Dec 2009 Production Comp winner: Alex Mark

Congratulations to Alex Mark for winning our production competition for Dec 09 with his track, "Sticky".  We loved this track for the deep spacious sound of its pulsating sidechained chords, along with a nice rolling beat.  Some great production here, with a clear and focused palette of sounds.  Great work!

Alex Mark

Alex's influences have come from a number of different backgrounds, which in turn, have shaped the soundscapes of his 2009.  Citing  Pokerflat, M-nus, Mobilee, Mothership, TuningSpork as favourite labels and influenced by Sebo K, Martin Landsky, Max Cooper and Radioslave, to name but a few, it seems that he’s aiming high to achieve releases that match those of his peers, but his philosophy of constant studio time coupled with experimentation seems to be paying off. Aside from the underground electronic scene, Alex also looks toward other influences, still firmly routed in electronica, but on a more ambient level, such as Boards of Canada, Vangelis and Krafwerk, for inspiration, whilst maintaining the need to make people move and be moved by the complex beats and haunting melodies, that are key to his production ethos.

2009 was an interesting year for Alex . Having wrapped up his successful monthly night ‘WoRd!’, which was, strictly speaking, the only night during 2007-2008,  at which you could hear Minimal and Tech House being played anywhere across the North Wales coast, he embarked on producing his own music again, having taken a break to get his night off the ground.

This isn't the only production competition Alex has won... In summer of 2009, Alex’s remix of Tim Sheriden’s track “Villain” won the VeryVeryWrongIndeed remix competition, giving him a solid platform for his next remix for the Heavy Duty Brothers track “Check This Out” in November of that year.

Since then, he’s been working towards getting his own productions released, some of which are being supported by the likes of Rob Maynard (passionFM/DirtyDJ recordings), 10Sui (SamuraiFM), Jamie Gittins (FilthyGorgeous) and Ibiza veteran Curtis Randles to name but a few.  Right now, Alex is aiming to get his sound as a Producer/DJ firmly on the map in the Techno/Tech House scene and build on the success of his busy 2009.

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