markkloud Mark Kloud Buffalo Bookings/ Remixes / Mixes - markkloud@yahoo.com Mark Kloud aka Mark Valkwitch began admiring mid 90’s Jungle/ Drum and Bass at an early age but his musical journey began 1998 while attending The School of Visual Arts in New York City. This is where he hosted a radio show playing various styles of Drum and Bass. In his couple of years that he spent in NYC, he built up a vast record collection and experience DJing in front of crowds at open turntable nights and weekly events. He then returned to his hometown of Buffalo NY, where he continued to DJ at college radio stations, large electronic music events and securing residencies at weekly Drum and Bass club nights. Some highlights during this time frame came playing alongside Adam F, J Majik, Stakka & Skynet, DJ Trace, Mickey Finn and DJ Dara. In 2002 Mark started expanding his DJ sets to not just uptempo music but becoming diverse in his selections by including Underground Hip Hop, Downtempo and Trip Hop. This resulted in being coined as “Buffalo’s Abstract Turntablist” - Artvoice Newspaper. Some of the memorable events that he had the pleasure of sharing the stage with: DJ Krush, Amon Tobin, Prefuse 73, DJ Vadim, Boom Bip, Eskmo and Poirer It was around this time that Mark began to dabble in music production. Mainly experimenting in Downtempo styles to include in DJ sets. For years Mark varied in DJ styles and production, often taking breaks to spend time with his family and focus on his career as a Graphic Designer. In 2012, after hearing Om Unit’s ‘Philip D Kick’s Footwork Jungle’ tracks he tried his hand at the style. Soon after Om Unit contacted Mark for the tunes saying he was one of the first to take on similar edits. The following year he began reaching out to other artists making similar sounds at 160 BPM – which resulted in Mark launching Ground Mass Music. https://soundcloud.com/groundmass released several free compilations on a monthly basis. This outlet gained quick attention and exposure from artists around the globe such as – Om Unit, Kode 9, Moresounds, Deft, Slick Shoota, and many more. Mark's recent releases 'Daggers EP' on https://soundcloud.com/terranullrecordings, 'Last Light EP' on https://soundcloud.com/nordlabel and ' Cycle Power EP' on https://soundcloud.com/alchemic-breaks are most relevant to the styles he is focusing on at the moment - Deep / Dark / Experimental Drum and Bass, Autonomic and with hints of Footwork and Jungle percussions. Forthcoming release on: https://soundcloud.com/onsetaudio markkloud’s tracks Vykhod Sily Podcast - Mark Kloud Guest Mix by markkloud published on 2016/07/08 16:00:04 +0000 Mark Kloud - Stomp VIP by markkloud published on 2016/06/03 16:23:14 +0000 Mark Kloud - Northward Equinox - 90 Min. Mix by markkloud published on 2016/03/28 15:29:05 +0000 Mark Kloud -Reactor 6 [Free DL] by markkloud published on 2016/03/10 15:24:08 +0000 Mark Kloud - Self by markkloud published on 2016/02/20 19:10:59 +0000 Chango - WorkEm (Mark Kloud Remix) - Out Now by markkloud published on 2016/01/18 15:00:52 +0000 Mark Kloud - Occluded Front by markkloud published on 2016/01/08 01:23:59 +0000 Mark Kloud - Cycle Power EP - Preview - OUT NOW! by markkloud published on 2016/01/05 14:46:16 +0000 Transmission Radio Nov.11.2015 Episode 3 by markkloud published on 2015/11/19 01:55:39 +0000 Transmission Radio Oct.16.2015 Episode 2 by markkloud published on 2015/10/22 13:32:27 +0000
