Back in 1991 Mark Caro aka ‘Technical Itch’ was based in Birmingham, DJing at local parties and starting out on the production
trail with a very limited set up. As the years passed Mark’s unit became more professional and he released tracks as ENTT
through the Ibiza label. Mark had by now hooked up with Darren Beale (Decoder), who helped him out on the first Plasmic Life
EP that appeared on Bizzy B’s ‘Brain’ imprint. Further releases ensued but Mark had the desire to set up his own label, and so
launched ‘Tech(nical) Itch Recordings’. The label had some success, but it ...read more
Back in 1991 Mark Caro aka ‘Technical Itch’ was based in Birmingham, DJing at local parties and starting out on the production
trail with a very limited set up. As the years passed Mark’s unit became more professional and he released tracks as ENTT
through the Ibiza label. Mark had by now hooked up with Darren Beale (Decoder), who helped him out on the first Plasmic Life
EP that appeared on Bizzy B’s ‘Brain’ imprint. Further releases ensued but Mark had the desire to set up his own label, and so
launched ‘Tech(nical) Itch Recordings’. The label had some success, but it wasn’t until Kenny Ken played some of the their
tracks on Kiss FM that the rewards of all the hard work began to pay off. On the back of this exposure the Technical Itch name
was signed to ‘Moving Shadow’ and as they say the rest is history.
Head hunted by label mate Omni Trio, who brought them to the attention of the Moving Shadow crew, they credit some of their
success to the indispensable Akai s3000 sampler. Mark relocated to Bristol from Birmingham where his technical skills perfectly
complement Darren Decoder’s musicianship as a guitarist. The pair were both involved with the underground warehouse scene.
The first success of Tech Itch studios was released by Ibiza Records, and Darren had a hit as Orca with ‘4AM’. Their list of
aliases is prohibitively long, but, having found their niche in the dark heart of experimental Drum & Bass, Technical Itch is the
name to remember. Proving once again the power of the Bristol bass massive, Mark Caro has championed the hard beats.
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