‘One of the first 12” singles I ever bought was “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel”. Never did I ever imagine I would one day share the decks with him.
Trademark (aka Synchronome), has had a career spanning over 30 years which has taken him all over the world in support of some of the biggest DJ’s of his generation. With a vast music collection, he has always taken his plethora of musical influences and applied them to his DJ sets. Having been established from the early days of the rave scene we shouldn’t pigeonhole Trademark into just a Drum & Bass DJ. Far from it!
Mark recounts…
‘I have played alongside some of the greatest and most influential producers and DJ’s within the Electronic music scene. I love playing great music, and I will always try and take people onto that special journey with one of my sets. I played before Carl Cox at Bug Jam 36 (2023), and for my last tune dropped Bicep’s ‘Glue’, the Need For Mirrors bootleg. The crowd erupted. One of my favourite DJ’ing memories’.
Having performed at some of the biggest early 90’s raves (World Party), under Synchronome, he was also co-writer to the rave classic “Made In Two Minutes”, and went onto release “Turn Up The Strobe”, before heading to the bright lights of Hollywood armed with a record box full of the latest white labels and dubs from the emerging London Jungle scene. Today he is regarded as one of the original founding DJ’s of the Los Angeles Jungle / Drum & Bass scene. This legacy still continues right through to today, where he is regularly invited to DJ at some of biggest clubs (Respect), and festivals (EDC & Nocturnal Wonderland), within the United States. Upon his return from L.A. and with a new DJ name Trademark, he then went on to DJ at some of the most legendary Drum & Bass clubs in London (Bar Rhumba, Herbal….)
Trademark has also graced the turntables at festivals all over the U.K. He has supported and performed with artists such as Daft Punk, Joey Beltram, Carl Cox, Plump DJ’s, Krafty Kuts, Doc Martin, Steve Loria, Fabio, Roni Size, Krust, DJ Die, Randall, Kenny Ken, Jumping Jack Frost, Bryan Gee, Altern-8, 2 Bad Mice, Shades of Rhythm, Ratpack and many more.
What’s interesting to know is that Mark has achieved all this with an imperfection to his left ear. His passion to play music and to entertain has helped him overcome this.
Mark says…
‘It’s never been about fame and fortune, but for the love of Music, I only want to entertain and make people dance’.
