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DJ Mark Colwill
DJ Mark
DJ Mark found his passion and began
his career as far back as 1983 when the music industry was
introduced to the ground breaking sound of ELECTRO FUNK. Born
from the roots of urban funk, disco and what is now known
as Rare Groove, ELECTRO FUNK raised itself from the streets
of New York and emerged as the underground sound for the new
generation.
In the suburbs of areas such as the notorious Bronx, DJ’s
began to surface along with MCs and break dance crews. Legends
such as Kool DJ Herc, Afrika Bambatta, Grand Wizard Theodore
and Grandmaster Flash created the first generation of the
Hip Hop DJ.
DJ Mark spent many a night practicing this new art form, using
two second hand Garrad turntables, wired into an amplifier.
His early parties held in the legendary “garage”
in Beckenham brought together friends and young DJs, and Mark
progressed to staging live Mixes on the infamous LWR radio
hosted by a very young Mr Tim Westwood! Mark was now known
as DJ Cut Loose.
In 1987 Cut Loose won a DJ mix competition along with a new
kid on the block – DJ SY (One of today’s leading
hardcore house DJs). The mix was featured on Radio London
hosted by a new DJ called Dave Pierce!
DJ Cut Loose was seen as a Scratch DJ and won numerous competitions
in Pubs and Clubs that were beginning to stage evenings dedicated
to the art of DJing.
At the turn of the decade, the arrival of the sound of House
music, Mark veered away from the Hip Hop scene and became
involved with DJing at a whole host of “Raves”
including legendary M25 “Orbital” parties. Raves
became the focus of the media and although they tried in vain
to bad press the culture, there was no mistaking that House
Music was here and here to stay.
During the 1990s Mark continued to DJ at clubs across London
and the South, Cinderella’s (Purley), The Milk Bar (Soho),
Hippodrome (London), Barcaves (Blackheath) were just a few
of the infamous clubs that Mark worked in.
From 1995 to 2009 Mark was resident DJ at Wimbledon’s
Watershed nightclub. Spinning the decks and cutting Hip Hop,
House and Dance. Serving one of the longest residences, thousands
of people have enjoyed the passion of music shared by DJ Mark
Colwill
Mark still continues to work as a full time DJ and has recently
launched his Learn to DJ workshop, passing on his skills,
experience and passion to a new generation of people who wish
to become a DJ.
