Mark Broom & Bart Skils

Mark and Bart met a few years ago at the Traffic techno night in Amsterdam. Their musical connection comes through Mark's label Pure Plastic where Bart releases on. The London based Pure Plastic records is one of the main techno labels around and has reached a classic status through the years. Broom vs. Skils, expect some mind blowing industrial funk to rock the night!

<b>Mark Broom</b>
It all started in the summer of 89... Mark went on holiday to tenerife and in the clubs they were spinning the now legendary acid house music. On his return to england broom went on a search for this music .. found it .. Bought some turntables and the birth of his musical career was born. After a few years of playing at peoples parties mark decided to try his hand at making music.

Through a friend he was introduced to ed and andy from black dog productions and together they created brooms first musical ideas. These ideas went on to be released on general production records. The studio used for these first recordings was called uxb studios and was run by dave hill. After many visits to uxb dave asked mark if he would be into making some tracks together and from that day their musical and later business partnership was born.

In 1994 they started pure plastic recordings which has played host to many of marks musical productions ranging from the landmark "angie is a shoplifter" lp through to the recent "rave days" ep. Mark has also recorded on many of the worlds best labels including a13,ferox,ifach, speaker attack,mosiac,dark house music,new electronica. As a dj mark has spun at some of the worlds best clubs ranging from belgiums fuse club to spains la real. As a remixer mark has had the pleasure to mix artists like Eddie Fowlkes, ken ishi, Ben Sims, samuel sessions, The Advent to name but a few.

<b>Bart Skils</b>
Bart Skils s career started in 1995 when he moved to Amsterdam and started working for Outland Records. First playing in Amsterdam s legendary Mazzo club he became resident with his own weekly Voltt nights. Known for his smooth mixing and dynamic sets he steadily developed into one of Amsterdam s finest and most respected DJ s. His style ranges from techno to electro, always funky and danceable.

He is also founder and host of the highly respected Voltt and Traffic events, both situated in Amsterdam. Traffic is based at the famous Melkweg venue and focuses more on the true techno sounds while his Voltt events, based in Dutch poptempel Paradiso, are more minimal and smooth. With his regular appearances along guests such as Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills, Heiko Laux, Oscar Mulero and Ricardo Villalobos the Traffic and Voltt nights are seen as one of the leading club nights around with a great fan base and good atmosphere.

Recently Bart Skils has teamed up with fellow colleague DJ/producer Jerome to hit the streets with their "Take one, know one" EP which was picked up by Pure Plastic Records. This London based record label is one of the leading techno labels around featuring artists such as Surgeon, Ben Sims, Oscar Mulero and label owner Mark Broom who also did a slamming remix of their "Take one, know one" EP.

With his residencies in clubs like Paradiso, Melkweg and Mazzo, tight productions and regular gigs at all the major dance events, club nights and festivals like Awakenings, Lowlands, Innercity, Pinkpop, Dance Valley, Extrema, Impulz and 05 Days Off he s built himself a strong solid reputation for quality music.