Mark Farina - Fabric 40
San Francisco’s famed house/downtempo DJ Mark Farina has mixed the latest installment of the Fabric series: Fabric 40.
Being a figurehead of the US house scene for over 15 years, Mark Farina worked closely with such Detroit legends like Derrick Carter and Kevin Saunderson and produced a landmark track called Mood on KMS Records back in 1989. Further notable releases include the Mushroom Jazz series on Om Records descending from various Mushroom Jazz clubs thrown domestically and abroad.
Fusing the laid-back vibes of San Francisco and the jackin’ sounds of Chicago, bringing the Midwest and West coast to some kind of smooth, sunny middle ground, Mark Farina takes fabric 40 by the helm and steers it down an astonishing, picturesque route. Mixed lovingly by hand, this buoyant, essential summer soundtrack swells and melds with the head-nodding sounds of Derrick Carter, JT Donaldson & Uneaq, DJ Sneak and King Kooba.
“When making the mix, I played a sort of fictitious set at fabric on a night that doesn’t exist. Musically, I tried to capture the techy, jackin’ Chicago/SF side of the house spectrum - dubby, chunky tracks. I tried to pick tunes from all over the world. I picked a good variation of underground goodies, a lot of which are unreleased or hopefully not on any other compilations. Tracks that have a good “shelf life” but that aren’t proven hits; hidden gems that might go over looked in this fast paced music era.” – Mark Farina
