Mark Sherry

Mark Sherry (born 20 March 1975), is a Scottish DJ and record producer productions & remixes on Outburst Records/Techburst Records, Reset (Spinnin), Armada, Mental Asylum, High Contrast, Lange & Detox.

Mark Sherry formed Public Domain in 1999 and they had their first big hit in December 2000 with 'Operation Blade'.

The track was supported by Judge Jules for 12 weeks consecutively, which led to it going straight in at No. 5 in the UK Top 40.

Mark received the Chart Newcomers Award, awarded to celebrate the writer's first entry into the UK Top 20, presented to him by the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters.

The band went on to perform on Top of the Pops and the Pepsi Chart Show in the UK, as well as their German editions.

The single went on to enter the top 5 in Germany and Australia and the top 10 in Italy and across Europe.

The band gained a Silver Sales award for selling 200,000 copies in first week of release by the BPI in the UK and a Platinum Sales award by Australia's 'Sony Dance' in June 2001.

In early 2001 the band's follow up single 'Rock Da Funky Beats' peaked at 19 in the UK top 40.

The single featured vocals by Chuck D from American hip-hop band 'Public Enemy', who also appeared in the video along with Professor Griff.

The music video was recorded at the Natural History Museum in London.

Their third double release single 'Too Many MCs/Let Me Clear My Throat' went to No. 31 in the UK charts in late 2001 with the music video being filmed at Privilege in Ibiza as part of their global tour that year.

In May 2006, Sherry was asked to work with trance producer Matt Darey on his 'Urban Astronauts' track 'Animal', which was released on Matt's own label 'Darey Products'.

In May 2007 Sherry launched his radioshow Outburst.

In August 2007 Sherry released 'Here Come the Drums' on Detox Recordings with Dr Willis.

Later that year, in September, he collaborated on a track called 'Walk Away' with local vocalist Mark Sinclair (Terry Ferminal) on Armin van Buuren's 'Captivating Sounds' as well as remixing for Armin's 'Armind' label on the track 'Firefly' by Mike Foyle.

Mark's next remix project in December was for Joey V with his tech-trance single 'Chopperchunk', again on Detox.

In 2008 Sherry was asked to play on the main stage of ID&T's flagship event 'Trance Energy'.

Sherry created an exclusive intro track for his set (A Star Within a Star), which was released on High Contrast Recordings later that year.

In February 2008, Sherry collaborated with James Allan on 'Eclectic Electric' for Paul Van Dyk's 'Vandit Digital' label and also 'Sectioned' with Dr Willis on Detox.

Another remix project for Detox in 2008 was Dazzle's 'Backwards'.

Sherry also collaborated with Public Domain on the project SAS 'Comin' On' for the Armada label 'Soundpiercing'.

The Estonian outfit 'Polymental' and their single 'Chapter One' was also remixed in this year.

In 2009, Sherry had a total of three number ones in the Beatport Trance chart with his collaboration with James Allan and William Daniel ('Future Primitive'), 'Phantasmic' on Reset Recordings/Spinnin and with a remix of Public Domain's 'Operation Blade' making it to number one in the overall Beatport chart.

Sherry's 2009 collaboration Phantasmic was remixed by Maarten De Jong and Heatbeat in May and was released as the final Mark Sherry release on Reset.

In 2010, Sherry was asked to remix for America's official No. 1 DJ Markus Schulz and his label Coldharbour for the Karanda single 'On Hold'.

He also remixed the seminal techno classic 'The Prophet' by CJ Bolland.

In 2011, Sherry signed an exclusive two-year artist contract with one of the biggest dance music labels in the world, Spinnin Records.

He released a remake of the Clannad classic 'I Will Find You' (the theme tune from 'Last of the Mohicans') with vocalist Sharone.

He also released 'Silent Tears' with Sharone and a Latin American-themed track titled 'Sangre Caliente'.

Later that year, Sherry was asked to remix for Sander van Doorn's 'Doorn Records' and the track 'Morph' by Ali Wilson and Matt Smallwood, as well as 'Yeke Yeke' by African artist Mory Kante, which made it into the top 10 on the Beatport trance chart.

He also remixed Lange's single 'Songless', making it to No. 1 in the Beatport trance chart.

In 2012, the 1980s rock anthem 'Belfast Child' by Simple Minds was sampled by Sherry in his 'My Love' track for Simon Patterson's 'Night Vision' label, charting in the top 10 on Beatport.

Later that year, Sherry created a new project with Armada artist David Forbes called 'Pseudonym'.

They released a progressive house track called 'The Battle' on Ferry Corsten's label 'Flashover Recordings'.

In January 2013, Sherry released his last original track on Reset recordings with Trailblazer.

In April, 'My Love' was remixed by Darren Porter and Jamie Walker on Liquid Recordings with Walker's remix making the top 10 in the Beatport Trance chart.

In August 2013, Sherry's remix of Tempo Giusto's Blacksmith on Echelon got to No. 8 on the Beatport Trance chart and was featured on PvD's VONYC Sessions, closely followed by 'Venomous', a collaboration with rising Scottish artists 2nd Phase on Lange Recordings, which was another top 10 release.

Sherry's remix of 'Poltergeist' by Indecent Noise & Eddie Bitar was a game changer for Sherry and kickstarted a new generation of tech trance productions reminiscent of early BXR music with a modern production twist.

Poltergeist reached No. 6 on Beatport.

In November 2013, Sherry released the Acidburst & Outburst remixes of Scot Project's seminal classic 'U’ on Perfecto Fluoro.