Easily one of the regular highlights of Basic NYC’s event calendar is a night on the dancefloor with San Francisco’s house music maestro Mark Farina. For the last several years, Mark’s sets at the Sullivan Room have been a clinic in turntable virtuosity, with his trademark fusion of deep and chunky Chicago-laced house grooves setting the dancefloor off. On Saturday, August 7th, Mark will be making a mid-summer visit to the Sullivan Room for what promises to be another late night full of cutting edge music and outstanding DJing wizardy.

From his downtempo “Mushroom Jazz” selections, to his wildly influential house sets, Mark Farina has been spreading his love of underground music worldwide for years. A Chicago native who moved to San Francisco in the early 90s, Mark quickly became known as the city’s most important ambassador of the deep, jazzy house that came to define the west cost sound. Few DJs have influenced as many dancers, producers and DJs over the years, but Mark’s unique and uncompromising approach to music has made him an icon to his legions of fans. With his energetic mixing and cutting-edge track selection, Mark’s sets never fail to set the dancefloor on fire.

With dozens of mix CDs, his own artist album on OM Records, and numerous original productions and remixes, Mark’s music is widely known. But it’s his live appearances are where he is at his best: skillfully working EQs, layering acapellas over tracks, blending long-forgotten classics with today’s club gems. Each set is always a new experience, and each weekend he journeys around the globe to fire up dancefloors with his uncompromising crowd-pleasing music.

In recent months, Mark has been focusing on re-launching his Great Lakes Audio label. In the Spring, he dropped his own “Geograffiti EP”, a multi-track release of his own productions that was quickly hailed and supported by a wide range of DJs. With a fresh set of new remixes of “That’s How” just out, with Sonny Fedora, JT Donaldson and Ken ECB contributing mixes, Great Lakes Audio continues to deliver the good for the DJs and the dancefloor alike.

Opening up for Mark on this night will be guests Mikey G and John Dill, with newcomer DJ Theory getting the party started. Basic NYC residents Sleepy & Boo are on hand for this night as well, fresh off an energetic opening set for Miguel Migs last weekend. This will be Mark’s first Sullivan Room appearance since the sound has been upgraded, so we can’t wait to hear his thick basslines and crackling drums loud and clear.

BASIC NYC PRESENTS MARK FARINA
SATURDAY AUGUST 7TH, 2010 @ SULLIVAN ROOM
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