Artist Profile for Mark Seavers

Playing:  Techno, Acid Techno, Breaks

Mr. (Mark) Seavers spent most of his teenage years with greasy hair down to his nipples, jumping around some of the most questionable dives you can imagine in the Coventry area, listening to alternative rock and metal music. That wasn't the whole story though...

A passion for the bands at the more cutting edge of music technology (Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Front Line Assembly, White Zombie, Fear Factory) led to a secret obsession with the more insane end of the electronica spectrum. This bizarre perversion soon spilled over into countless hours spent pushing his tortured Amiga computer into creating some of the most bizarre noises ever heard in rural north-Warwickshire.

This was swiftly followed up by a devastating two-pronged attack: Mark's arrival in Nottingham living with a group of hedonistic raving fiends, and the massive "big beat" explosion of the mid-to-late 90's.

Before long, hours (if not days) were being lost to buying and playing records.

Mark's musical tastes are fundamentally diverse - though there are two main recurring themes: The "nu-skool" breaks sound championed by Nottingham's near-legendary "Spectrum" night, (with which Mark has long been associated), and "anything goes as long as it's f***ing rough" techno - though Mark is keen to stress he'll pretty much play anything, "as long as it sounds good".

More recently Mr. Seavers has become a mainstay in the back room of the ever-inspirational Kombination Funk, doing his best to lure the breaks / techno loving demon out of many a D&B punter. This is neatly supplemented with a monthly residency at Elation, bringing the free-party spirit indoors with a healthy of dose of acid techno for your chops.

2004 has also seen Mark's production career take some serious steps forward, with a release on Mondo records with fellow breaks cohort Gaz Williams under the moniker of Max Hedroom - the pair have also taken their first tentative steps towards the holy grail of laptop / deck sets - mixing up breaks, house, techno, grime and... well... whatever really. If it's danceable and nasty (preferably with a dirty-ass bassline) in it goes. There have also been one or two cheeky bootlegs, but of course, we wouldn't know anything about that.