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Mile wide smile club are proud to present Mr Mark Rae.

I could wax lyrical about my own personal views on the qualities of this talented DJ, producer, Musician, Music industry stalwart - not to mention the fact that he is a real fine fella with it - but i would just end up repeating the biog below, so;

In 1987, Mark moved to Manchester and became manager and co-owner of Manchester's celebrated music store Fat City records, before releasing an E.P. for Tony D on the Grand Central music label, which held a place at the top of the UK’s independent music scene until 2006.

During this time, Rae stacked up releases with Steve Christian under the ‘Rae & Christian’ guise, and worked with artists like the Pharcyde, Jungle Brothers, Bobby Womack and The Congos. He also co-wrote with Mr Scruff of Ninja Tune fame, and produced hundreds of remixes of artists including Jay Z and Bob Marley. His music has been featured on TV shows that include So You Think You Can Dance (US), Sex and the City, Six Feet Under and Come Dine With Me, as well as various films.

Rae released two studio albums with Steve Christian as Rae and Christian, ‘Northern sulphuric soul’ and ‘Sleepwalking’. He also performed producing, remixing and DJing duties for a number of other artists, and has occasionally co-wrote tracks with Mr Scruff

Rae & Christian hit the festival circuit with full force and performed at some of the most prestigious events in the world such as Glastonbury, Roskilde, V Festival and Rae opened for Madonna with Texas at the Brixton Music Academy.

Rae recorded his first proper solo record, Rae rd in 2002. The advent of Rae's (DJ mix album) Ode to a dying dj (part of the Trust the dj series) saw the first music released by Rae's new partnership with Rhys Adams, under the band name ARP (standing for Adams.Rae.Productions).

Rae and Adams teamed up again for a new project - the record label, Yes King Records, and the band Yes King. The first Yes King album, Rock this world was released in March 2008. The music blends hip hop, dancehall, ragga and skank–ska. Guest vocalists include Dawn Penn, Prezident Brown, Veba, Pete Simpson, Sweetie Irie, Kenny Knotts, Ayak Thiik, Babychan and Mystro

In 2009, a remix album of Rae & Christian tracks ‘Raiding the vaults’ was released exclusively on iTunes. The album was noted on Rae's MySpace page as a ‘’collaboration" between Yes King and Rae & Christian’’

Currently, Rae is working on another Rae & Christian album, Yes King album and solo projects that include a book on his experience within the music industry.

Good? Good.

Now get yo' asses along for a damn good wiggle!

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