Mark E

The Music Of Mark E Is Overwhelmingly Deliberate And In That Sense It’s Quintessential House — Unswerving Mechanistic Intoxicatingly Simple. And Life Imitates Art The Wolverhampton-Reared Birmingham-Based DJ/producer Has Had A Slow Steady Ascension To His Status As One Of The Genre’s Most Natural Talents. Mark E’s Love Affair With Electronic Dance Music Began Early As An Adolescent When Manchester Was Madchester And The Irreverent Attitude Of Rave Culture Swept Through England. His First Record? Bizarre Inc.’s Exuberant Piano-Loaded “Playing With Knives” A Fortuitous Introduction To The Hypnotizing Powers Of House. As Mark Got Older He Dove Headfirst Into The Surprisingly Fertile Wolverhampton Scene Tasting House At The Hands Of Legends Like John Kelly And Frankie Knuckles Before A Move To Birmingham For University Also Installed Him In A Larger Club Scene. Mark’s First Forays Into Production Were Naturally Edits — Warm Understated And Interestingly Mellow With Tempos Hovering Somewhere Between 105 And 115 BPM Or Thereabouts . Once “Scared ” A Ten-Minute Rework Of Womack & Womack’s “Baby I’m Scared Of You ” Found The Ears Of Influential Selector And More Importantly BBC Radio DJ Gilles Peterson It Was On And A Solid String Of Memorable Vinyl-Only Releases Introduced The World At Large To This Humble Devoted Househead. Slowly Again Mark Went Beyond Edits And Into Original Production Starting His Own Label MERC And Honing A Sound That Was Uniquely Blue Collar And Utilitarian — Classic Almost Industrial House With A Tinge Of Disco Warmth. A Stellar Remix For Matthew Dear’s “Little People Black City ” Introduced Him To The Ghostly/Spectral Fold Who Are Now Releasing His First Artist Album "Stone Breaker". It’s As Defining As Anything He’s Done A Symbol Of His Unique Spot In The Global Club Music Landscape Sounding Simultaneously Familiar And Unique Like Few Others Can. read less