About Marco
Born and raised in deepest beautiful South London, a fascination of music and recording led me to salvage and to experiment with tape recorders, microphones, loudspeakers and to build sound generating devices. Playing with various mates’ bands and armed with a knowledge of audio electronics and a keen interest in accoustics I began my soundboy journey.
I took a job as ‘Public Address System Maintenance’ at The Greyhound which afforded me the opportunity to get to grips with live sound reinforcement and properly enter the world of rock an’ roll.
Amongst the artists I worked with at that time:
- Doctor Feelgood
- Climax Blues Band
- Sensational Alex Harvey Band
- Judas Priest
- Heavy Metal Kids
- Budgie
- Curved Air
- Kokomo
- Steve Hillage
My first recording studio work came at Kingsway Recorders where I assisted recording engineer/ producers: Louis Austin, Martin Birch, John Acock and Chas Watkins.
On recording sessions:
- Ian Gillan
- Richie Blackmore
- Squeeze
- Whitesnake
- Stretch
- Maggie Bell
- Sweet
- David Coverdale
- Eddy Hardin
- Rainbow
- Steve Hacket
- Colin Towns
- Ray Fenwick
I got recording engineering work at Gooseberry Studios with Producers Denis Bovell, Mark Lusardi, and I recorded :
- Black Slate
- The Pogues
- Matumbi
I went to the West coast of U.S.A. where I worked at Hyde Street Studios in San Fransisco,
and at Harbor Sound , Record Plant Sausalito and Cherokee and Fiddler studios in Los Angeles.
I recorded amongst others:
- The Dead Kennedys
- Black Flag
- Circle Jerks
- Tom Petty
- Cheryl Lynn
- Wah Wah Watson
- David Carradine
I was responsible for live sound mixing at On Broadway, The I Beam, San Francisco and The Keystone in Berkely where I mixed for:
- Dead Kennedys
- Denis Brown
- Gregory Issacs
- Black Uhuru
- Silvertone
- Chris Issacs
I toured the U.S. with Rick James and The Doobie Brothers.
I played tenor and baritone saxophones and wrote and arranged horn section parts for ‘Screen of Dreams’. I toured up the west coast and into Canada where I recorded at Water Street Studios in Vancouver.
I came back to London and worked for The Kinks at Ray Davies‘ Konk Studios, North London.
I engineered sessions for:
- Kinks
- The Pogues
- Depeche Mode
- Birthday Party
During ‘down-time’ I recorded my own music and the result was being signed to Island Records’ 4th & Broadway label as a solo artiste.
I started Beatfarm, my own commercial recording studio in which I made many recordings, amongst them :
- Judge Jules
- Danny Rampling
- Neneh Cherry
- All Saints
- Jungle Brothers
- Boy George
- Tall Paul
- Innocence
Acid Jazz, Hed Kandi, Extreme music
At the present time I have formed ‘The King Brillo Sound‘ which is another outlet for some of my own music and together with David Clayton… We are … Pressure Zone