Mark Baker has always been a fan of music. He started playing classical piano by the age of 6 and continued onward to learn the trumpet in high school. By the time he was in university, he had taken up bass guitar and started to play in various bands. Mark was a dedicated B-boy who rocked out to Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, Tribe Called Quest,.......What do you do when you're black and grow up in Pickering? One May evening in 1999 all of that changed. A friend of his took him to System Sound Bar and his eyes and ears were instantly opened. The ideology of the hip-hop DJ that Mark was familiar with was forever changed. It wasn't long until Mark felt that burning desire to try his hand at yet another musical craft. ...the art of the DJ. After watching and partying to the likes of DJ Dan, Steve Lawler, Carl Cox, Danny Howells, Chus and Ceballos, Roger Sanchez, Sander Kleinenberg, and Satoshi Tomiie just to name a few. Mark met Mike Ryan aka Veteeze on the party trail in Toronto and is part of the collective known as the “Good Times Gang” or GTG. Mark started to play out at parties and release mixes. Dj Mark Baker also goes by the monikers of U2BROTHR and Solacevip.