South west londoner Mark Pember (AKA
Meat Katie) has had a long history in Dance music. In his
time he has recorded for such prestigious labels such as Wall
of Sound, R&S Records , Kingsize, Bedrock, Perfecto, Great
Stuff, Renaissance, Saw not to mention his first record deal,
signed to Iggy pops Kill City Records (as a bass player in
3 piece skate punk band Sandladder). Pember has also remixed
for / collaborated with Arthur Baker, U.N.K.L.E, Boy George,
Deep Dish, D.Ramirez, Peace Division, Chicken Lips, Robbie
Rivera & James Zabelia, to name but a few.
To date Pember has released three Meat
Katie artist albums, Off the bone (1998), Long to belong (2000)
& Vibrator (2006), all diverse in style and vibe but glued
together by his techy and lo-fi feel', he has worked with
such vocalist as Kurt wagner from Nashville indie/country
band Lambchop, garage/trash vocalist Holly Golightly, new
york house legend roland Clark and UK Diva Katherine Ellis,
in 2000 mark also made a one off alternative album 'Never
The Less' under the name Avenue A, a collaborative project
with Jason o' Bryan co-producuer with the Dub pistols, it
was this project that lead Mark to score the music for film
adaptation of martin amis’ 'Dead Babies', an art house
production by Gruber films (Shooting fish, waking ned), starring
Paul Bettany.
Arguably its Marks work as a DJ that has really seen him
shine, a world class performer with excellent technical ability
and a great understanding of the dance-floor, he has built
a reputation worldwide. Those who have seen him play will
know that it is his diversity and energy that has earned him
such respect, his toughTechy style, has seen him play across
the globe alongside an eclectic group of DJs from Digitalism,
Justice and Simian mobile disco, Soulwax and Erol Alkan, to
Deep Dish, Steve Lawler, James Zabiela, Sasha & Digweed,
Carl Cox, even Armand van buren & Marco V, and not forgetting
some of the world’s top Breaks acts including, Plump
DJ’s, Stanton Warriors. He'’s supported live acts
such as Chemical brothers, Pendulum, Basement jaxx, Represent,
and Infusion, and He even recently played on the Valve Soundsystem
as one of the only non-Drum ‘n Bass DJs ever to do so.
It is these djing skills that have led him to compile and
mix compilations for such land mark series such as, Bedrock
breaks, Fabric live & most recently Sessions' for Ministry
of Sound, a very unique dj, over the years he has perfected
a cross over of techno electro with a subtle break beat feel
(better know as tech funk) in recent interviews mark described
his own playing, when pressed about pigeon holing himself
genre wise he replied “The only thing pigeon holes are
good for.... is pigeons", mark is living proof that taste
is more important than simply following the crowd and bandwagon
jumping.
Mark has also been working on an audio visual show along
side VJ Anyone (currently rated No. 3 in the World) together
they have taken their unique show to clubs such as ..Fabric,
Urban Gorilla, Technique and Festivals such as Glastonbury,
Glade, and many more. Not satisfied with being a world class
dj producer the self confessed workaholic also found time
to set up and run his own highly influence LOT49 imprint (with
Dylan Rhymes, whom he also shares a studio with in south west
london under the same name).
Lot 49 has without a doubt maintained a reputation as being
a taste-making label, never shy to experiment with multi genres
and with over 50 releases under its belt featuring artists
such as, Dubfire , Audiojack, D Ramirez, Elite Force, Dexter,
Phil Kieran, Lee Coombs, Robbie Rivera, Marco Bailey, James
Talk, Alex Metric, Lutzenkirchen, Evil 9 and obviously Meat
Katie & Dylan Rhymes, the Lot49 steamroller shows no sign
of slowing down, it will celebrate its 5 year anniversary
later this year with a label compilation CD/ with a an exclusive
DVD documentary about the label and artists, a huge warehouse
party is also planned in londons Old street to mark the occasion
and then off for a world tour early 2010.
On a production level mark has been commissioned by loop-masters
to compile a sample pack for their prestigious 'Artist series'
(alongside Deadmau5, Coldcut, 20/20 vision), and a fourth
Meat Katie album is currently in the works and will see the
light of day March 2010
