Para fans de Electrónica y Hip-Hop.
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It's safe to say that Mark Knight is something of a prodigy in the world of electronica. At the age of 13 he was making his first forays into DJing, playing a regular slot at The Source, a local joint in his native Maidstone years before he'd ever be able to get in without the aid of fake I.D. Thanks to the success of those slots he was tapped by Ministry of Sound to be one of their residents in 2003, the same year that he and his brother Stuart hunkered down in their parents' tool shed and began work on what would later become Toolroom Records. Over the next decade, Knight and his label became massively respected for their celebrated versions of classic productions, most notably his 2008 version of Laurent Garnier's “Man With The Red Face”.
Thanks to his collaborations with icons like Faithless and Underworld, The Black Eyed Peas contacted him to work on their 2010 record “The END”, which was a multi-platinum hit and netted Knight his first ever Grammy nominations for Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. Since then, he has remained one of the electronica world's most in demand producers and remixers, working with everyone from Calvin Harris to Tiesto along the way. He's also responsible for the first breaks of many an up and coming producer thanks to his continued work in Toolroom, and since he's cultivated the kind of career that people would kill for before he's even reached 30 years old, Mark Knight's still got the world at his feet, and his best days ahead of him. Highly recommended.
Mark Knight is a DJ and a British producer of house music. He founded the Toolroom Records label in 2003, which is based around house music as he found it’s his passion in life. The DJ is originally from Kent but has travelled all over the world with his job, he's done some amazing remixes including changing music from the likes of The Black Eyed Peas, Calvin Harris and Icona Pop as well as many other artists. Seeing him live made me have a new appreciation for DJ's, everyone was a bit crazy in the crowd at the festival he performed at including me, which I guess is to be expected. He remixed some old classics, which is always risky in case you can’t live up to its popularity but he did it so well that I can't complain. I hadn't heard much about him before that day and I can't really remember all the songs he covered, but the atmosphere he created was intense and the vibes in the air were electric. I may forget him quite easily in the future but I won't forget the fun I had as part of the crowd that day. I'd love to experience it again and it’s great to know that he will be passing on his knowledge of the industry to others as part of his record label.
It is such an honour to see Todd Terry perform live as he is one of the most legendary house producers ever with such a distinctive sound that can be heard a mile off. It’s safe to say that this heavyweight has been on the scene for the best part of about thirty years now and has maintained his fantastic reputation along the way. His sound is very much a sampled haven of crossing over dance and disco. I can’t believe he even performed a boiler room set. He is so composed when he performs, just letting his music do the talking whilst he triggers samples on the decks that induce mass sing alongs and drops. He performs one of his biggest hits, “Keep On Jumpin’” which brings the house down. This huge audience can’t contain their excitement and the floor erupts, with everyone jumping up and down with their hands in the air, singing along to any melody that they hear. It’s retro but fresh, sounding as though it could have come out any time between 1980 and now and it would be considered “current”.