Mark Maclaine

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Mark Maclaine
Mark Maclaine with bass. Mid 2004.
Background information
Birth name	Mark Maclaine
Also known as	The Silence
Born	1980 South Africa
Genre(s)	Trip-Hop, Rock, Hip-Hop, Jazz
Occupation(s)	Record producer, bassist
Instrument(s)	Bass guitar, guitar
Associated acts	Second Person
Website	http://www.secondperson.net

Mark Maclaine is a music producer, writer and remixer. His most well-known project to date has been as bassist/producer for Post Trip-Hop band: Second Person and is also co-founder of the UK Hip-Hop record label Dented Records. As well as a number of film scores, he is currently working alongside singer Julia Johnson and legendary producer/engineer Tony Platt (Bob Marley, AC/DC, Iron Maiden etc) on Second Person's second studio project (under the working title: The Elements).

1 History
2 Credits/Releases
3 External links
4 References

[edit] History

Mark Maclaine started as a bassist in London, playing with various rock and metal bands before eventually becoming interested in the recording process. He would often accompany friends' bands into the studio to help them record. From this he gained a basic technical knowledge of the studio and this combined with his solid musical ability meant it became normal for bands to pay for him to oversee their recordings.

In 1999 and after two years of studying Astro Physics at university he became frustrated at not having time to pursue his musical interests and left to study a degree in Film. This course gave him the opportunity to compose a number of film scores in his spare time. Having to produce a large quantity of material to tight deadlines meant he turned to sampling and computer-based sequencing. The majority of records available to him at the time were classical music and jazz so many of his hip-hop tracks were created using samples from these genres exclusively. Tapes of his work started to circulate around London and eventually he began pressing up albums under the name: "The Silence".

In April 2001 he was approached by rapper Orifice Vulgatron (then MC Drop) and producer Dag Nabbit with the aim to start up a UK based hip-hop record label. The group founded Dented Records which is now home to, amongst others, the mighty Hip Hop crew: Foreign Beggars.

In 2002 he went on to form Post Trip Hop band Second Person with singer/pianist Julia Johnson and after completing a number of film scores (including the Snow's in the House trilogy and work for the Extreme Sports Channel) they released their debut album in October 2004. To further his production skills Mark went to work for a brief time (in early 2006) as assistant producer to legendary producer: Jacknife Lee (U2, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party etc).

Along with co-writer Julia Johnson he continues to produce a large quantity of music for film and television, and credits include the BBC, Channel 4, Snowsport Synergy Films, Extreme Sports Channel, Rip Curl, Sketchers, Nike and Oakley. His work with underground artists remains important to him and has recently worked with the critically acclaimed rap-group Stone Circle as guest producer on their debut album (Social Misfits Records).

[edit] Credits/Releases

"The Silence - Demented Soundscapes" : co-producer (2002: Album)
"Snows in the House" : guest composer/producer (2002: Feature documentary)
"Snows in the House 2" : composer/producer (2003: Feature documentary) [1]
"Chromatography - Second Person" : producer/mixer (2004: Album)
"Verbier Ride 2004" : composer/producer (2004: TV Series - Channel 4) [2]
"Snows in the House 3" : composer/producer (2004: Feature documentary) [3]
"Infrastructure - Stone Circle" : guest producer (2004: Album - Social Misfits Records)
"Simplicity of Mind - Ti1" : producer (2005: Album - The Silence Corporation/Social Misfits Records)
"Dolls" - sound mixer/ADR recordist (2006: Short Film - BBC/SKY)
"The Passenger" : composer/producer (2006: Short Film) [4]
"Genex" : composer/producer (2006: TV Series - Extreme Sports Channel) [5]
"Streetball Extreme: Battle for Europe" : composer/producer (2006: TV Series - Extreme Sports Channel) [6]
"Live at the Bedford - Second Person" : producer/post-production director (2006: DVD)
"Jazz: Live at Smolenskys - Sol Chango" : producer/engineer (2006: Album)
"The Healing Process - Flict" : mixing engineer (post-production: Album)
"The Vanguard" - music mixer (2008: Feature Film)
"The Elements - Second Person" : producer (in production: Album)