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Birth name | Mark Frederik Sixma |
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Born | Breda, Netherlands | 23 February 1983
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Years active | 2006–present |
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Mark Frederik Sixma (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑr(ə)k ˈsɪksma]) is a Dutch trance and house music producer and DJ. In his career, Sixma has worked on collaborations with Armin van Buuren, Faruk Sabanci and W&W, among others. He’s best known for his hit singles Sinfonia, X, Chased with Andrew Rayel, & Panta Rhei with Armin van Buuren.
Mark Sixma made his first notable trance music production with Def Tactical whilst also releasing a Project 6 E.P at Five AM Records. This was followed up by a release called Destination 6 and received 'Tune of the Week’ status on Armin van Buuren’s radio show, A State Of Trance. [1] His next single led him signing up to record label Armada Music, 'Fade 2 Black' made him once again earn a 'Tune of the Week' status on A State Of Trance. [2] [3]
Armin van Buuren has selected Sixma's tracks for his annual A State Of Trance compilation for three years. [4] [5] Armin also featured one of Sixma's tracks on his Wii Game [6] and also gave him the opportunity to remix Minack, the collaboration between Armin Van Buuren and Ferry Corsten. [7]
In 2013 Sixma released a single called 'Requiem' on W&W's ' Mainstage Music' label which it made it to the top in the Beatport trance chart and was the most played trance track in 2013. [8] He also remixed the iconic song called ' Adagio for Strings' in which was supported by many artists like Armin van Buuren, Markus Schulz, Cosmic Gate and Andrew Rayel. [9]
He toured around the globe with A State of Trance Festival alongside Ferry Corsten, Armin Van Buuren and other DJs, [10] and also performed at Ultra Music Festival. [11] He has not entered the DJ Mag top 100 DJs poll.