Influenced by classic soul, rock, disco, and acid house, London-based producer and DJ Marcus Marr makes spacy dance music, often including percolating synths, funky bass guitar, and vocals. His first release was the 2010 single “Well Alright.” Around the same time, he sang on Toby Tobias’ You Know EP, and remixed songs by Bottin and Shit Robot. Over the last few years, Marr has been releasing acclaimed records via DFA Records, including “Brown Sauce,” named in Pitchfork’s Tracks in 2015, and “The Music,” named one of the “Best Dance Tracks of 2013” by SPIN.

A regular at Berlin’s famed nightclub Berghain/Panorama Bar since 2014, the lifelong music obsessive's first encounters with dance music were acid house records, which grew his vinyl collection of rock and soul, and attending all night parties under Brixton's St Matthews Church. Traveling to Brighton’s famous Zap Club to watch DJ Harvey play a lengthy set, he saw the kind of power a DJ can wield over a willing crowd.

In 2015, Marcus recorded a collaborative 4-track EP with singer-songwriter and headline DJ Nick Murphy (a.k.a. Chet Faker), Work , via Murphy’s own label, Detail Records. Work yielded two hit singles, “Birthday Card” (Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 first play, #1 Hype Machine) and “The Trouble with Us” ((#1 Hype Machine). Marr’s solo single “Rocketship” was released by DFA in 2016.

Next year, Marcus Marr will release the Familiar Five EP on DFA Records, with remixes from Justin Van der Volgen and Prosumer.