Marco Lenzi
Marco Lenzi was born in Livorno, Italy and raised in Rome, where as a teenager he got into clubbing, record collecting and mastered his DJ technique. Marco's love of electronic music started over 20 years ago after he inherited some records from his father, an electronic engineer for NASA. His early influences include K. Stokhoussen, Pierre Henry, G. Ligety and other producers from the 1960' s, artists who weren't afraid to experiment with new sounds and techniques. This is something that Marco keeps in line with his own production and DJ work, and with seamless mixing and the originality of his programming he soon developed his own unique style.
Marco moved to London in ‘88 and got into the acid house music scene. He was at the heart of 2 of the best record stores in London – Silverfish and Eukatech. Marco, Nils & Hans Hess and Alex Oppido started the Silverfish Records store on the Charing Cross Road in the heart of London in the early 1990’s. The store was an important part of the growth of the dance scene in the UK, and its reputation was built from the knowledge that they injected into it. After Silverfish, Marco, Nils and Hans opened the infamous Eukatech records in Covent Garden, which provided not only somewhere to listen to the latest tracks but also became known for releasing quality music and winning awards as best independent record label.
Marco’s passion for music led to the birth of Molecular Recordings in 1994, now one of the most respected cutting edge labels in the U.K. On Molecular Marco releases his own material along with many records from artists like Anderson Noise, Chris Liebing, Colin Mc Bean (ex Advent), Danilo Vigorito, Holy Ghost, Inigo Kennedy, Kelly Hand, Oliver Ho and as well the successful anonymous xx series. Marco has also produced more than 50 records on labels including Molecular, Missile, Audio, Eukatech, Noise Music and Primate, just to name a few.
Marco is a techno veteran who has been producing, remixing and playing all over the world for the best part of 2 decades, taking his minimal and funky sound to the masses. The A-Z of countries around the world where Marco has performed: Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Siberia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UK, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela and Yugoslavia. In 2008, Marco was voted number 49 in the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ in the world. The world’s most important DJ poll.
Techno peppers his sets, and he now bravely labels himself a minimalist. "Sometimes with a trend, people are like sheep and follow it," he explains. "But I have been playing and producing minimal techno for a very long time. Minimal techno has been around for nearly 15 years. It's not a new thing." Indeed, it was the original minimal godfather Robert Hood who included Marco's 'Taboo' on his recent Fabric CD - testament to Lenzi's authenticity of touch if ever one was needed.
Marco is now concentrating on the relaunch of his Molecular label as well as spending more time in the studio, after taking a break looking after his 2 daughters. He is busy developing new sounds and styles, producing new releases for Molecular and various other labels, with an album project in the pipeline. Music will always be a part of his life.
DISCOGRAPHY:
· FORMAT HD "MONOXIDOL 10" SINGLE VISION (ITALY) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "ION-ELECTRON" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "RAW MINI EP" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "ATTRAMOL" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "TEST EP" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "ENCORE" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "EP 10" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "AMPLITUDE VIBRATIONS EP" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· D-EX VS MARCO LENZI "MICRO-MACRO" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· DJ LUKAS MEETS MARCO LENZI "VAPOURIZED EP" CONTRAST (UK) 12”
· OUTBREAK "SIGNAL1-2" CONTRAST (UK) 12”
· OUTBREAK "SIGNAL3-4" CONTRAST (UK) 12”
· OUTBREAK "SIGNAL5-6" CONTRAST (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "SVLISH EP" VIRUS (SWITZERLAND) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES RMX OF DJ LUKAS "SICK SKULL" VIRUS (SWITZERLAND) 12”
· RECK (CO-PRODUCED) "ELICA" EUKATECH (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "3rd LED" MILLENNIUM (UK) CD ONLY
· XX2 "XX2" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· XX3 "XX3" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· I.KENNEDY&M.LENZI " BASIC RESONANCE " MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) CD ONLY
· M. BURKAT & M.LENZI " UNTITLED " AUDIO (GERMANY) 12”
· XX4 "XX4" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· M.LENZI " MAGNETIC MUTATIONS " MOLECULAR RECORDINGS [UK] CD ONLY
· I.KENNEDY&M.LENZI " LOOPS VOL.2 " MOLECULAR RECORDINGS [UK] 12”
· MOLECULAR RMX OF PASCAL FEOS " ARE U TRANQUILIZED" PLANET VISION (GERMANY) 12”
· MARCO LENZI RMX OF RECK " DRAGON TURNING " EUKATECH [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI " SONIC INTEGRITY " SEARCH [HOLLAND] 12”
· MARCO LENZI " EL ROBO E.P. " MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· MARCO LENZI " UNFINISH BUSINESS " AUDIO [GERMANY] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ RHYTHM MAKER “ EUKATECH [ UK ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ STOLEN BEATZ EP “ GEUSHKY [ UK ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ FEAR OF SILENCE “ D3 [ SWITZERLAND ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ COLLABORATIONS “ EUKATECH [ UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ DISCOVERY “ ACCESS 58 [ UK ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI " BODY DOUBLE " MISSILE / PLANET OF DRUMS (UK) 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ THE LOOP OF LOVE “ EUKATECH [ UK ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ UNTITLED “ AUDIO [ GERMANY ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ DISTANCE “ NOISE MUSIC [ BRAZIL ] CD ONLY
· MARCO LENZI / OLIVER HO RMX ‘ TABOO ‘ MOLECULAR [ UK ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI & ANDERSON NOISE ‘ GUNABARA E.P.’ EUKATECH [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘UNTITLED ‘ WHO CARES 01 [UK] 12”
· ANDERSON NOISE & MARCO LENZI ‘ ‘AUGUSTA ‘ AUDIO [GERMAY] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘ISTANBUL’ APE (PRIMATE) [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘ TAKE IT AWAY, GOT IT BACK’ MOLECULAR [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI & ANDERSON NOISE ‘ THE RIDDLER ‘ MOLECULAR [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI & NILS HESS ' FUSION ' FLOOR MUSIC [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘ DISTANCE/HOT SPOT -DANILO VIGORITO RMXS ‘ MOLECULAR [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI & ANDERSON NOISE ‘THE DEAL’ MISSILE [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘ LOST CITY ‘ TECHHEAD [GREECE] 12”
· MARCO LENZI & ANDERSON NOISE ‘ MOVE IT E.P. ‘ PRIMATE [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI presents ‘ THE MOLECULAR MIX ‘ [CZECH REPUBLIC] cover CD for X-MAG
· MARCO LENZI ‘ DIRTY PLAY ‘ NOISE MUSIC [BRAZIL] 12”
· MARCO LENZI & ANDERSON NOISE ‘THE DEAL RMXS’ MISSILE [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘FUTURE FEATURE’ MOLECULAR [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘WORKS E.P.’ MOLECULAR [UK] 12” OUT SOON
· MARCO LENZI ‘ TABOO RMXS ‘ MOLECULAR [UK] 12” OUT SOON
FROM DJ MAGAZINE (November. 2008)
A humble but dedicated techno veteran, it seems strange that Marco Lenzi is only just breaking into the Top 100 for the first time. "I was a record shop owner and producer first, then a DJ after," he tells us. "I lived in Ibiza for three months in '87 then moved to London when the scene was taking off so I opened Silverfish Records. I started Molecular Recordings in 1993 and started getting bookings after that."
But despite those early Ibizan romances, it's techno that peppers his set rather than Balearic, and he now bravely labels himself a minimalist. "Sometimes with a trend, people are like sheep and follow it," he explains. "But I have been playing and producing minimal techno for a very long time. Minimal techno has been around for nearly 15 years. It's not a new thing." Indeed, it was the original minimal godfather Robert Hood who included Marco's 'Taboo' on his Fabric CD this year - testament to Lenzi's authenticity of touch if ever one was needed.
Citing his father and you, the people dancing, as his inspiration, Marco has spun all over the world this year, with South America - home of his occasional collaborator Anderson Noise - his preferred home from home. Next year will see Marco spending more time in the studio, releasing his debut album and re-launching Molecular Recordings.
Marco moved to London in ‘88 and got into the acid house music scene. He was at the heart of 2 of the best record stores in London – Silverfish and Eukatech. Marco, Nils & Hans Hess and Alex Oppido started the Silverfish Records store on the Charing Cross Road in the heart of London in the early 1990’s. The store was an important part of the growth of the dance scene in the UK, and its reputation was built from the knowledge that they injected into it. After Silverfish, Marco, Nils and Hans opened the infamous Eukatech records in Covent Garden, which provided not only somewhere to listen to the latest tracks but also became known for releasing quality music and winning awards as best independent record label.
Marco’s passion for music led to the birth of Molecular Recordings in 1994, now one of the most respected cutting edge labels in the U.K. On Molecular Marco releases his own material along with many records from artists like Anderson Noise, Chris Liebing, Colin Mc Bean (ex Advent), Danilo Vigorito, Holy Ghost, Inigo Kennedy, Kelly Hand, Oliver Ho and as well the successful anonymous xx series. Marco has also produced more than 50 records on labels including Molecular, Missile, Audio, Eukatech, Noise Music and Primate, just to name a few.
Marco is a techno veteran who has been producing, remixing and playing all over the world for the best part of 2 decades, taking his minimal and funky sound to the masses. The A-Z of countries around the world where Marco has performed: Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Siberia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UK, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela and Yugoslavia. In 2008, Marco was voted number 49 in the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ in the world. The world’s most important DJ poll.
Techno peppers his sets, and he now bravely labels himself a minimalist. "Sometimes with a trend, people are like sheep and follow it," he explains. "But I have been playing and producing minimal techno for a very long time. Minimal techno has been around for nearly 15 years. It's not a new thing." Indeed, it was the original minimal godfather Robert Hood who included Marco's 'Taboo' on his recent Fabric CD - testament to Lenzi's authenticity of touch if ever one was needed.
Marco is now concentrating on the relaunch of his Molecular label as well as spending more time in the studio, after taking a break looking after his 2 daughters. He is busy developing new sounds and styles, producing new releases for Molecular and various other labels, with an album project in the pipeline. Music will always be a part of his life.
DISCOGRAPHY:
· FORMAT HD "MONOXIDOL 10" SINGLE VISION (ITALY) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "ION-ELECTRON" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "RAW MINI EP" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "ATTRAMOL" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "TEST EP" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "ENCORE" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "EP 10" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "AMPLITUDE VIBRATIONS EP" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· D-EX VS MARCO LENZI "MICRO-MACRO" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· DJ LUKAS MEETS MARCO LENZI "VAPOURIZED EP" CONTRAST (UK) 12”
· OUTBREAK "SIGNAL1-2" CONTRAST (UK) 12”
· OUTBREAK "SIGNAL3-4" CONTRAST (UK) 12”
· OUTBREAK "SIGNAL5-6" CONTRAST (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "SVLISH EP" VIRUS (SWITZERLAND) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES RMX OF DJ LUKAS "SICK SKULL" VIRUS (SWITZERLAND) 12”
· RECK (CO-PRODUCED) "ELICA" EUKATECH (UK) 12”
· INTERMOLECULAR FORCES "3rd LED" MILLENNIUM (UK) CD ONLY
· XX2 "XX2" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· XX3 "XX3" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· I.KENNEDY&M.LENZI " BASIC RESONANCE " MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) CD ONLY
· M. BURKAT & M.LENZI " UNTITLED " AUDIO (GERMANY) 12”
· XX4 "XX4" MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· M.LENZI " MAGNETIC MUTATIONS " MOLECULAR RECORDINGS [UK] CD ONLY
· I.KENNEDY&M.LENZI " LOOPS VOL.2 " MOLECULAR RECORDINGS [UK] 12”
· MOLECULAR RMX OF PASCAL FEOS " ARE U TRANQUILIZED" PLANET VISION (GERMANY) 12”
· MARCO LENZI RMX OF RECK " DRAGON TURNING " EUKATECH [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI " SONIC INTEGRITY " SEARCH [HOLLAND] 12”
· MARCO LENZI " EL ROBO E.P. " MOLECULAR RECORDINGS (UK) 12”
· MARCO LENZI " UNFINISH BUSINESS " AUDIO [GERMANY] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ RHYTHM MAKER “ EUKATECH [ UK ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ STOLEN BEATZ EP “ GEUSHKY [ UK ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ FEAR OF SILENCE “ D3 [ SWITZERLAND ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ COLLABORATIONS “ EUKATECH [ UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ DISCOVERY “ ACCESS 58 [ UK ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI " BODY DOUBLE " MISSILE / PLANET OF DRUMS (UK) 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ THE LOOP OF LOVE “ EUKATECH [ UK ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ UNTITLED “ AUDIO [ GERMANY ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI “ DISTANCE “ NOISE MUSIC [ BRAZIL ] CD ONLY
· MARCO LENZI / OLIVER HO RMX ‘ TABOO ‘ MOLECULAR [ UK ] 12”
· MARCO LENZI & ANDERSON NOISE ‘ GUNABARA E.P.’ EUKATECH [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘UNTITLED ‘ WHO CARES 01 [UK] 12”
· ANDERSON NOISE & MARCO LENZI ‘ ‘AUGUSTA ‘ AUDIO [GERMAY] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘ISTANBUL’ APE (PRIMATE) [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘ TAKE IT AWAY, GOT IT BACK’ MOLECULAR [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI & ANDERSON NOISE ‘ THE RIDDLER ‘ MOLECULAR [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI & NILS HESS ' FUSION ' FLOOR MUSIC [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘ DISTANCE/HOT SPOT -DANILO VIGORITO RMXS ‘ MOLECULAR [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI & ANDERSON NOISE ‘THE DEAL’ MISSILE [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘ LOST CITY ‘ TECHHEAD [GREECE] 12”
· MARCO LENZI & ANDERSON NOISE ‘ MOVE IT E.P. ‘ PRIMATE [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI presents ‘ THE MOLECULAR MIX ‘ [CZECH REPUBLIC] cover CD for X-MAG
· MARCO LENZI ‘ DIRTY PLAY ‘ NOISE MUSIC [BRAZIL] 12”
· MARCO LENZI & ANDERSON NOISE ‘THE DEAL RMXS’ MISSILE [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘FUTURE FEATURE’ MOLECULAR [UK] 12”
· MARCO LENZI ‘WORKS E.P.’ MOLECULAR [UK] 12” OUT SOON
· MARCO LENZI ‘ TABOO RMXS ‘ MOLECULAR [UK] 12” OUT SOON
FROM DJ MAGAZINE (November. 2008)
A humble but dedicated techno veteran, it seems strange that Marco Lenzi is only just breaking into the Top 100 for the first time. "I was a record shop owner and producer first, then a DJ after," he tells us. "I lived in Ibiza for three months in '87 then moved to London when the scene was taking off so I opened Silverfish Records. I started Molecular Recordings in 1993 and started getting bookings after that."
But despite those early Ibizan romances, it's techno that peppers his set rather than Balearic, and he now bravely labels himself a minimalist. "Sometimes with a trend, people are like sheep and follow it," he explains. "But I have been playing and producing minimal techno for a very long time. Minimal techno has been around for nearly 15 years. It's not a new thing." Indeed, it was the original minimal godfather Robert Hood who included Marco's 'Taboo' on his Fabric CD this year - testament to Lenzi's authenticity of touch if ever one was needed.
Citing his father and you, the people dancing, as his inspiration, Marco has spun all over the world this year, with South America - home of his occasional collaborator Anderson Noise - his preferred home from home. Next year will see Marco spending more time in the studio, releasing his debut album and re-launching Molecular Recordings.