”When you meet Marc Ashken you realise he’s not just another techno producer. Far from it, Ashken is unique, a man with his own style and outlook and he’s ready to share it with you. Born in London in 1981, Marc Ashken’s affair with music began at a very early age. His father’s love of blues and soul indented onto Marc’s psyche, artists like Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Pink Floyd and Aretha Franklin filling the air of his surroundings, shaping his view of music and the way he would later approach his art.

To Marc, music is therapy, a way to express feeling and emotion relating to whatever is going on in his life at the time. Unable to follow trends and fashions in whichever genre he has been grouped into by other people and with a total disregard for musical ‘rules’, Marc continues to make music that represents him as a person.

This year Marc has released EPs on Leftroom under his full name Marc Ashken and labels Esperanza and Archipel under his alias SozAdams. He also was also recently asked to remix Unkle’s new single ‘Burn My Shadow’.

‘Have You Seen My Dancing Shoes?’ is Marc’s debut album on Leftroom. It is a collection of tracks and skits taken from a period of six months where his whole focus was on this project. There is a mix of house, breakbeat, techno, minimal and downtempo.

Marc plays all the instruments, all the vocals are sung by Marc, and the engineering and production is all from him. Take the time to sit back in whatever situation you are in and play the album from start to finish…” Simply,an exceptional artist album…

5/5

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Track Listing

01. MarcAshken - Loaf

02. MarcAshken - Mynde

03. MarcAshken - Still Searching

04. MarcAshken - Succubus

05. MarcAshken - Cup Cake

06. MarcAshken - Behind You?

07. MarcAshken - Mud Pie

08. MarcAshken - SMA

09. MarcAshken - 248 Pieces in a puzzle

10. MarcAshken - 11.08 am

11. MarcAshken - Words Find Meaning

12. MarcAshken - Cue and A

13. MarcAshken - Have You Seen My Dancing Shoes?