Mark Farina

Making a name for himself mainly as a DJ, Mark Farina has had a large hand in the building of San Francisco's house music scene. Originally from Chicago, Farina is in the same generation of Chicago house music legends Derrick Carter and Cajmere. Mostly associated with the Mushroom Jazz series of releases, Farina is known for his down-tempo but dancefloor-friendly style of mixing jazz, house, and hip-hop.

Farina started DJing at the age of 15 in his hometown of Chicago. The city's large hand in the creation of house music had a strong influence on Farina and acted as a large source of inspiration for his DJing. At Northwestern University's radio station, WNUR, Farina and his airwaves partner Derrick Carter produced a Friday night radio show for two years.

Shortly after his time at Northwestern University, Farina relocated to San Francisco. Using his musical influences, Farina made a mix tape of down-tempo house tunes called Mushroom Jazz. Soon after, the album's title spawned a type of sound and grew popular due in part to Farina's weekly residency at a local club called Jazid Up. The local notoriety of the mix tape eventually resulted in a CD of the same name on Om Records in October of 1996 and led to a global tour and more CDs of the same name over following years (the series now has 5 installments).  After the string of mix CDs, Farina released an original work in 1998, "Midnight Calling."

Mark Farina is also known as a house DJ and it is this side of his procudtion and DJ career that has catupulted him further into the attention of the world's music lovers and clubbers.  Farina regularly packs clubs out around the world on a weekly basis.  His close involvement with Om Records continued with house music and he has recently released "House of Om", part of a highly successful mix series.  Prior to this he released "Live At Om", a double CD and vinyl set recorded live with Derrick Carter.  12" single releases on Om have included Lost Baggage EP and Cali Spaces.

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