Marc Kinchen (born August 3, 1972),[1] known by his initials MK, is an American DJ, record producer and remixer. He hit number-one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1993 and 1994 with the songs "Always" and "Love Changes".[2] Lead vocals on both of those tracks were performed by Alana Simon (songs were credited to MK featuring Alana). The combo also recorded the underground house music classic anthem "Burning". "Always" peaked at number 69 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1995.[3] MK also hit the dance chart with "4 You", using the pseudonym 4th Measure Men.
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| Birth name | Marc Christopher Kinchen |
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| Born | August 3, 1972 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
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| Years active | 1989–present |
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| Website | marc-kinchen |
In November 2013, his remix of Storm Queen's song "Look Right Through" was released on Defected Records and Warner Music and reached number-one on the UK Singles Chart.
Aside from his own career as a recording artist, he is also known for the remixes he produced for other artists, such as Celine Dion's single "Misled", which became the first number-one Billboard Dance/Club Play chart hit of Dion's career. His remixes of Betty Boo's single "Thing Goin' On" brought the song to number five on the same chart. His remixes of "The Message" by Sofia Shinas reached number 20 on the Dance/Club Play chart. He also produced the remixes of Jody Watley's single "Your Love Keeps Working On Me", which reached number two on that chart. Latest remixes and productions include Lana Del Rey, Dev, Enrique Iglesias, Sky Ferreira, Ellie Goulding, Jamie Jones, Lee Foss, and Tricky.
Kinchen is responsible for the iconic remix of the Nightcrawlers' record "Push the Feeling On". The remix was successful internationally, becoming a number three UK hit.[4] He also assisted Nightcrawlers front-man John Reid with a number of his further releases, but they did not have the same impact on the charts.In April 2021, Kinchen scored his first number one on Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart as a featured artist on Anabel Englund's "Underwater," which he also co-produced.
Musical career
Production
In 2001, Kinchen moved to Los Angeles and started working with Denise Martell, who brought Kinchen in to begin working with David Foster.
In 2002, Kinchen became an in-house producer for actor and singer Will Smith. Kinchen then worked on Shark's Tale, did production on one of Will Smith's albums, and did the music of the TV show All of Us, which was produced by Smith. Marc Kinchen is also producing for Willow and Jaden Smith with his production partner and other half of Stoopid Robots, Omarr Rambert.
Kinchen worked on projects with Diane Warren and Pitbull. Kinchen worked with Pitbull as a producer and produced three songs on the latter's Armando album (2010), two songs on the Planet Pit album (2011), and co-produced the theme song for Men in Black 3, "Back in Time" by Pitbull.
Kinchen also produced music in collaboration with Blinded in March 2014. In the same year, British DJ Route 94 remixed Kinchen's track "Always", which went on to peak at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.
In 2022, MK was supported at his Dublin show in 3Arena by Belters_Only, Subsequently they worked on a Remix of Kinchen's hit song, Teardrops on the dancefloor. At the 2023 ARIA Music Awards he won Best Dance/Electronic Release for the single "Rhyme Dust" (February 2023), which was shared with collaborator Dom Dolla.[5]
Discography
Albums
- Surrender (with Alana Simon) (1993)
- Defected Presents House Masters: MK (2011) (Compilation album)
- Defected Presents MK in the House (2013) (Compilation album)
- Defected Presents House Masters: MK (Second Edition) (2013) (Compilation album)
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| AUS [6] | BEL [7] | IRE [8] | UK [9] | UK Dance [10] | US Dance Club [11] | ||||||||
| 1989 | "Somebody New" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| 1991 | "Decay" (with Never on Sunday) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Burning" (featuring Alana) | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | Surrender | ||||||
| 1992 | "Always" (featuring Alana) | — | — | — | 69 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| 1993 | "Love Changes" (featuring Alana) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||||
| "Surrender" (featuring Alana) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1995 | "Burning '95" (featuring Alana) | — | — | — | 44 | — | 7 | ||||||
| 1996 | "Lift Me Up" (featuring Clare Rivers) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| 2014 | "Always" (Route 94 Remix) | — | 23 | — | 12 | 3 | — | ||||||
| 2015 | "Bring Me to Life" (featuring Milly Pye) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2016 | "Piece of Me" (with Becky Hill) | — | — | 53 | 37 | 13 | 5 |
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| "My Love 4 U" (featuring A*M*E) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||
| 2017 | "17" | — | — | 9 | 7 | 1 | — |
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| 2018 | "Back & Forth" (with Jonas Blue and Becky Hill) | — | — | 11 | 12 | 2 | — |
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| 2019 | "Body 2 Body"[13] | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| "There for You" (with Gorgon City) | — | — | — | 99 | — | 1 |
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| "One Night"[14] (with Sonny Fodera featuring Raphaélla) | — | — | 50 | 51 | 10 | 40 |
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| 2020 | "2AM"[15] (featuring Carla Monroe) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Underwater" (with Anabel Englund) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Messing with Magic | ||||||
| 2021 | "Lies" (featuring Raphaella)[16] | — | — | — | 82 | 27 | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| "Chemical"[17] | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2022 | "Teardrops" (with Paul Woolford featuring Majid Jordan) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Better" (with Burns featuring Teddy Swims) | — | — | — | 89 | 33 | — | |||||||
| 2023 | "Rhyme Dust" (with Dom Dolla) | 32 | — | 31 | 63 | 15 | — | ||||||
| "Asking" (with Sonny Fodera featuring Clementine Douglas) | — | — | 9 [19] | 7 | 3 | — |
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| "Drinkin'" (with Joel Corry and Rita Ora) | — | — | — | 44 | 21 | — | Another Friday Night | ||||||
| "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||
Songwriting and production credits
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with | Produced with |
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| "Push the Feeling On (The Dub of Doom)" | 1992 | Nightcrawlers | Non-album single | Producer | - | Phil Legg |
| "Anywhere" | 1996 | Proof | Anywhere EP | - | - | |
| "Lois Lane" | - | - | ||||
| "Why?" | - | - | ||||
| "Come and Get Some" (featuring E-40) | 1997 | SWV | Release Some Tension | Co-writer/Producer | Cheryl Gamble, Earl Stevens | - |
| "Gettin' Funky" (featuring Snoop Dogg) | Calvin Broadus | Kevin Evans | ||||
| "Give Me What I Want" | 1998 | MC Lyte | Seven & Seven | Lana Moorer, Jamaal Barrow | - | |
| "Another Way" | Tevin Campbell | Tevin Campbell | Co-writer | Tevin Campbell, Theodore Turpin, Terrell Carter | - | |
| "Only One for Me" | 1999 | Co-writer/Producer | Tevin Campbell, Faith Evans, Mike Mason | - | ||
| "7 Interlude" | 702 | 702 | Irish Grinstead | - | ||
| "0 Interlude" | Misha Grinstead | - | ||||
| "2 Interlude" | Kameelah Williams | - | ||||
| "Will You Be OK" | Angela Slates, Trina Powell, Tamara Powell | - | ||||
| "Monica" | 2000 | Before Dark | Daydreamin' | Cynthia Loving, Carlos McKinney, Jarret Washington | - | |
| "Upgrade U" (featuring Jay-Z) | 2006 | Beyoncé | B'Day | Co-writer | Beyonce Knowles-Carter, Solange Knowles, Makeba Riddick, Sean Garrett, Angela Beyincé, Sean Carter, William Clarke, Clarence Reid | - |
| "Mujeres" | 2010 | Pitbull | Armando | Producer | - | - |
| "Guantanamera (She's Hot)" | - | DJ Buddha | ||||
| "Amorosa" (featuring Papayo & MC Marcinho) | - | DJ Laz | ||||
| "Where Do We Go" (featuring Jamie Foxx) | 2011 | Planet Pit | Co-writer/Producer | Armando Perez, James Scheiffer, Daniel Morris, Leroy Sanchez, Eric Bishop | Jim Jonsin, Mr. Morris | |
| "Back in Time" | 2012 | Global Warming | Armando Perez, Urales Vargas, Adrian Trejo, Mickey Baker, Sylvia Robinson, Ellas McDaniel | DJ Big Syphe, DJ Buddha | ||
| "Get It Started" (featuring Shakira) | Armando Perez, Durrell Babbs, Urales Vargas, Sidney Samson, Bigram Zayas, Shakira Ripoll, Kristina Stephens | Sidney Samson, DVLP, DJ Buddha | ||||
| "Down" (featuring OmARR & T. Coles) | Jaden Smith | The Cool Café: The Cool Tape Vol. I | Producer | - | OmARR | |
| "Jus' Not Ready" (featuring T. Coles) | - | OmARR | ||||
| "First Time" (featuring T. Coles) | - | OmARR | ||||
| "Detroit" | 2013 | Hot Natured | Different Sides of the Sun | Co-writer/Producer | Lee Foss, Jamie Jones, Alexander Williams | Hot Natured, Mark Ralph |
| "My Loving" | 2014 | Mary J. Blige | The London Sessions | Co-producer | - | Darkchild |
| "Nothing" (featuring 2Hype) | 2016 | Big Flock | The Great Depression | Producer | - | - |