Mark Barrott
Mark Barrott (born 1968 in Sheffield) is an English DJ and record producer. Recording under the name Future Loop Foundation, he has released ambient- and drum and bass-inspired music since the mid-1990s.
Barrott learned to play piano in his youth and took an interest in synthesizers early in his musical career, assembling his own house studio.[1] In 1995, he signed with the label Planet Dog and issued a full-length album with that label the following year. Also in 1996, VH1 hired him to compose accompaniment to their Worldwide Fashion Awards.[1] Future Loop Foundation's 2000 release Phunkroc incorporated jazz and funk textures into drum and bass rhythms.[2]
In 2007, Barrott created a multimedia project called Memories from a Fading Room, incorporating elements of interviews he did with his own family members, home movie footage, and new music (an LP and an accompanying remix EP).[3] The film which grew from this project was directed by Annie Wilson.[4] The music for this project was mostly instrumental, though with some vocoder-enhanced voices low in the mix, and utilized ambient textures, invoking sentiments of nostalgia.[5]
In 2009, Barrott started a dance music record label, International Feel, releasing his own music as well as that of other musicians in the nu disco and Balearic styles.[6] He relocated to Ibiza in 2012 and now runs the label from the island.[6]
Discography
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- As Future Loop Foundation
- Karma/Remote Viewing
- Discovery/Shake the Ghost (1996)
- Time and Bass (1996)
- Sonic Drift/Voodoo Sound (1997)
- Conditions for Living (1998)
- Daddy Radical (1998)
- Jumper (1999)
- PHunkRoc (1999)
- The Middle of Nowhere (2000)
- Après Ski/Après Everything (2002)
- What's Your Name? (2002)
- This is How I Feel (2003)
- Scratch & Sniff (2004)
- One Offs & Remixes (2007)
- Memories from a Fading Room (2007)
- The Sea & Sky EP (2009)
- As Mark Barrott
- Sketches from an Island (2014)
- Sketches from an Island Pt. 3 (2015)
- Bush Society (2015)
References
- 1 2 Future Loop Foundation, Allmusic.com
- ↑ Venk Chandran, Phunkroc review. Exclaim!, September 1, 2000.
- ↑ Jack MacFarlane, Review of the Sea and Sky EP. The Skinny, July 10, 2007.
- ↑ Jenni Cole, Memories from a Fading Room Review, MusicOMH, June 25, 2007.
- ↑ George Booker, Memories from a Fading Room Review. No Ripcord, September 26, 2007.
- 1 2 Andy Beta, Electric Fling: Sketches from Ibiza Island. Pitchfork Media, July 24, 2014.
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