{{short description|British techno DJ and music producer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Use British English|date=March 2026}} {{BLP primary sources|date=March 2026}} '''Mark Broom''' (born 6 May 1971)<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/MarkBroomOfficial/info Mark Broom Official] at facebook.com, Retrieved 2 December 2012</ref> is a British techno DJ and music producer.

== Life and career == During the Second Summer of Love in 1989 Broom was travelling to Tenerife, where he first heard music genres like Chicago house and Acid house.<ref name="BIO">[http://www.myspace.com/markbroom Mark Broom Biography] at myspace.com, Retrieved 2 Dezember 2012</ref> At his return to the UK he bought his first turntables and started his musical career.<ref name="BIO"/> He regularly visited the London record store FatCat Records and was introduced to Baby Ford as well as Ed Handley and Andy Turner from Black Dog Productions.<ref name="BIO"/> Broom became a DJ in Ford's club ''Nude''.<ref name="TL">Sven Schäfer, Jesper Schäfers, Dirk Waltmann: ''Techno-Lexikon.'' Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89602-142-7, p. 222.</ref> Together with Handley and Turner he released a few records for General Production Recordings.<ref name="BIO"/>

While Broom first was mainly associated with intelligent techno, he later focussed on dancefloor oriented productions.<ref name="TL" /> Broom and fellow musician Dave Hill in 1994 founded Pure Plastic Recordings, through which Broom's debut album ''Angie Is A Shoplifter'' was released in 1996. Broom, Hill, Handley and Turner released one album and several singles under the name ''Repeat.''<ref name="LU">Rob Young: ''Warp. Labels Unlimited.'' Black Dog Publishing Ltd., London 2005, ISBN 1-904772-32-3, page 181.</ref>

In general Broom has kept a relatively low media profile.<ref name="LU" />

== Discography (selected) == ;Albums * 1995: Repeat – ''Repeats'' (A13) * 1996: Mark Broom – ''Angie Is A Shoplifter'' (Pure Plastic) * 1998: Rue East – ''Summer of Blood'' (Pure Plastic) * 2001: Rue East – ''Indoor Culture'' * 2010: Mark Broom – ''Acid House'' (Saved Records) * 2021: Mark Broom – ''Fünfzig'' (Rekids)

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|www.markbroom.co.uk}} * {{discogs artist|459-Mark-Broom}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Broom, Mark}} Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:English electronic musicians Category:English techno musicians Category:English DJs Category:BPitch Control artists Category:Techno musicians Category:British electronic dance music DJs