PLACE OF BIRTH: Hasselt, Belgium.

DATE OF BIRTH: July 20th 1970

PERSONAL MOTTO: Go for it and rock da houses.

STYLE OF MUSIC (IN FIVE WORDS): From minimal to electro and techno.

DESCRIBE YOURSELF (IN FIVE WORDS): Crazy, music-mad all night long!

 

“Techno is not dead ...much the contrary: nowadays, people listen to techno music in their cars, in their favourite clubs or even while studying on their computer. Techno, as a genre, has matured and will keep on reinventing itself.” These wise words come from the mouth of Marco Bailey and he should know. As a successful producer, label owner, promoter and DJ, he really knows the world of techno. After more than 10 years of hard work, he has reached a level and reputation to be proud of. He has accomplished and pioneered what many fellow artists can only dream of. There are two reasons why he is at where he is today: sacrifice and dedication. Marco is a self-made man with a mission to entertain people. Carl Cox asked Marco, in 1999, to release records on his internationally renowned label, Intec. In 2002, after many successful releases on labels such as Intec, Primate, Zync, Kobayashi, Intense and Prime’vill, Pornographic Recordings was born – a label established with Spain’s number one techno don Cristian Varela. The same year, MB Elektronics was born, his label imprint for pure MB productions. In 2004, Marco seduced the broader but very demanding public with his own compilation albums, releasing the versatile album ‘Rude Boy’ In 2005 and 2006, in addition to continuing playing the tough sounds he is known for, Marco will be showcasing his ‘Positive Disorder’ sound. What do you do to chill out after a hectic night performing? I like listening to some great music like Boards of Canada in my hotel room as well as having a warm shower and trying to get some much needed sleep.

Being a DJ/ Producer like where I am today. Travelling all around the world and meeting so many nice people in Asia and South America etc - great !

I don’t have really “heroes” but people I really look up to are Richard D James > afx , LFO , Boards of Canada and Richie Hawtin.

There’s plenty coming; first a new 12” on my label MB Elektronics called ‘Passion Cocktail’ (check the artwork for this by the way) this comes with a great Phil Kieran (from AlloyMental) remix. Then there is another 12” planned for May with three of my own tracks, again on MB Elektronics, we are coming up to the 30th release. I’m also working on new tracks for Carl Cox’s label Intec, as well as a future compilation for them, called ‘Intecnique’, as well as working hard on various remixes along the way... it doesn’t stop.

Just to carry on working hard as usual and trying to make more innovative music and doing lots of gigs. Let’s rock.

Working with my soulmate Tom Hades almost every day is already enough, although of course I’m ready to do remixes for any other artists, always.

Anything that is innovative, anything that still grooves at the floor. Boring and transparent music does not.

This is easy. My girlfriend would be most fun.

Working hard and staying in sharp focus.

People having a great time while I play and... sex! (Of course I don’t mean people having sex when I play. Lol).

People who judge you without knowing you, or without knowing how you really are at play or work ...especially through the stupid internet.

I buy lots of records every week and cds - too many to tell, Of course being in the industry I’m in- I get sent loads too.

Definitely U2 – ‘Where the Streets have no Name and ‘Autechre Vletrmx’ – (It’s on the Garbage EP) which is the most beautiful song ever made.

I would say, probably a cyclist. I did a competition years ago before I started DJing

MARCO BAILEY – ‘BOLLOCKS’ IS AVAILABLE NOW ON MB ELEKTRONICS MARCO BAILEY – ‘PASSION COCKTAIL’ IS AVAILABLE NOW ON MB ELEKTRONICS WWW.MBELEKTRONICS.COM