D’marc Cantu started working on Acid house and Jakbeat in late 2000. Using both modern editing techniques and classic drum machines/synths he was able to recreate the sound that he loved. After creating an array of Acid house tracks he got the attentio..
D’Marc Cantu started working on what would later be known as JakBeat in late 2000 after being introduced to Ghostly alum JTC. In keeping with the raw sounds that he's known for D’Marc uses analog gear, meticulously gathered samples and crafty production work to further define JakBeat, a sound that encompasses the emotion and simplicity of early electronica but does not limit itself to just one genre.
In 2005 D’Marc and JTC created 2amfm, taking cues from house, techno, acid, electro and hip-hop, to produce such tracks as Sweatbox and Desolate Cities. D’Marc later teamed up the Traxx and JTC to create X2 a super group of JakBeat aficionados, releasing Time Elevation Rhythm and House not House. As a solo artist he has released a number of singles and EPs such as 2009's Another Number on Crème and 2011's Set Free, hailed as a modern classic, on MOS.
2011 also saw the release of his first album, Fallen, on Crème Organization and just months later MOS would release his second album A New World. Most recently he has taken on remix duties, providing a JakBeat twist to tracks by Alis, G String, Samaan and Ricardo Tobar all in 2013 alone.
His most current project, Some Fantasies are Good, was accompanied by a DVS1 remix and released on the new Montreal based label Forbidden Planet in mid 2013.
With no signs of slowing down he looks to continue to push his unique sound, look for him to release works on Nation, Ansatz, Shaddock, Sequencias and Echovolt in the coming year.
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Albums
Fallen Crème Organization 2011
A New World M>O>S Recordings 2012
EPs
No Control Crème Organization 2007
Another Number Crème Organization 2009
Black Tears Crème Organization 2010
How Are We Doing? / A Second Earth M>O>S Recordings 2011
D'Marc Cantu / Maniacs, The - Future EleKtronix Nation 2011
Set Free / Tonight M>O>S Recordings 2011
ViLLan X / dcantu - Disparate Implementations Sequencias 2012
dcantu & JM De Frias - I Have No Eyes, And I Must See Sequencias 2013
Alternate Frequency Crème Organization 2013
Some Fantasies Are Good Forbidden Planet 2013
Long Weekend M>O>S Recordings 2014
Some Kind Of Strange Sequencias 2014
Zone 4 Shaddock Records 2014
Parisian Summer Desire Records 2014
1210A EP One Electronica 2014
Physical State Ansatz 2014
Decay Drone 2015