A lifelong exponent of Jamaican Music, Marcus Upbeat has been active on the UK Reggae/Ska scene for decades, and has collaborated with a pantheon of foundation names from those genres including Lee Scratch Perry, Prince Buster, Laurel Aitken, Rico, The Marvels, Winston Francis, Symarip, Derrick Morgan, Dennis Alcapone, and more.
With his band No.1 Station Marcus revived the iconic Blue Beat label in 2004 releasing six singles and three albums. The band won the 2010 England World Cup Song contest, and supported Roxy Music on their 2011 UK Arena tour playing all the major UK Arena venues. 
Marcus recorded his first solo album in 2017 and continues gigging and recording with various groups including The Trojans, The Agitators, No.1 Station, South London All Ska's, and Marcus and The Microdots.
He has two new single releases in 2023 and is currently working on a brand new solo album with the producer Gaudi which he hopes to complete for release in the summer.
For further information log in to www.marcusupbeat.uk

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