Mark Kwong, better known under his stage name Maarcos, is an Australian DJ, remixer, record producer and record label owner. He was formerly a founding member of the group Those Usual Suspects.
Maarcos | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Mark Kwong |
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
| Genres | Progressive house |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, remixer, record producer |
| Instrument(s) | Music sequencer, synthesizers |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Phazing (2011–present) Fuze Records (2014-present) |
| Website | maarcos fuzerecords |
Biography
editEarly life
editMaarcos was born in Malaysia and moved to Australia when he was a child. He studied at Melbourne private school Scotch College before attending Swinburne University of Technology.[1] He played his first club show at 19[2] and currently resides in New York.[3]
Career
editIn 2004, Maarcos released his first work, a remix for Inaya Day’s track Nasty Girl. The track went on to become #1 in the ARIA Club Charts and #18 in the overall ARIA Charts.[4]
He then formed the group Those Usual Suspects with fellow band-members Wei-Shen Mak and Atridge D’Costa. Their first single ‘Dakka’ was released on Bob Sinclars Yellow Productions and the group became a member of the Africanism All Stars. Their following single ‘Shadows’ peaked at #17 on the Billboard Dance Airplay charts.[5]
As part of Those Usual Suspects, Maarcos also released ‘Walking Alone’, a collaboration with fellow Australian Dirty South on Phazing Records. This track was made ‘Essential New Tune’ by the Swedish House Mafia on their BBC Radio 1 takeover.[6]
As of June 2013, Maarcos had left the group Those Usual Suspects[7] to produce and perform solo. His first single was ‘Blaze’, again on Phazing Records.[8]
On Friday, 11 July 2014 Maarcos announced his new record label Fuze Records. This is a joint venture between Maarcos and Sony Music Australia EDM Director Jon Hanlon.[9] The first single was called ‘Pyro’ and the label will have Maarcos’ releases as well as other artists.
Discography
editas Maarcos
editOriginal releases
edit- Blaze (Phazing Records / Sony Music Australia)
- Pyro (Fuze Records)
Remixes
edit- Twenty One Pilots - Guns for Hands (Atlantic Records/Warner Music - Fueled By Ramen)
- Style of Eye ft. Soso - Kids (Sony Music / Ultra Music / Basik)
- Helena feat. Shawnee Taylor - Levity (Sony Music / Ultra Music)
- Ellroy Clerk & Russian Nick - Hands Up (Maarcos Edit)(Fuze Records)
as Those Usual Suspects
editOriginal releases
edit- Greece 2000 (Ministry of Sound / Hussle)
- Shadows ft. Abigail Bailey (Ministry of Sound / Nervous Records)
- Dakka (Yellow Productions / Africanism)
- Palazzo (Ministry of Sound / Hussle
- Animalia (Ministry of Sound / Asterix)
- In This Life ft. Chappell (Ministry of Sound / Asterix)
- Feel The Need (Ministry of Sound / Asterix)
- My Star ft. Yota (Computerscience)
- Walking Alone w/ Dirty South ft. Erik Hecht (Phazing Records)
- Can't Hold On ft. Erik Hecht (Onelove)
- Give It To Me ft. Jay Sebag (Onelove)
- Burn Forever w/ Nordean ft. Erik Hecht (Phazing Records)
- Prophet w/ Nordean (Phazing Records)
Remixes
edit- Morgan Page & Andy Caldwell ft. Jon Mendelsohn - Where Did You Go (Nettwerk)
- Topher Jones & Amada feat. Ido vs. The World - Hello Chicago (Ultra Music)
- Digital LAB - Frequency (Vicious)
- Bob Sinclar ft. Steve Edwards - Together (Defected Records)
- Kings of Tomorrow feat. Julie McKnight - Finally Defected Records)
- Sgt Slick - Sax Addict (Vicious Vinyl)
- Mark James feat. Hamish - Come With Me (Ministry of Sound)
- The Similou - All This Love (Ministry of Sound)
- GusGus - David (Ministry of Sound)
- Stafford Brothers - Wasted (Ministry of Sound)
- Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Jacksons Last Stand (Ministry of Sound)
- Inaya Day - Nasty Girl (Wei-Shen and Maarcos Remix) (Vinyl Pusher)
References
edit- ^ "Mark Kwong : Music Boss at Fuze Records". Linkedin.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Interview: Ten For The Road With Maarcos". EDM America TV. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "elektro exclusive interview with Mark of Those Usual Suspects + "Blaze" Trailer - Elektro". Elektro Daily. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "INAYA DAY - NASTY GIRL (SONG)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Those Usual Suspects". Billboard.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "BBC Radio 1 - Pete Tong, Swedish House Mafia sit in for Pete". BBC. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "** ANNOUNCEMENT - THREE BECOME TWO **... - Those Usual Suspects - Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Maarcos – Blaze (Dirty South Edit)". DJ Mag Canada. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "DJ/producer Maarcos and Sony EDM Director launch Fuze Records". Music Week. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Maarcos : Credits". Discogs.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.