New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Toolroom Records) - Toolroom Records head honcho
Mark Knight puts the needle to the record for the latest offering from the label's compilation series. With this 4th installment in the series, Toolroom Knights has firmly cemented itself in the dance music lexicon, offering a taste of what the label and their parties are all about - quality, forward-thinking house.
On Thursday, May 1st, 'Best Party' winner at the Club World Awards- Dance.Here.Now. presents
Mark Knight at fellow award-winning 'Best Club' Cielo. Currently one of the hottest producers of the moment, Mark's technical ability is second to none, and his DJ style totally reflective of his attitude to production; rather than finding one style and sticking to it Mark likes to keep his sets as varied as possible, playing right across the board, from electro to tribal and everything in between.
A by-word for everything that's hot in dance music right now, Mark Knight (and his Toolroom empire) has shaped the sound of dance since the early noughties - playing and producing cutting edge house music, pioneering his distinctive 'Toolroom' sound. From the start of his Ministry residency in 2003 to the launch of 'Toolroom Knights' in 2006 Mark has continued to build a solid worldwide fan base, and further establish his status as a world premier DJ/producer.
Packed out with a whole heap of exclusives and re-edits, Mark takes precision and planning to a whole new level with this comp, not to mention a track-listing that's guaranteed to excite even the most doubting out there. Rather than simply pull together a collection of big club records, Mark's opted to paint a musical journey reflective of his extended club sets using long drawn-out mixes, layered with tools obtained exclusively from friends inc. Peace Division and Swedish House Mafia.
Straight in and CD1 opens with an exclusive re-edit of Cloud Kickers 'Bring on the Night' - an orchestral, atmospheric, vocal intro (specially re-worked by Mark for this comp) that leads perfectly into the deep vocals of Dennis Ferrer 'How do I let Go'. Continuing on the soulful tip Terry Lee Brown Junior 'Chatterbox' builds nicely before heading off to the more techno infused sounds of Nic Fanciulli's 'Scratch & Sniff' (album exclusive), then finishing up with Mark's epic remix of Underworld's 'Beautiful Burnout' (seamless!)
Where CD 1 is an epic journey CD2 (again a build) takes a more techy, twisted route and arrives at the point much quicker with Mescal Kid's (Steve Angello's weekend moniker!!) 'Magic', and Tocadisco's remix of D. Ramirez/TC setting the tone nicely.
With 8 tracks from Toolroom Records it's very much the current sound of the label packed out with an array of compilation exclusives from the likes of Funkagenda 'Monema', ATFC 'Bad Weed', Steve Mac & Paul Harris 'You', Chris Special & Adam S 'Go Deep', providing the album with some unheard, upfront gems.
Toolroom Knights mixed by Mark Knight is out May 26th on Toolroom Records.
