Since the start of 90s, Former East Londoner now Norfolk based Mark Broom has always been a name that is synonymous with the UK electronic music scene. A truly prolific artist, he has a myriad of production credits to his name having worked with world renowned labels such as Mo-Wax, Warp, R&S, Soma, Ifach (with Baby Ford ) Bpitch Control, Platzhirsch,Rotary Cocktail, Material and more recently 2020 vision
It all started in the summer of 89 when he landed in Tenerife on vacation and stumbled across the delights of the emerging sounds of Chicago & Acid House. Returning to the UK, he immediately went in search of this new found music a pair of turntables were bought and with it, a musical career was born.
A regular customer at London’s Fatcat record store, Mark found himself at the epicenter of a burgeoning scene. In 92, a certain Pete Baby Ford was on the scout for Djs to play at his new Club Night, Nude. When a mix tape was put directly in to his hands, Marks turntable skills were soon in demand. A short time afterwards, he found himself in being introduced to Ed Handley and Andy Turner from the infamous Black Dog Productions. The meeting brought about the foundations of a solid studio partnership, with the trio putting together a string of releases for the seminal General Productions Records, all recorded at UXB studios.
Run by a certain Dave Hill, after two years of coming and going to his east London hideout, Dave approached Mark about making some music together. From there, a longstanding partnership was spawned with the founding of Pure Plastic Recordings in 1994. With the label having played host to some of Marks finest work, the release of the classic Angie is a shoplifter LP in 1996 cemented his reputation as a leader in the scene. In 2001, further notable success was scored with the writing of Rue East’s Indoor Culture Lp alongside Dave Hill. An album which brought about the massive techno classic, Birmingham.
Marks services as a Dj and re-mixer have also been in high demand over the past two decades having played around the globe at some of the worlds best clubs: from Fuse to Fabric, to La real and Florida 135 and, he has also had the pleasure of reworking material from artists such as Steve Rachmad, Ken Ishi, The Advent, Eddie Flashin Fowlkes, Ben Sims and more recently Mason on Great stuff from Germany
Mark has recently signed to 2020 vision for 3 ep's the first " Black Russian ep " already proving very popular amongst the masses. Also coming up are remixes of his Bpitch Control release " Twenty Nine " mixes come from the Greek Adonis Mihalis Safras and Mark himself + he has collabarations with Two Emm from Berlin, Dustin Zahn and also with Safras on the Material label....
TRACKLISTING (33RPM)
A1. “qp” by 7679
A2. “I want you” by Nicolas Will
B1. “Ur soul” by Andreas Jørnvil
B2. “Empty Streets” by Brooks Mosher
Early Plays by Shinedoe (100% Pure), Ritchie Hawtin (Minus), Kris
Wadsworth (Morris Audio), Bart Skils (100%Pure), Paul Frick (Kalk
Pets,THE GYM), Rufas (Tic Tac Toe), Marcel Dettmann (MDR / OstGut-Ton),
Michel de Hey (HEY! Records // EC Records)
Quotes
Kris Wadsworth: "I want you" I miss techno like this! There is not
nearly enough of this in the world! Best techno record I have heard in
6-7 years period. "qp" Excellent Dance music from the inside. No
fronts, no bullshit. I love 76-79!
Rufas: Down with those mean dub-engines at work in "ur soul"...i'll
drop "i want you" on a big obese system in a small sweaty room-- big
gnarly!
Paul Frick: Really nice deep house smashers! a-side is my favorite, will surely do well!
INFO
Comfortable Records have always stayed true to their love for timeless
deep music. Previous releases have been well received and played by the
likes of Villalobos, Hawtin, Luciano, Adam Beyer, AME, Agnes, Bart
skils etc.
Comfortable Records 10th release is no exception with its 4 powerful tracks.
This is a truly unique record filled to the brim with deep Techno & Tech-house of the finest quality and mood. Big Tip!!