Where to Start with MK
500 titles over three decades. One track from 1993 tells you everything you need to know about where to start.
The shortest route in: Always
New to MK and not sure where to dive in? Here's the honest answer: play Always first. Released in 1993, featuring vocalist Alana Simon, it went to number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. And it's the clearest, purest version of what Marc Kinchen does. A soulful vocal over piano-driven house that's built to move you, not just impress you. You will hear everything that matters in those few minutes.
Then see how the remix changed his career
Once Always has clicked, jump to his MK Mix 95 remix of Nightcrawlers' Push the Feeling On. It reached number three on the UK Singles Chart in 1995 and became an international hit. This shows you the other half of MK's career, where he takes someone else's record and makes it unmistakably his. Soulful. Piano-driven. Built for the floor. Still clearly him, but someone else's starting point.
The track that reintroduced him to a new generation
If you want the MK record most likely to already be familiar to your ears, it's his 2013 remix of Storm Queen's Look Right Through, which went to number one on the UK Singles Chart in November. This is the record that brought MK back into the conversation for a whole new generation of dancefloor people.
Where he sits now: Pieces of Me with Becky Hill
For a more recent touchpoint, try Pieces of Me from 2016, featuring Becky Hill. It's proof the formula still works. Soulful voice, piano, a groove that doesn't rush. Still works now, whatever era you're listening from.
Who MK actually is, the short version
Marc Kinchen, Detroit-born DJ and producer, active since 1989. He helped define soulful, piano-driven house music in the early 1990s, then spent time working in hip-hop and R&B from 1996 onwards. Returned to house production with years of studio craft behind him. Over 500 titles now. More than a billion streams. Remixed Pet Shop Boys, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, Brandy and Celine Dion. In-house producer for Will Smith from 2002 to 2005 on Shark Tale and All of Us.
Your simple listening order
Always (feat. Alana). Push the Feeling On. MK Mix 95 (Nightcrawlers remix). Look Right Through (Storm Queen remix). Pieces of Me (feat. Becky Hill). Four tracks. Thirty years. Everything you need.