Niko Marks

Many fans of electronic dance music recognize Niko Marks as one of the originals of the Detroit house/techno movement. He began recording in the early part of the nineties, releasing innovative and soulful house, techno and a mixture of other music genres. The wide variety of genres he takes on, only testifies to his adaptability and talent in being able to engage a multitude of different sounds and in the process create futuristic music. His current collaborations are with producers and artists: Idris Elba, Kevin Saunderson, Inner City, Tom Tom Club, Andy Vaz, Davina Bussey and Herschel Boone. Most recent album projects are: “No Fairy(Ep)”, “Day Of Knowing”(Lp), “Engine Ear 2”(Lp) and “We All Move Together” (Lp) with Kevin Saunderson and Inner City. Niko is what you might label as a triple threat as his talent can be found in the roles he smoothly balances as a vocalist, musician, producer and songwriter. One of the many forward moving phases in his musical career included him teaming up with Submerge Records founder, Michael Banks to formulate a vocal house production crew called “Members of the House”. Niko also collaborated with Raphael Merriweathers under the alias Unit 2 and 365 Black. This particular mission stemmed forth the high-spirited grooves, "Sunshine" - released on Happy Records and "Keep Your Head Up" written by Niko and Merriweathers - released on 430 West Records. As an artist, his releases have been signed by some of the world’s most established recording labels: Ideal, EMI, New Religion, R&S, Crammed Discs, React, Delsin, Yore Records, Planet E and Submerge. Niko has also lent his skills to remixes for artists such as Tom Tom Club, ABC Band, Andy Vaz, Herschel Boone, Aux 88, Universal Principles, Amp Fiddler, Eric D. Clark and many more. His music has been featured by DJ’s such as: JaBig, Dave Clarke, Giles Peterson, DJ Fingers, Carl Craig, and Andrew Duke, to name a few. Most recent album projects are: “No Fairy(Ep)”, “Day Of Knowing”(Lp), “Engine Ear 2”(Lp) and “We All Move Together” (Lp) with Kevin Saunderson and Inner City. An artist who defies generic boundaries, Niko continues to write, produce and release cutting-edge music primarily for U2XProductions. If you like what Niko Marks has been creating so far...you’re in for a revolutionary ride...