If you want to know what is rocking the dance world at any given time then speak to Mark Brown. His unfaltering talent for recognising a hit and tenacious approach to getting music signed and heard has seen him rise through the ranks to become one of today’s most respected figure heads within the global industry.
One of Mark’s most prolific roles is as that of label boss and A&R extraordinaire. He started Credence – the seminal dance imprint of EMI back in 2000 and signed massive acts including Eric Prydz and Brit-boys Dirty Vegas amongst others; their album subsequently sold over 2 million copies world wide and was even #7 in the American charts, while their single ‘Days Gone By’ went top ten in the UK. Credence also won Label of the Year for 2003 in IDJ magazine.
In a time when dance music often played second fiddle in the charts to pop and guitar bands Mark garnered commercial success for the dance acts he signed, so when in 2004 EMI decided to close Credence it was a no-brainer that he’d soon be back doing something on his own. Just one month later Mark set up his own label – Cr2.
“I wanted Cr2 to be a continuation of Credence but bigger and without the constraints of being tied to a major label.” says Mark.
Success so far for Cr2 includes the # 1 hits David Guetta Vs The Egg ‘Love (Don’t let me go’) and Fedde Le Grande – ‘Put your Hand’s up for Detroit’, other hits include Danny Howells & Dick Trevor ‘Dusk til Dawn’ and many more. The label has also set up the touring brand ‘Live and Direct’ which encompasses tours and albums, the next release under this banner will be ‘Oscar G live from Miami’. IDJ awarded the same accolade to Cr2 as they did to Credence three years earlier and voted Cr2 as label the year in 2006.
Mark is also an accomplished producer in his own right. As 2007 draws to a close, his solo rework of Kylie Minogue’s comeback single ‘2 Hearts’ is the ace in the remix package. In addition, he has a genius reworking of the music from the Lloyds TSB advert set to break him through into the UK’s Top Ten. His production career started as one half of the DJ outfit M.Y.N.C. Project with Nick Corelli. They are renowned for their four-decks/ two-mixer shows and innumerable effects units, where they take DJing beyond simply playing other people’s music into the realms of musical creation and live performance, twisting pre-recorded sounds into new and original dancing spells. Mark and Nick make up this dynamic duo, who have created their own brand of quality underground house and have been playing together for eight years.
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