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For out latest Burek podcast we have a skillfully layered journey into various shades of house from Birmingham based DJ and producer Mark E.
Mark E’s love affair with electronic dance music started when Manchester was Madchester and rave culture swept through England. Later he tasted house at the hands of legends like John Kelly and Frankie Knuckles at Wolverhampton scene, before moving to Birmingham for University where he is still today creating and feeding the club scene.
Mark  is one of those guys who releases at least a few amazing records each year. Now, nearly a decade of releasing music, Mark  has a discography that contains efforts for top-notch labels like Spectral Sound, Running Back, and Golf Channel and his very own imprint Merc.

Mark E has kindly provided us with second part of a triple mix series, mixed as a straight vinyl set at home, accompanied with a few bottles of fine beer and some stuffed animals. Mix also containing first airing of Mark forth-comer on Spectral Sound. BOOM! Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/merc_music
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/mark-e
http://www.discogs.com/artist/378421-Mark-E

Burek Podcast #17 - MARK E

Mark E "AVION" EP out November 17, 2014 on 12" Vinyl and DL.

Pre-order from The Ghostly Store: http://www.theghostlystore.com/products/mark-e-avion-ep

Mark E - Molyneaux

B - EMERGENCY (snippet)

A - LAURENTIAN ABYSS (snippet)

Original Club Version is already conquering the Beatport Charts:
https://pro.beatport.com/release/bleeding-feat-human-life/1459059

Radio & Instrumental Edits will be available via I-Tunes as Pre-order:
https://itunes.apple.com/album/bleeding-feat.-human-life/id960704763

The Exploited Team is happy to deliver fresh remixes to you from The/Das (Life & Death) and Mark E (Spectral/Ghostly) for Adana Twins’ current single ’Bleeding’ feat. Human Life.

'Friso and Take It Easy have gained international acclaim as the Adana Twins with club hits like “Strange” and “Everyday” and through quality productions such as these the two have cultivated a style that is fun, refined and distinctly their own. The pair’s latest offering, “Bleeding (feat. Human Life)”, is no different. Sleek beats and clever vocal snippets from LA-based act Human Life are supplemented by an intricate synth line and a driving beat builds intensely towards the middle of the song before gradually easing up towards its finale. The structure style is unexpected, making this track a heavy hitter for a packed, sweaty dance floor.' (Thump)

About The/Das:
The/Das introduced their unique brand of 'techno tenderness' in 2013 with a set of EPs on italians finest ›Life And Death‹, followed by an Ep and a LP on Berlin sweetest ›Sinnbus‹. They came back with a trippy remix for Hundreds on Krakatau Records.
Shir Khan met Fabian from The/Das a few times in Berlin nightlife. Their shared vision for music & life led to this remix on Exploited.

About Mark E:
Mark’s first forays into production were, naturally, edits—warm, understated, and interestingly mellow, with tempos hovering somewhere between 105 and 115 BPM. Slowly, 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 released his first artist album, Stone Breaker. Shir Khan has followed Mark E since his first edits, saw him DJing one time in Berlin and just felt the time was right to ask for a remix.

Early Feedback:

Zev/Wolf&Lamb: Nice tropical vibez.
Tensnake: Great remixes.
AME: Thanks.
Noir: Good remix by The/Das.
Erol Alkan: Thanks.
Brett Johnson: As usual, Mark E delivers what my mind, body and spirit craves. And without any electrolytes!
Pezzner: This Mark E Mix is so mental. Love it.
Simon Garcia: Excellent boys! Lovin’ both mixes. Thanks.
Edu Imbernon: Nice remixpack!
Pete Herbert: Mark E Mix is stunning!
Sasha: Tasty Stuff.
Larse: The/Das Mix for me!
Death On The Balcony: The/Das Remix is great! Also cool to see Mark E on board too!
Pedro Winter: Loading it now.
Animal Trainer: Big credits for the Remix by Mark E. An epic one!
Rainer Trueby: Really like the way The/Das remix builds.
Jonny Cruz: Really dope release here!
Kito Jempere: Really digging Mark E Mix.

Adana Twins - Bleeding Remixes feat Human Life (Preview) | Exploited

via Pitchfork...

When Birmingham, England-based producer Mark E burst onto the scene, he did it slowly. Taking cues from the likes of Theo Parrish and Moodymann, Mark E's early edits (be they of Womack & Womack, Diana Ross or Miss Jackson) were woozy in all the right ways, just clocking in over 100 BPMs, a rarity for most house tracks.
But he's picked up velocity ever since, his full-lengths Stone Breaker and Product of Industry now going the speed limit. For his first single on L.A. label ESP Institute, Mark E takes his foot off the gas a bit with "Laurentian Abyss", which namechecks the underwater valley off the coast of Canada (or else makes a Transformers reference). It's hard to tell what's beefier on "Laurentian Abyss": the synth stabs or the flanged kick. Both bounce and pack a wallop. But as the track chugs along, a train-like clacking appears underneath and between the hand percussion and chopped-up keys, a bit more space opens up. Not quite an abyss, but it floats.

—Andy Beta

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17417-mark-e-laurentian-abyss/

[ESP025] MARK E - Laurentian Abyss

The end of the week and the end of the month can only mean one thing...

The 16th edition of our mix series is produced by Birmingham-based DJ, Mark E (@merc_music), bringing you 74 minutes of overwhelmingly deliberate, quintessential house music.

Mark manages to deliver a sound that is uniquely blue collar and utilitarian—classic, almost industrial house, with a hint of disco warmth.

№ 16 - Mark E

AMEVICIOUS - DISCO LIBERTINE - MARK E REMIX

♬ Full Article ♬:
http://www.deephouseamsterdam.com/full-premiere-e-work-who-do-you-believe-in-vocal-mix/

Mark E returns after the hugely successful 'E-Versions' series, only this time the Birmingham based DJ and producer embarks as E-Work. Mark E started off testing house at the hands of legends like John Kelly and Frankie Knuckles in Wolverhampton in time when the rave culture swept through England. After moving to Birmingham for University mark became part of a larger club scene and soon first productions, naturally edits, followed.

E-Work #1 - Who Do You Believe In?

E-WORK - Who Do You Believe In (Vocal Mix)

♬ Full Article ♬

Full Premiere: E-Work - Who Do You Believe In? feat. Trudie Dawn Smith (Vocal Mix)

Though you may have expected us to take the obvious opportunity to premiere some new sounds from Joe Munday on the very beginning of the week we decided that, even by our standards, that would have been pushing it just a bit too far. So you've had to wait three extra days to get your ears on Mark E's remix of 'Ama's House' purely because we didn't want to get too caught up in writing a nonsense introduction and wasting words.

Oh, hang on...

Still, without any further ado, get your ears around this cracking remix before we steal Mark E away to Farr...

PREMIERE: Joe Munday - Ama's House (Mark E Remix)

https://soundcloud.com/steve-clouded-vision
https://soundcloud.com/merc_music
https://soundcloud.com/ilvesmigova

KODU002 - RECLUSE EP
- Steve Cook - Recluse(Original Mix)
- Steve Cook - Recluse(Mark E Remix)
- Steve Cook - Recluse(Ilves & Migova Remix)

“Recluse” is a stunning Lo-Fi adventure by acid master Steve Cook. After hearing Steve’s “Haze Ep”, released on Tsuba, we knew this man was something out of the ordinary. Steve’s original is like a warehouse rave theme mixed with modern electronica. Born out of an idea of taking things back to analog basics, capturing a vibe in its most natural and instant state.

First out on the remix side is no less than UK mastermind Mark E. It makes no difference whether he's remixing pop divas like Robyn or underground beats for "Kohdu Records", it’s always the same pitch perfect rhythmics combined with mellow synths and complex sound design. Mark's remix is a bottom of the Atlantic ocean deep sound-journey, a enchanting hypnotic groove that will get even the best beat-crafters weak in their knees.

If you send a Shaman into outer space and have him write music about his experience, it will probably sound something like Ilves & Migova’s version of "Recluse". The Ibiza based multi-dimensional duo delivers a warm, moody, tropical jungle theme for people with one or two ears outside the box. Completing this very diverse and unique EP, electronic music’s own “Chateau Lafite”.

Steve Cook - Recluse (Mark E Remix) -Preview

Here's the Autumnal edition of Paper Radio with the usual label  bangers, mashers, uppers and downers.  We've a special mix and intervew from Mark E plus Norwegian and Mungolian Jetsetter DJ Strangefruit.
And I drop a major bollack at the end by failing to 
Sit back, pour yourself a vintage port, stuff your pipe and be warmed at the fireside of rave.

Kimo - Born Out
Situation - Get A Taxi (Lovedrop Remix)
Seen On TV - Spiral 2
Rave-enka - Rett I Kroppen

DJ Strangefruit Intervew

Todd Terje - Alfonso Muskedunder (Mungolian Jetset remix)
Daco - Meine Killer
Leon Sweet - Sunny Bigler (Peza Remix)
Flash Atkins - Forbidden Flesh feat. Danielle Moore (Steve Cobby Mix)
Mark E -  Laurentian Abyss

Mark E Interview

Mark E Mix

Kimo - Bow Down
Human League - Fascination (Situation Edit)


Paper Radio - Autumn '15 feat. Mark E & DJ Strangefruit

Originally hosted by 
http://testpressing.org/2015/11/mix-mark-e/

Mark E - Testpressing Mix - 2015

E-Versions 5 - Sanctified
Released January 2016
http://mercmusic.net/
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/e-versions-5/591651-01/
http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/prod/EVersions5-HornJamSanctified-Merc-106150.html
http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/mark-e-e-versions-5-pre-order-merc/134781

E-Versions 5 - Sanctified

E-Versions 5 - Horn Jam
Released January 2016
mercmusic.net/
www.juno.co.uk/products/e-versions-5/591651-01/
http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/prod/EVersions5-HornJamSanctified-Merc-106150.html
http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/mark-e-e-versions-5-pre-order-merc/134781


E - Versions 5 - Horn Jam

To celebrate 10 Years since its first release MERCMUSIC is re-releasing Mark E's first edit " Scared ", and the B side has PLASTIC PEOPLE, which until now hasn't been available on vinyl.

Released 15th February 2015.

E - Versions 6 - Plastic People

E - Versions 6 -  Scared

Mark E last delivered on Futureboogie back in November 2014, so it’s a welcome return to the label for the Birmingham based DJ & producer.  With his Merc imprint running on full steam, and previous releases on revered labels like Spectral Sound and Running Back, Mark is becoming an ever dependent exponent of the real and raw house music vibe, and no more so than on the Basement Trax EP.

Basement Trax 1, distorted synths wander over a low-slung beat, the marching hi-hats and filter work are tweaked to perfection.  It’s a track of basic elements, but done so well, the arrangement building steadily and bags of warmth and soul deep at the heart of this track. 

The gnarly bass and classic string sounds of Basement Trax 2 make an ideal companion piece to the A side.  Delivered in the finest wild-pitch tradition, the raw sounding production packs a punch as the stomping drums and repetitive keys ramp up the heat for a real blazer of an underground club cut.

Two quality cuts served up for you here…


Mark E - Basement Trax 1 (FBR041) [clip]

Mark E - Basement Trax 2 (FBR041) [clip]

The shopfront looked gloomy and mysterious in the streetlight. Dust sat layered in the windows and no light could be seen from within. The crew of revellers stood eagerly outside the door, a small queue had already begun to form behind them as they waited. Finally at midnight, the bolts were unlatched and it swung open. One at a time they were ushered inside and in the distance they could hear the sound of drums echoing. Below them there was a party underway, deep down in the basement, and they were going there. 
Mark E is forever on point. His latest EP for Futureboogie is on point and 'Basement Trax' is on point.

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