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1992

Mark E Quark - Recorded Live November 1992

Funky House and Breaks

Here's a little sneak preview of a little edit I've got brewing. Hope you like.

I Got (Quark Edit Sneak Preview)

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Troopers Classic London Techno Mix

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Abu Phadi (Adala Remix)

Piano Afrika (Der Schmeisser Remix)

Release date: July 19th, 2010
Label: Afterglow

Sequentia - Don't Surrender (Arty Remix)

New Wave Mix

Release date: May 19th, 2011
Label: Moonbeam Digital

More than a year has passed since the release of Moonbeam Tunes vol. 6. Now we want to present the next chapter of this great compilation by Moonbeam brothers. Here you can find already released, as well as brand new tracks. New remixes from Moonbeam's album 'The Secret' by Mars Needs Lovers, Lowboys, Marsbeing. Well-known 'Hate Is The Killer' in Arty remix. Absolutely new version of Moonbeam's 'Step Into My World' and of course other tracks from Moonbeam Digital shelves.

Moonbeam feat. Avis Vox - Hate Is The Killer (Arty Remix)

Release date: July 4th, 2011
Label: Anjunabeats

Memories by Arty: "This was a rather experimental track for me, and it wasn’t until the last moment that I decided to sign it to Anjunabeats. When I sent it to their management, they were very excited about it, and they pushed it as hard as they could. I have to say, I really didn’t expect it to blow up as much as it did — getting so much support from both the house scene and the trance scene, from Axwell to Armin van Buuren and from the Swedish House Mafia to Above & Beyond. I’m hearing it dropped all the time by DJs at festivals. I finished it just before I played at ASOT 500 in Holland, where it was really great to see a positive reaction from the trance crowd."

Around The World (Extended Mix)

Arty - Around The World (Original Mix)

https://youtu.be/C6bzlpyoKGA

Hi All! Enjoy mix #5 with another selection of 29 House Classics!

- A tribute to Boccaccio Life Destelbergen -

Peace & Regards,
Michiel Holtgreve a.k.a. Greyhawk

Tracklisting:

Sub System II - J'ai Peur (2001 Mix)
4 Slots For Bill - "Tooo"
Digital Orgasm - Moog Eruption
Anticappella - 2 √231 (Extended Mix)
Mangrove - Paradise
Ramirez & Pizarro - Hablando (Acordeon Mix)
Lhasa - The Attic
Lhasa Volume 2 - Ray-D-8
Apollo 440 - Destiny (Definitive Digital Hardcore Mix)
After Dark - Cardiac (Sonic Mix)
Indo Tribe - Owl (I Can See You Mix)
Insider - Destiny
Equitek - Stylus Flight
Precious & Project - Acid Cagliostro
Techno Bert - Neue Dimensionen (Instrumental)
Fear: The Mindkiller - Fear (Prologue)
Fear: The Mindkiller - Fear (Original Mix With Bats)
Fuck The Industry And Motherfuck Radio, Man! - This Is B.U.G. (Dub Jumper Mix)
Ravesignal III - Horsepower (Original Mix)
Platform One - The Desires (99.5 Mix)
Holy Noise - James Brown Is Still Alive (HN Style)
E-Type - Listen Up
The Hypnotist - Pioneers Of The Warped Groove (Remix)
Marcoesh - Heart Rock
Atahualpa - Eldorado (Rmx Version)
True Nature - Dance Or Die (Master Mix)
Ultra-Sonic Featuring DRBP - Xenophenia
Atahualpa - Ultimo Imperio
Interactive Test - Psycodrome

Greyhawk's Oldschool House Classics Mix V [A Tribute To Boccaccio Life Destelbergen]

pt1 https://soundcloud.com/zinc/dj-zinc-trust-me-i-was-there
pt2 https://soundcloud.com/zinc/trust-me-1988-chapter-2
pt3 https://soundcloud.com/zinc/trust-me-i-was-there-chapter-3
pt4 https://soundcloud.com/zinc/djzinc-trust-me-chapter-4-1989
pt5 https://soundcloud.com/zinc/trust-me-i-was-there-chapter-5
pt6 https://soundcloud.com/zinc/trust-me-i-was-there-chapter-6
pt7 https://soundcloud.com/zinc/trust-me-i-was-there-chapter-7
pt8 https://soundcloud.com/zinc/trust-me-i-was-there-chapter-8

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this is the 9th chapter in my 'trust me i was there' series - this is the part 1 from 1991.

91 was the year i started on pirate radio with my dj partner swift (not mampi swift btw, a different one!) we were on impact fm and our first show was the first time i'd touched a pair of technics - till then i'd been using decks without pitch, or if i was lucky some soundlabs. the studio mixer was an mrt 60, futuristic business at the time :D

swift and i did 4 hours every sat night and 4 ours sunday night, plus any cover shows we could do. keen...

music wise - 91 was a real turning point, you can really hear the uk sound starting to take off, most tracks had a breakbeat instead of the 4/4 kick that had been more common before and it sounds like the samplers were getting used in the studio more and more - for me, the music up to this point was great, but from 1991 its just becomes exceptional. the golden era of the jungle sound has now begun :D

please share this and any other music on my soundcloud with anyone you think might like it.

if you're a promoter and you'd like to book me to play a 'trust me i was there' set please contact belinda or charlotte at echo. 





trust me i was there chapter 9 - 1991 pt1

Live On Haight (1998) Full

five reworked and reshaped techno remix tracks by San Proper, Steve Rachmad, and Nuno Dos Santos.  full versions available on Beatport, iTunes, and many other digital download sites.

Schwung (Nuno Dos Santos Remix) SoundCloud EDIT

Fabrice Lig ‘Galactic Soul Odyssey’ album
Label: Planet E 
Release: November (vinyl), November 10 (CD), November 11 (digital)

Handpicked by Carl Craig for his first release on the label, veteran producer Fabrice Lig delivers an inspiring album of hi-tek funk, soul, house and breakbeat with ‘Galactic Soul Odyssey’ on Planet E.
“What is touching me in Fabrice Lig's career is the way he is following his own line, without caring about trends, and that's the path an artist should follow. It is not post Detroit, it's an emotion.” - Jean-Michel Jarre
A high school teacher by day, father of three and deeply passionate music devotee, there’s an undeniable sense that Fabrice Lig was cut from a different cloth than most. 
The Belgian artist, also releasing music under the Soul Designer moniker is responsible for the classic ‘Walking On A Little Cloud’ album on Laurent Garnier’s F Communications, as well as a slew of pivotal Detroit-influenced cuts on labels such as KMS and 7th City Records that captured the essence of the iconic hotspot’s spirit while retaining Lig’s trademark free-flowing funk. 
For his debut full length on Planet E, the dexterous producer has crafted an album of contrasts that gleefully scribbles outside the lines for an otherworldly 12-track trip of galactic proportions that mines inspiration from everyone from Todd Terje to Marvin Gaye and Quincy Jones, while retaining an undeniable thread to the Motor City.
There’s the steely tension-filled ‘Born To Be Wise’ that sounds somewhat akin to the opening musical score of a Bond film, if said flick was set on Mars, while the tempo is later set to disco via the ultra smooth vocal injection from Hard Ton on ‘Celestial Love Rising’.
There’s a heavy hint of a future house classic when Lig teams up with lauded vocalist and former Octave One collaborator Ann Saunderson for ‘No Judgment’ that’s already been generating serious heat since being released as a single recently. The masterful ‘Oostende Blues’ is the Belgian’s own masterful tribute to his hero Gaye spanning energetic tech funk that gradually tempers to reveal more tender melodic tones. In a highlight heavy album, the work also features the Terje-inspired ‘Superstring Theory’ that mixes up disco, funk and ‘90s rave vibes all executed with astounding compositional skill – no mean feat from an artist who’s never had a music lesson in his life. 
A track-by-track breakdown of ‘Galactic Soul Odyssey’ by Fabrice Lig

1. Dwarf 2703 
I wanted to make a track with a guitar bassline, 4/4 beats for the dancefloor, and finally it turned into a breakbeat track with flying melodies and funky rhythm. This was one of those tracks where I didn’t really decide where it went…it just had a life of its own.

2. Galactic Mission 2702 
Everything started with a beat and funky chords, then the bassline and breaks were added. The tracks became magic when I added the vocal sample and gave it soul. 

3. Born To Be Wise
It’s that kind of long track I like to do, a kind of nine-minute story with contrasts (deep melodies to dark ambience). It also features my favourite Roland SH 101 bassline to bring the climax to the track. It’s probably one of the most dancefloor-orientated cuts on the album. 

4. My 101 In Zero Gravity
That kind of track is like a recreation for me. I’ve used a SH 101 sound with a rhythm machine to do a funky and proper minimal techno track. It’s a pure joy to do and to play and it’s a good track to have in an album, especially when other tracks are more complicated. It means listeners can free their mind before continuing the journey.

5. No Judgment feat. Ann Saunderson 
No Judgment is magic. I made an instrumental with my soul and my heart. I asked Ann Saunderson to make lyrics and vocals and she worked in the same way giving the music its heart and soul. With these special string melodies, a magic track appears. It’s really a true love track. I’m sure the people can feel it when listening to.

6. Static Surface 22 
Once again my best friend Roland Sh 101 is the main synth in the track. I wanted to keep the bass melody simple, so I added funky rhythm elements and again to bring some contrast, some little organ melodies to ensure it has that soulful vibe.  

7. Superstring Theory
Some people (including Carl Craig) realised that I was influenced by Todd Terje with this track. I started this track in my living room, just for fun, with my wife asking me to stop making “noise”, but I couldn’t stop as I’d finally struck on inspiration. This is probably one of the highlights of the album. It’s funky but also with a hint of disco and has a complicated structure, by changing to a string melody at the end. It’s like a painting combining black and flashy colours; contrasts are life. 

8. Galactic Soul Odyssey
This is my proper funk recreation. If I was a real gifted musician, I would probably be a funk music musician. This type of music links up everything I like about music: soul, funk, strong music composition. I found a great bassline loop, some chords, added a brass section that was influenced by Michael Jackson/Quincy Jones’ style and added a solo part. It’s an unusual track for me. Some people will definitely be surprised. I know Carl was.

9. Steady State model 
This is a really slow tempo house track and more in the laidback style of the Detroit house scene. I wanted to use special tonalities and melody and wanted to inject a kind of strange atmosphere into it. It could be the track for a journey into the unknown…

10. Lux Stealer 
It’s probably my vision of house music. For me it’s a house track, but with techno elements, funky chords, funky bassline, strong beats, deep melodies, short vocals elements. One of my favorite tracks off the album too. 

11. Celestial Love Rising feat Hard Ton
This is a magic collaboration. Max and Mauro from Hard Ton are amazing guys. It was a big pleasure to work with them. I sent them a track and they wrote a superb vocal line. Totally into the spirit of the instrumental idea…they really understand my music


12. Oostende Blues 
A really special track for me. It’s a tribute to Marvin Gaye’s time in Belgium when he was preparing his comeback. At this time he had changed a bit and after years of success had become more arrogant and proud, but his time in Belgium brought back his real personality; that of a soulful, simple, humble guy. Once again this track is all about contrasts: starting with a really funky bassline and techno style, to a second part more into introspective melodies, it represents the transition he experienced in my country.

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Digital Download

Fabrice Lig - Oostende Blues (Galactic Soul Odyssey)SC-edit

Fabrice Lig - Celestial Love Rising / Feat Hard Ton (Galactic Soul Odyssey)SC-edit

Fabrice Lig - Lux Stealer (Galactic Soul Odyssey)SC-edit

Fabrice Lig - Galactic Soul Odyssey (Galactic Soul Odyssey)SC-edit

Here's a portion of my set recorded from the GRAVITY party in Los Angeles. It's raw, spontaneous, 100% all vinyl, AND it's downloadable. First record went on at 3am right after DUBTRIBE SOUNDSYSTEM'S excellent live performance and I continued playing until 6:30. Enjoy and be sure to give me a follow in Soundcloud if you aren't already.

Mark E Quark - Live @ GRAVITY 3.28.15

Apollonia invites Mark E. Quark - 24 June 2025

It been a while..

Tracklist:

1. Colour My Heart (PBR Streetgang Remix)- Charlotte OC
2. English Rose- Jimpster
3. Why - Voyeur
4. Cork (12" mix) - Ashworth
5. The Rainbow Song - Art of Tones
6. Rollercoaster - Andhim
7. Kosmosis (extended mix) - Julius Papp
8. Enchante - Garnier
9. How Many Times (Andhim remix)- Elderbrook
10. Caypio- Hnny

sabbatical

Mixtape-
Tracklist :
1. HNNY - Cheer Up, My Brother
2. Jayson Brothers- All my life
3. P SOL-  Going Way Back
4. Magnetic Soul- Think about me
5. Yse Saint Laur/Ant- The Optimistic Voyeur
6. Crown Heights Affair- Use your body & soul (DJ Vas rework)
7. Yse Sant Laur'Ant- Keep in Step
8. Fouk- Lefty's Bar
9. Mr. Mendel- Gils Bottle (Mr. Mendel's edit)
10. Purple Disco Machine- Street Life
11.  Fouk- Kill Frenzy
12. Joss Moog- Tous Azimut
13. Lovebirds- Donwanchooback(Lovebirds edit)
14. Burnt Island Casuals (aka Harri & The Revenge)- Truth & Temptation
15. Deadly Sins- Oooh Eye
16. YSE Saint Laur'Ant - When are you gonna land?
17. Tommy Rawson- Peculiar


coming home ~ billyo mix

What's Up Desert Hearts Family,

Oh man do we have a long-awaited set for you today. Marques Wyatt has been someone we've looked up to for years, not just for his music but because he's been an absolute beacon of light in our community for as long as we can remember. For one reason or another it never worked out getting Marques on a Desert Hearts lineup, but every time we ran into him expressing our desire to book him, he'd flash us his big bright smile and say, "When it's meant to be, it's meant to be." Well in 2017 it was meant to be and we finally got this ray of positivity at the helm of our Desert Hearts dance floor. The result was pure magic, pure vibe, & pure love. It was the uniting of a house music legend with the tribe he's supposed to be a part of. Welcome to the Family, Marques. Your spirit's always been here but now it's official. You're going to fit in around here very nicely!

House, Techno, & Love... We Are All Desert Hearts.

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Live @ Desert Hearts - Marques Wyatt - 069

Fritz Carlton and Lubelski have grown a cult like following over the years at Desert Hearts. They first popped onto our radar with their smash hit, "Doses", which has gone on to be one of the most downloaded tracks on the label. The boys followed that up with "2C-Bounce", a certified monster from our Family & Friends Vol. 1 compilation. Finally Lubelski just released his first solo EP on the label titled "Keep Going" and it's been smashing dance floors 100% of the time. Recorded live at 2am on Sunday night at our Desert Hearts Festival 2017, we know you're going to enjoy the weirdness from Fritz Carlton b2b Lubelski. 

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Live @ Desert Hearts

DL Lubelski's EP

Live @ Desert Hearts - Fritz Carlton b2b Lubelski - 081

Italo,Hi-NRG mix

This set was recorded live at an underground weekly after-show called Etch A Sketch which started sometime in late 92 by Scott Leitzke & James Heth.  The weekly was held in a vacant basement of a building in the gaslamp area of downtown san diego. Despite the dodgy name and the fact it started in the wee hours of the morning, it was a very fun, but short lived night which offered music and a "free breakfast cereal bar" which was a pretty unique idea at the time. The djs on this particular night, if my memory serves me correctly, was DJ Xstatic aka Daeman, Joey Jimenez & myself. This was the era I was constantly being billed as the "sunrise" dj and you can hear why on this mix. Lots of deep / early morning house classics here plus a few other surprises. This mix has never seen the light of day until now. I hope you get a kick out of hearing this mix which is just a few months past 19 years in age. A big thanks goes to Nathalie Schroeder for lending me her copy of this cassette tape since I had lost mine years ago in a move. 

Mark E Quark - Live Nov 1992 Part 1

Mark E Quark - Live Nov 1992 Part 2

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.