Marc Leaf is a veteran DJ and music producer whose career has spanned more than three decades at the heart of the electronic music scene. With over 35 years behind the decks and more than 100 releases to his name, Marc has built a reputation for innovation, energy, and deep passion for the craft.

From the underground clubs of the UK to packed venues across Europe, Marc’s sets have lit up dance floors and pushed musical boundaries. His sound, rooted in classic house, continues to evolve—driven by a love for music that refuses to fade.

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Hailing from provincial Italy, world class DJ & producer Benny Benassi is a name needing little introduction but always deserving of wide admiration and acclaim.  Indulging in a career spanning fifteen plus years, Benassi is renown as a humble, authentic and charming character who has grown from club DJ to festival king to multi-million selling record producer taking success in his stride. Trademarking his unique infusion of house and electro with his global smash “Satisfaction” Benny has continued to create music which is a clear evolution of this signature sound but never deviating too far. 

There is no better place to start delving into the rich history of the Benassi career than with his international blockbuster, “Satisfaction” and its game-changing music video became his launch pad into stardom. Created with his cousin and producer, Alle Benassi, and inspired by the car horns outside an open street facing window, this single catapulted into the charts with a #1 in France, #2 in the UK and Germany. Followed by his debut album Hypnotica, which reached top 20 across nearly all parts of Europe within the first month of release. 

The next few years for Benny were a culmination of successes, whether it be the major festivals he went on the play (Coachella, EDC, Ultra Music Festival, Tomorrowland to name a few) or his next artist album, Rock N Rave in 2008. The same year he won a Grammy Award for his ground breaking remix of Public Enemy “Bring The Noise” further catapulting the Benassi name into stardom. 

In 2011, Benny teamed up with a star-studded album cast for his album Electroman which featured T-Pain, Kelis, Jean-Baptsiste and Apl.de.ap amongst others and most famously Gary Go with his chart-topping single “Cinema”.  The Skrillex remix of “Cinema” not only went Gold in the US and platinum in Australia and Canada but won the Benassi’s another Grammy whilst holding firm in the iTunes top 10 dance chart for over 6 months. 

Still on this exceptional career high, Benny Benassi combined talents with Chris Brown to create one of the biggest cross-over dance records of its time with “Beautiful People”. The following years have been a measure of incredible world tours and releases, most notably his record “Dance The Pain Away” with John Legend, which premiered live on stage at Coachella with John himself. 

2016 saw Benny released his first album in five years Danceaholic, an unexpected, stunning cocktail of already released tracks, two unreleased reworks of older singles and brand new songs, led by the hit summer anthem “Paradise”, once again with Chris Brown. “Paradise” stayed in the Top 50 UK charts for 10 weeks and boasts more than 65 million video views and close to 47 million Spotify streams. 

In recent years, Benny's main releases include “Everybody Needs A Kiss” featured US duo Sofi Tukker racking up over 10 millions streams online and was featured as the sound of gay pride for Musica.ly, "Lonely Nights" featuring Lil Yachty, interspersed with two great house-oriented tracks, "Inside" with Chris Nasty, performing well in clubs and on streaming platforms and "Everybody Hates Monday Mornings" with his own production outfit, BB Team, and featuring the eccentric and charismatic YouTuber, Canguro English.

Beyond his own productions he brought his sound to a wider musical audience with a flurry of high-profile remixes with the likes of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Giorgio Moroder, Madonna, Sean Paul and the Rolling Stones, to name but a few; whilst maintaining a weekly radio show on the US heavy-weight iHeart Radio broadcasting to a staggering quarter of a billion listeners monthly.

Established in London, 1999.

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Andy Bird is an English born, Sydney based DJ, With the admired talent of creating a vibe from the simplest of grooves.

Andy Bird’s career kicked-started back in 2009 on home soil.

Growing up in Leeds, (The music scene's capital of the north) and being a regular at events like "Back2Basics" and "Mono_Cult it wasn't long before Andy picked up a pair of headphones and started getting noticed by some of the cities top promoters. 

Andy’s natural ability to curate sets filled with his distinctive, deep, moving underground style really took hold, He soon found his place on the Northern England scene, playing regularly in Leeds, Manchester, Newcastel and York.

Andy scored a host of guest appearances and soon became one of Mint Club’s resident DJ, warming up for the likes of Hot Since 82, wAFF, Eats Everything, 
Jaymo & Andy George, Santé, Heidi, PBR Streetgang, Darius Syrossian, Richy Ahmed, and Âme just to name a few...

Firmly establishing himself musically, his next natural step was Ibiza. Living and working in Ibiza, Andy found him self playing a number of intimate sets across the island, along with local sunset boat parties and well known clubs including Pacha and EGG. 

Experimenting with new sounds and showcases a diverse taste in music, Andy draws inspiration from artists such as Âme and David August. Their unique identifying sounds fuels Andy’s inspiration to be creative.

In 2013, Andy built on his experience in the industry and successfully launched his own brand. 

SHOKO rapidly became a respected name where Andy was able to work alongside the likes of Jaymo & Andy George and their international agency MODA BLACK.

During this time Andy booked a huge number of international artists and kicked off a regular successful monthly club night in his home town of Leeds. (Which still runs to this day)

In 2015 Andy decided he needed a new challenge so decided to move to Sydney Australia. 

It didn't take long for Andy to find his feet. Securing a boat party booking at the start of summer from Have you Heard Events, he soon became a favourite resident booking for Return to Rio, Division Agency, Paul Strange Events and Chinese Laundry. 
Since been in Australia Andy has had the privilege of playing along side international heavy weights Carl Cox, Dixon, DJEZ and Âme to name a few.

2016 has been a huge year for Andy, With a hotly anticipated 2017 just about to hit full swing Andy shows no signs of stopping launching his new brand Parallel www.ParallelSydney.com

Bookings/Enquiries: 
tom.jagger@live.co.uk

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