Young Marco, Aardvarck and Awanto 3 are among the artists to feature on the collaboration between the Dutch label and clothing brand.
Young Marco, Telephones and Max D have reworked the Greek composer for the first 12″ release on Into The Light.
Gigi Masin, Jonny Nash and Marco Sterk speak with Matt Anniss about the weekend-long recording session that resulted in the sublime Gaussian Curve album Clouds.
Get a taste for the forthcoming project from Gigi Masin, Marco Sterk and Jonny Nash due on Music From Memory.
Music by Heatsick, Young Marco, Lord Of The Isles and more feature on the Berlin collective’s forthcoming compilation Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing.
Amsterdam’s Marco Sterk seems to have taken an age to move out of the shadows. A graphic designer by trade – he was, for many years, the brains behind the distinctive look and feel of Rush Hour’s releases – he first pricked the collective consciousness with an impressive double A-side debut single on his own impressive (if short-lived) Hand of God imprint. With its slow, lilting, decidedly Balearic A-side (“Moving Fast (Very Slowly)”, a sun-kissed fusion of shuffling acoustic guitars, alien synths, soft-focus drum machine rhythms and hazy melodies) and cowbell-laden, post-punk influenced B-side (the riotous and strangely foreboding “High Tide”), it offered a glimpse of Sterk’s wide-ranging influences and obvious potential.
The Amsterdam-based producer will release Biology on ESP Institute.
Tief draw an end to their 2013 with a second final bash at Corsica Studios with a typically stong bill headlined by Efdemin, Isolee and Young Marco. To get in the Christmas spirit of things we have a grip of related vinyl, two double passes to the event, and Tief tote bags to give away.
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In the space of just a handful of EPs and a smattering of remixes, Amsterdam graphic designer-turned-producer Marco Sterk has proved to be a serious talent. His material, like much of that on Lovefingers’ eccentric ESP Institute label, demonstrates a love of both dark and light sounds, treading the fine line between grandiose, rush-inducing electronica and murky, basement-friendly house. It’s this contrast, fused with a love of near Balearic melodies and titanium-clad drum machine rhythns, that gives the Dutchman his distinctive sound.
Juno Plus Podcast 47 is an exotic blend of music curios from across the globe, courtesy of ESP Institute regular Young Marco.
Two excellent producers collide happily here as Heatsick’s 2011 gem “Dream Tennis” gets reworked by rising talent Young Marco.
Lovefingers’ ESP Institute label seems to deal in darkness and light. Check many of the label’s immaculately presented releases, and you will find this contrast cropping up time and time again. Compare, for example, the bleak but weirdly beautiful darkness of the two Shocks EPs with Young Marco’s blissfully Balearic “Darwin”, or the chugging K-hole vibes of Spectral Empire’s recent Soft Rocks rework with the glistening goodness of 2010’s Cos/Mes album, Gomez Land.
Rush Hour’s resident secret weapon Young Marco will return to New York imprint ESP Institute with the Video Days 12″, set for release at the end of this month.
The underground music scene is full of unheralded talent – people and labels whose significant contribution to a sound or style often goes overlooked. Amsterdam-based Marco Sterk could well be one of those people. A graphic designer by trade, he is responsible for the distinctive look and feel of Rush Hour’s many releases. But that’s not all. He’s also the man behind the stop-start Hand Of God label, an imprint whose sporadic releases gainfully attempt to join the dots between classic and contemporary house, leftfield disco and, on occasions, Italo.
Three of Amsterdam’s brightest producers – Tom Trago, Young Marco and Awanto 3 – have collaborated on an upcoming 12″ release for Studio Soulrock, with Swedish starlets Axel Boman and Genius Of Time chipping in with remixes.