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{{short description|Brazilian DJ and music producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = DJ Marky
| image           = Dj marky at lov.e club.jpg
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| landscape       = yes
| caption         = DJ Marky at Lov.e Club
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1973|06|14|df=y}}
| birth_place     = São Paulo, Brazil
| birth_name      = Marco Antonio da Silva
| origin          =
| years_active    = 1992–present  <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) -->
| label           = Innerground Records
| genre           = [[Drum & Bass]]
| occupation      = [[DJ]]
}}
'''Marco Antonio da Silva''', known professionally as '''DJ Marky''', is a Brazilian [[drum and bass]] DJ.

Together with [[DJ Patife]], [[XRS|XRS Land]] and [[Drumagick]], Brazilians were forging a new sound in drum and bass that became popular around the world with releases such as ''[[LK (Carolina Carol Bela)|LK]]'' and ''Só Tinha Que Ser Com Você''.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-05-02 |title=A non-drum 'n' bass conversation with DJ Marky - 909originals |url=https://909originals.com/2022/05/02/theres-so-much-music-in-the-world-a-non-drum-n-bass-conversation-with-dj-marky/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=909originals.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Career==
Marky got started in drum and bass in 1992, but by 1997, he went to London and met [[DJ Hype]] and [[Goldie]]. He was brought to the attention of the English DJ Bryan Gee, head of [[V Recordings]], who saw Marky playing in a club in [[São Paulo]] in 1998. He invited the DJ to play in London. This experience resulted in a residency at the club Movement, a subsequent residency at [[The End (club)|The End]] club, work for the UK's [[BBC Radio 1]], and global popularity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-14 |title=Mute/Control » Entrevistas » Dj Marky |url=https://www.mutecontrol.com/2013/03/dj-marky-entrevista/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314123239/https://www.mutecontrol.com/2013/03/dj-marky-entrevista/ |archive-date=14 March 2016 |language=es}}</ref> 

In 1999, he was awarded "Best New DJ" by the UK music critics. The recording sessions of his album ''Working the Mix'' happened in his house, with two pick-ups, one mixer and vinyl albums. His appeal became more widespread after a two-hour set on [[BBC Radio 1]]'s ''[[Essential Mix]]'' in March 2004, and his album ''In Rotation''.

In 2006, DJ Marky played the [[Lovebox Festival]] in [[Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets|Victoria Park]], east London, as one of the headline acts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?14897|title=Lovebox Weekender 2006 at Victoria Park, London (2006) ⟋ RA}}</ref>
In 2012, DJ Marky was a special guest playing at [[Norman Jay]] MBE's "Good Times Sound System" at [[Notting Hill Carnival]].

DJ Marky released the album ''Influences: Compiled & Mixed by DJ Marky'' through BBE music in August 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mixmag.net/content/new-release-dj-marky |title=DJ Marky New Release |author=MixMag Magazine |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120231050/http://mixmag.net/content/new-release-dj-marky |archivedate=20 November 2008 }}</ref>

Some of Marky's songs can be found on the [[video game]], ''[[FIFA Street 2]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIFA Street 2 kicks out the jams |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fifa-street-2-kicks-out-the-jams/1100-6144777/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}</ref> DJ Marky has released music on Innerground Records (a subsidiary of Bulldozer Media).

DJ Marky was managed by Edo van Duijn and Oliver Brown until 2017.

==Discography==

===Albums===
*''The Time Is Right'' (2023)
*''My Heroes'' (2015)
*Fabriclive 55 (2011)
*''In Rotation'' (2004)

===Singles===
*"The Brazilian Job" (with DJ Patife & ESOM feat. Fernando Porto) (2001)
*"LK (Carolina Carol Bela)" (with [[Xerxes de Oliveira]] & [[Stamina MC]]) (2002)
*"Untitled / Brown Sugar" (2003)
*"Special Lady / Montpellier" (with A Sides) (2005)
*"Battle Mix Volume 2" (with [[Total Science]] & Ayah) (2007)
*"Battle Mix Volume 3" (with [[Total Science]]) (2007)
*"Moodswings Part 1" (with Muffler & Bungle) (2008)
*"Super Bass / Outside Moon" (with Drumagick) (2009)
*"Ya Thang" (2012)
*"After Midnight / Break The Spell" (with Invaderz) (2013)
*"Silly VIP / Ready To Go" (2017)

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|DJ Marky}}
* {{in lang|pt}} or {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060901100550/http://www.djmarky.com.br/ Official website]
* [http://www.innergroundrecords.com/ Innerground Records]
* {{Discogs artist}}
* {{Rolldabeats artist|artist=dj_marky|name=DJ Marky}}
* [https://soundcloud.com/user-69780869 Dj Marky SoundCloud]

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[[Category:Brazilian DJs]]
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