Biography

Marc Renton leads a double life. During the day he is an animation student. After his day routine he is a Drum & Bass producer.

Born in Frankfurt/Oder in the eastern part of Germany in 1986, he still was able to get some impressions of the former communism that lead the society. Soon he and his family moved to Freiburg/Breisgau, where he grew up.

Keyboard-lessons that he attended at the age of five years helped to support his interest in music. There was also the Techno-Hype from the early 1990s that was supported by a lot of Germany’s radio-stations as well as the influence of his parent’s taste of music.

At the age of twelve he and his family moved to Villach, Austria. The lack of an urban ... More environment did not stop his development, but he continued to extend his horizon using upcoming Internet-platforms. Napster and other MP3-file sharing services helped to develop his taste in music rapidly. The sort of music that you might consume started to be independent from the local record-store. He was able to listen to complete DJ-sets, that he could not buy to that time. All that happened at an age where he was not allowed to go to music clubs.

Primary influences were the Trance-genre at that time, Radio-1’s Essential Mixes, Paul van Dyk & Sasha, but also Electronica like Underworld or The Future Sound of London. Drum & Bass started to be a defining genre because its rhythms could be combined with a huge number of music-styles.

After school he started his studies in Graz/Austria, where you can find a small Drum & Bass-community. Campus parties and regular Drum & Bass-gigs in several clubs in Austria with his DJ-collective “Black Gold” helped to buy turntables and studio-gear. His interest in producing music was always bigger than being a regular DJ what could not stop him from the impulse to share music. Meanwhile patterns of music-consumption changed from Vinyl, MCs & CDs to MP3 and streaming-services like Youtube, a circumstance that Marc Renton already was familiar with.

Up to now he also moved to Ingolstadt/Germany and continued his studies in Lucerne/Switzerland. New environments always increased his perception and changed ways how he sees life.

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Sound Shifter29th June 2011     90 Review of: Meridiani This is a great track. The intro is awsome and the bass is really nice and warm, beautiful production man! I really enjoyed listening to this and would love to hear it at a beach party as it would just fit the vibe so well, I would love to remix this as it is my kind of music, beautiful track again, really enjoyable and great elements put together in a perfect way. I would live to hear more of ... More your music, I hope it is similar to this! Well done, peace Nobody has rated this review yet.

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Modest_Intentions14th April 2012     80 Review of: Cold Blue Very interesting tune. I love how the beat drops and the atmosphere just fades away, it gives some special feeling.. like complete emptiness and at the same time it sets me free inside of my mind. I feel the tune. Seriously. It has amazing potential. Sadly, being at work now, I can't judge mixdown quality as accurately as I would have in my studio, but I still enjoy it. You made it, I am only ... More half way through the tune and I already want to click repeat because I'm hungry for this one. Lovely break. I would like to talk about mastering and signing this tune to Quasar. If you are interested, please contact me on soundcloud (/modest-intentions). Nobody has rated this review yet.

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severityzero22nd February 2012     60 Review of: HumanNature - Without You (Marc Renton's emotional Drumfunk Edit) The production is good in terms of drums and pads, but the track seems to be stuck constantly in a state of intro. The stabby bassline at the start doesn't work for me. I can't really hear much of a bassline at all and I'm some fairly OK speakers. I think some additional harmonics on the bass would cater for those who are listening on run-of-the-mill speakers. Some vocal stabs wouldn't go astray ... More either to keep listeners engaged. Nobody has rated this review yet.

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