Mark Farina - Mushroom Jazz & More

Over the last ten years, Mark Farina has built himself up to become one of the most sought-after DJs in dance music today. Though he is mostly recognized for his deep-house DJ prowess, it is Farina’ wide-ranging musical knowledge that helped shape the Mushroom Jazz series, a continuously mixed collection of down-tempo, dance-floor jazz for the turntablist generation. A mix-tape made over eight years ago was the project’ original seed – a similarly-styled tape of jazz tunes that articulated a mellower counterpart to the up-tempo “Acid Jazz” movement of the day.,Farina’ “Mushroom Jazz” sound subsequently became popular through a long-running San Francisco club called Jazid Up, then through various Mushroom Jazz clubs thrown domestically and abroad.,Farina began his DJing career at the age of 15, inspired by the strong house and dance music scene pulsating in Chicago’ underground. Along with long time friend and DJ partner, Derrick Carter, Farina cut his teeth on the college radio airwaves of Northwestern University’ WNUR every Friday night for 2 years. Farina has released one album, Mood.,(Nettwerk UK Records, under the name Symbols and Instruments), and several other mix projects including Seasons (Domestic Records), United DJs of America (DMC) and Imperial Dub’ compilation (Imperial Dub) in addition to the Mushroom Jazz series and his mix on OM Records’ “San Francisco Sessions’” debut.

A staple of the West Coast electronic music scene, Matt aka Pressha has dominated the decks as both an opener and a headliner for many years. Starting out mixing classic rock records with hip hop and tirelessly creating his own mashups in his basement while honing in the art of the DJ. He later moved into breaks, house, drum n' bass, and after his first trip to Burning Man, bass music which he specializes in and has a very deep love for still today. Pressha is a DJ of great range and his years of experience and passion for music is evident in his performance. Whether he's wrecking the dancefloor as a resident of Seattle's hype weeklies (Forms/Field Trip @ Q Nightclub)a one of at Monkey Loft, Kremwerk, or Nectar with one of his crews (Tom Kha/Upperleft) sonically stimulating a crowd under the stars at some of the West coasts most beloved events including Burning Man, Paradiso, Emissions and What the Festival.