Biografie Marc Vedo

The DJ:
Portuguese deck maestro, Marc Vedo is a DJ with a pedigree of years of experience, and is still only 27. A most sought after DJ, with his own club brand blowing up dance floors across the UK and a soaring international career playing regularly for the biggest names in the scene. Marcs been making a lasting impression on clubbers everywhere with his uplifting funky sounds and his peak time hard trance sets. Having risen from the South West of England, to become one of its biggest exports to dance music, playing at many of the worlds leading club brands from Godskitchen and Ministry of Sound to UK festivals such as Homelands and Escape in the park. Marc is now regarded by many as one of the UKs leading DJs in his field of trance, a tag that is quickly making him a world wide floorfiller and mainstay on the international circuit. His trademark sets of hard tech-trance and quality uplifting house music have seen Marcs Djing capture mass appeal from dance floors and their audiences across the globe. Anyone who has ever experienced one of his creative sets can relate to his fast paced, energetic and uplifting sounds. His hard trance sets fuses tough, techno beats with the more melodic and tech sounds of trance, yet with house his sets consist of a driven funky beats, through to tough and chunky house grooves with elements of a twisted disco funk variety. Marcs sets are a testament to his experience and knowledge of to rock and keep rocking a crowds night.

Combine this with his incredible technical ability, and it is easy to see what prompted Mixmag to dub him the next Sasha a few years back, all in all some would say Marc has the complete package and the makings of a modern day superstar DJ.

A bit premature perhaps for such a young fledgling talent, but DMC also recognized the potential and were the first agency to sign him, along side Naughty but Nice giving Marc his first high profile club residency. Sundissential were next recruiting Marc as a full resident, with Miss Moneypennies and Slinky following suit shortly after. Marcs residency with the legendary Miss Moneypennies lasted for 5 years and Slinky for 3 years. Over the last few years he has also featured regularly both home and abroad for many of the best organisations in the global dance scene such as Ministry of Sound, Serious, Lashed, Escape, Progress, Dance Academy, Transaction, Urban Bug, The Candy Store, Time Flies and Cream. The next stage in Marcs career involves bringing KoolWaters to an even greater global audience. To further this goal, Marc and KoolWaters have teamed up with Red Parrot DJ Agency, whose international experience will help to cement Marc Vedo as an international DJ and KoolWaters has a leading global event organisation.

Though he will continuing to feature in the plans of Koolwaters Artist Management, Marc will be joining such globe-trotters such as Boy George, Lisa Loud and Brandon Block as he becomes part of Red Parrots Artists roaster.

Since 2000, Marc has played a variety of UK festivals from Glastonbury to Virgins V2 events, 2000 also saw Marc play at all three of Slinkys Westpoint Arena events in Exeter. Each event saw Marc play to an audience crowd of 7000 alongside some of the industrys biggest stars in Carl Cox, Judge Jules and Ferry Corsten. On New Years Eve 2003 Marc played, in his own words my biggest gig to date, headlining for Ministry of Sound. His set saw him play to the beautiful backdrop of Nairobi beach and to a crowd size 2000 strong. Marc spent much of 2004 on the road touring the global with KoolWaters, as he helped to expand the club further afield. Marcs travels saw him feature across 6 continents alongside artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Ferry Corsten, Sister Bliss and Boy George.

August 2004 Marc saw being booked to play the closing set in the Nukluez hard dance arena at Wales biggest dance festival Escape in the Park.

Having been demonstrating his ability at the highest level, both at home in the UK and on the international circuit for many years, It is it is no wonder he has been making a lasting impression on clubbers everywhere with his uplifting funky sounds and peak time hard trance selections. Having played across the four corners of the globe for the last 6 years, Marc has steadily developed a strong and loyal fan base none more so than those who attend Koolwaters events. The reaction he gets from the crowd often outshines the big name guest DJs and which is a testimony of his popularity with the Koolwaters faithful.

Sasha better watch out, Marc is not going to be a resident for long - Mixmag

The Promoter:
As musical director of KoolWaters Marc has spent the last four years pioneering the clubs trance based image KoolWaters, by both promoting and Djing full time for the club. However recently the club has taken the opportunity to explore many different possibilities, themes and ideas. Though only in its infancy, this new direction for KoolWaters, has seen Marc book and play along side many of the scenes biggest and best house DJs, earning the club a wider audience and further acclaim by all reputable dance and culture magazines. Over the last four years KoolWaters has featured in over 25 countries and has staged well over 400 events, some of these countries include Argentina, Germany, Japan, Portugal, Turkey and Russia.

One of the biggest dates in Marcs own diary with Koolwaters was the clubs 2004 club tour in Canada, which saw Marc headline alongside Boy George and several Canadian based DJs such as Cary Chang and Amnes (Live). The tour saw Koolwaters feature at some of Canadas biggest and best dance clubs of which included The Government, Caprice, System Sound, The Standard, Vivid Session Sonar and The Whiskey Club.

As the clubs profile begins to explode Marcs own career has begun its advance to the next level, as he is once more beginning to feature on the lips of clubbers and promoters around the world.

One of Marc's most important accomplishments in 2003 was the success of Koolwaters 2nd joint festival Bug Hole, with Turkish clubbing outfit Urban Bug.
More than 20,000 people attended the festival on the Turkish coastline, with sponsorship from the likes of Coca-Cola and Smirnoff Ice. The event itself saw over 100 DJs play with acts like The Chemical Brothers and Sasha topping the bill, the night was also broadcast on MTV Asia and CNN Asia.

With Koolwaters now beginning to establish itself as one of the current market leaders in the global dance scene, having worked with artists such as The Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold, Sasha, Ferry Corsten, Armin Van Buuren, Fergie, Judge Jules, Lisa Lashes, Mauro Picotto, Tall Paul and Marco V for its various club nights, tours and festivals across the globe. Marc and his dedicated team are now heavily concentrating on organizing more overseas events and festivals for 2005 and beyond, whilst continuing to build on the clubs UK success.

With future club tours planned for South and Central America, Asia, Russia, China and a host of European countries it's fair to say Marcs career and popularity is expect to hit over drive.

The Producer:
Aside from the DJ'ing, the promoting and the jetting around the globe, Marc still finds time to hold down regular radio spots and guest mixes. He also produces his own music and remix other peoples On the production front, Marc is currently in the studio with The Conductor and The Cowboy duo (Serious) working on a follow up song to the duos hugely successful Top 40 hit, Feeling This Way. The single reached number 27 in the UK Charts and was signed to 17 compilations worldwide, including the popular Annual by Ministry of Sound. Marcs own production credits, include Format (Nukleuz), DJs make a move (Loopgroove), The Poll trax which Marc co-produced with Steve Thomas, as well as re-mix work for Nu-Life, Nukleuz and Loopgroove.

2004 saw Marc mix his first artists compilation album that was a joint project between KoolWaters and Wella, who are also sponsors to Marcs DJ career. The album, named Head Filler consisted of a collection of unsigned productions by Marc himself was distributed across 1,800 salons through out the UK and also used as a promotional tool to launch a new Wella range called Head Games.
2005 has already seen one of Marcs productions being signed to the globally renowned Hed Kandi records label, the track entitled Whiteout is a joint production with Marcs studio Partner LnM Projekt who have recently had a top 40 hit with LnM Projekt feat Bonnie Bailey, "Everywhere". Other plans in the pipeline for 2005 are for the release of KoolWaters first global triple compilation album, which is to be mixed by KoolWaters residents Boy George and Marc Vedo.

The Press / Television / Radio:
In the past Marc has received excellent media coverage across all reputable culture and dance music magazines such as DJ Mag. In 1999 Marc was voted in the top 50 most eligible bachelors in the UK by Company Magazine and was a centerfold feature in The Sun's top ten most eligible men. This lead to Marcs appearance on several television programs with the most notable being Channel 4s Gods Gift the show featured a selection of young bachelors who were pitted against one another for a final date with a selected female contestant. The same year also saw Marc received the following titles of DJ of the Year and DJ Face of the year on top of being dubbed the next Sasha by Mixmag.

Overseas Marc has received further more media exposure with television appearances on both occasions for the Koolwaters and Urban Bug Turkish coastline festival - Bug Hole, which received coverage from CNN Asia, MTV Asia as well as all local and national television stations throughout Turkey. He was joined alongside such global superstars as The Chemical Brothers and Sasha.

Whilst over in Canada, Asia and Africa touring for KoolWaters he was involved in a series of national advertising campaigns that saw him feature in many of the countries top clubbing bibles and radio shows. Marc has also received similar promotional coverage whilst on international duty for such brands as Ministry of Sound, Cream, Miss Moneypennys and Slinky.

In 2001 the popular southwest radio station Galaxy 101, impressed by Marcs rise in clubland, approached him with an offer of becoming part of the new breed of presenters for the station. Marc agreed and began hosting the weekly Friday night dance show. This position last for over a year however, unfortunately due to work commitments becoming too consuming, Marc had to leave his full time slot to concentrate on a new chapter in his career.

However, in 2004 KoolWaters launched their weekly Global FM radio station that features in a variety of locations across Russia and South America. The format of the show sees a weekly guest mix with regular competitions, interviews, give-aways and weekly mix by Marc himself, the show has a predicted listenership of over 25 million people per week.

The club is in negotiations to expand the shows further afield with regular slots across Europe, Asia and North America.

Still a regular feature in many of the worlds reputable dance music and culture magazines and websites as well as appearing on radio shows across the globe, Marcs media presence has always been a growing part of his illustrious career.

A true clubbers DJ with charm Ministry Magazine

Charity work:
Marc is a keen supporter of charity organizations and over the years has been involved in many charity events. In December 2003 Marc featured in Kenya for a Ministry of Sound event that also raised money for a local charity, whose support was lent to helping local children gain an education. Marc has also done charity work for such organizations as the Nordorf-Robins Music Therapy World DJ day campaign and Annual Birminghams Gay pride festival. As well as supporting high profile charity organizations, Marc also supports many regional charities.

With future dates with many of the worlds leading promoters and clubs, on top of wooing crowds around the world make Marc Vedo one of the most versatile DJs in the industry. With a collection of high profile bookings already in place for 2005, combined with the regular media coverage in all-major dance magazines and radio stations, its not hard to notice that Marc is one of the most consistent stars on the DJ circuit today.
Whatever style Im playing I like to give the crowd something to write home about, energetic dance music to raise the roof off Marc Vedo

Clubs and Venues (All UK unless noted):
Dance Academy Plymouth | Naughty But Nice Hereford | Bionic Cardiff | Escape Swansea | Ascension Manchester | Republica Birmingham | Mezzanine Wolverhampton | Transaction Truro | The Wharf Taunton | The Cross London | The Honey club Brighton | Time Flies Cardiff | Residency Cheltenham | The Palace Cardiff | Camden Palace - London | Grace London | Claires Torquay | The Brunel Rooms Swindon | Time Weston Super Mare | Babylon Bath | The Core Yeovil | The Monastery Torquay | Safehouse - Bristol | Carizma Bude | Ether Taunton | Enzos Salisbury | Escape Brighton | Bagleys Film Studio London | Stars Weston Super Mare | The Matrix Reading | Heaven London | Godskitchen Sanctuary | The Matrix Exmouth | Cream Dimension | Slinky Bridgewater | Hotdog Leicester | Ministry of Sound London | Creation Stoke on Trent | Slinky Creation | Fire Station Bristol | Progress Derby | UK Midlands Wolverhampton | Paradise Club Southampton | Slinky Opera House | The Works Nottingham | Atlantis Wolverhampton | Evolution Cardiff | Lakota Bristol | Club Cuba Bristol | Caf Mamba Taunton | Bedouin Bar - London | The Monkey Guernsey | Club Metro Weymouth | Evolution Leeds | The Night-Owl Tenby | Seventh Heaven Cardiff | Seven Sins Brighton | Club Zero Sheffield | Tall Trees Newquay | Club Castros Bristol | Pozition Hull | Lava & Ignite Burnley | Millennium club Faliraki (Greece) | | Coach Northern Ireland | Temple Theatre Dublin | Es Paradies Ibiza | Nooctua Studios - Tenerife | Halikarnas Turkey | Saxos - Mauritius | Sharm El Sheikh Egypt | Government Toronto (Canada) | System Sound Toronto (Canada) | Caprice Vancouver (Canada) | Vivid Session Sonar Vancouver (Canada) | The Standard Edmonton (Canada) | Whiskey Club Calgary (Canada) | Illusion Frankfurt (Germany) | The Republic Istanbul (Turkey) | The Duke Box Istanbul (Turkey) | Kadoc - Portugal | UBI Nightclub Portugal | Groove Entertainment - Beijing | Hi-Tech - Hong Kong | Solar - Turkey | Eden - Ibiza | Docklands - Cape Town | Zikiliza - Nairobi (Kenya) | Africana Lodge - Nairobi (Kenya) and many more.

Special Events, Festivals, One-off and Tours:
Koolwaters UK / Canada / South Africa / Asia / Europe / Ibiza
Ministry of Sound UK / Canada/ Africa / Egypt / Europe
Miss Moneypennys UK / Asia Europe / Ibiza
Slinky UK / Asia / Europe / Ibiza
Cream UK / Africa
Serious events UK
Sundissential UK
Lashed in UK / Ibiza 2003
Glastonbury 2000 [60,000]
V2001/V2002 Festival [30,000]
Homeland 2001 [55,000]
Escape in the Park 2003/2004 [25,000]
Koolwaters/Urban Bug - Bug Hole Festival 2002/2003 [25,000]
Slinky/Urban Bug Festival 2001
Slinky/Serious Exeter Westpoint Arena March 31st 2000 [Capacity 7000]
Birmingham Gay Pride festival in association with Galaxy 101

Brands played for:
Heineken, Coca-Cola, Carlsberg, Smirnoff Experience, Benson & Hedges, MTV, Redbull, Wella, and Burn Energy Drink.

Previous residencies:
Naughty but Nice 1996 2004
The Candy Store 2000 - 2003
Slinky 2000 2003
Miss Moneypennys 1999 2003
Dance Academy 1998 2000
Sundissential 1998 2001

Continents and Countries appeared in:
America, Africa, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Egypt, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Ibiza, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Malaysia, Mauritius, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Venezuela and Wales.

Radio and Television coverage:
Vibe 101 | Galaxy | Kiss 100 | Radio 1 | Ministry Internet Radio | GTFM | Channel 4 | Clubavision | Ibiza Uncovered | ITV | MTV (Various) | Rapture | CNN (Various)

Magazine Reviews:
Club Culture | Club On | Company | Daily Record | DJ Magazine | Future Music | IDJ International | M8 Magazine | Metro | Ministry | NME | Mixmag | Motion | Front Magazine | Muzik | Q Magazine | Out of Hand | The Face | Buzz Mag | Scene | Jockey Slut | The Big Issue | The Daily Star | The Sun | Klubknowledge | Upfront | The Times | Club On Mag

Contact:
For all Marc Vedo DJ bookings worldwide, Koolwaters events and Public Relations, please contact Vass @ Koolwaters Management - +44 (0) 7796 902190 | +44 (0) 1684 575054 Vass@koolwaters.com

Please forward all promotional material to the following address:
Koolwaters Ltd, 28 Duke of Edinburgh Way, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1AY, England.

Discography:
Marc Vedo - Format (Nukleuz)
Marc Vedo - DJs make a move (Loopgroove)
Marc Vedo & Steve Thomas - The Poll Trax
LnM Projekt & Marc Vedo Whiteout (Hed Kandi)

Albums/Cover mounts & promotional CDs:
KoolWaters & Wella present Head Filler mixed by Marc Vedo
KoolWaters Global Compilation Coming Soon

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