Trademark
Origin: United Kingdom
To start from the beginning would mean a trip back to those hazy days of 88’, being a sweaty raver at Biology, Sunrise, Astoria, Camden Palace, to DJ-ing in front of thirteen thousand raver’s at World Party, having been involved with the scene from its birth, Trademark has well and truly come up through the ranks.
His move onto the turntable’s came in 1990 when he was working at an Essex based recording studio with Bug Kann & the Plastic Jam and was the driving force behind the classic Made in 2 Minute, Illegal parties were rife and he had the tunes going back to the good old days of Acid House, DJ-ing seemed a logical step. Trademark’s first big time rave was at the Wonderland Arena, New Years Eve 1990. Bug Kann & the Plastic Jam were doing a live PA alongside Reel 2 Reel, whilst Dj’s Jumping Jack Frost, Ellis D & DJ Flex (producer to Randall / Mac II Recordings) were going to be performing. Under the disguise of Synchronome the night was a huge success and as a result he got the call to perform at the now legendary World Party raves throughout 91’ and 92’.
1993’ brought a brand new adventure, Los Angeles. During this time Trademark hooked up with MC Question Mark, who is now the leading MC in the US Drum n Bass Scene, with Trademark’s cutting edge Jungle / Drum n Bass sound and the rolling style of MC Question Mark, together they gained a reputation second to none, playing at all the original LA parties in 93 / 94, Jungle, Insomniac, Mr Bubble the list is endless, they are now regarded as part of the founding members of the Californian Drum n Bass scene. Over the past 24 years Trademark has returned to LA to play at some of the city’s leading nights and of course Nocturnal Wonderland!
Having been established from the early days of the rave scene (and by the way, owning a record collection that most people could only dream of), we shouldn’t typecast Trademark into just a Drum & Bass DJ, far from it, yes he is a well-known figure within the Drum n Bass community, his unique DJ sets have carried him all over the globe, but when it comes to a good tune, no matter the genre, you can bet your bottom dollar he’s got it. His love of the music, the scene and his unique ability to play eclectic sets covering a whole spectrum of dance music, Trademark has to be one of the most exciting DJ’s on the scene at the moment. His versatility to drop a killer Jungle / Drum n Bass set has helped him gain a legion of fans ten times over. And, we haven’t even mentioned his now legendary old skool sets.
To sum up Trademark, well we can only really describe him as one thing, an out and out DJ. His passion is to play music and to entertain, this drives him, he’s not in it for the fame and fortune, and he’s in it because he loves it. It’s as easy as that.
