Mark O’Sullivan needs little introduction. As a DJ, Remixer, Producer and Label boss, O’Sullivan has been putting out seminal records since the mid 90s – releasing on labels such as: Output, Pickadoll, Audiomatique, Plastic City, Brique Rouge, Svek, Ork Rec, Morris Audio and finally finding a groove with Ireland’s Nice & Nasty.

Either as DK7 on the mighty Output label with Jesper Dahlback; as one half of Mark and John with John Dahlback (Pickadoll, Audiomatique); or as the Mighty Quark (remixing Leftfield no less), Mark O’Sullivan traverses the evolution of dance music – Techno, Minimal, Acid House, Dub, Progressive House, Ambient and even indie rock have all bleeped on the O’Sullivan Radar screen.

As a DJ or a live artist Marks music has brought him around the world from Tokyo to Montreal, headline slots at Roskilde and Benicassim Summer festivals plus classic electronic festivals such as 10 days off, DEAF and Sonar.

Mark’s Own Words:

Fragments was written, mixed and produced in the 3 weeks after I found out that I was going to be a father.Happy and knowing that nothing was ever going to be the same my feelings and thoughts were influenced by a sense of nostalgia and pragamtism.

Though on the surface it may feel like that “Fragments From A Long Country” is very much formed by the techno and electronic spirit there are many other themes operating under the surface that provide a concrete foundation for the album as a whole. A rekindled interest in the Irish language brought to my mind a brilliant poem by Máirtín Ó Díreáin called “Stoite”(uprooted ) giving the essence of sense of place and identity a strong influence on the mood.

The albums overall sound was definitely influenced by the timing of its conception, an unsettling time period that lies somewhere between Swedish winter and spring ,where two seasons ebb and flow in daily combat ,where light will prove victorious and will eventually return to the “Long Country”.

Here is some Feedback -

Steam, Take u Tripping and Fragment are my picks – Vince Watson

Great work as usual Mr Mark!!! Will do a special album feature on my radio show. Laurent Garnier

I’ve been listening to the album – I do loooove it. It’s an amazing electronic album. Very close to the original techno spirit, the techno music I was listening to in the 90’s, except that you have a very modern sound.-LLORCA

Come over is the one for me. I will play and support. Jeff Bennet
I like She Stood There Laughing. Nice deep tension

Hey, and great album as well, really trippy. Thanks a lot! – Santi Xpansul

Excellent tracks – Marcus Enochsson

Tracks are sounding gr8 – very good album – Sumo

As always the album shows Marks high production and emotion standard, very nice !!!-Lopazz

Steam (Final Mix)” sounds cool, and I also like “iDub”. “Fragment” is also good. Gorm Sorenson

Ooooweee! I second the notion of “Fragment” being an extra-hot track, sneakily placed at the end of the album. Love the whole album… takes you places! And the sound quality is great… even the media player is crisp – Tomas Jirku

I’m really liking Marks take on minimal tech/ house, very quirky yet deep, full of details – Mick Chillage

Thanks – Derrick May

Superb. With out a doubt one the finest TECHNO producers from Ireland – Corrugated Tunnel

Deadly album – love it – Jay Riordan (Dublin Xpress)

Sounds amazing, Excellent, lots of gems – Vakama

This has a very cool futuristic vibe running through it Aruba (Elevation)
Love the Album! Great work and perfect for private pleasure and business use – Felipe straub @ Titan

Super album – wil play and chart – Brian Taaffe (dublin Xpress / RTE Pulse)

Excellent stuff, will be listening to this for a good while to come! Clive Kells

Some really great stuff on here – Jay Riordan (DXR)
all in all a nice package – Alan Mode Music

Excellent album -I can’t say enough good thing abou this amazing record! Jamie McHugh

Excellent – nice&nasty gets better and better – Dave Ingham

some really nice tracks there, can see this doing very well – Fionn (Filthy Friction, Dublin)

Great album! there’s a really cool deep sound going through a lot of the trax, i’ll have to agre with aruba, “when you come over” is the highlight for me. – Gavin Faherty

The album is truly great-Stephen Egri(Bodytonic Ireland)

Mark O’Sullivan – Fragments from a Long Country
(ROB WARNER REVIEW)

Swede Mark O’Sullivan and Irish label Nice & Nasty have teamed up and hit gold here. It’s the album tech-heads should be marking on their calendar to buy on release. From the get go – the jammy ‘She Stood There Laughing’ you know this is going to be a good listen and by track two the utterly brilliant ‘Come Over’ it’s a done deal. Half Joris Voorn and half mid-90s Detroit-esque is the vibe of the album which spans from the deepest spacey numbers to peak time dance floor monsters. The balance is the noticeable thing here – from the manic ‘Take You Tripping’ to key-led Underground Resistance type reprise tracks like ‘Within You’ the quality holds up right through, something which can’t be said of most electronic LPs put out these days. To preview the release a remix EP is out with a very solid remixes of album tracks by Psycatron aka Paul Hamil, Jamie Behan and Eamonn Doyle. (Out 21 July on iTunes and 14 Aug elsewhere).

Great stuff. Eamon Doyle remix and Jamie Behan remix are both very solid, I really like both of them. Nice and atmospheric – Kazuumi Ishi and Itokim

Jamie Behan Remix is very emotional! I love it!
- Tomi Chair (japan)

This is a proud moment for Nice & Nasty. Great album and a cool guy. Desy Balmer

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