About MarcusLee



THE BEGINNING

MarcusLee has always had a passion and keen ear for music. He was always experimenting with music. From playing with his dads turntable, to trying to blend songs from 2 radios cassettes. That’s when it dawned on him that he can be the DJ.

One night he finally decided to ask his uncle for lessons on mixing. He had a pair of turntables set up downstairs and got a crash course lesson on how to blend 2 songs with the same tempo together. From there it was no turning back, Marcus dedicated all the time blending the same two records together. Once he got that down his playlist and record collection grew. Saving his lunch and allowance money he would walk up the street to Cue’s Record Store and or take the bus after school to Ultra Sounds and spend all his money on Records.

It was in middle school that he linked up with classmate, Alzy Esperanza, better known as DJ Illefect, and they would both attend DJ Battles together. Fully captivated by the art form, from scratching to beat juggling, he quickly realized that there was more to DJing then just mixing and began incorporating these methods in his own sets when practicing.

EVOLVE

Fast forwarding to High School, Marcus then found an interest in Mobile DJing and partnered up with Illefect to form a 2 Man mobile crew called Turntable Holix. This gave them both the opportunity to DJ at school dances, cotillions, baptisms, birthdays, and house parties all

around the Bay Area.

The buzz grew and he was getting older. He would go to clubs watch other DJs see how crowds reacted and realized “I am meant to do this”

In 2004, Marcus then put together a demo that would change his whole DJ career. Marcus presented the 1 hour power mix cd to Anthony Shlander (Tonic Live) which landed him an opportunity to throw down at his first Club gig at Snow Drift in San Francisco which eventually turned into a residency. After that, the gigs kept rolling in from every which way. First a weekly at Classic Bowl, with Keith O, then other weekly’s followed such as Whisper, Club NV, and Glaskat ect.

THE DJ

Making his passion his profession, Marcus is branding himself in the night and DAy industry. Marcus holds a residency at one of San Francisco's premiere nightclubs Infusion and  San Francisco's number 1 Day Party Sundaze SF.

HIGHLIGHT

- 2008 – Played in the biggest Halloween Party in the Bay Area at the Cow Palace

- 2011 - Marcus got to be a part of the Nike Women’s Marathon San Francisco the biggest marathon in San Francisco

- 2011 & 2012 - Marcus Lee was featured 2 years in a row in Hawaii’s biggest music festival The Love Festival. With hundreds of acts from across the world Marcus headlined one of the stages.

- 2012 – Guest Mixed on 102.7 Da Bomb (Hawaii)

- 2012 – Guest Mixed on 99.7 now (San Francisco)

- 2013 – Featured on 99.7 Radio Show
- 2014 - Sundaze SF (San Francisco's #1 Day Party)

Yes, MarcusLee is still very young but very much underrated be on the lookout for him in your city