Going to start digging through my trance in the next few months after all it's the summer almost 😊

All Vinyl All The Time 🎧🎵💚

BLARK ABSOLUTE EUPHORIA

A DJ in Belfast for over 15 years now. Resident & co-founder of Coda. Fond of dogs, techno, hardcore and most genres in between ;)

For bookings, please contact: coda.belfast@gmail.com

If anything, it’s the freedom in music which drives the very mind of Mark Maguire. Currently living in Perth, Western Australia, with his roots in Cork City, Ireland, this up-and-coming producer & DJ once fell in love with the club scene and decided he wanted to be more than a spectator. And so, he dedicated himself to the electronic dance game. Drawn to those decks, hooked on all-destroying basslines and devoted to that element of freedom only true clubheads will understand, he now sets out to blaze his own, musical trail. A journey of its own. 

 

DJ devotees will absolutely agree – there’s magic in the art of deejaying. When Mark was just a teenager, a visit to a local discotheque planted the seeds to greater plans and unlocked a new passion. Fascinated with a set of Numark CD Mix 1 decks and the way the DJ used it to work the crowd. Besides mastering the DJ decks, he committed himself to online tutorials, books on music theory, composition, mixing and mastering, and learning from other producers, wanting to create something that other people will get joy from. 
A joy he had felt so many times before, since witnessing the likes of Armin, Tiësto, Fergie, Judge Jules, and many more, at GodsKitchen back in 2005. 

 

An Electrical and Instrumentation specialist, with an advanced diploma in Industrial Automation, time isn’t always on his side - but Mark continues to find his direction in the electronic dance scene. His main goal is to produce quality music, with DJ’ing at the heart of it all – getting to see his work in action. With a sound that’s inspired by the classic trance of old, built around melody and atmosphere, several originals are in the making. It’s only a matter of time until the dance floor finds its freedom in the music – Mark Maguire can’t wait to give sound to that.

DJing in his hometown of Belfast for close to 30 years, Blark AKA Blacky.  Seeing Carl Cox play at the legendary Vengeance raves in 1990s was where he first got bitten by the rave bug and hasn't looked back since. Some people say he’s actually been to more raves than Carl Cox has ;)

Alongside friend and fellow Cricky, they both started up the Cave nights in Belfast, bringing over acts like Pet Duo, Patrick DSP, Marco Bailey, Dan Ghenacia, Mark EG, James Ruskin to the city. It was through this the two started releasing music as Cave DJz, racking up almost 15 tracks to date. 

In more recent times, Blark has warmed up for some of the biggest names in techno and house played at festivals like Burning Man, Jika Jika, Life Festival, ifyouknow and AVA in Belfast. He’s also played in clubs all over Europe, including a lengthy stay in Ibiza, Griessmuehle in Berlin and Corsica Studios in London.

Have you seen the damage a bomb can do? It'll blow your face into the side of a tree.