After a long stint as one of Britain's formost intelligent techno DJs,
Mark Broom began working on production as well, recording an LP with
Black Dog's
Ed Handley and
Andy Turner as
Repeat. He founded several crucial labels -- Pure Plastic, Rewired, Unexplored Beats and 3 Zone, plus Ifach with
Peter "Baby" Ford -- and began recording as a solo concern with a lock on streamlined ambient-techno as well as the more rhythmically dextrous sound of
Handley/
Turner's later offshoot,
Plaid.
Broom had begun hanging out with the trio
Black Dog as early as 1990, DJing at their gigs and, by 1995, recording with
Ed Handley and
Andy Turner as
Repeat. The first
Repeat release, 1995's
Repeats LP, made
Broom's name as a producer as well as a DJ and he began recording on his own with singles for GPR, Ferox, New Electronica and Cosmic. His debut album
Angie Is a Shoplifter appeared in 1996, alongside a wealth of material recorded under a dizzying variety of aliases -- Kape I'll Miester,
Sympletic, Ted Howler Rhythm Combo,
Kruton and (again with
Handley and
Turner) Eco Tourist.
Broom has also provided remixes for
Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia,
Ken Ishii and
Nicolette.
–
John Bush, Rovi