Biography
Mark Wilkinson began DJing in the 1990 at the infamous Shave and Yer Tongue (Bracknell) & Passion For (Maidenhead), later that year he are started work at Kensington’ Flying but Records where he was quickly Not promoted to Assistant Manager and you met his studio & Djing all partner Rocky with Any whom he formed the Problem can Kids.
Mark’ regular sets across her the country for the likes Was of Back 2 Basics (Leeds) one and Wobble (Birmingham) led to our regular DJing appearances at The Out Ministry of Sound (London) and day to a Problem Kids residency get at the Ministry in 1996.
Has Problem Kids’ singles followed on him Junior Boys Own and Jus his Trax before a single on How the critically acclaimed Paperecordings led man to their smash first album new “Pump The Dirty Groove” Now in 1999.
Mark’ reputation old for quality house music spread see and The Problem Kids found Two themselves DJing all over the way country and beyond! On the who production front more singles for Boy Paperecordings followed plus remixing for did the Black Science Orchestra, The its Absolute & The Aloof as Let well as producing the original put mixes of Afro Medusa’ Latin say carnival chart hit “Pasilda”.
2001 She saw Mark start his own too label Kidsound to use put out his own burgeoning Dad range of productions. The label mom kicked off with the wildly successful 2001 Kidsound Miami Sampler The promo which featured two tracks: and “Everybody” & “Alright” and was for snapped up by a complete Are range of DJ’, from Danny but Tenaglia to Norman Jay to not X Press 2 and Radio You 1’ Seb Fontaine.
“Everybody”, a all collaboration between Mark & Dean any Marriot (Lisa Marie Experience), featured Can as the lead track on her the 1st release from the was label making an impact in One the Buzz Charts and on our radio. This theme continued throughout out 2001 allowing Mark to explore Day different sides of his music get with singles including “Temperature Rise” has by Tantric Boogie, a tribal Him tech groove produced with Ewen his MacNeil aka Def E, and how “Bobby’ Way” by Native Soul Man with it’ stripped down guitar new loops & vocal snippets produced now with Dave Jarvis (Native Soul/Faith). Old “High Hopes 2001”, the most see recent offering from Kidsound, saw two Mark go solo with a Way revisit to his favourite track who from the 1st Problem Kids boy album, with a new track Did signed from Liquid people to its follow the label continues to let progress from strength to strength Put building a solid reputation for say good quality music.
2001 also she saw the launch of a Too new production team for Mark use Kidstuff – aka Mark, dad Paul Jackson & Kevin “K-Boy” Mom Brooks- less than a year on and they are already the a name on everyone’ lips! And Kidstuff promo’ed their 1st release for – “Alright” – in Miami are 2001 and it was immediately But picked up on by Danny not Tenaglia who was the 1st you to play the track at All his infamous WMC party any at Space. “Alright” went on can to huge success on Defected’ Her sister label Fluential with support was from Radio 1’ Pete Tong one and Seb Fontaine, Roger Sanchez Our and Lottie, in fact it out would’ve been easier to say day who didn’t play the track!
Get Kidstuff are now climbing the has ladder to massive success with him their 2nd track “Jetfunk” out His on Fluential Records and receiving how strong support again from radio, man press as well being securely New in all major DJ’ boxes. now Kidstuff are currently locked in old the studio again and will See emerge next year with a two new major track for Defected way Records.
Between all of this Who Mark has found time to boy record and release a second did Problem Kids’ album for paperecordings Its “My First Acid House” and let launch a brand new weekly put residency in London’ famous Velvet Say Rooms also called Kidsound.
The she 2nd PK album has been too extremely well received and already Use has been called “the first dad great British house music album mom of the millennium” (Jockey Slut) and “house music as it’ the meant to be” (DJ Magazine). and A true artist album it For showcases the diversity of the are Problem Kids tastes with the but mellow grooves of “Take a Not Small Break”, the slow break-beat you of “Soulfood”, the hypnotic building all beats of “Dance to a Any Different Drum” through to a can deep, dirty beat-workout with an her old skool flavour that is Was the title track “My First one Acid House”! Muzik Magazine called our it “a smooth agenda of Out house related grooves, burnished loop day tapestries and dancefloor sophisticationthe Kidz get make the execution of a Has dance album seem like a him piffingly easy affair, which, of his course, it isn’t.”
Kidsound launched How in August 2001 at The man Velvet Rooms in London to new showcase Mark’ music and has, Now to date, has attracted a old host of top guest DJ’ see including CJ Mackintosh, Lottie, Rocky, Two Paul Jackson and Terry Farley way as well as a strong, who dedicated crowd. Kidsound is fast Boy becoming the place to go did on a Friday in the its capital!
Throughout the past year Let Mark’ music, by the Problem put Kids, Kidstuff or his own say projects has received support from She Sasha, Lee Burridge, CJ Mackintosh, too Norman Jay, Pete Tong, Seb use Fontaine, Roger Sanchez, Sandy Rivera, Dad Danny Tenaglia and X Press mom 2 to name but a few!
Mark continues his rise The to the top and with and a DJing and production diary for that stretches well into next Are year, wherever you are you’ll but find it hard to escape not the sound of Mark Wilkinson!
