Mark Broom
British techno DJ and music producer
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Life and career
During the Second Summer of Love in 1989 Broom was travelling to Tenerife, where he first heard music genres like Chicago house and Acid house.[2] At his return to the UK he bought his first turntables and started his musical career.[2] He regularly visited the London record store FatCat Records and was introduced to Baby Ford as well as Ed Handley and Andy Turner from Black Dog Productions.[2] Broom became a DJ in Ford's club Nude.[3] Together with Handley and Turner he released a few records for General Production Recordings.[2]
While Broom first was mainly associated with intelligent techno, he later focussed on dancefloor oriented productions.[3] Broom and fellow musician Dave Hill in 1994 founded Pure Plastic Recordings, through which Broom's debut album Angie Is A Shoplifter was released in 1996. Broom, Hill, Handley and Turner released one album and several singles under the name Repeat.[4]
In general Broom has kept a relatively low media profile.[4]
Discography (selected)
- Albums
- 1995: Repeat – Repeats (A13)
- 1996: Mark Broom – Angie Is A Shoplifter (Pure Plastic)
- 1998: Rue East – Summer of Blood (Pure Plastic)
- 2001: Rue East – Indoor Culture
- 2010: Mark Broom – Acid House (Saved Records)
- 2021: Mark Broom – Fünfzig (Rekids)