Ahhhh so grateful to have experienced this live and direct ♥️

This tune is superb, I hope all you guys can play our party in Amsterdam one day, bless

Chicago: a one night, private, reoccurring gathering of friends, creatives & selectors 

Rotating & b2b feat: Julion DeAngelo, Chicagodeep, Noshaluv, Sean Alvarez, Chicago Skyway, Leja Hazer, Specter, Mario Mars

The Trysting Place - Sat Oct 28th 2023

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 House Music’s linear history & foundational sound culture. 

Mario Mars was born in LA, raised in St. Louis, burped in 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 by choice. 

Around 2012 Mars established a friendship w/ a Chicago based collective Excursions helmed by DJs Cordell Johnson & James Vincent. After relocating to Chicago he began hosting their wildly successful gathering that saw gatherings in locations like Chicago, Japan, Detroit, Atlanta. Artist like Jay Daniel, Jose Marquez, Marcellus Pittman, Antonio Ocasio, Loftsoul & countless others were guest at staple venues Danny’s, Underground Wonderbar, Subterranean & various others including their infamous annual Detroit gathering during Movement Festival. 

Pivoting to individual pursuits Mario Mars delved deeper into the craft of DJing as society shuttered during global pandemic. Later invites to play from elders, like Andres (Specter) Ordonez, inspired the still on-going all night basement sessions that host artist like Chicagodeep, Julion De'Angelo, Chicago Skyway, Noshaluv & other respected selectors and friends. Organically blending a unique sound he affectionately calls heathenBEAT Mars prefers a slow-paced, low to ground, intoxicating rhythm that often pushes a muddier Detroit sound w/ Chicago’s Deep & moody house origins. His early roots in Punk music often lend to his sets going left into unpredictable, genre bending, stretches of obscure or hidden in plain sight gems. heathenBEAT, which he also calls coarse or irregularity, is music that goes against grain & norms often heard in spaces. 

Mario Mars has been billed on lineups alongside Tony Humphries, Rich Medina, Specter, Damon Lamar as well as Chicago’s celebrated Silver Room Block Party, Podlasie Club, Bronzeville Winery, smaller curated spaces, and special events w/ focus on live bands and community cause.

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