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DJ Darkside

www.djdarkside.com

WHO?

What?

Where?

When?

Why?

My birth name given to me by my mother and father is Mark Francis Liebrand. I was born on the 14th of January 1982 in Johannesberg, South Africa to Angela and Ben Liebrand. I hvae two older brothers, Sean & Paul Liebrand and their wonderful children, my nephews and nieces.

I am a son, a brother, an uncle and a friend.

I am a self taught DJ / Producer / Engineer. I am constantly learning about recording, mixing, editing, software, plugins, you name it... I am trying to learn it if it helps make my work flow smoother and more efficient. I wouldn't consider myself a musician alotugh I do attempt to record vocals from time to time and I also play around a bit on the guitar and bass. The turntable is my comfort zone and what I consider my instrument.

I am currenly living in Leeds, which is in West Yorkshire, England. I am been all around though... From South Africa, to the United States and then to England. I enjoy the fact that I have been exposed and humbled by different culters.

I have always had music around me my whole life. My dad is a musician. He played in a band when I was a kid and was a lead guitarist and sometimes bass player. My oldest brother self taught himself drums and was a huge inspiration to me subconsciencously in my teen years. I myself started making music back in the summer of 1999 with a few friends after school for fun and it just became something more for me and I carried on with it. I have been doing it ever since and plan to continue.

I make music because it changed my life at a point where I was at my lowest. It became something powerful in my life that I still feel I owe a lot to, which is why I choose to give back to my community of musicians in any way that I can. I love to help people and see them learn and grow from things I have shown then. Its very gradifying.