MARK INGHAM
Every week BPM invites DJs to submit their mixes on Facebook and each Friday an Artist of the Week is selected by the BPM team. At the end of the month a public vote is then hosted, again on Facebook, to determine which of the past month’s weekly winners is crowned the following month’s ‘BPM Artist of the Month’. The first monthly winner, who beat off strong competition, was Liverpool based house DJ Mark Ingham. Following his win in December, BPM chatted to Mark to find out more about this up-and-coming DJ talent.

At what age did you get into DJing and why were you first interested in it?

I started DJing when I had just turned 20 (3 years ago), which was a bit late to be honest, but I have always had a real passion for listening to house music and after a while I thought ‘I’d love to be able to mix two tracks together’, so I decided to buy decks and it took off from there!

Who are your influences?

My Influences are Frankie Knuckles, Todd Terry, Dennis Ferrer, David Penn, MK, Alex Kenji, Daddy’s Groove, Chocolate Puma, Roundtable Knights, Tensnake, Kings of Tomorrow, also the likes of Mark Knight, David Guetta, Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, Dirty South, Laidback Luke, Steve Angello and so many more house producers ... Too many to mention!

How did you go about getting your residencies at Bar NoN and Club Koto?

When I returned to the UK after a summer in Rhodes, I set out looking for residencies and started sending mixes in to clubs. I was offered the residency at Bar NoN, which is famous for big house events and has seen the likes of Kim Fai and Judge Jules grace the decks in the past two years. It has also been the Number One house venue in the area for years. Club Koto is a brand new club which just opened a few months ago, and I started my residency with them recently, it’s a really stylish, elegant club!

What has been your most exciting gig so far?

My most exciting gig was probably last summer (2011), I was DJing for 3 hours in front of 3000+ people at a Beach Party in Rhodes. The crowd and location were unbelievable. You can checkout videos Here.

What equipment do you use/prefer?

CDs & CDJs!

If you could work with anyone who would it be?

I’d love to work with any of the artists on Defected, I love all the sounds that come from that Label! But If I had to pick one individual it would be David Guetta, a few years back, before he hit the commercial scene, the house music he produced was amazing!

What is next for you?

Next for me? Ibiza, Summer 2012 ... and who knows after that!

Keep up to date with Mark on Twitter or listen to his mixes on SoundCloud:
www.twitter.com/mark_ingham
www.soundcloud.com/markingham