MK

MK is the stage name of Marc Kinchen, a house and dance music producer from Detroit, United States, born in 1972. He is associated with house and EDM, and is also known for work under other names and collaborations including 4th Measure Men and The Nightcrawlers, as well as the projects Separate Minds, Pleasure State and Power 41.

Career

He reaches chart success in the early 1990s with Always and Love Changes, both of which hit number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and are credited to MK featuring Alana, with lead vocals by Alana Simon. He also charts with 4 You under the alias 4th Measure Men.

Alongside his own releases, MK builds a substantial reputation through remixes for other artists. His remix of Céline Dion’s Misled becomes the first and only number one hit on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart in her career. He also remixes Betty Boo’s Thing Goin' On, Sofia Shinas’s The Message and Jody Watley’s Your Love Keeps Working On Me, each of which reaches the Dance/Club Play chart.

Other projects

With Scottish songwriter and singer John Reid, he records as The Nightcrawlers. That partnership produces the hits Surrender Your Love and Push The Feeling On. He also works with Reid on a remix of Mary Kiani’s first single, When I Call Your Name.

Style and labels

MK works in house and related dance styles, with the broader tag set also linking him to trance, deep house and podcast-oriented electronic music. He is associated with the labels Area 10 and Kick Label.