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Grand opening huge success!!!

Posted on: 01-19-2011 Posted in: Past Shows

DJ Mark Farina pumped our state of the art sound system keeping the dance floor packed with smiling faces. Big shout out to Stickybuds, Manousos, Dj Mark Farina, Footwerk, Clear Images Photography and our awesome staff for a phenomenal evening of funk and house.

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Saturday, January 22, 2011 – Footwerk presents the Sapphire Grand Opening party with world renowned DJ Mark Farina

Mark Farina – WORLD TOUR
S.F. | Mushroom Jazz | Great Lakes Audio | Apt | Dope Den

Shortly after Mark befriended Derrick Carter in 1988 at a record store in Chicago, his passion for House music, and sharing it with the world, exploded.
Mark experimented with a deeper style, dropping De La Soul, disco classics and other stuff that wasn’t being played in the main rooms of nightclubs. While exploring his love for the purist forms of House Music, Mark developed his trademark style: Mushroom Jazz; acid jazz infused with the West Coast’s jazzy, organic productions combined with urban beats.

Fans embraced Mark’s downtempo style so much that he started a weekly Mushroom Jazz club night in San Francisco with Patty Ryan. In 3 short years, the club established a fanatical, cult-like following for Farina and the Mushroom Jazz sound (http://www.djmarkfarina.net/category/mj7/). When the doors closed, Farina continued the tradition by releasing a series of Cds on OM Records: simply titled, “Mushroom Jazz”.

Since then, Mark has been traveling the globe performing 100s of shows, to over one million club goers, every year. His House sets take fans on journeys to the jazzy side of Chicago House mixed San Fran style. Some of these sets have been known to last up to 8 hours. And sometimes you’ll find Mark playing in two different rooms at the same party, showcasing his range of big room sound to the uber-chill.

When Mark’s not touring, you can likely find him in his studio, working on his next release for his imprint, Great Lakes Audio, or on another signature mix for Mushroom Jazz.

Mark’s chunky-funky underground house style continually turns the heads of tastemakers worldwide, drawing him not only new fans, but landing him on the Top DJs in the World lists by URB, MUZIK and BPM Magazines.

http://www.djmarkfarina.net

http://dopedenproductions.com

http://www.myspace.com/markfarina

http://www.aptentertainment.com

http://twitter.com/djmarkfarina

With local support
STICKYBUDS
Good Groove Records

http://www.facebook.com/Stickybuds

MANOUSOS
Footwerk

http://www.footwerk.ca

http://www.facebook.com/pages/JGirl-Manousos/105738135182

THANKS n LINKS
Sapphire / Gotchas / Oasis staff & mgmt

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32234603351&v=info

Footwerk Events

http://www.footwerk.ca

Clear Images Photography

http://www.clearimagesphotography.com

Stroma Signs
http://www.stromasigns.com/index.htm