Ross Matthew Birchard (born 11 February 1986), better known as Hudson Mohawke, is a Glasgow-based Scottish-American producer, songwriter, and DJ. He is well-known for his contributions to hip-hop and electronic music in the twenty-first century. His broken, colorful approach to hip-hop propelled him to prominence in the late-2000s wonky movement as a founding member of the UK label collaborative LuckyMe. On Warp Records, he released his debut album Butter in 2009. He has since released two solo albums on Warp, Lantern (2015) and Cry Sugar (2022).
Birchard is also part of the Canadian producer Lunice’s combo TNGHT; their influential eponymous EP was published in 2012. Birchard joined Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music production crew the same year, contributing to the label compilation Cruel Summer (2012) and West’s LP Yeezus. (2013). He later rose to prominence as a producer, working with musicians such as Kanye West, Pusha T, Drake, A$AP Rocky, Lil Wayne, Anohni, and Danny L Harle. Birchard’s 2011 song “Cbat,” which became popular on social media in 2022, became an Internet meme.
