Biography:
Mark Masters got involved in music from an early age, which started back in the summer of 1994 at a friend’s house listening to Jungle and Happy Hardcore. Self taught through many late nights and hundreds of hours practicing behind the decks, Mark gained guest DJ spots at local venues and rapidly gained his unique way of mixing records.
By the late nineties Mark saw his career moving forward playing Retrospective House & Trance, not only in local clubs & bars where he landed his first residence at his University which is where he had the opportunity of playing with a variety of top class DJs like… Judge Jules, Dave Pearce, Alfredo, Lottie, AJ Gibson, Dan Bailey, Jay Walker, Lisa Pin Up etc… and went back 2 back with Ariel resident at Fabric – London. Ariel quotes: “It was an inspiration to say the least, Mark is very talented DJ… AWESOME”
Being the main resident DJ at University was a big step for Mark because he was DJing on some the biggest UK Tours at the time like: Godskitchen, Euphoria, Fabric, Slinky, Orange, Manumission to name but a few. Which of course raised the DJ profile and got more bookings across the UK and abroad. (France, Sweden, Ibiza, Spain, Ireland, Italy)
Mark has been involved and worked in many clubs nights over the years such as, Wildchild, Midnight Mass, Homelands Dance Music Festival, Casafunk, Lifted, Flawless and so on… At the same time Mark was heavily involved with making of SSRadio with some University friends and hosted his own radio show called ‘The Casafunk Mix’ he had great pleasure of having world class Guest DJs on his radio shows from the likes of: Ron Carroll, Chris Lake, Ian Carey, Copyright, Hardsoul, Soul Avengerz, Hoxton Whores, Audiowhores, Christian Hornbostel, Sergio Flores, etc…
In January 2007, Mark was given a job offer at London’s Ministry Of Sound from David Dollimore & Carl Hanaghan to become a New Music Scout in the A&R Department for Data Records. Having been with Ministry he has collectively learnt and gained knowledge in this ever fast moving industry. Since Mark’s time at Ministry Of Sound he has recommended many hit releases such as:
Alex Gaudino – Destination Unknown [Rise Rec in 2003] – Data Records
Peter Gelderblom – Waiting 4 – Data Records
Samim – Heater – Data Records
Eric Prydz – Pjanoo – Data Records
Steve Angello & Laidback Luke – Show Me Love – Data Records
Some other Achievements:
• Galaxy/Capital FM Interview with Andi Durrant & Nick Riley
• Nu-Breeds Upcoming Talent in the UK, 2004.
• Winner of a DJ Competition at Gatecrasher in May 2004.
• Trance Runner-Up in Guy Ornadels – Future Talent Competition, 2003.
• Lifted Radio (Radio Manager & Resident DJ)
• Flawless London (Co-Owner: 2009-2011)
• Flawless Recordings (Label Manager & A&R)
• Residency at Pacha, London
• HouseLife Recordings (A&R)
Into 2009 co-created and put together a very unique website called www.HouseMusicPodcasts.co.uk – with Mark’s knowledge from creating two previous websites (SSRadio / Lifted Radio) this project has taken the industry by storm and has been a useful resource for networking and offering free exclusive podcasts to download. www.HouseMusicPodcasts.co.uk
Since 2009 - Mark started getting into Music Production and he hasn’t looked back. He formed a collaboration with Steve More under the alias 'More & Masters' in January 2011 their music has featured regularly in compilation/albums and charts including the Beatport 100 and personal charts / radio playlists from huge names such as, BBC Radio, Capital FM, Kiss 100 FM, Club FG, Roger Sanchez, Mark Knight, Stonebridge, Benny Royal, Chris Lake, DONS, BeatTheifs, David Penn to name a few…