Recorded live at TideSwing, Santa Cruz April 5th 2025. 100% vinyl, 100% vibes. Enjoy!

Mark Quark - Live @ TideSwing, Santa Cruz 2025

All vinyl sets of various house music. Rekindling an old hobby and sharing the results. Hope you enjoy!

I am a longtime dance music fan, DJ, and synthesizer player, vocalist and producer who got started in Bristol, England making music in the late 1990’s with the names Dryad, and AZ9 in collaboration with Mat Benfield. 
We performed and recorded experimental electronica and toured the West Coast of United States with Spiral Tribe and S.P.A.Z. Collective. 
Since moving back to California in 2003 I have hosted and been a guest on radio shows, and performed at live events. It’s my privilege to to be part of the global dance music community.

I used to be a camera operator at a small company. I left the company and became my own photographer. I like filming videos for fun, for the sake of memories. Picked up my own camera and I’m loving it. Music is life. The dance floor is my home. Love energy is my weapon. Roadtrips are my therapy. Nature is my medicine. “Live in the moment” is my life motto. Music is my religion. I repost all my favorite worship music here, amen.

A girl of summer at heart. Happiest with sand between her toes and an ocean breeze gently ruffling my hair.

In a pinch, if forced to employ adjectives to describe the Mark E. Quark style, one would come up with words like “groovy, laid back and nasty” house music. But putting grammar aside, it’s reasonable to just say that Quark has internalized influences from DJ Harvey, Idjut Boys, Jeno, and Andrew Weatherall, mashed them up, and given life to a signature style and a creature which is totally unique. This creature is currently brought to life for public consumption  at Moonshake in San Diego.

Mark Quark - Live @ TideSwing, Santa Cruz 2025

Mark E Quark