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𝚂𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 & 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜. 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚘𝚛, 𝚜𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚅𝚒𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝.𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚂𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 & 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚗. 𝙸𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚟𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝, 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜. 𝙸𝚝 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢:𝙻𝚎𝚏𝚝𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍𝙰𝚌𝚒𝚍 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎𝙴𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝙱𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 (𝙴𝙱𝙼)𝙴𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚘𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚝𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚐𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚝𝙶𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚘 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎𝙽𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚎𝙰𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚆𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙴𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎, 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕.


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I am a professional musician, songwriter and sample creator who brings the world of music theory into electronic music. I collaborate with producers, djs, singers and songwriters creating new music and I also create instrumentals & sample packs of musical licks, guitar stems and melodies

Mario Mars aka heathenBEAT is a Chicago based DJ & creative w/ a goal of blurring genre lines within global dance rhythms while keeping focus on Dance Music’s linear history & foundational sound culture unique to Chicago’s House roots. 

Mars was born in LA, raised in St. Louis, and groomed in visits to New York. Early years involved Punk venues, Industrial music, & focus on international nightlife & arts. Taken under wing by elders in his mid/late teens his tastes evolved to include Chicagoans Larry Heard and Jersey’s Tony Humphries who he credits as the club music Godfather who turned him out. An avid record collector to this day he began familiarizing himself with spinning in early 90’s & became a known dancer in warehouse, lofts, and after hours. Around this time he was asked to curate mixes for a college station and focused on obscure international club music.  He still spins records preferably. 

Around 2012 Mars established a friendship w/ the Chicago based collective, Excursions, helmed by DJs Cordell Johnson & James Vincent. After relocating to Chicago he began hosting their wildly successful gathering rooted in Chicago but branched out in Japan, Detroit, & Atlanta. Artist like Jay Daniel, Jose Marquez, Marcellus Pittman, Antonio Ocasio, Loftsoul & countless others were guest at staple venues that include the infamous annual Detroit gathering at the Russell Bazaar Warehouse that drew thousands. 

Pivoting to individual pursuits Mars dove into the craft of DJing as nightlife closed in pandemic. Numerous mixes spurred invites to session from elders like Andres (Specter) Ordonez. These sessions inspired still ongoing gatherings that have seen Chicagodeep, Julion De'Angelo, Chicago Skyway, Noshaluv & other selectors & friends. 

A unique sound he affectionately calls heathenBEAT, Mars prefers a slow-paced, low to ground, slung & intoxicating rhythm that pushes a muddier Detroit sound meshed w/ Chicago’s deep & moody house origin. His roots in Punk often lend to sets going left into unpredictable stretches of obscure & hidden gems. heathenBEAT, which he also calls coarse or irregularity, is music, and way of presenting it, that goes against grain & norms. 

Mario Mars features on domestic & international radio, been booked as remote as Lima Peru, billed on lineups alongside Tony Humphries, Rich Medina, Specter, Damon Lamar, Jose Rico & appeared at Silver Room Block Party, Podlasie Club, Bronzeville Winery, & other esteemed spaces.

DJ Bookings: bookings@redrackem.com

Monthly Masterclasses from the best artists on the scene and Music Producer Mentoring: patreon.com/redrackem

Join My Music Producer/DJ Mentoring Community: https://linktr.ee/howiprogram

DJ, Producer, Label Owner, Broadcaster, Teacher, Writer, Husband, Father

Remixes/Licensing: danny@redrackem.com


Danny Berman aka Red Rack'em is described by Juno Records as 'one of the most respected figures in UK underground house circles'. Creator of classics 'Wonky Bassline Disco Banger' (hammered by DJ Harvey, Moodymann and even Elton John), 'In Love Again', 'How I Program', 'Kalimba', 'Tomato Pope', he's also a much loved broadcaster working with SWU.FM, Rinse FM, WWFM and NTS and guest spots on BBC Radio 1 for Pete Tong, Mistajam and Gilles Peterson. He's been even more busy during the pandemic supporting other artists with his 'How I Program' music producer community.

Since returning to the UK (after 8 years in Berlin), he's been releasing killer records like 'Wonky Techno Banger', 'Overthinking' and his Red Baron collab with Ron Basejam from Crazy P (huge support from Gerd Janson, Avalon Emerson and more), as well as undertaking huge tours of USA, India and Asia playing at clubs like Tag in Chengdu (Chinas Berghain), Rhonda in LA (one of the hottest pan sexual parties in the US) and Smart Bar in Chicago.

He's a super adaptable DJ, just as comfortable playing blazing disco boogie at Pickle Factory in London, deep house at TV Lounge in Detroit or raw swingy techno at Mothers Finest in Berlin.

Playing With 
KiNK, Nikki Nair, Cinthie, Maurice Fulton, Jennifer Cardini, Objekt, Crazy P, Jamie 3:26, Folamour, Leon Vynnehall, Carl Craig, Move D, Ian Pooley, Charlotte De Witte, Gerd Jansen, Paranoid London, Kerri Chandler, Tama Sumo, Bambounou, Tim Sweeney, Tygapaw, Budino, Jeremy Underground, Mike Huckaby, Hieroglyphic Being, Kyle Hall, CC Disco, Bugz In The Attic, Demi Requisimo, Klose 1, LNS, K Hand, Waze & Odyssey, Andres, Wbeeza, Redlight, Beautiful Swimmers, Nick The Record, O Flynn, Rebecca Vasmant 

Notable DJ Bookings
About Blank Berlin, Tag Chengdu, Smart Bar Chicago, TV Lounge Detroit, Potato Head Bali, XOYO London, Terminal V Festival Edinburgh, Propyard Bristol, Mona Paris, Rare Aberdeen, Fly Edinburgh, A Club Called Rhonda Los Angeles, Le Zoo Geneva, Decks On The Beach Beirut, Mad Racket Sydney, Novel Melbourne, Sugar Adelaide, Mutant Disco Tallinn, Radion Amsterdam, Boiler Room London, Mixmag Lab Amsterdam, Worm Disco Club Bristol, Bambis Toronto

Festivals
Alfresco Festival UK, Love International Croatia, Southern Soul Festival Montenegro, Melt Festival Germany, Bestival, UK, Under Festival Latvia, Tallinn Music Week Estonia, Secret Garden UK, Glastonbury UK, Mothers Finest Germany, Highest Point UK

Live Streams
Hoer, Mixmag Lab, Boiler Room, United We Stream, be.at tv - Wax Hounds, Melt Festival

Radio Appearances
Gilles Peterson ‘Worldwide Awards Live Mix’ BBC Radio 1, Pete Tong ‘After Hours Mix’ BBC Radio 1, Mistajam ‘Old School Disco Mix’ BBC Radio 1, Nemone ‘Resident Mix’, Blessed Madonna ‘Track Of The Summer’ BBC Radio 1, Blessed Madonna ‘One To Watch’ BBC Radio 1
 
Quotes about Red Rack'em

'This guy has been making great records for over a decade' Gilles Peterson live on 6 Music

‘He's making really great left house music which is thoughtful but would still work at the more peak times!’ Midland

'If there's anyone to watch it's this guy' - Blessed Madonna live on BBC Radio 1 

'This track is called Wonky Bassline Disco Banger and you can't beat that!' - Elton John live on Apple Beats 1 Radio

'The UK master of House, Disco and Techno' - Groove Magazin

'Moodymann just bought a copy of Wonky Bassline Disco Banger' - Phonica Records

’He has now firmly established himself as one of the most interesting producers and disc jockeys on the circuit - The Ransom Note

Early Reflections is an electronic music platform launched in 2023 and based in Paris, France.

Through a collection of mixes, interviews and reviews, our goal is to bridge the gap between the past and the present across the entire spectrum of electronic music.

For any enquiries: filip.earlyreflections@gmail.com

https://early-reflections.com

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