Biography: Marco Carola, Marco Passarani, Marco V., Marco Zaffarano, Marconi Union, M/A/R/R/S, Marcus Schmickler, M:I:5, Maria Nayler, Marina Rosenfeld,

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Marco Carola Biography, Photos, Pictures

Techno producer Marco Carola has often been compared to such contemporaries as Jeff Mills and Richie Hawtin Born in Naples, Italy, Carola took up the drums at an early age and by 15 was concentrating on electronic and house music

Marco Passarani Biography, Photos, Pictures

Italian electronica producer Marco Passarani has been referred to as Rome’s answer to the Aphex Twin Although his idiosyncratic fusion of ambient, electro, and techno places a premium on distortion boxes and simple but affecting three-part melodies, releases such as “2099” and “It Will Be What It Was” (both appearing under the name Passarani 2099 on his own Nature imprint) are equally, if not more, indebted to Kraftwerk and Bochum Welt — in other words, Euro and new wave influences not as pronounced in Richard James’ work

Dutch DJ and producer Marco V began spinning as a young teenager and was a very well-known jock in Eindhoven by the mid-’90s, when he gained a residency at De DansSalon

Marco Zaffarano Biography, Photos, Pictures

German techno/trance artist Marco Zaffarano is both a DJ and producer Zaffarano first got involved in dance music in 1987, upon discovering the acid house and electronic styles, giving DJing a try in the Stuttgart, Germany area

Marconi Union Biography, Photos, Pictures

Marconi Union is the name of the enigmatic Manchester, England, duo signed in 2005 to All Saints Records and appointed by Brian Eno to supervise the remastering of his back catalog

M/A/R/R/S’ lone single “Pump Up the Volume” remains a watershed in the history of sampling, heralding its gradual absorption from hip hop into dance music and ultimately the pop mainstream

Marcus Schmickler Biography, Photos, Pictures

A member of the thriving Cologne experimental music scene associated with Mouse on Mars, Nonplace Urban Field, Air Liquide, Mike Ink, and the A-Music, Electro Bunker, and Karaoke Kalk labels, Markus Schmickler is one of the more “composerly” contributors to that conglomerate’s growing renown

Yet another of prolific Cologne producer Wolfgang Voigt’s guises, M:I:5 features his style of minimal bouncy dub bass beat techno that he would later further refine as Studio 1

Maria Nayler Biography, Photos, Pictures

Maria Nayler recorded for De-Construction in the late ’90s, attaining the most recognition for the Angry Skies EP, which prominently featured a remix by the progressive house movement’s leading production team of the time, Tilt

Marina Rosenfeld Biography, Photos, Pictures

A classically trained pianist who studied at Harvard and the California Institute of Art, Marina Rosenfeld began to experiment with turntables as a medium that would be able to fuse composition and improvisation together

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