Mark de Clive-Lowe

Biography

'...the man behind a million great tunes' - Gilles Peterson/Radio 1 Worldwide [ UK ]

Half Japanese half New Zealander musician/producer Mark de Clive-Lowe has been on the music journey since starting piano when he was four. Classical piano lessons, jazz for playing pleasure and hip hop and soul on the stereo gave Mark the diverse foundation that his eclectic style has developed from.

For over the past ten years, Mark's musical journeying has taken him to the US, UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Cuba. Performing and recording in different settings collaborating with DJ/producers, turntablists, acoustic jazz artists, Japanese Kagura, and the world of latin rhythms, Mark has become a major figure in the nu-jazz movement, blending jazz, ethnic music and urban grooves into a fresh 21st Century flavour.

West London based, Mark is a key collaborator, artist and producer in the scene spear-headed by Bugz in the Attic, 4Hero, Restless Soul and IG Culture [NSM]. His debut LP Six Degrees [Universal Jazz/emarcy] was released worldwide in 2000 - signatured with an amalgamation of jazz sensibilities and urban influences, the album found a niche with DJs, critics and audiences worldwide:

'Firmly at the front of the nu-skool jazz and beats movement' - The Times [ UK ]

'Call it nu-jazz, call it nu-house, call it future-jazz, in fact call it what you want, I'm sticking with the words awesome and genius' - Wax Magazine [ UK ]

“… a Herbie Hancock for the new millennium.” – Montreal Jazz Festival [ Canada ]

MARK de CLIVE-LOWE on the web:
http://www.thefuturism.com
http://www.markdeclivelowe.net
http://www.myspace.com/markdeclivelowe
http://www.myspace.com/freesoulsessions

http://www.mdcl.imeem.com