Mark Russell
Mark Russell shows
Since buying his first record as a kid (a crisp new copy of Talking Heads – Once in a lifetime), Mark has been hooked on music – As a collector, dj, producer, club promoter and event curator… A love affair with dance music developed out of the early warehouse raves around ’88/’89 ….
As a DJ Mark went onto hold residencies for More Tea Vicar, Gods Kitchen & LTJ Bukem’s Logical Progression playing some of the UK’s legendary venues – Ministry of Sound, Turnmills and The End. Mark’s djing lead to production opportunities with Robert Owens, Moloko & Craig David, and releases for MoS, Hed Kandi & Good Looking Records…
Mark has been involved in the Bedford music scene since his University days, with club nights Club Momacoca & Suburban Beats both held at Esquires (featuring the likes of Fabio & Grooverider, LTJ Bukem, Portisheads Andy Smith). More recently as resident DJ for Bedford Park Concerts (Café Mambo, Soul II Soul, Brand New Heavies, Incognito, Billy Ocean, UB40). Summer 2018 saw the addition of The Dance Music Stage at the Bedford River Festival, organised by Mark & good friend Martin Carvell featuring Danny Rampling, Fabio, Seb Fontaine, Bill Brewster & a host of fantastic local DJ’s. Mark has a real passion for broadcast and currently presents a weekly Sunday morning show on Bedford’s In2beats FM playing soul, jazz & funk.
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Bio - I started DJing around the age of 15 inspired, by my mum's small collection of 80-90 pop music. I soon fell in love with trance but since then my music taste has changed and I now enjoy playing anything from garage to house to Dnb. From the age of 20, I was organizing and hosting my own local shows under the name of supervision, where I gave local DJs an opportunity to DJ in front of a crowd. More recently 2 friends and I used to stream live every Thursday on Facebook, a show we called KitchenFm as it was from our kitchen flat, it wasn’t a massive hit but we did a respectable 4000 views on the hour slot most Thursdays we went live.
im DJ DEE-VINE 36 funky House/Hed Kandi/Twisted Disco/Garage/and anything Urban Dj... Love music iv been inspired by music ever since i can remember.I started djing when i was about 17 after watching my pals dj.and started my self learning the ropes. I picked it up very quick and started doing tapes (cds wasn't out then) and sending them out to clubs,bars,and radio stations.I started getting feedback after about 1 month and started on a station called impact i was there for about 1year and got my first booking at longship nightclub and soon become the resident there playing underground garage (big thing @ the time). I went on to one of londons biggest underground stations (london underground 89.4fm were all of todays biggest dj's and producers came to be were thay are now people like dj spoony,ez,plus many house hold names. I then got loads of offers for up and comming events.i then moved to a club called rennaissance and was there for 6 years playing underground garage. From there i played residency at pulse playing to 3000+ravers biggest club in herts i was there for 5 years till it changed to liquid and envy playing a lovely 2-step sing along garage. I then went on to work with so big promoters in the game like Slap & tickle,castle club Agia Napa.to name a few Iv dj'd at loads of 1 off events in london.and still get the crowd jumping with my unique style of mixing and with my HOT selection of Funky/Hed Kandi/garage tunes get any dance floor filled to capacity....
Started off spinning vinyls with friends in my early teens leading to me setting up the Progressive Culture Studio in Northampton welcoming all DJs from the local area and afar. A few years ago I started to run local nights of all underground genres from Dub, Dubstep, Breaks, Electronica, Bass, UKG, DnB and everything in between. Progressive Culture, headed by DLs, as an organisation runs a youth club in Northamptons Eastern District and is soon to be opening a social club for the community. We like to promote all music from the underground scene and to give air time to individual producers and DJs to keep them jnterested and inspired.
