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Marco Bernardi
12+ albums
electrotechnonu electrocloneAcid
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MARCO BERNARDI Background A charismatic figure for whom music runs in the family and has always been in the blood, Marco Bernardi began his musical odyssey aged 15 when he toured the Glasgow pub and club circuit playing keyboards in cover bands. However, when a classmate introduced him to the futuristic funk of techno and electro, Marco realised that he had found the sound he had been searching for. Around the same time, he began work in the Hi-Tech department of a local music store and began building an awesome collection of studio gear whilst gaining the engineering know-how to bring the sounds in his head to life. Marcos first release was 2002s The Chicago Bearsden under the pseudonym Mhelt Project (with Martyn Henderson aka Mash) was a track which featured guest vocals from Detroit-born Techno hero Claude Young. Following this, a newly-formed friendship with internationally renowned DJs and producers Funk DVoid and Percy X of Soma Recordings (home to Slam, Ewan Pearson, Silicone Soul and Alex Smoke) saw Marco lending his engineering and production talents to the well-received Voyager e.p. Subsequently, he has co-written and -produced a string of 12s plus two albums with Percy X for Soma and a single for Andrew Weatheralls respected Firewire label. Marcos first production under his own name came with the release of 2004s Trane/Memory on the respected Emoticon label; - two slices of sweet downtempo electronics which drew comparisons from the music press to no less than
