Mark de Clive-Lowe (MdCL) is a NZ-Japanese producer, musician and DJ based in the UK for the last decade, now in LA, and at the forefront of the global urban alternative, jazz and soul community. He's a devastating live performer creating studio production on stage from scratch using drum machines, keyboards and effects - live remixes created on stage for each and every gig. As well as performances at clubs, festivals and parties worldwide, he's on over 200 releases for Masters At Work Records, Verve Records, Impulse Records and producing for/collaborating with as diverse a range of artists as Kenny Dope, Jody Watley, Omar, Bugz in the Attic, Dego (4Hero), percussionist Sammy Figueroa (Miles Davis), bass player Pino Palladino (D'Angelo/John Mayer), DJ Spinna, Leon Ware, Dame Shirley Bassey and plenty more, MdCL is one of the most innovative producers and live performers you'll find anywhere.
'...the man behind a million great tunes' - Gilles Peterson/Radio 1 Worldwide [UK]
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Half New Zealander, half Japanese musician/producer Mark de Clive-Lowe has been on the music journey since starting piano when he was four. Classical piano lessons, jazz for playing pleasure and hip hop and soul on the stereo gave Mark the diverse foundation that his eclectic style has developed from.
For over the past ten years, Mark's musical journeying has taken him to the US, UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Cuba. Performing and recording in different settings collaborating with DJ/producers, soul and pop artist, turntablists, acoustic jazz artists, Japanese Kagura, and the world of latin rhythms, Mark has become a major figure in modern beats culture, blending jazz, ethnic music and urban grooves into a fresh 21st Century flavour.
Mark debut LP Six Degrees [Universal Jazz/emarcy] was released worldwide in 2000 - signatured with an amalgamation of jazz sensibilities and urban influences, the album found a niche with DJs, critics and audiences worldwide:
'Firmly at the front of the nu-skool jazz and beats movement' - The Times [UK]
'Call it nu-jazz, call it nu-house, call it future-jazz, in fact call it what you want, I'm sticking with the words awesome and genius' - Wax Magazine [UK]
2001 saw Mark contributing a stand out remix production of Shirley Horn on the Verve//Remixed LP alongside tracks from MAW, Joe Clausell and Thievery Corporation and in 2002, his carnival soul-beats anthem 'Relax...Unwind' featuring Abdul Shyllon became one of the year's underground hits worldwide for the likes of Gilles Peterson, Jazzy Jeff, MAW and Jazzanova. 2003/4 releases also include collaborations with Kenny Dope [Masters at Work], DJ Spinna [BBE/rapster], Rima [JCR], IG Culture, Bugz in the Attic and Restless Soul. Over the past 7 years, Mark has stamped his sound on over 200 releases collaborating with some of the most cutting edge producers and artists around the world - including upcoming cuts with soul legend Leon Ware, productions for Philadelphia's Lady Alma and Jody Watley, remixes for Omar and Brazilian superstar Ed Motta and studio collaborations with Lauryn Hill and Pino Palladino [D'Angelo/The Who].
Mark's last worldwide full length album was released worldwide March 22, 2005 on ABB Soul/Antipodean/Columbia Japan. TIDE'S ARISING features a who's who of guest artists including Bembe Segue, Abdul Shyllon, Pino Palladino [D'Angelo], Capitol A [The Roots/Jazzanova] and more. A new millennium classic, Tide's Arising is one of the standout albums of 2005. Tide's Arising Live has toured all over the planet - from Los Angeles to Moscow, London to Sydney. His latest solo release is the Japanese exclusive JOURNEY 2 THE LIGHT (Freedom School Records) featuring Bembe Segue, Jason Yarde and Sammy Figueroa (Miles Davis). The next long player release on the schedule is MELODIUS BEATS VOL.2 - a collection of Mark's recent remixes, productions and collaboartions, due out 2009.
Other projects currently on the go include Mark's FREESOUL SESSIONS clubnite and releases - a fully improvised show with Mark constructing beats and full productions live on stage with a rotating cast of beat, soul and jazz musicians and vocalists and THE POLITIK - a new collaboration between Bembe Segue and Mark. He's currently in studio producing new artists covering soul, urban alternative and club music styles.
'a Herbie Hancock for the new millennium' - Montreal Jazz Festival, Canada