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Mark Hawkins

Real Name:
Mark Hawkins
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Beginning his career in 1999 with a split EP with Michael Forshaw on the latter’s much loved Chan ’n’ Mike’s label, Hawkins was soon noticed by Saskia Slegers (AKA Miss Djax) for whom he recorded 6 eps on her well known Djax Up Beats imprint.

He has also released on, amongst others, Pro-jex, Mosquito and Hoerspielmusik. Mark has also performed regularly over the past 8 years, both Live and as a DJ in The UK, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Malta, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland, Russia and Australia.

His live-act is hardware only, going against the flow of laptop / ableton sets that have become the standard for so many artists, allowing him to have his own unique, but fat sound.

In 2003 Mark began his own label, Crime, which proved to be a credit to his already impressive history, and featured original and remix work from Si Begg, Bill Youngman, DJ Urban, Michael Forshaw and Rotorik alongside Marks own productions.

2004 brought a move to Berlin which brought fresh influence and experience. Rubbing shoulders with many talented musicians whilst there raised the bar with both ideas and production skills which he applied to both his productions and live performances.

In 2006 Mark moved to Gdynia, Poland, and in isolation there began work on his debut album “The Doomsday Clock”, which featured long distance collaborations with The Horrorist, Bill Youngman, AL.X.E and Polish tech-hop band Kirk. Unfortunately the completion of the album coincided with the crash in the vinyl market, and left Mark unable to sell the release, labels considering it to be too left field and unorthodox to be a sure fire hit. Undeterred, he decided to give the album away for free through his website allowing his audience to at least hear the music he had put so much work into.

The setbacks of “The Doomsday Clock” led to a hiatus, during which time Mark decided what his next move would be. Still touring, he had noticed a lot of so-called “minimal” releases were sounding more and more like the mid nineties techno that had switched him on in the first place, and whilst DJing, was often mixing up the likes of Audion and James T Cotton, Hand on the plow artist Spandex, with early Cristian Vogel and Chicago trax from years before.

This lead to the starting point of Mark’s new project “###”. Having already released one track on a split e.p. with Digital Princezz on the German Feinwerk label, he recorded 3 tracks which were picked up by Feinwerk boss Christian Schachta, who thought they would be perfect for his up and coming “Snork” imprint. Snork had already been gaining popularity with Richie Hawtin and Magda, which lead to ### being remixed by up and coming M_nus artist Hobo AKA Joel Boychuk. ### EP01 will be released on 20.02.09 featuring 2 original tracks and 1 remix by Hobo. ### EP01r will be released 1 week later, featuring a second remix by Hobo, a remix by Spandex (Hand On The Plow/Sleep Debt)and another original track from ###.
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Discography

Releases:
Ctrl Alt Delete (12")   Djax-Up-Beats 2001
Destitution Absolution E.P (EP) (2 versions)   Automatic Records 2001
Foot In Mouth (3 versions)   Uglyfunk 2001
Position Impossible (12")   Djax-Up-Beats 2001
Test Bottle Damage EP (EP) (2 versions)   Hörspielmusik 2001
Bugad @ Debahnhof (12")   Chan 'n' Mikes Records 2002
Diabolical Liberties (2 versions)   Uglyfunk 2002
Not Guilty (12")   Djax-Up-Beats 2002
Take The Rough With The Smooth (3 versions)   Neue Heimat 2002
Balti Booty EP (12")   Victim 2003
Operation Palangas EP (12", EP)   Hörspielmusik 2003
Persistant Re - Offender EP (EP) (2 versions)   Crime 2003
The Frankenstein E.P. (EP) (2 versions)   Nerven Records 2003
Trojan Horse E.P. (EP) (2 versions)   4 x 4 Recordings 2003
Cliche (3 versions)   Chancer 2004
Holidays In The Sun EP (12", EP)   Mosquito 2004
Jackhammer (12")   Wavescape 2004
Road Rage (12")   Djax-Up-Beats 2004
The Blame Game (2 versions)   Shed Records 2004
The New World Order E.P. (EP) (2 versions)   MNX Recordings 2004
Berlin Arrival (12")   Djax-Up-Beats 2005
Blood Money E.P. (12", EP)   Feinwerk 2005
Influences E.P. (12", EP)   Victim 2005
London Breakout EP (EP) (2 versions)   Djax-Up-Beats 2005
Life In The 030 EP (12", EP)   Kitty Corner Records 2006
Postmodern Parody Religion E.P (EP) (2 versions)   Pristine Music 2006
13 Years Of Raving (12")   Input - Output Inc. 2007
The Doomsday Clock (12xFile, MP3, Album)   Crime 2008
Remixes:
Remix BS Part 2 (2 versions) Mark Hawkins BS. Framework Music 2002
The Ping Pong Track + Remixes (12") The Ping Pong Track (M... Predicaments 2002
Cheerleaders Remixed (3 versions) Cheerleaders (Mark Haw... Crime 2003
The Family (Remixes) (12") The Family (Mark Hawki... Djax-Up-Beats 2003
America's Most Wanted (12") (To Ride) Streethawk (... Crime 2004
Ultima Ratio Intervention (2 versions) (To) Force It (Club Sm... Manoeuvre Records ... 2005
Storm Serge EP (12") Making Landfall (Mark ... Audio Textures 2006
Production:
Beastwith2backs EP (12", EP, RP) Ejaculator, Hooligan, ... Chan 'n' Mikes Records 1999
Appears On:
Niterox TLV EP (12", EP) Fuckin' Noddy, In Your... Jackstar Recordings 2002
EP01 (12", EP)   Snork Enterprises 2009
EP01 Remixes (12", EP, Tra)   Snork Enterprises 2009
Tracks Appear On:
Serial Scratch Chan And Mike's Records (CD, Comp, Mixed) Phatt Shoes, Hooligan,... Serial Scratch 2001
Do You Like It Hard? (CD) Hunger, Homeless, Stre... Topaz 2002
EP (12") Haw Far Shall We Go ? Perce~Oreille 2002
Palazzo Volume One (CD, Comp, Mixed) Hammer T:Classixx 2003
8 Years Hörspielmusik - 57 Pieces Of HSM History (CD, Comp, Mixed) Bore Cupboard, Homeless Hörspielmusik 2004
Criminal Networks (12") Sydney Excess Diatom Records 2004
Djax-It-Up (CD) Fluenza United Recordings 2004
A Sack Of Shed (12") Warschauer Brücke Shed Records 2005
Combined Styles EP (12", EP) OST Abstract 2005
Criminal Networks (12") Sydney Express Dia Records 2005
Double Trouble EP (12") The Number One Tremors Recordings 2005
Le Perce~Oreille V. 2 (CD) Haw Far Shall We Go? Expressillon 2005
Untitled (12") Platform Game LaBrat Audiochemicals 2005
r_AW Essential .03 (CD, Mixed, Comp) Bush The Third Movement 2005
Beboten Vertreten (2x10") Stoneover, Erwachsenen... Zinch 2006
Collaboration 2 - Homage (12") Can U Count, Nordway T... Victim 2006
11111001111 (CD) Frequency Response, 13... Input - Output Inc. 2007
Bilanz 2007 (CD) Kill The Bastard Nerven Records 2007
Techno From The East Vol. 1.0 (2xCD, Comp) Remorse ZYX Music 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Bootleg (12")   Not On Label 2003
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