credits
Title 	Year	Artist 	EP / Album 	Writing	Production	Engineering
"WSTLA" 	2012	ItsNate 	 	 	Yes 	Yes
"Mars" 	2012	Piff Gang 	 	 	Yes 	Yes
"Four" 	2013	ItsNate 	So Slocal 	 	Yes 	
"Smokin'" 	2013	Piff Gang 	 	 	Yes 	
"On Air" 	2014	JD. Reid 	Stussy x Soulection 	 	Yes 	
"This May Take A While"
(JD. Reid Remix)	2015	Roska 	This May Take A While EP 	 	Yes 	
"315" 	2015	JD. Reid & Jelacee 	 	 	Co 	
"Aqua Tryst"
(JD. Reid Remix)	2016	Akito 	Metamessage Remix EP 	 	Yes 	
"Chase Me"
(featuring Sasha Keable)	2016	Katy B 	Honey 	 	Yes 	
"Untitled"
(featuring JD. Reid)	2016	Sh?m 	 	 	Yes 	
"Love To Lose" 	2016	Sinead Harnett 	Sinead Harnett EP 	 	Yes 	
"How I Roll" 	2016	Capo Lee 	Why Not Part 2 	 	Yes 	Yes
"I Mean" 
(featuring Nico Lindsay, Lyrically Stralley, 
PK & P Money)	2016	Capo Lee 	Why Not Part 2 	 	Yes 	Yes
"Chubby" 	2016	808 Ink 	Hungry 	 	Co 	Yes
"12.2 : 13.7" 	2016	CR Blacks 	Gate 33 	 	Yes 	Yes
"As If" 	2017	Prodigy 	Hegelian Dialectic (The Book of Revelation)	 	Co 	
"Maintain" 	2017	ItsNate 	 	 	Yes 	Yes
"Labelled" 
(ft. JD. Reid) 	2017	Selvsse 	Rituals 	 	Co 	
Milk & Honey 	2017	Celeste (singer)|Celeste	The Milk & the Honey 	 	Co 	Yes
Chocolate 	2017	Celeste (singer)|Celeste	The Milk & the Honey 	 	Co 	Yes
Daydreaming 	2017	Celeste (singer)|Celeste	The Milk & the Honey 	 	Co 	Yes
"Finders Keepers" 	2017	Mabel 	High Expectations 	 	Yes 	Yes
"Don't Waste My Time" 	2017	Sinead Harnett 	Chapter One 	Yes 	Yes 	
"150 MPH" 
(featuring JD. Reid)	2017	Faze Miyake 	Infamous 	 	Co 	
"Somebody Else" 	2017	Fatima 	And Yet It's All Love 	 	Yes 	Yes
"Not For Me" 	2017	Celeste 	 	 	Co 	Yes
"Prey" (featuring Rocks FOE)	2017	JD. Reid 	Shadow Child - Red Bull Mixtape Vol. 3 	 	Yes 	
"Fine Line"
(ft. Not3s) 	2018	Mabel 	High Expectations 	 	Yes 	
"Drug Dealer" 	2018	slowthai 	Runt 	 	Co 	
"GTFOMF 	2018	slowthai 	Runt 	 	Co 	
"Rainbow" 	2018	slowthai 	 	 	Co 	
"Lessons" 	2018	Sinead Harnett 	Lessons In Love 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes
"Weapon" 	2019	Mabel 	Ivy To Roses 	 	Co 	
"One Shot" 	2019	Mabel 	Ivy To Roses 	 	Co 	
"Inglorious" 
(featuring Skepta)	2019	slowthai 	Nothing Great About Britain 	 	Yes 	Yes
"Grow Up"
(featuring Jaykae)	2019	slowthai 	Nothing Great About Britain 	 	Yes 	Yes
"Hell Bent" 	2019	Flohio 	 	 	Yes 	
"Roses and Gold" 	2019	Biig Piig 	No Place for Patience, Vol 3 	 	Yes 	Yes
"Don't Turn Around" 	2020	Biig Piig 	 	 	Yes 	Yes
"Thoughts" 	2020	slowthai 	 	 	Yes 	Yes
"terms"
(featuring Dominic Fike & Denzel Curry)	2021	slowthai 	Tyron 	 	Co 	
"Cuenta Lo" 	 	Biig Piig 	 	 	Yes 	Yes
"Last Love" 	 	Sinead Harnett 	"Ready Is Always Too Late" 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes
Category:1989 births
Category:British record producers
Category:British artists