Berlin-based DJ/producer Marflix searching for the perfect beat since the early 90s. Focused on Caribbean music flavored with Bass and Club. Current selection varies from Soca & Caribbean to African club music like Kuduro, Coupe Decaler, Funana to European club music. Marflix also runs his own label Faluma which is specialized on Soca, Caribbean & contemporary African music and founded the website TropicalBass.com.

Shows

in e.g. Berlin, Tokyo, Vienna, London, Paris, Zurich, Brussels, Warshaw, Krakow, Prague, Copenhavn, Bukaresti, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago,..

Contact

Biography

Fascinated by 80s Funk basslines and cheap 90s Club piano sounds, Marflix – a brassist, keys and bass player of a local Jazz Big Band from the bottom of the Black Forest, started DJing in 1995. On the wheels of steel all good music which had deep basslines, driving snares and some brass: like Dancehall-Reggae, Soca, Funk and HipHop.
From 97 till 2001 he was rolling with Raoul aka Shogun as BeatCamp – a soundsystem style crew focused on dancehall, soca and remixes.

After a trip to Trinidad & Tobago he completely fell in love with the positive sound of the Caribbean Carnival – Soca, Calypso and Steel Pan. The mission was clear: in 2003 his label and store Faluma was founded to push the music in Europe and release music which is worth to be listened worldwide. Since then he is travelling frequently to Port-of-Spain or Bridgetown to stay in touch with the latest hypes.

Marflix is writing for magazines and websites like TropicalBass.com, dancehallmusic.de, De Cooler, Riddim magazine. Also Tour-DJ and tour manager for HipHop artists like Defari, Rasco, Souls of Mischief, Guru, Bahamadia and more..

Press

Interview on Word Up – Coke DJ Culture 2005: listen (German)

Mit einer Menge Soca (der Musik des karibischen Carnivals) im Gepäck in Europa, Japan und der Karibik unterwegs. Extrem tanzbarer Stilmix aus Soca, Bailefunk und Reggaeton, mit den Basslines von Grime und HipHop auf Clubniveau tiefergelegt. (luftbad.at)

Thanks to its many faces, soca can break into more mainstream oriented markets like hiphop, dancehall, or r&b. Even club/house is a good option, as you can see now with the collaboration of Bob Sinclair and Trinidad’s Fireball.” (Marflix interviewed by Nation Groove Barbados)

Influences and heros

Kraftwerk, Africa Bambataa, Roger Troutman and ZAPP, Egyptian Lover, Lord Kitchener, Lloyd King Jammys James, John Coltraine