K90 (DJ)
{{Short description|British hard dance disc jockey}}
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Mark Doggett, known professionally as K90, is a British hard house, techno, and trance music disc jockey and record producer.{{cite web |title=K90 · Biography |url=https://ra.co/dj/k90/biography |website=Resident Advisor |access-date=25 August 2024 |archive-date=31 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831101704/https://ra.co/dj/k90/biography |url-status=live }} Doggett also composes music for films and television.
Career
Dogget started his career in 1991 as part of the duo KA90, reportedly working out of a kitchen. Subsequently going solo as K90, he became known as both a performer and a producer.
K90 released his debut long player, the eponymously titled K90, in 1998. The album was reviewed by Muzik magazine as "a rushing ketamine-fuelled trip which veers crazily between darkly beautiful techno and acidic trance".{{cite web |title=K90 - K90 |url=https://archive.org/details/muzik034_march_1998/page/n103/mode/2up?q=%22K90%22 |website=Muzik |access-date=25 August 2024 |date=March 1998}} The 2002 album Urban Anthems was also reviewed in Muzik magazine, receiving 4 stars.{{cite news |last1=Kavanagh |first1=Mark |title=SPECIALIST ALBUM |url=https://archive.org/details/muzik086_july_2002/page/n123/mode/2up?q=k90 |access-date=9 September 2024 |work=Muzik |issue=86 |date=July 2002 |page=125}} His sixth long play album, Futureproof, was released in 2017. Nick Coles of DMC World stated the album contains "fantastic melodies that appeal to both the trance and hard trance floors alike".{{cite web |last1=Coles |first1=Nick |title=K90 – Futureproof – Dataless |url=http://www.dmcworld.net/reviews/k90-futureproof-dataless/ |website=DMC World |access-date=25 August 2024 |archive-date=26 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826103655/http://www.dmcworld.net/reviews/k90-futureproof-dataless/ |url-status=live }}
In 2002 K90 released the single "Red Snapper". Reviewed as "a super rave bass from hell and a kick-drum made from freshly felled oak to an odyssey of melodic builds and an all-conquering synth riff", it has been named as "arguably one of the most renowned hard dance tracks ever made" as well as "one of the most iconic". The track peaked at number 33 in the UK dance charts and has been included on a number of Essential Mix sets on BBC Radio 1.{{cite web |title=BBC - Radio 1 - Essential Mix - Tracklisting |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/tracklistingarchiveshtml.shtml?20030504 |website=BBC |access-date=25 August 2024 |date=2003 |archive-date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316142703/https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/tracklistingarchiveshtml.shtml?20030504 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=BBC - Radio 1 - Essential Mix - Tracklisting |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/tracklistingarchiver1comments.shtml?20050814 |website=BBC |access-date=25 August 2024 |date=2005 |archive-date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316152224/https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/tracklistingarchiver1comments.shtml?20050814 |url-status=live }} Also in 2002 the Reactivate Energize compilation featured the track "Breathe" by K90, as well as his remix of the Steve Blake single "I Get A Rush". The album peaked at #84 in the UK official compilations chart.{{cite web |title=REACTIVATE ENERGIZE – VARIOUS ARTISTS - Official Charts |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/various-artists-reactivate-energize/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=9 March 2024 |archive-date=9 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309121257/https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/various-artists-reactivate-energize/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Various Artists "Reactivate Energize" |url=https://www.react-music.com/react219.html |website=React Music |access-date=12 September 2024}}
K90 has performed live at many club nights, and also at dance events including the Tidy Weekender, Creamfields, Q-Base, and Global Gathering. In 2004 he started the record label Dataless Recordings.{{cite web |last1=Oseni |first1=Abisola |title=Catching Up with Hard Trance Legend K90 - EDM Identity |url=https://edmidentity.com/2020/02/26/artist-spotlight-k90/ |website=EDM Identity |access-date=4 September 2024 |date=26 February 2020}}{{cite web |title=Global Gathering 2006 |url=https://djmag.com/content/global-gathering-2006 |website=DJ Mag |access-date=25 August 2024 |date=4 March 2006 |archive-date=25 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825234900/https://djmag.com/content/global-gathering-2006 |url-status=live }}
Under his original name Doggett composes music for films and television, such as the Mission to the Edge of Space project. In August 2024 his soundtrack for the short film Elixir won gold at the Independent Shorts Awards.{{cite web |title=Gold Awards: August 2024 |url=https://independentshortsawards.com/gold-awards-august-2024/ |website=Independent Shorts Awards |access-date=26 August 2024 |date=August 2024 |archive-date=26 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826103538/https://independentshortsawards.com/gold-awards-august-2024/ |url-status=live }}
Discography
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Category:British electronic dance music DJs
Category:English film score composers
Category:English television composers