Maarcos

Birth name| Mark Kwong
Origin| Melbourne, Australia
Genres| Progressive house
Occupation(s)| DJ, remixer, record producer
Instrument(s)| Music sequencer, synthesizers
Years active| 2004–present
Labels| Phazing (2011–present)
Fuze Records (2014-present)
Website| maarcos.com
fuzerecords.tv

Musical artist

Mark Kwong, better known under his stage name Maarcos, is an Australian DJ, remixer, record producer and record label owner. He was formerly a founding member of the group Those Usual Suspects.

## Biography

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### Early life

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Maarcos was born in Malaysia and moved to Australia when he was a child. He studied at Melbourne private school Scotch College before attending Swinburne University of Technology.[1] He played his first club show at 19[2] and currently resides in New York.[3]

### Career

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In 2004, Maarcos released his first work, a remix for Inaya Day’s track Nasty Girl. The track went on to become #1 in the ARIA Club Charts and #18 in the overall ARIA Charts.[4]

He then formed the group Those Usual Suspects with fellow band-members Wei-Shen Mak and Atridge D’Costa. Their first single ‘Dakka’ was released on Bob Sinclars Yellow Productions and the group became a member of the Africanism All Stars. Their following single ‘Shadows’ peaked at #17 on the Billboard Dance Airplay charts.[5]

As part of Those Usual Suspects, Maarcos also released ‘Walking Alone’, a collaboration with fellow Australian Dirty South on Phazing Records. This track was made ‘Essential New Tune’ by the Swedish House Mafia on their BBC Radio 1 takeover.[6]

As of June 2013, Maarcos had left the group Those Usual Suspects[7] to produce and perform solo. His first single was ‘Blaze’, again on Phazing Records.[8]

On Friday, 11 July 2014 Maarcos announced his new record label Fuze Records. This is a joint venture between Maarcos and Sony Music Australia EDM Director Jon Hanlon.[9] The first single was called ‘Pyro’ and the label will have Maarcos’ releases as well as other artists.

## Discography

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### as Maarcos

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#### Original releases

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* Blaze (Phazing Records / Sony Music Australia)
* Pyro (Fuze Records)

#### Remixes

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* Twenty One Pilots \- Guns for Hands (Atlantic Records/Warner Music \- Fueled By Ramen)
* Style of Eye ft. Soso - Kids (Sony Music / Ultra Music / Basik)
* Helena feat. Shawnee Taylor - Levity (Sony Music / Ultra Music)
* Ellroy Clerk & Russian Nick - Hands Up (Maarcos Edit)(Fuze Records)

### as Those Usual Suspects

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#### Original releases

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* Greece 2000 (Ministry of Sound / Hussle)
* Shadows ft. Abigail Bailey (Ministry of Sound / Nervous Records)
* Dakka (Yellow Productions / Africanism)
* Palazzo (Ministry of Sound / Hussle
* Animalia (Ministry of Sound / Asterix)
* In This Life ft. Chappell (Ministry of Sound / Asterix)
* Feel The Need (Ministry of Sound / Asterix)
* My Star ft. Yota (Computerscience)
* Walking Alone w/ Dirty South ft. Erik Hecht (Phazing Records)
* Can't Hold On ft. Erik Hecht (Onelove)
* Give It To Me ft. Jay Sebag (Onelove)
* Burn Forever w/ Nordean ft. Erik Hecht (Phazing Records)
* Prophet w/ Nordean (Phazing Records)

#### Remixes

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* Morgan Page & Andy Caldwell ft. Jon Mendelsohn - Where Did You Go (Nettwerk)
* Topher Jones & Amada feat. Ido vs. The World - Hello Chicago (Ultra Music)
* Digital LAB - Frequency (Vicious)
* Bob Sinclar ft. Steve Edwards - Together (Defected Records)
* Kings of Tomorrow feat. Julie McKnight - Finally Defected Records)
* Sgt Slick - Sax Addict (Vicious Vinyl)
* Mark James feat. Hamish - Come With Me (Ministry of Sound)
* The Similou - All This Love (Ministry of Sound)
* GusGus - David (Ministry of Sound)
* Stafford Brothers \- Wasted (Ministry of Sound)
* Ou Est Le Swimming Pool \- Jacksons Last Stand (Ministry of Sound)
* Inaya Day \- Nasty Girl (Wei-Shen and Maarcos Remix) (Vinyl Pusher)

## References

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1. ^ "Mark Kwong : Music Boss at Fuze Records". Linkedin.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
2. ^ "Interview: Ten For The Road With Maarcos". EDM America TV. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
3. ^ "elektro exclusive interview with Mark of Those Usual Suspects + "Blaze" Trailer - Elektro". Elektro Daily. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
4. ^ "INAYA DAY - NASTY GIRL (SONG)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
5. ^ "Those Usual Suspects". Billboard.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
6. ^ "BBC Radio 1 - Pete Tong, Swedish House Mafia sit in for Pete". BBC. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
7. ^ "** ANNOUNCEMENT - THREE BECOME TWO **... - Those Usual Suspects - Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
8. ^ "Maarcos – Blaze (Dirty South Edit)". DJ Mag Canada. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
9. ^ "DJ/producer Maarcos and Sony EDM Director launch Fuze Records". Music Week. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
10. ^ "Maarcos : Credits". Discogs.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.