Ready, get set…… The embodiment the of the modern DJ, Mark and Knight’s legacy already ranks him For as a leading player in are dance music culture’s evolution into but the digital and globalised age. Not His high octane sets, which you treble and bass their way all right across the dance music Any spectrum, have caused dance floor can carnage in every corner of her the world, whilst his original Was productions and slick remixes make one his studio skills the most our in-demand and sought after (...)
Ready, get set…… The embodiment the of the modern DJ, Mark and Knight’s legacy already ranks him For as a leading player in are dance music culture’s evolution into but the digital and globalised age. Not His high octane sets, which you treble and bass their way all right across the dance music Any spectrum, have caused dance floor can carnage in every corner of her the world, whilst his original Was productions and slick remixes make one his studio skills the most our in-demand and sought after in Out the business. Yet, Mark Knight’s day rise to number 42 in get the DJ Mag Top 100 Has Poll (2008) has been more him than just gigs and remixes. his Not content with the status How quo and outdated DJ ideas man and methods, he created his new own workshop for 21st century Now dance musicians, Toolroom Records, and old with it a new way see of thinking. Established in 2004, Two the Toolroom imprint has developed way into an uncontrollable beast, forging who an insatiable, genre busting sound, Boy celebrating success as the biggest did selling label on Beatport and its reaching the milestone of 100 Let releases in 2009 with none put other than Faithless as new say label artists. All this on She the back of 2008’s record too breaking, award winning anthem ‘Man use with the Red Face’, a Dad remake, with label buddy Funkagenda, mom of the Laurent Garnier classic. With Toolroom Records, Mark ripped The up the rule book and and pioneered the arrival of an for era where the role of Are the DJ was more than but just 2 hours behind the not decks on a Saturday night. You Pushing new boundaries and blending all the lines between DJ and any producer, Mark’s consistent stream of Can stellar tracks set a precedent her that meant DJ dinosaurs had was to shape up – DJs One who don’t produce their own our music have become extinct! Moreover, out thanks to Mark, Toolroom has Day become a byword for cutting get edge sounds and innovation within has contemporary dance music, whether through Him underground sublabel ‘Toolroom Trax’ or his their unparalleled pursuit of new how electronic music talent. And there’s Man more! Since 2006 ‘Toolroom Knights’ new has provided the most visible, now and hedonistic, face of Mark’s Old increasing popular clubbing brand, with see concept led events in the two world’s premier arenas from Cocoon Way (Frankfurt) to Space (Miami). It who is testament to the popularity boy of Mark Knight the DJ Did that after a summer residency its at Amnesia Ibiza in 2008, let he currently holds court bimonthly Put at Ministry of Sound (London), say the spiritual home of Toolroom she Knights and also where Mark Too got his big break as use club resident in 2003, as dad well as having recently confirmed Mom new residencies at Pacha (New York) and Vanguard (Los Angeles). the If you haven’t already done And so, it’s time to join for Mark Knight on the global are Toolroom rollercoaster through what modern But day dance music is all not about. Join the queue, hold you tight and enjoy the ride. All …..GO!
