Many of us have heard of Marc O'tool and the quality productions he has continuously offered us. He has produced tracks which have been played from all the top djs, and has remixed tracks for DJ Tiesto, Angelic, Tall Paul+INXS. He gave us an exclusive interview to comment on his current situation...and those people who should not be forgotten!... so here it is>>>

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Interview

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Q.How old were you when you got into music?
A.I was 12 and tried to make some noise when i loop a part of a Phill Collins song with a Casio sk-1 mini sampler.

Q.What made you get into music seriously..?
A.by accident!!!

Q.Who gave you your first record deal?
A.In 1993 a friend gave a tape to
Torsten Stenzel the producer of Taucher,York....
he was freelancer a&r at Boy records.

Q.What labels are you associated with now?
A.My own labels: Underworld recordings and Mauritius
Poison records,Various music,
Maelstrom,Tune Inn,Lost Language..............................

Q.Where did you go clubbing?
A.I am happy when I have a free weekend!
I love clubs,but when you are an activist since 10 years in
the dance scene you don´t have the desire to party.:)

Q.What djs did you listen to then..and now?
A.I loved listening to Robert Hood, Sven Väth, Jeff Mills and all the other techno an house heroes in the early days.
Today there are so many talented dj's I can`t decide which one I like most.

Q.What is your favourite track now?
A.SIAs Drink to get drunk (different gear remix) !!!!

Q.What is your favourite track ever?
A.Olav Basoski´s “House of wood”!

Q.What is your best remix?
A.The best remix I did is a Marc O`Tool remix of
Krüger& Coyle “the witness” on acdc records.

Q.What have you got up and coming in the near future?
A.My new single will be released on Poison records.
The Criss Source single is coming..
The first release of my new label Mauritius.It will be released
at first on the well-known UK Label Tune Inn records.

Q.Who are the best guys you have worked with in the industry?
A.My publisher Michael Zosel a man with a lot of experience
in the music business he is always there to help me.
Then there´s the a&r of my home label, Sven Palzer, a very talentet managment type of guy and Farid of Various recording is a very good partner as well.

Q.Do you play dj sets? if so where?
A.I will play some festivals in germay and diferent gigs in russia,denmark,
Scandinavia,South America....

Q.What equipment do you use to produce your tracks?
A.In the last years I go to work more and more with my harddisk system!
But to get the real punch I use a lot of anlalouge dynamic poccesors.....!
My favourite synth is the roland jp-8000!

Q.Is there a basic guide of how to produce a track?
A.No!My experience is that every track starts from another base.

Q.Do you get "inspirations" for tracks or do you just take it as it comes?
A.I need minimum one week break between the productions to get some
new ideas.I then do the thinks like clear my office, e-mail interwiews...:), wash my car,
do my hobby-bicycle and thinks like that, in the meanwhile.

Q.What comments would you give to any up and coming producers?
A.Check that your sound does not hurt somebodys ears!:)
If you believe in you........work hard,hope and someday will be your day!

Q.Who did you look to when you were starting out?
A.Depeche Mode................. in the beginning,now and for ever!





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"Discography"

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1993 TransMotion- Fanatic Jubilations EP Boy rec. P
1993 TransMotion- Venyl Sector Planet love rec. R
1994 TransMotion- Cosmic Evolution EP Boy rec. O
1995 Discoking -Fanta EP Liquid rec. D
1996 Discoking- Minimal baby Liquid rec. U
1996 TransMotion- E.P.O.S EP Boy rec. C
1997 Dj Maverick- Hot & Wet House Nation T
1997 Chrome- Waveform one Circles rec. I
1997 Marc O`Tool- In your life Poison rec. O
1998 NICK BASE- mind control Poison /WEA rec. N
1998 TransMotion- Blue EP Underworld rec. S .
1998 Dj Oliver de Soto- Fellow American Fog Area rec.
1998 Chrome- The Fly Taaach!
1998 Criss Source- Sunrise TAAACH rec.
1999 2 in XS- love you Beats & Friends
1999 Crusher- too shy Underworld rec.
1999 Marc O`Tool- The Light E. P. Poison rec.
1999 OutBREAK- backwards Underworld rec.
1999 Marc Vision- Time Gate Poison rec.
1999 Ballroom- 4:am UW/Boy rec.
1999 Criss Source- Rose Bowl Taaach!
1999 Saltlake- RAIN MAN Various/INTERCORD
1999 Nick Base- You Poison rec.
1999 Chrome- Our manifest Taaach rec.
1999 Imperial- Circus Attack Various records
2000 Schubraketen- Super heftig people X-it rec.
2000 Motorcraft- Eternity forever Various rec.
2000 TransMotion- The Fate Boy records/UW
2000 Criss Source- Miami 3000 Underworld rec
2000 Visiontool- epic garden superfly records
2000 Ballroom- Passenger / Underworld rec.
Marc O`Tool- Stauffenberg/ Underworld rec.
Chrome- Ritmo del mundo/ T! records
2001 Ballroom- Come along! / Underworld rec.


>>>>"coming soon"<<<<

Marc O`Tool- Deeper/ Poison rec.
Metrobasement- You know...../Mugen records
Visiontool- widescreen/superfly records




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TransMotion- Taucher (Atlantis rmx) 1994 Planet love rec. R
Dj Maverick - Quench (Dreams rmx ) 1997 House Nation E
Criss Source- King O "no space rmx" 1998 Kingsize M
Nick Base- (robotman massiv mix ) 1998 Poison/low spirit I
Marc O`Tool- King O "no space rmx" 1998 Kingsize X
Marc O`Tool- Saltlake (RAIN MAN) 1999 Various rec./INTERCORD E
N.B. by MarcO`Tool- Aquaflow"No Escape RMX" 1999 Poison rec S
Marc O`Tool- The Clap REMIX 1999 X-IT rec..
Motorcraft- bad excass remix Hexenhouserecords
Motorcraft- monoculture 'light of my life' nerverec.
Visiontool- Dane Jolly 'boomslang' /Sunkissed recordings
Marc O`Tool- Ballroom 'Passenger'/Underworld rec.


>>>>"remixes in 2001"<<<<

Chrome- Greencourt & D-Vision 'breath away'/ WEA
Motorcraft- RMB 'Horizon' / Polydor Zeitgeist
Marc O`Tool- JBN 'All I want' / Manifesto UK
Marc O`Tool- Tall Paul vs INXS 'precious hearts' / Duty Free records UK
Marc O`Tool- DJ Tiesto 'urban train' / blackhole NL
Marc O`Tool- Angelic 'stay with me' / Universal UK
Marc O`Tool- DJ Quicksilver meets shaggy 'Boombstic' / Underdog Polydor Zeitgeist

*Many thanks to Marco for conducting this interview-a thouroghly down to earth guy. Best wishes for the future.

Keep posted for updates in the future of his movements, along with his releases.