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marcus sur

english | german

Marcus Sur aka Marcus Frankowski started early discovering his passion for music. At the age of 14 he founded his own band, where he - first as singer, later as bass - inspired the audience in numerous concerts. In the late 90s he exchanged the bass for 2 record players and started djing in some clubs in the Ruhr area. At this stage he didn't want to commit to any music style. Bored by the stagnation in Hardcore and Crossover he quickly found a new home in the revolutionarily developing electronical music scene. His design study led him to Essen where he soon got gigs in the legendary House club "Rote Liebe". As resident DJ in the Essen club Baikonur he also used to be an essential musical consultant and trend scout.

During a Genlog live-gig at Baikonur he met Oliver Kuntzer. Both they decided zu produce tracks together which they released with the Bochum Pottheads Label under the name of Max Mars. Already the 1st release named "Stop the Junk" got placed on top in the DDC. DJ gigs in France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany foolowed. At the same time the Potthead label vanished the musical direction of Marcus Sur changed as well. He started to build up his own studio trying own productions. During a DJ gig in Bochum he met Jiri Katter, who just released his first record with his own label Electyle Recordings.

The 2nd release with Electyle Recordings named "Disko Amerika" was produced still together with Oliver Kuntzer. 2004 the "daytona ep" arised whereupon Marcus decided to come in Electyle being a label partner. Further releases followed with Electyle. Since 2008 he found a new home with Highgrade.

releases on highgrade

various artists vol. VI +

highgrade presents
our thing (cd) +

rejacked +

visions +

10 years of highgrade +

booking +
myspace +

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