Mark Dynamix: Yes Ministry.

Mark Dynamix plays a student gig at the QUT Club at Gardens Point on Thursday. Tickets available on line at www.zilch.com.au.

If your not into funky techno, house, trance or any other adjectives used to describe these varying genre's of music then you may not have heard the name Mark Dynamix, but I guarantee you've heard his music. Mark is in town on Thursday for the Ministry of Sound Tour, doing gigs at Uni's across the country. The MOS people decided to try a different approach and target the uni market.

"The Uni’s are getting a whole stack of free tickets, I don't think the public can actually get tickets for it, I think it's just for the students."

The Ministry of Sound 2002 Annual showcases Mark's talents on the number 2 CD, while Andy Van spins the first. If you've not listened to one of these albums your missing out, I think I can safely say you'll be going back for more. The touring seems incessant particularly when a new compilation is released, according to Mark.

"It comes and goes in waves, if you look at a whole year there are always peak times and low times for clubs, the low times are usually February, and as it gets colder people tend to head back into the clubs, except when it's raining don't expect anyone to come out."

Mark's musical roots lie in his fixation with records as a child in England.

"I started collecting them when I was really young, just because I loved music, before I even knew what a DJ was," Mark said.

Over the years he collected everything from '83 electronic dance to '87 pop stuff then they moved to Australia, where the collecting continued.

“Coming from England in 87 and going to a public school where they were so into Aussie rock, I was a bit of an outcast musically, dance music was considered a bit poofy."

Mark estimates he has about 60 milk crates full of records, but how do you know what to take to a gig, guessing that the whole 60 crates might be excessive. "I know beforehand what the gig will be like, whether it's going to be a funky house gig or a techno gig, having done work in most of the clubs around Sydney you get a feel for the clubs and their style" Mark said.

When queried about the sort of pressure the long and obscure hours involved produce, Mark was quick to point that it was up to the individual to deal with it in their own way. "With DJing you can go two ways, you can go off the deep end and knacker yourself every weekend or you can do the gig, say hello to a few mates and go home, you have to balance it out, I've never been one to go out and cane myself so I'm lucky it's not a problem for me."

So, he's successful? "I couldn't ask for a better job, you get to play music you love and you get paid for it".

He's got his head together, his Tech Logic brand is about to become a lot more visible with some new t-shirts (rather impressive), and he's a really nice guy. Need I say I was a little impressed.