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DJmag's Top 100 DJs Poll, Vote Now!! - 2009/08/12 22:16
Get involved in the most important poll in dance music - DJmag's Top 100 DJs poll. Forget poor imitations, this is THE only poll that matters to DJs and promoters worldwide because it's voted solely by YOU - the foot soldiers on the dancefloor.
Shortly after Mark befriended Derrick Carter in 1988 at a record store in Chicago, his passion for House music, and sharing it with the world, exploded. Mark experimented with a deeper style, dropping De La Soul, disco classics and other stuff that wasn’t being played in the main rooms of nightclubs. While exploring his love for the purist forms of House Music, Mark developed his trademark style: Mushroom Jazz; acid jazz infused with the West Coast’s jazzy, organic productions combined with urban beats.
Fans embraced Mark’s downtempo style so much that he started a weekly Mushroom Jazz club night in San Francisco with Patty Ryan. In 3 short years, the club established a
fanatical, cult-like following for Farina and the Mushroom Jazz sound. When the doors closed, Farina continued the tradition by releasing a series of Cds on OM Records: simply titled, “Mushroom Jazz”.
Since then, Mark has been traveling the globe performing 100s of shows, to over one million club goers, every year. His House sets take fans on journeys to the jazzy side of Chicago House mixed San Fran style. Some of these sets have been known to last up to 8 hours. And sometimes you’ll find Mark playing in two different rooms at the same party, showcasing his range of big room sound to the uberchill. When Mark’s not touring, you can likely find him in his studio, working on his next release for his imprint, Great Lakes Audio, or on another signature mix for Mushroom Jazz.
Mark’s chunky-funky underground house style continually turns the heads of tastemakers worldwide, drawing him not only new fans, but landing him on the Top DJs in the World lists by URB, MUZIK and BPM Magazines.
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In the world of dance music production, Jay-J has forged the reputation as the producer with the "Midas touch", known for his signature 'sexy, soulful, dance floor driven' style; a blend of elements from funk, soul and disco combined with sultry vocals.
Jay-J has collaborated with many of the dance industry's top icons including Miguel Migs, Kaskade, Marques Wyatt, Halo, Julius Papp, Mark Grant and Chris Lum at Moulton Studios, one of the most respected production houses in dance music. These sessions produced some of the biggest contemporary dance world releases that also caught the attention of music professionals.
In 2003, Jay-J received a GRAMMY® nomination for his re-mix of Jill Scott's "He Loves Me". He has also re-mixed the music of other notable artists including Alicia Keys, David Gray, Lil' Kim, Koffee Brown and Donnie McClurkin. In 2006, Australian MTV asked Jay-J to perform live at the 2006 MTV Australia Video Music Awards, hosted by Ashlee Simpson, for both the Red Carpet and awards show to an estimated audience of 1.3 Billion people. Attendees included Snoop Dogg, James Blunt and Russell Crowe.
Music industry professionals and manufacturers adopted Jay-Js infectious music to showcase the hottest and newest advancements in technology. Jay-J's "Make My Heart" featuring Latrice Barnett became the soundtrack for Digidesign's ® Icon Integrated Console (2004). Apple® and Digidesign's collaboration, Motivated By Music, featured Jay-J's music as the theme for their worldwide campaign and tour that included Brazil, Mexico, Italy and the U.S. Sony Oxford ® featured Jay-J's music as the master template to demonstrate the sonic versatility and power of their software plug-ins. Apple® enlisted Jay-J to create two original compositions for their Remix Jampack for GarageBand.
Currently, you can hear Jay-Js syndicated radio shows on XM Radio, Music Choice, Di.Fm, Energy 92.7 FM (San Francisco) and KBIG 104 FM "Thump Radio" (Los Angeles) as well as over 50 internet radio stations worldwide.
His peers consider him one of the most influential, respected and prolific individuals in the industry. As both a DJ and Producer, Jay-J has consistently generated quality like very few can. With his new label, Shifted Music, you can expect more innovative and unique productions from Jay-J.
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The brainchild of production duo Mark Rae and Rhys Adams, Yes King fuse a melée of styles from hip hop, dancehall, ragga and ska into their own unique brand...
Mark Rae has long been a figurehead of the UK music scene following the success of his first production outfit Rae & Christian, the establishment of the former Grand Central Records and Manchester’s Fat City record shop. Rhys Adams remixed Mark Rae’s ‘Candystripe’ under the name of Frankie Valley subsequently lent his production and writing skills to Mark’s follow-up LP ‘Into The Depths’ and a natural collaborative partnership was cemented.
Rhys and Mark later joined forces while producing the album ‘Two Culture Clash’ for Wall of Sound in 2004 and the pair went to Jamaica to record in situ with local vocalists - the level of activity that followed resulted in a hard-drive full of half-finished rhythms which inspired them to create an album project.
The name Yes King originates from a Jamaican greeting which was bestowed by the Jamaican artists they worked with over the course of making the album - the term was used so often that it captured the essence of the project. The title of the album came from reggae legend Dawn Penn’s track ‘Rock This World’ which sets the tone for the album. Although conceived in Jamaica Yes King has a strong London feel. There is a rich history of Jamaican music in Ladbroke Grove, the bulk of the album was recorded close by, many London based artists make guest appearances on the album and collaborators Mystro and Sweetie Irie were raised in the area. Ladbroke Grove’s Trellick Tower was chosen for the artwork as it captures the spirit of Yes King and is the most prominent landmark in the area. The album production consists of a blend of the old and new, bringing the best of both worlds together through live instrumentation with the crunchy beats associated with hip hop and R&B, and also by authenticity to its reggae roots through the instrumentation and melody epitomised by the brass. Such diversity has created a truly unique album offering something to young hip hop fans right through to old school reggae lovers. The album features guest vocalists as eclectic as the production styles and includes performances from Ayak - a 22 year old female singer/rapper who won 2004’s Prince’s Trust Urban Music Awards; Dawn Penn - immortalised by her dancehall classic ‘No, No, No’; Veba - one of the UK’s finest female vocalists who appeared on both Rae & Christian albums; Tor - an East London based female rapper described by Ras Kwame as "One of the sickest lyricists the UK has to offer"; Mystro - arguably the UK’s finest lyricist with a critically acclaimed debut album under his belt; Kenny Knots - a UK based dancehall artist with a string of top ten hits to his name; Sweetie Irie - who has been at the forefront of the UK Ragga scene since the eighties collaborating with artists such as Ian Brown and Gorillaz; Baby Chann - the only female member of legendary UK bashment crew Suncycle; Prezident Brown - original Jamaican reggae deejay of Hi Power Soundsystem and Pete Simpson - a vocalist from Sheffield who has worked with artists such as Joey Negro and Jon Cutler.
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