Following on from his immensely popular ‘Jungle Laps’ track on John Digweed’s Bedrock 11 album in late 2009, the storming ‘Watergate EP’ released on Bedrock earlier this year (both tracks are included here in his mix for CD2), Marco Bailey kicks off 2011 in style and passion with his highly anticipated ‘Dragon Man’ artist album.
The album format gives Marco the freedom to express himself fully and include experimental down-tempo electronica, alongside his firebrand pumped up tech-house and percussive techno bombs. The opening track, ‘Dragon Man’, with its inspired melodic beauty, shows him as an artist with broad tastes and intricate creative ability. This is followed by the confusingly titled ‘Bill The Trumpet Player’, where Marco furthers his creative experiment with the introduction of a joyous uplifting live saxophone that will see plenty of action at beach parties around the globe for years to come with its housed-up percussive backbone.
With ‘Rubber Band’, things get gritty as the tech-vibes flow and swirling energy builds incessantly upwards into ‘Run Through’, a no-nonsense heads-down ball of emotion. By the time ‘Bom Bang!’ erupts with its funked-up stroboscopic intensity, Marco Bailey is firing on all cylinders. This is a man who understands dance-floor dynamics to the max and its time to witness a master at work.
The ambient electronic interlude of ‘Holding The Moment’ allows for a brief moment of relaxation and contemplation, before the percussive fire is fuelled once more by the groovy tech-funk of ‘Zephyr’, as Marco turns up the pressure with subtle grace, lifting the energy levels with stylistic ease through ‘Break The Rules’ to the heady climax of ‘Beaming’, before bringing everything to an understated relaxed finale with more experimental electronica in the shape of ‘Red Cell’.
The immaculately mixed CD2 gives Marco Bailey the opportunity to demonstrate his dynamic DJ skills, as he weaves dextrous magic over his musical creations from CD1, with the addition of those two immensely popular previous Bedrock releases - ‘Jungle Laps’ and ‘Watergate’.
With moments to dream and time of dance, ‘Dragon Man’ is a consummate snapshot of Belgium’s finest techno DJ/Producer. Marco Bailey likes to think outside the box and explore his fascination with a diverse musical palette. His refusal to conform to a particular genre of music is both refreshing and unique. Marco Bailey is a man with a mission to entertain people with the love of techno music in all its modern guises through his unique blend of underground sounds.
As the man says...
“I have a burning, all consuming drive that can only be calmed down by getting into the music. It’s an urge that luckily gets a positive outcome in the studio when I’m working on a track just as long as it takes to get it to sound as it does in my head, or when I’m puzzling on my DJ set until it releases the exact energy that makes the crowd lose it. I can best describe this burning, consuming urge as a positive disorder. Plainly positive because it gives a meaning to my life.”
Marco Bailey’s ‘Dragon Man’ is released in February 2011. Enjoy!
MARCO BAILEY - TOUR DATES (2010 - 2011)
17 Dec - Impuls Budapest Hungary
18 Dec - LUXEXPO Luxembourg Luxembourg
30 Dec - Progrecinema Zombathely Hungary
31 Dec - NYE Bang Dizengoff Center Tel Aviv Israel
01 Jan - U60311 Frankfurt/Main Germany
05 Jan - Burgos Spain
07 Jan - Casino Paris France
14 Jan - Pornographic ! Liege Belgium
22 Jan - Sounds of life Mannheim Germany
23 Jan - Afterburner, Frankfurt Germany
29 Jan - Fusion Munster Germany
05 Feb - Paris 15, Malaga Spain
11 Feb - BEDROCK, Dragon Man Launch Party, Leuven Belgium
13 Feb - U60311 Frankfurt/Main Germany
18 Feb - M87 Sarant Hungary
04 Mar- Point Luxembourg Luxembourg
05 Mar - Warehouse Stockholm Sweden
06 Mar - U60311 Frankfurt/Main Germany
FURTHER INFO
Marco Bailey Press Kit - www.marcobailey.com > select PRESS
www.discogs.com/artist/Marco+Bailey
www.bedrockmusic.bigcartel.com
MARCO BAILEY - BIOGRAPHY
'Rude Boy' Marco grew up in a small village in Belgium. Nothing much happened there really, but he did learn that one doesn't achieve much without working hard. He is a true hedonist but a workaholic as well. Marco loves to work hard and spin records as much as possible; sleeping is for later. Therefore, his colleagues know him for his no-nonsense kick-ass mentality.
At the age of 12, Marco wanted nothing more than to become a sportsman since motocross and competitive cycling were his passions until injuries made it impossible to continue and Marco soon had a new obsession - music, then shortly after that DJing, his burning, all-consuming drive could only be calmed by getting into music. A positive result of this is seen on a daily basis in the studio, where together with his best friend Tom Hades he works on tracks and DJ sets, puzzling just as long as it takes to get it to sound right and release the right energy. Marco calls this his 'positive disorder', positive because it gives meaning to his life. He is constantly on the road or at work in the studio and doesn't take his job lightly. He invests all of his energy to make sure he can give the best possible performance to his audiences all around the world.
Having a superstar status in Belgium, he travels the world playing the biggest events as well as the small intimate clubs. His mixture of party techno, minimal and electronic house means he is a permanent fixture at all major European festivals and clubs. With love, hard work and fantastic sounds he has succeeded in gaining worldwide recognition. Playing events like Extrema Outdoor (NL), Awakenings (NL), I Love Techno (BE), Nature One (DE), Wire (JP), Monegros (SP) and clubs such as Zouk (SG), Ageha (JP), Space (ES), Industrial Copera (ES) and Chinese Laundry (AU) he has made clear that he still is a big force to reckon with.
Killer releases on Intec Records, Primate, Zync & Tortured, confirmed his strong reputation as a producer over the last eight years. He has since set up MB Elektronics & MB Selektions to release high quality music and remixes by none other than Adam Beyer, Umek, Ben Sims, Smith & Selway, Claude Young, Christian Varela, Redhead, Axel Karakasis and Takaaki Itoh. November 2009 saw the MB labels 55th release.
In 2000 he joined forces with Christian Varela to set up Pornographic Recordings, a respected outlet to give unknown talent a chance to release their music. After a short hiatus where both parties concentrated on their own careers the label is back up and running with releases from Joseph Capriati and Cristian Varela. The Pornographic parties, which are a great success in Spain, are continuing to become bigger and better around the world.
Marco Bailey does not like to think in boxes but more outside the box. Although he has an expansive taste in music, techno keeps intriguing him. Despite techno growing into a bigger genre with its sub-styles in minimal, tech house and hard techno, he still discovers fascinating records in every style. This is the reason Marco's sound is so diverse and surprising.
A slight change of both his production and DJ-ing styles has led to recent releases on John Digweed's forward-thinking Bedrock Records (‘Jungle Laps’, October 2009 / ‘Watergate EP’, January 2010 / ‘Rayavadee’ with Tom Hades, April 2010), with a new artist album due on the label in February 2011.
2010 has given Marco so many happy memories. Whether it be Marco’s shows with Carl Cox at Space Ibiza and Brixton Academy London, or the landmark of celebrating 60 releases on MB Elektronic’s with Marco’s ‘The Sixtieth’ compilation, or the honour of being voted 20th most popular DJ in Japan by the influential Loud Magazine. Most recently, Marco has releases currently available on Spektre’s Respekt Recordings (‘Sweet Narcoses EP’) and Fergie’s Rekluse label (‘Acid Sop’). Both EP’s are collaborations with Tom Hades and should keep the floors rocking over the New Year period with their heavy intense grooves and playful melodies. To finish the year off perfectly, Marco’s weekly ‘MB Elektronik Force’ radio show is now available worldwide as a podcast via iTunes.
