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Mark Farina (born March 25, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is a disc jockey and musician, known for his Chicago house, acid jazz and downtempo works. Notable releases include Mood (KMS Records, 1989) and the Mushroom Jazz series (Om Records, 1996–2011), and recently known also from house compilations El Divinio. He is primarily identified with the house music scene in San Francisco, California, where he resides, but DJs widely around the world.
Shortly after Mark befriended Derrick Carter in 1988 at a record store in Chicago, he developed an interest in House music. Mark experimented with a deeper style, dropping De La Soul, disco classics and other styles not being played in the main rooms of nightclubs. While exploring purist forms of House Music, Mark developed his trademark style, known as "Mushroom Jazz": acid jazz infused with the West Coast's jazzy, organic productions along with urban beats. Fans embraced Mark's downtempo style, and he started a weekly Mushroom Jazz club night in San Francisco with Patty Ryan. In 3 years at the club, Farina and Mushroom Jazz established a following. When the club closed, Farina continued the tradition by releasing a series of CDs under the same name, Mushroom Jazz. Since then, Mark has been performing hundreds of shows worldwide each year. His House sets have been described as the jazzy side of Chicago House mixed San Francisco style. Some of his sets have been known to last up to 8 hours. Farina has been known to play two different rooms at the same party. URB, MUZIK and BPM Magazines have all had him on their Top DJs in the World lists.
Mushroom Jazz is a series of musical compilations by DJ Mark Farina. Originating in 1992 these were released on cassette tape, then since 1997 have been commercial CD and vinyl releases. Farina combines elements of downtempo, hip hop, jazz and R&B, French, Latin, beatmatching and mixing songs together. As with Farina's house mixes, the Mushroom Jazz series incorporates transitionary effects (such as a high pass filter) and a generally dry reverb tone.
Originally launched as a cassette series, the Mushroom Jazz tapes grew from the first Chicago run of 50 copies each on to the next stage, where 500 copies of several volumes were easily distributed and sought after.
As the acid jazz boom began, he perfected his sound and fused the newest tracks from the West Coast's jazzy, organic producers with the more urban sounds he had championed in Chicago. While the predominant musical force in San Francisco was still dark, dubby House and Wicked-style Breaks, the city embraced the downtempo movement with a healthy bunch of live bands and DJs generating the tunes.
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Mark Farina - Mushroom Jazz 4 [Full Mixtape]
Mark Farina - I'm A House Gangster Live 2014
Mark Farina - Mushroom Jazz 2
Mark Farina - Mushroom Jazz 7 [Full Mixtape]
Mark Farina - Dream Machine
Mark Farina - New Mix Monday 2010
Mark Farina - Get Underground - Rex Club (Part 1)
DJ Mark Farina - ((LIVE in BC)) - Funked Up Jazzy House
Mixmag & Smirnoff Sound Collective present The Lab NYC feat. MARK FARINA CONNECT with MARK FARINA : https://www.facebook.com/DJMarkFarina The Lab is powered by Void Acoustics: http://www.voidacoustics.com More on the Smirnoff Sound Collective: http://www.mixmag.net/sound-collective The Lab NYC is Mixmag and Smirnoff Sound Collective's weekly afterwork party where we stream the best American and international DJs from the intimate space connected to our Brooklyn office. This Friday, Mixmag will be getting down with the legendary Mushroom Jazz originator, Mark Farina. Fresh off the release of ‘Mushroom Jazz 8’, celebrating 25 years of the acclaimed compilation series, Mark Farina is proving he’s still one of the best selectors around. The Chicago native develop his own distinct style in th...
Mixmag and The Smirnoff Sound Collective present The Lab NYC More from MARK FARINA : https://www.facebook.com/markfarina The Lab is powered by Void Acoustics: http://www.voidacoustics.com For more music, videos and everything Mixmag: https://www.mixmag.net Follow Mixmag on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MixmagMagazine ------- The Lab NYC is Mixmag and Smirnoff Sound Collective's weekly afterwork party where we stream the best American and international DJs from the intimate space connected to our Brooklyn office. This Saturday, Mushroom Jazz innovator Mark Farina stops by for a session of soulful grooves. Hailing from Chicago, Mark Farina developed a reputation for fusing jazz, house, urban beats and downtempo styles to create his own brand of dance music. During the formative yea...
Stay tuned ♫ Facebook » https://www.facebook.com/mattkatarchannel "Mushroom Jazz 4" by DJ Mark Farina was a mix compilation released on 04 November 2002 through OM Records. Listen to the other Mushroom Jazzes: 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tNurCPkR7A 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6k0FlHGrZE 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9jp7UrBtbM 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DofQMszmOOM 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuTDP7IPAbA 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Kb4Ih-g7k 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4N8oxSDwwc Mark Farina's website: http://djmarkfarina.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DJMarkFarina SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/djmarkfarina Twitter: https://twitter.com/djmarkfarina Myspace: https://myspace.com/markfarina Tracklist: 00:00 1) Pete Rock ...
Mark Farina - I'm A House Gangster Live 2014
Mark Farina - Mushroom Jazz 2 "Then Came You" - Euphonic feat. Kevin Yost "Sandworms" - Andy Caldwell vs. Darkhorse "Piano Grand" - Tony D "That Time of Day (Again)" - Jaywalkers "Poppy's Song" - Big Muff "Made in the Shade" - Deadbeats "Cutee" - Spacehopper "Make ME Happy" (DJ Spinna Original Mix) - Cooly's Hot Box "If I Fall" (Jay's Urban Dub) - Naked Music NYC "How Sweet It Is" - Mr Scruff feat. Mark Rae "Liquid" (Instrumental) - L-Fudge "Sunday Night" - DJ Migs "Lyrics and Vibes" - Smoke No Bones "Un Pépé Dans La Dentelle" - Pépé Bradock Hidden track
Stay tuned ♫ Facebook » https://www.facebook.com/mattkatarchannel "Mushroom Jazz 7" by DJ Mark Farina was a mix compilation released on 09 November 2010 trough OM Records. Listen to the other Mushroom Jazzes: 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tNurCPkR7A 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6k0FlHGrZE 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9jp7UrBtbM 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5u6l4IB0WE 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DofQMszmOOM 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuTDP7IPAbA 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4N8oxSDwwc Mark Farina's website: http://djmarkfarina.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DJMarkFarina SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/djmarkfarina Twitter: https://twitter.com/djmarkfarina Myspace: https://myspace.com/markfarina Tracklist: 00:00 1) Lurob - Dow...
The Original Song "Dream Machine" By Mark Farina, Feat Sean Hayes.
Mark Farina - Get Underground - Rex Club 28-03-2012
Audio Mix - DJ Mark Farina - Recorded Live @ The Imperial ((2013)) Video produced by Sunshine.
Interview w Legendary International DJ Mark Farina on Mushroom Jazz and More! Hosted by Lauren Pappas - Lauren FitDJ. For the Latest Interviews, News, & Events in YOUR SCENE - https://Scenester.tv Playlists: ENTERTAINMENT SCENE: http://bit.ly/1lwjy7j MUSIC SCENE: http://bit.ly/WE5uDF FASHION SCENE: http://bit.ly/1pIh0Wr ART SCENE: http://bit.ly/1mGqOxa TECH SCENE: http://bit.ly/1rLlUo3 BEAUTY SCENE: http://bit.ly/1z52RrU CHARITY SCENE: http://bit.ly/1ni88sD Scenester Hosts: Host Braylen Brooks: http://bit.ly/1jXAzMs Host Erica Moore: http://bit.ly/1pfT9vU Host Lauren Pappas: http://bit.ly/1nExjGK Host Meg Fitzroy: http://bit.ly/1lzQhbW Host Joanna Pantages: http://bit.ly/1nXNTfd Host Ady Dotty: http://bit.ly/1ryAa4j Visit & bookmark https://Scenester.TV for the Latest News from Your...
SAN FRANCISCO - DJ Mark Farina talks about how he began dj'ing from Chicago to San Fran and about his album, Mushroom Jazz Six.
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Interview from August 4th picking up Mark Farina from his hotel in downtown Portland, OR. heading over to the GNAR BQ hosted by Mena Lynn at the Overlook Park. Farina's fans at the party were able to ask him a few questions. More videos from NWHMC 2015 coming soon.
FxCannon talks with the great Mark Farina house legend!!
Music & Rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul. -Plato How does one accurately and clearly tell the story about present day House Music? This is the struggle I have had with this film since its inception. So rather than being one voice, the all knowing pontificator, I decided to let the people who matter tell the story: The DJs/Artists. This is not only a movie about the music I love and care about, this is about the people who make it come alive. And hopefully through these stories, people will gain a new found appreciation and understanding of what House Music really is - which at the end of the day is all I really want to share with the people. This is a movie created out of pure love and care for this music. Filming is almost done and editing has begun, but like th...
Radio4by4's Helena Troy interviews Mark Farina about his newly released "Geograffiti EP" - Also, updates on a Mushroom Jazz 7! House
Artists: Mauro Farina & Giuliano Crivellente Location: Le Mouton, Rijswijk, Netherlands Date: 01-05-1993 Songs: "It's Beautiful" (Lovables), "To My Heart" (Mark Farina) and "Vampires" (Radiorama) I Venti d'Azzurro party
Google I/O 2011 - After Hours Party: DJ Mark Farina
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Lablife Pro is proud to present our very first deep house featured artist interview with DJ Jask (Orlando, Florida) With more than over 2 decades of djing experience under his belt, Jask has touched the world dance community with his unique blend of deep, melodic, jazzphonic and soulful sounds. In '87 Jask began djing at the age of 13. Influences consisted of soul, jazz, funk, r&b;, hip hop, rock, new wave, disco, early electro & freestyle. A year later he would soon discover and quickly embrace a passion for the music that was coming out of Chicago & New York, known as the underground house sound. Jask was one of the major players to introduce the acid jazz sound to Tampa & most of central Florida in the early 90's. He held Tampa's longest running eclectic loungin' night called, "Martini ...
Welcome to Los Angeles, the City of Angels as it is known, a magical and enchanting landscape of diversity in the arts and culture bringing together influences from across the world. The exhibition titled “Out of Thin Air” curated by Ginger Van Hook celebrates the fine arts in Southern California where the weather contributes to the inspiration of unique works and our sunshine creates an ambiance and glow in which to create art. Some artists choose to paint outside in ‘plein-air’ or within studios where the shadows of airplanes fly over their roofs. In this exhibition, one will see traditional oil painting, wood carvings and emerging digital and film technologies adapted to the canvas. A significant collection of Paintings and Mixed Media works are exhibited in Terminal One, Gate Two, bet...
Since 1996 Emcee, producer, and now label guru J-Live is one of the most consistent and notable indie musicians in Hip-Hop. Out a of a need to take total control of his career both musically and professionally, Justice created Triple Threat Productions where he’s reaping the success and benefits of not signing with the major labels. His upcoming project “S.P.T.A.(Said Person of That Ability)” is set to drop in the middle of August. This will be J’s 5th full-length recording but riding high on his current EP “Undivided Attention.” His new project features production from Korde, Diamond D, and Nicolay of Foreign Exchange. J-Live was one the many Hip-Hop icons that opened up this year’s 7th Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival for the opening event the Show and Prove Super Bowl live at the Brook...
The Mushroom Jazz man himself Mark Farina sits down with Lisa from DJViBE for an exclusive.. He talks about everything from Tokyo DJ technology to his future as a proffesional football, but Lisa and Mark like rival teams.. check it out..
Holly scores an exclusive backstage interview with DJ Mark Farina, a legendary DJ known for pioneering "Mushroom Jazz!"
Interview w Legendary International House DJ Mark Farina
Straight Out of Compton Interview - ICE CUBE For Fusion Director: Pablo Garcia DOP: Pablo Garcia Executive Producer: Mark Lima Creative Director: Michael Berkman Producer: Maria Farina Editor: Darwin Phillips
Mixmag & Smirnoff Sound Collective present The Lab NYC feat. MARK FARINA CONNECT with MARK FARINA : https://www.facebook.com/DJMarkFarina The Lab is powered by Void Acoustics: http://www.voidacoustics.com More on the Smirnoff Sound Collective: http://www.mixmag.net/sound-collective The Lab NYC is Mixmag and Smirnoff Sound Collective's weekly afterwork party where we stream the best American and international DJs from the intimate space connected to our Brooklyn office. This Friday, Mixmag will be getting down with the legendary Mushroom Jazz originator, Mark Farina. Fresh off the release of ‘Mushroom Jazz 8’, celebrating 25 years of the acclaimed compilation series, Mark Farina is proving he’s still one of the best selectors around. The Chicago native develop his own distinct style in th...
Mixmag and The Smirnoff Sound Collective present The Lab NYC More from MARK FARINA : https://www.facebook.com/markfarina The Lab is powered by Void Acoustics: http://www.voidacoustics.com For more music, videos and everything Mixmag: https://www.mixmag.net Follow Mixmag on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MixmagMagazine ------- The Lab NYC is Mixmag and Smirnoff Sound Collective's weekly afterwork party where we stream the best American and international DJs from the intimate space connected to our Brooklyn office. This Saturday, Mushroom Jazz innovator Mark Farina stops by for a session of soulful grooves. Hailing from Chicago, Mark Farina developed a reputation for fusing jazz, house, urban beats and downtempo styles to create his own brand of dance music. During the formative yea...
Stay tuned ♫ Facebook » https://www.facebook.com/mattkatarchannel "Mushroom Jazz 4" by DJ Mark Farina was a mix compilation released on 04 November 2002 through OM Records. Listen to the other Mushroom Jazzes: 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tNurCPkR7A 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6k0FlHGrZE 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9jp7UrBtbM 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DofQMszmOOM 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuTDP7IPAbA 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Kb4Ih-g7k 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4N8oxSDwwc Mark Farina's website: http://djmarkfarina.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DJMarkFarina SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/djmarkfarina Twitter: https://twitter.com/djmarkfarina Myspace: https://myspace.com/markfarina Tracklist: 00:00 1) Pete Rock ...
Mark Farina - I'm A House Gangster Live 2014
Mark Farina - Mushroom Jazz 2 "Then Came You" - Euphonic feat. Kevin Yost "Sandworms" - Andy Caldwell vs. Darkhorse "Piano Grand" - Tony D "That Time of Day (Again)" - Jaywalkers "Poppy's Song" - Big Muff "Made in the Shade" - Deadbeats "Cutee" - Spacehopper "Make ME Happy" (DJ Spinna Original Mix) - Cooly's Hot Box "If I Fall" (Jay's Urban Dub) - Naked Music NYC "How Sweet It Is" - Mr Scruff feat. Mark Rae "Liquid" (Instrumental) - L-Fudge "Sunday Night" - DJ Migs "Lyrics and Vibes" - Smoke No Bones "Un Pépé Dans La Dentelle" - Pépé Bradock Hidden track
Stay tuned ♫ Facebook » https://www.facebook.com/mattkatarchannel "Mushroom Jazz 7" by DJ Mark Farina was a mix compilation released on 09 November 2010 trough OM Records. Listen to the other Mushroom Jazzes: 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tNurCPkR7A 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6k0FlHGrZE 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9jp7UrBtbM 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5u6l4IB0WE 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DofQMszmOOM 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuTDP7IPAbA 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4N8oxSDwwc Mark Farina's website: http://djmarkfarina.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DJMarkFarina SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/djmarkfarina Twitter: https://twitter.com/djmarkfarina Myspace: https://myspace.com/markfarina Tracklist: 00:00 1) Lurob - Dow...
The Original Song "Dream Machine" By Mark Farina, Feat Sean Hayes.
Mark Farina - Get Underground - Rex Club 28-03-2012
Audio Mix - DJ Mark Farina - Recorded Live @ The Imperial ((2013)) Video produced by Sunshine.
Mark Farina - The Children Are Playing
what are you thinking of
what are you doing
what do you think you can do
what you are
what you do
looking out at
ripples on the dance floor
what do you mean
is what you get
did you forget to know
what the end is
to begin
clearing
looking out
at ripples on the dance floor
dream machine
did you get
everything you asked for
dream machine
rattlesnake
a charm on the dance floor
love's rage
broken page
electric lights
and glass bone nights
electric lines run
through your minds
distractions with radio contraptions
night glasses
pipe ashes
tick tock
hear the wind lick
the window
ignited
you're invited
grow wings
sprouting from the backbone
dream machine
mister jones
you don't know what you came for
dream machine
rattlesnake
a charm on the dance floor
we are like those two
mirrors
steaming in the rain
we are those two
lovers
holding each other's hands
dream
with me
rattlesnake
a charm on the dance floor