Over 9,000 remixes under his belt and being involved in over 30 Billboard #1 hit tracks on the Club Play chart has propelled the Dirty Disco brand to being a household name in dance clubs worldwide. To which brand owner and creator Mark De Lange still takes in stride.
A very popular DJ in Houston, TX, Mark has been widely acclaimed for his ability to give his dance floor a journey unlike any other. Add to that his 11 years on XM Radio, a Mixshow DJ on terrestrial FM stations and residencies at dance bars around the country (USA) and you‘ve got the perfect formula for someone who can rock a room. His show on XM Radio had a cumulative listening audience of over 9 million. He owns and operates nightclub and bar venues and comes well-versed with knowledge of those operations to make him a qualified industry expert.
“I originally founded the brand as a way to create an avenue to take music that was a great idea on paper but didn’t come out of the production house to be a useful tool for the DJ’s music arsenal. You have to remember that us DJs work tirelessly night after night to deliver a solid dance floor experience and time after time we are given music that is lacking from a production standpoint. We need it to hit and hit hard!” Mark recounts. “I mainly did this for my own usage at parties I would spin, I had no idea as to the magnitude of what was to be lol” he adds.
There is hardly a pop artist on the charts today he hasn’t remixed, worked for/with or generally knows personally. When asked about how many remixes he generates, Mark casually says “just based on the cadence of my work, I usually hit the 1000-1200 number of remixes a year mark.” He also adds that “it’s vital to have the person that does the remix work come directly from the DJ booth. Only those guys truly have that understanding of what drives dance floors and allows the listener to be swept away. I always loved to dance myself, when not working, and can tell you there’s no words to describe that feeling of finding your spot on the dance floor and loosing yourself in the music.”
In 2021 he added a radio show called “Dirty Disco HitMix Radio Series”, which has surged in popularity. It is currently being used by 126 stations worldwide (streaming, FM, Satellite) along with licensing agreements in place for various retail stores carrying a variety of products. “That show along with the bar I own in Houston (Houston Eagle) is where I test all mixes before they go out to the world, that makes a huge difference in the successablity of a track to work for a DJ.” Mark describes. “If the dance floor doesn’t react to the track like I’d like, I take it back and re-tool it….again and again until right.”
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