MK (DJ)
Marc Kinchen (born August 3, 1974 in Detroit , Michigan ), better known as MK , is an American DJ and music producer of the genres house and deep house .
Career
Marc Kinchen began producing music in 2001 after moving to Los Angeles . In 2002 he worked as a music producer for the actor and singer Will Smith . He then worked with artists such as Jaden Smith and Pitbull .
MK achieved international fame through the British DJ Route 94 , who released a remix of his song "Always".
Mark Kinchen currently owns his own label called Area 10 , together with Mark Davenport & Marci Weber.
Discography
Albums
- 2011: Defected Presents House Masters: MK (Compilation Album)
- 2013: Defected Presents House Masters: MK (Second Edition) (Compilation)
- 2013: Defected Presents MK in the House (compilation)
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
UK | Dance | |||
1995 | Always |
UK12 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
MK feat. Alana
|
Burning '95 |
UK44 (2 weeks) UK |
- | ||
1997 | Always |
UK81 (1 week) UK |
- | |
2016 | Piece of me |
UK37
platinum
(18 weeks)UK |
Dance30 (5 weeks) Dance |
MK & Becky Hill
|
2017 | 17th |
UK7th × 2
(39 weeks)UK |
Dance25 (20 weeks) Dance |
|
2018 | Back & Forth |
UK12
platinum
(18 weeks)UK |
Dance32 (5 weeks) Dance |
MK, Jonas Blue & Becky Hill
|
2019 | There for you |
UK99 (1 week) UK |
Dance14 (11 weeks) Dance |
Gorgon City + MK
|
One night |
UK51
silver
(13 weeks)UK |
Dance28 (11 weeks) Dance |
MK × Sonny Fodera feat. Raphaella
|
More singles
- 1989: Somebody New
- 1991: Decay (with Never on Sunday)
- 1991: Burning (with Alana)
- 1993: Love Changes (with Alana)
- 1993: Surrender (with Alana)
- 1996: Lift me Up (with Clare Rivers)
- 2014: Always (Route 94 Remix)
- 2015: Bring Me Back to Life (feat. Milly Pye)
- 2016: My Love 4 U (feat. A * M * E)
- 2019: Body 2 Body
Well-known remixes
- 2013: Wankelmut and Emma Louise - "My Head Is a Jungle" (MK Remix)
- 2013: Storm Queen - "Look Right Through" (MK Remix)
- 2014: Rudimental (feat. Becky Hill) - "Powerless" (MK Remix)
- 2016: AURORA - "I Went Too Far" (MK Remix)
- 2017: Clean Bandit (feat. Zara Larsson ) - "Symphony" (MK Remix)
- 2018: Armand Van Helden - "Painkiller" (MK Remix)
- 2019: Sigrid - "Don't Feel Like Crying" (MK Remix)
- 2019: Ally Brooke - "Low Key" (MK Remix)
- 2019: Mark Ronson feat. Camila Cabello - "Find U Again" (MK Remix)
- 2019: Anabel Englund - "So Hot" (MK and Nightlaplse Remix)
- 2019: Preditah feat. Rachel Chinouriri - "Animals" (MK Remix)
- 2020 : Alicia Keys - "Time Machine" (MK Remix)
- 2020: Ed Sheeran and Travis Scott - "Antisocial" (MK Remix)
swell
- ↑ Marc Kinchen: Twitter: My birthday is next Saturday aug 3. In: Twitter. Twitter, accessed March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Discogs: Label Area10 on Discogs. In: Discogs. Discogs, accessed March 24, 2020 .
- ^ Beatport: Beatport release of the album. In: Beatport. Beatport, accessed March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ traxsource: album on traxsource. In: traxsource. traxsource, accessed on March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Chart sources: UK US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
- ↑ Discogs: 17 on Discogs. In: Discogs. Discogs, accessed March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Discogs: Back and Forth on Discogs. In: Discogs. Discogs, accessed March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Discogs: There for you on Discogs. In: Discogs. Discogs, accessed March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Discogs: One Night on Discogs. In: Discogs. Discogs, accessed March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ genius: Song Surrender on Genius. In: genius. genius, accessed on March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ discogs: Body 2 Body on Discogs. In: discogs. discogs, accessed March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ discogs: List of all remixes from MK. In: discogs. discogs, accessed March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Discogs: Look Right Through Remix on Discogs. In: Discogs. Discogs, accessed March 24, 2020 .
- ^ Beatport: Painkiller Remix on Beatport. In: Beatport. Beatport, accessed March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Beatport: Remix Time Machine on Beatport. In: Beatport. Beatport, accessed March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ edm.com: Article on the Remix Antisocial. In: edm.com. edm.com, accessed March 24, 2020 .
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | MK |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kinchen, Marc (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American DJ and record producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd August 1974 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit , Michigan |