DJ MARY (Croatia) - Pornographic Rec. / NW Dynamics / Choice

[Claudi]

Hello Blackout Audio, here are some infos (bio-profile-discography) about one of the most exciting Croatian Techno DJ/Producer who enjoys big respect and popularity at the Croatian electronic music scene. Hope you will hear him very soon on your territory. Techno Made in Croatia:



DJ MARY (Mar-Tex / Pornographic Rec./ NW Dynamics / Choice Rec./ CROATIA)



DJ MARY - Live on Gazometer, Vienna/Austria, 12.10.2002.
http://www.djcentral.com/users/10357/photos/ACF1302.jpg http://www.otv-club.com/_upload/deejays/mary05.jpghttp://www.otv-club.com/_upload/deejays/mary04.jpg



Favourite styles:
Driving funky techno, harder groovey techno-house, tribalistic grooves

Biography:

“I got infatuated with electronic music with artists like Kraftwerk („Man Machine“ album is one of my faves), Jean-Michel Jarre and the new wave techno-pop bands like Human League, Soft Cell, old Depeche Mode stuff, Visage, Ultravox, Japan, Blancmange, etc. In 1989, I‘ve started working in the KSET club, where we were playing various types of interesting electronic music, spicing it up with some industrial sounds. My record collection includes a wide spectre of electronic music styles, from older stuff like Cabaret Voltaire, DAF and Severed Heads to the then popular industrial bands like Test Department and SPK, who were a big influence on what I do musically today. I should by no means forget mentioning artists like Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly (my favorite band from those days), their side-projects (Delerium, Synaesthesia, Intermix), and the brilliant Clock Dva project from the musical genius Adi Newton. I was including many EBM (Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, Ministry, etc.), New Beat and Acid House releases to my sets. All those music styles have influenced me strongly, and I would not be doing things the way I do them today without such musical education. I like my sets to fluctuate between being hypnotic and powerful, and I love to knit into them the musical influences I’ve mentioned above. Music taste built on electronic music of the 80’s and 90’s gave me a good basis for the work I’ve been doing nowadays, from tribalistic driving techno to sometimes harder techno-house sets. I have made it a rule to myself to always play music from the soul and with the soul. Not just matching the bloody beats - there must be more to a set than just technical perfection. My original plan and the fundamental reason as to why I'm doing the things I do, was to always present something new to the audience - new sounds and new energy."

Profile:

DJ Mary has been into electronic music since the end of the eighties, when he started polishing his turntable skills with a refreshing choice of hard funky music, enriched with EBM (electronic body music), Acid House, New Beat and others. His deep love of electronic music has produced an equisite music taste, which is the primary source of inspiration for his work. More than ten years of DJ-ing experiences, ardent dedication, and a unique choice of music (varying from one set to another) have modelled a DJ, who enjoys big respect and popularity at the Croatian electronic music scene. He uses his technical skills to perfection, playing with mathematically structured techno sequences and moods, while hypnotising the audience with relentlessly driving percussive beats. For a change, he loves to shake them up with some groovy, harder Techno-House as well. For the past few years, DJ Mary has been successfully building reputation as one of the most exciting Croatian DJs by playing alongside some of today’s most prominent world DJ’s at major dance events and clubs in Zagreb and other parts of Croatia, Europe among others at Aquatica, Future Shock-Zg, Interparty (Amsterdam), Rave Nation (Antwerpen), Automatik (Paris), In Your Face (Dijon), Sub Bass (Metz), Stereodrome (Bratislava), Connect Yourself (Prague), Gazometer (Vienna), Stereo Studio (Zagreb), Hardwork/Miniwork/Futurescope (Zagreb), Space Night (Celje), Astralis (Zagreb), Future Beatz (Izola), Input (Sarajevo)....

He's also been invited to some major scale dance events abroad, and his performances include:

France: Paris - Rex Club (several times), Dijon - L’Anfer Club, Metz - L’etoile Club, L’after Club
Holland: Amsterdam - Hemelvaart Squat
Belgium: Affligem (near Antwerpen) - Club "Extrem"
Czech Republic: Prag - Paradogs Club, Radost FX Club, Machovo Jezero
Slovakia: Bratislava - Bernolak Club / Stereodrome
Austria: Vienna - Gazometer, Linz - Cazin Club (Cembrankeller), Klagenfurt/Knittelfeld (Gimmik)
Slovenia: Izola - Ambasada Gavioli (1 year 99/2000), Maribor - Pekarna, Martin Krpan Club,
Ljubljana - K4, Propaganda, Dakota, Celje - Hala Golovec
Bosnia: Sarajevo - BKC, CDA


Discography:

1993 - a project under the name IMPLANT CODE: MCD “Biodigit” for Italian Label Minus Habens Records (ambient-electronic-experimental music). www.minushabens.com/MHCD020.html

1995 - project under the name PRINCIPIA AUDIOMATICA: CD album “Systematic Sonority” for Italian Label Minus Habens Records (electronic-ambient-experimental.) www.minushabens.com/MHCD031.html

2001 - DJ MARY start project with Cortex under the name MAR-TEX and produced some tracks for Choice Records in Paris (2002.) on « Kindergarten 1» EP! « Massive techno 4-tracker ranging from subtle harder groovey techno-house tune to more in your face tribal techno…Essential Techno Tunes! » (Coda Magazine/FR).
Released 06/2002 as Choice 010. www.choice-records.com

2003 - Release of DJ MARY (under Mar-Tex project) on Varela/Bailey Pornographic Recordings 010, Double Pack 8-Artists EP featuring tracks by: Marco Bailey, Felipe, Tom Hades, Mar-Tex, Cristian Varela, Bando, Leandro Gamez, DJ Pepo.
Porn Cut 010 - Release date: June 2003. www.pornographicrecordings.com

2003 - Release of DJ MARY on Michael Burkat's Label Northwest Dynamics 04 under the name Mar-Tex: EP «Bazen», including a remix of Michael Burkat himself. This excellent new Label present 3 first releases and EP's of Redhead (01), Tom Hades (02), Bando (03). New Mar-Tex (04) release including a wide spectrum of percussive tribal groovy techno tracks with 2-3 dancefloor killers!
NWD004 - Release date: July 2003. www.still-music.com

2003 - Third release of DJ MARY this year 2003 and will happend probably for French Label Choice Records. Confirmation will be these days. It will be also under project Mar-Tex and 3-tracks EP «Maska». Fine mixture of tribal funky techno music! (TBC) Release Date - November 2003.


Several mixes of one of the best Croatian Techno DJ/Producers, unique DJ MARY:

DJ MARY: "Futurescope" mix - Live at OTV Club, 11/2002, windows media file is here:
http://www.tornadox.com/media/getmedia.php3?realfile=mary_hardwork.wma&djname=dj mary&id=207

DJ MARY: "Miniwork" mix - Live at OTV Club, Zagreb, 06/2002, real audio file is here:
http://www.caanproduction.com/mary.ram

DJ MARY: "Miniwork" mix MP3 - DOWNLOAD is here:
http://mp3.techno.cz/2002/DJ_Mary-MiniWork-200206.ogg


Visit:

www.djmary.com (new site)
www.djmary.djcentral.com (lots of galleries & photos)
Contact: dj_mary@yahoo.com


Poster for Gazometer, Vienna/Austria, 12.10.2002.
http://www.djcentral.com/users/10357/photos/ACF12EB.jpghttp://www.djcentral.com/users/10357/photos/stereostudio_fordzentz.jpg

Gallery from GAZOMETER Party in Austria is here:
http://www.djcentral.com/djs/gallery.cfm?galleryid=15056&userid=10357&linkid=15

[Adverse]

:?:

[Adverse]

what's with the PR engine?

[Methodixxx]

http://www.notduck.com/images/wt-spam.jpg

Damn! Thats a whole lot of spam!!! :lol:

[davethedrummer]

****ing hell!!!
i just got back from the porno 10 thread and here's ANOTHER one by the same guy!!!!!!!!
:roll:
look mate you are most definately in the wrong place
i think you'll find that this is a FORUM that's a place where people exchange ideas and mutual interests. o.k. so your stuff IS of interest to us but you must remember we are all label owners/artists/djs etc etc and this space would just be useless if we all just advertised to each other all day long.
it really is for topics of discussion NOT TELLING US ALL ABOUT HOW ****ING GREAT THIS DJ IS!!!!! SORRY BUT I'M A ****ING GREAT DJ TOO ,GIVE ME YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AND I'LL TELL YOU AAAALL ABOUT IT!

[crime]

Goes back to something I was thinking the other day....I've spent the past 2 years Gigging, and when I look at it, I ain't done bad, but times are getting hard... Sure I did a fair bit of blagging to get gigs, sending e-mails that some Promotors might well have seen as spam, but I don't think posting stuff on message boards like this one really helps, it just makes you look desperate... Personal contact with promotors is much better, and above all, it's better to get asked to play somewhere... At the end of the day, if you've created enough of a profile to play around the world, and have the skills as a DJ or Live Act to back it up, you will get gigs, especially if you have some kind of niche that is your own.. in fact, that is essencial, having your own niche or angle, which is what makes you different to the next guy who's after a gig, especially if you look at scenes like the scene in germany where there are over 1000 DJs trying to get work in an ever decreasing market... I seriously doubt there are promotors trawling the message boards looking for the next act to book in their club... it's more about word of mouth on the ground, reputation etc....

[BritishMurderBoy]

**** hell!!!
i just got back from the porno 10 thread and here's ANOTHER one by the same guy!!!!!!!!
:roll:
look mate you are most definately in the wrong place
i think you'll find that this is a FORUM that's a place where people exchange ideas and mutual interests. o.k. so your stuff IS of interest to us but you must remember we are all label owners/artists/djs etc etc and this space would just be useless if we all just advertised to each other all day long.
it really is for topics of discussion NOT TELLING US ALL ABOUT HOW **** GREAT THIS DJ IS!!!!! SORRY BUT I'M A **** GREAT DJ TOO ,GIVE ME YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AND I'LL TELL YOU AAAALL ABOUT IT!

here ****ing here

[The Divide]

I must admit i didnt see what all the fuss was about with the release advert untill i saw this. This is disgracefull. All that info and he didnt even display his C.V!!!!

[The Divide]

P.S Buy my book, its on sale now. ya slags!!

[MARKEG]

hmmmm.... there was all the shit on the porno thread this afternoon and i've just got round to seeing everyone's comments on this. sorry for being so slow but YES this is not good. it's blatent self promotion and it's not what we're all about. cluadi - you're most welcome on the board if you wanna talk about techno and stuff but it really is not about self promotion. that's not why we're all here.

[Sunil]

Goes back to something I was thinking the other day....I've spent the past 2 years Gigging, and when I look at it, I ain't done bad, but times are getting hard... Sure I did a fair bit of blagging to get gigs, sending e-mails that some Promotors might well have seen as spam, but I don't think posting stuff on message boards like this one really helps, it just makes you look desperate... Personal contact with promotors is much better, and above all, it's better to get asked to play somewhere... At the end of the day, if you've created enough of a profile to play around the world, and have the skills as a DJ or Live Act to back it up, you will get gigs, especially if you have some kind of niche that is your own.. in fact, that is essencial, having your own niche or angle, which is what makes you different to the next guy who's after a gig, especially if you look at scenes like the scene in germany where there are over 1000 DJs trying to get work in an ever decreasing market... I seriously doubt there are promotors trawling the message boards looking for the next act to book in their club... it's more about word of mouth on the ground, reputation etc....

good post Crime, you talk a lot of sense!

[Patrick]

hmmmm.... there was all the shit on the porno thread this afternoon and i've just got round to seeing everyone's comments on this. sorry for being so slow but YES this is not good. it's blatent self promotion and it's not what we're all about. cluadi - you're most welcome on the board if you wanna talk about techno and stuff but it really is not about self promotion. that's not why we're all here.


i certainly don't mind reading about ppl's up and coming releases on this board - why not??? ok the advert was really, really long and it was a little bit overboard, but there's no need at all for 'piss off' (BMB -you definitely don't speak for everyone) and 'gimme some earplugs' (there's no need at all for this). i don't get it at all. why did you guys react that way?

Didn't get a chance to respond in the other thread as it's been locked so I'll have to respond here. Apologies if my remark about the earplugs appeared a bit strong, it was a bit of a knee jerk reaction to the spamming - and let's not beat around the bush, that's what it is. I was typing in the heat of the moment. As I'm sure everyone who has a website or even an internet based email account will know, spam is one of the biggest irritations on the internet and to come on a forum that is normally free of this type of thing and to find multiple posts advertising, as Henry already pointed out, an already successful and well known label really got on my nerves. Blatant self-promotion isn't acceptable for someone like me promoting a small clubnight, so it should be even more unacceptable for a big label. How would people feel if I blatantly kept bouncing my threads in the events forum back to the top of the forum ? I'd expect to be told to piss off, and quite rightly too. By all means inform us, let us know what's going on, but not the full page adverts please.

And to be specific about the earplugs remark for a moment. I didn't mean for one minute for that to sound like I was speaking for anybody but myself. It was just a personal opinion. Much as I have enjoyed some of Bailey's earlier output, at the moment I would rather sit on a rusty spike at the bottom of a well rather than listen to his current releases. But that's all it is, my opinion. I personally find him boring, no more no less. If that offends anyone, I'm sorry, but on a forum, or in a community such as this, there should be room for all opinions surely ?

And as I said already, all this gimmicky shit annoys me. I want to buy a record because it has good tracks on it, not because it comes with free knickers. It smacks of desperation in a shrinking scene, something that's been mentioned by a couple of people on here recently. I don't think that this is the way to revive interest in our (underground) music at all. To me it's an inevitable outcome that was bound to happen when the underground flirts with and courts the mainstream. When you get people trying to hang on to their underground credibilty whilst behaving like every other maistream, commercial outfit out there it's always going to annoy those who are still firmly rooted in the underground scene. And that, Mark, in a nutshell should answer your question as to why we react like this : Because we care.

So apologies perhaps for the way I expressed myself, but I still stand by the intent and reasons for saying it. And clearly quite a few others feel the same.

[DJZeMig_L]

All I would add is that I sure luv 2 see infos, some promo. even, on people that have an active roll in this forum,.. cause in some strange way u care n r a little curious... I guess tolerance would b loads bigger if this were the case.

my 2 cents!

Z

[MARKEG]

well explained patrick. i think you've got many valid points there.

crime your post is absolute genius.

and yep, mig - i think we should be/are very interesting in what our board members are up to.

just let's not spam the board on our first post eh?

[death on a stick]

crime your post is absolute genius.
Hardly. It's merely the words of someone with some integrity, who sees that the most honest way of being "out there" is cos people want you, not because you've sold yourself on anything above and beyond the music you play/release. Also someone who sees and laments the conflict between doing things the best way, and having to survive on your trade.

The fact that it seems so inspired is an indication of how little of that there is going around - which is a reason to be sad.

[wenna]

mark i have an idea! how about an advert section to the forum where ppl can post stuff like this without it getting in the way of discussion? just an idea......

[death on a stick]

mark i have an idea! how about an advert section to the forum where ppl can post stuff like this without it getting in the way of discussion? just an idea......
It's a good idea. Overload has a "member announcements" section on their forum, used for any sort of self promotion, spam etc., also posting of mixes.

[wenna]

basically, there are loads of producers in this techno forum that work for loads of different labels and having it would probably mean less friction, me thinks!

[MARKEG]

hmmmm... yeah - member announcements. let's talk about this. what - one for techno and 1 for trance or just one general 'member announcement' section?


hold on, why don't i just put a sentence in the 'filez' forums that you can post promo stuff in there too?

[wenna]

i think together would be better, otherwise things get far too alienated...imo

[karlo]

**** hell!!!
i just got back from the porno 10 thread and here's ANOTHER one by the same guy!!!!!!!!
:roll:
look mate you are most definately in the wrong place
i think you'll find that this is a FORUM that's a place where people exchange ideas and mutual interests. o.k. so your stuff IS of interest to us but you must remember we are all label owners/artists/djs etc etc and this space would just be useless if we all just advertised to each other all day long.
it really is for topics of discussion NOT TELLING US ALL ABOUT HOW **** GREAT THIS DJ IS!!!!! SORRY BUT I'M A **** GREAT DJ TOO ,GIVE ME YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AND I'LL TELL YOU AAAALL ABOUT IT!

hej, i`m totality agree with you.FOR YOU INFORMATION Cladui IS DJ MARY!!!!!!!!! and he writes about him self on this way..terible..
WHO GIVE A **** ?!

[DJZeMig_L]

Why not just make every start they promo post with the words Shameless Self promotion... I don't mean this as a joke (I did it once) .. 2 be honest I would much rather post in the prodution forum than on a general 1.. which as a User I would look into...
still If some1 from the guys posted a link 2 they're stuff there is a 80% chance I would check it out..

anywayz just my 2 cents (that makes ir 4 by now lol :P ) .. i may be talkin bollo** here ... dunno just a though :oops:

Z

[DJZeMig_L]

sorry about the last post it's total dribble all the way... I miss the edit button... got 2 get some sleep :( (I wish I didn't need 2 sleep :) ... ever )..


"...Why not just make every1 start theire promo post with the words Shameless Self Promotion... I don't mean this as a joke (although it sounds like it :roll: ), I did it once myself .. 2 be honest I would much rather post in the prodution forum (where I find more valuable spot on opinions/ tips) than on a general 1, which as a User I wouldn't look into...
still If some1 from the guys posted a link 2 they're stuff on the prodution forum there is a 80% chance I would check it out..

anywayz just my 2 cents (that makes ir 4 by now lol ) .. i may be talkin bollo** here ... dunno just a though ..."

Z

[Orange]

I'd like to be able to see about who's got what label where and when. But in the right place, of course.

[Buttman]

Hmm quite strategic by a guy to call himself Dj Mary.. Promoters probably think he has a firm tush and a humongous rack which leads to lots of bookings!

[Jimfish]

oh god, nothing winds me up more than when somone bigs themselves up on thier bio in the third person...
:evil:
mary? funny name for a bloke innit..

p.s - bang on crime!

[miasma man]

Hmm, this is an interesting one.

We (Axiom) have done exactly this in the past, on this forum and others. Trying to get people to listen to our stuff, get feedback, learn something and progress etc.

Our approach is very different to 'Mr Mary', we have quite a passive approach but 'Mr Mary' has a very very aggressive and impersonal approach.

He is trying to promote himself (obviously) it's just that he's probably not doing it in the best way.

That's why we posted our thread in the Techno Files section.

But, yeh, I see the relevance of the points listed above and maybe all Shameful Self Promotion should be in the Techno/Trance Files section - it seems to make sense to me...

:?

[Jimfish]

bit different yours though innit M

[The Divide]

But, yeh, I see the relevance of the points listed above and maybe all Shameful Self Promotion should be in the Techno/Trance Files section - it seems to make sense to me...

I am forever posting tracks in the files forum. The advice I have got has helped me loads. Not realy that bothered what people think about it and I dont see why anyone should. Afterall it is the files forum