Hardsteppers presents: Marcus Visionary, GorillaFist

Hardsteppers are proud to present a double headliner special event featuring Canadian jungle artist Marcus Visionary alongside Calgary's own Gorillafist.

Marcus Visionary has been at the forefront of the jungle DnB scene in Toronto, Canada before its very inception. He is often referred to as Canada's main DnB and jungle export as well as being an ambassador for the evolving jungle DnB sound worldwide. Marcus is one of the few artists out of North America who has built a strong foundation in the U.K. and Europe as well as in the U.S. and all over Canada. The journey started in 2004 when he was personally signed to the Digital Soundboy family by Shy FX himself. Marcus joined the elite lineup alongside the likes of Benny Page, Breakage, Mark System, Stamina MC and B Traits. Since then he has travelled the world and played many festivals and clubs representing his take on the jungle DnB sound, with upfront selection, clean mixing, musical versatility and a keen ability to read any crowd. Not to mention his collection of dubplate specials which has earned him fans the world over. Notable festivals include: Boomtown Festival, Outlook Festival, Shambhala, Jungle Mania, Sub Dub, Rumble in the Jungle, Rupture and clubs all over the world.

In his hometown of Toronto, Marcus ran the Prophecy on 89.5 FM for 20 years alongside DJ Prime, Mr. Brown and Gremlinz. The program is North America's longest running jungle DnB radio show and has been an integral part of the city's developing jungle DnB music scene. In 2015 Marcus left the Prophecy in the 20th year as he was asked to host his own exclusive radio show on Kool London (Kool F.M). You can catch Marcus the last Saturday of every month from 2h to 4h on Kool.

Currently Marcus is focused on running his labels alongside his longtime business partner DJ Lush. They have been co-running Inner City Dance, Stereo One Music and Inner City Dubs, all distributed worldwide via Cygnus Music. More recently Marcus has started his own artist label called Tribal Life Music. Eventwise Marcus has launched his All Night series that he is looking forward to taking on the road. You can also look forward to seeing Inner City Dance and Tribal Life Music label nights alongside his company Wax.

Labels released on:
- Inner City Dance
- Digital Soundboy
- 31 Records
- Revolve:r
- Born on Road
- V Recordings
- Pineapple Records
- Meditator Music
- Play Musik
- Shout
- Liondub
- Formation
- Others

GorillaFist

Gorilla, the Canadian beat ape, started producing tunes in the 90s with an Atari computer and hardware synths. He had some success with house and techno releases on European, U.S. and Canadian labels. He took a break during the early 2000s but was soon intrigued by the power of the new DAWs with plug-ins and almost limitless possibility.

He started off by figuring out modern production by making techno but he always had his eyes and ears on DnB, his true passion.

Now he is focused on making energetic DnB tunes, some that are straight up jump up, some that blend in neuro elements. He is inspired by the fresh new wave of DnB that has had a rising tide in the last few years as well as classic older tracks.

A busy man in the lab, GorillaFist has had his music released on Urban Hell and Dream Killer from the U.S. and In Da Jungle in Canada. Now he is bringing his favourite tunes to the people by slapping his USB into the CDJ and spinning some dancefloor tracks.