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25-459: Marcos Ligero (born 7 July 1984 in Sabadell , Spain), better known as D-Mark , is a Spanish Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and producer. Starting with the music as a hobby in the late 90s and at the early age of 13 he became an enthusiast of the dance music genre of the moment, and passed to be a mere follower to become a producer even before starting his career as a DJ. D-Mark begun in

50-556: A rivalry between Terrassa and Sabadell, because both of them wanted to be capitals of the Vallés Occidental, as both were pretty relevant while this rise textile industry. Nowadays, still there are some popular sayings: "Sabadell mala pell" (Sabadell bad skin) and "Terrassa mala raça" (Terrassa bad race). The growth of industry and population favored the emergence of an important workers' movement , and Catalanist , socialist and anarchist parties were very influential up until

75-585: A set of CDs for the magazine Solo Tuning . Year 2003 was a new begin for D-Mark. Focused on his DJ side and with the Vanian-UT project running at its top, the collective begun to perform their music on several clubs and events in the zone, like regular parties at Future Club in Barcelona or the event Trancenight Summer Party at Girona in 2004. 2005 was a year of changes. As new systems and computer production software became more affordable to everyone and

100-619: A success: 10 weeks in a row at the top positions of the Technics/IDP/DMC Dutch Dance Charts and full reviews on the Spanish magazines Deejay and DJ1 , that finally ended with the DJ Oner award No. 1 Spanish trance release and the appearance of Project Norway in the album of Dave Pearce Delirium on the label Ministry of Sound . In 2007 and 2008 D-Mark teamed up with who would be now his best friend in

125-716: Is basically a commercial and industrial city; there are no significant agricultural activities. Sabadell is an important communications point. Two motorways run beside the city: the C-58 (from Barcelona to Manresa ) and the AP-7 (from France and Girona to Tarragona , Valencia , and Andalusia ), and some roads link Sabadell with nearby cities and towns: Barcelona, Terrassa, Cerdanyola del Vallès , Sant Quirze del Vallès , Barberà del Vallès , Sant Cugat del Vallès , Castellar del Vallès , Sant Llorenç Savall , Granollers , Rubí , Sentmenat , and Molins de Rei . A railroad line crosses

150-771: Is located on the River Ripoll , 20 km (12 mi) north of Barcelona , 190 m (620 ft) above sea level. Sabadell pioneered the Industrial Revolution in Catalonia with its textile mills, together with its archrival Terrassa. Thus, in the mid-19th century, it became the most important wool city in Spain, being nicknamed the "Catalan Manchester ". Today many mills from that period can still be seen, with most of them having been refurbished as residential buildings or other services. Nowadays, Sabadell

175-413: Is the year, as he said, of the coming back, with a new EP release and an amateur official videoclip made for what is his favourite city, Barcelona . Sabadell Sabadell ( Catalan pronunciation: [səβəˈðeʎ] ) is a city and municipality in Catalonia , Spain . It is in the south of the comarca of Vallès Occidental , where it is one of the two capitals, the other being Terrassa . It

200-931: The First National Division (Group C) of the Spanish Handball League, the Unió Excursionista de Sabadell - UES (Hikers Club), with almost 3,000 associates, two basketball teams, the Sabadell Bàsquet and Sant Nicolau , both of them currently playing at EBA League , the Fourth Division of the Spanish Basketball League, and two historical tennis clubs, Cercle Sabadellès 1856 and Club de Tennis Sabadell , with 4,000 and 3,500 associates respectively. FC Barcelona player Sergio Busquets

225-414: The appearances and the support of Raúl CC and David Amante the first year, until David left his music career. G-Sus joined the team in 2010, where he is currently an active part of the show. 2009 and 2010 were two difficult years to the personal life of D-Mark that forced him to stop the recording of his already announced album debut Driving Nowhere and to leave momentarily his musical activity, that

250-579: The architecture of the city in the early 20th century and distinctive buildings such as the modernista Hotel Suís (1902), Despatx Lluch (1908), and the Caixa d'Estalvis de Sabadell (1915), as well as the Torre de l'Aigua (1918) and the Mercat Central (1930), were built during the first half of the century. In the early 20th century, Sabadell, with Terrassa , was the textile city par excellence, being

275-578: The city (the Rodalies Barcelona line from Barcelona to Lleida ) and another one terminates in the city (the FGC line from Barcelona to Sabadell via Sant Cugat del Vallès). In Roman times, a little village called Arragone existed near where the church of La Salut now stands. This grew into the town called Arraona or Arrahona in the Middle Ages . Another little village was built just on

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300-490: The city to diversify its economic activities. New commercial and leisure areas (the Eix Macià ) appeared next to the traditional industries, leading to important economic development for the city. An ETA car bombing in 1990 killed six police officers. Sabadell is located in the middle of the comarca named Vallès Occidental , approximately 20 km (12 mi) from Barcelona . It borders (clockwise, starting from

325-456: The dance scene at these years, like Above & Beyond , Lemon & Einar K or Inkfish . In 2006 he made his debut abroad, in a Ministry of Sound event at Sentrum Scene in the city of Oslo , Norway. These years were also when D-Mark set the opening of his new record label project DanceDP Recordings . The first release of the record label and the first appearance of D-Mark in the music industry as well, Travelling EP , became unexpectedly

350-485: The driving force of a territory poor in natural resources. The population was multiplied by eight, its industry boosted, particularly textiles and metals, and its economy was modernized in the service sector. Due to this industrial activity, Sabadell received massive waves of immigration in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s leading to uncontrolled urban expansion and the creation of some new neighborhoods such as Ca n'Oriac and Torre-Romeu. There has always been since those days

375-436: The field of the music production using a tracker production software. He led a now disappeared project called Vanian-UT to spread all of these tracks made with that software across all the Spanish territory. In 2002, Vanian-UT was known in Spain as a young producers' collective with a lot of talent, that also focused on DJing, something that caught the attention of D-Mark as well. This year, Vanian-UT released with D-Mark mixes

400-401: The music field and his studio and DJ partner G-Sus . They two together released several remixes for artists like Tragida and Der Mystik , and their hit La Lamida del Gato Negro produced in 2008 and released in 2009 got the unexpected support of the world's top DJ Paul van Dyk . 2008 is also the starting year of D-Mark's monthly radio/podcast project DanceDP Radio . The project begun with

425-486: The next centuries, and in 1800 the town's population was about 2000 people. The 19th century brought two important developments to the town: in 1856 the railway arrived, and in 1877 the town was dubbed a "city". In the 1897 census the population of the city was 23,044 people. The city had become the most important producer of woolen clothing in Spain, and these clothes achieved worldwide fame. The modernisme movement (related to Art Nouveau ) had an important influence in

450-442: The north) with Castellar del Vallès , Sentmenat , Polinyà , Santa Perpètua de Mogoda , Barberà del Vallès , Badia del Vallès , Cerdanyola del Vallès , Sant Quirze del Vallès , and Terrassa . The city covers an area of 37.79 km (14.59 sq mi) and its population density is 5,337.57/km (13,824.2/sq mi) as of 2007. The altitude is 200 metres (660 ft). During the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games , Sabadell

475-421: The other side of the river. This second village, called Sabadell, located on a plain, began to grow and its population was about 600 people (152 houses) in 1378. Sabadell was enclosed by a wall, but due to population growth in the 16th century, some houses were built outside the wall. At that time the first textile industries appeared in the town, devoted especially to woolen clothing. The woolen industry grew over

500-485: The record deals were increasing into its members Vanian-UT was about to close, what took D-Mark to initiate and lead a new record label project called DanceDP Recordings . This idea was set up this year, but it would not come to light until the end of 2006. Meanwhile, D-Mark took his first appearance outside the zone of Catalunya , Spain, and moved to Madrid to perform a gig alongside DJ Precision and Menno de Jong, together with his friends and artists Shammu , DJ Row and

525-531: The resident DJ at Future Club in Barcelona Pllo Future . 2006 and 2007 were, without a doubt, the most active at the DJ and musical career of D-Mark. During this time, he carried his music through all the Spanish territory in the cities of Ibiza , Barcelona, Madrid or Valladolid , and the countries of Norway , England and Slovenia and performing together with some of the most influenced DJs of

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550-693: The support of the Roman Catholic Church . Sabadell was the host of some sessions of the Assemblea de Catalunya , a multi-party organization that brought together communists, socialists, Catalan nationalists, Catholics and others against the Franco regime. The 1973 oil crisis and Franco's death in 1975 meant an important change in Spain and, of course, in Sabadell. The economic crisis compelled

575-598: The upheavals of the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). The victory of the Fascist faction in the war was a step backwards for the city, but in the fifties industry recovered and grew once more. Industries needed workers, and many people came from Andalusia , Murcia , Extremadura , Castile and other parts of Spain to work in the textile and the metal industry. Again, a new workers' and Catalanist movement emerged, this time against Francisco Franco 's regime and with

600-455: Was also affecting his record label. The album was finally discarded due to the crisis that is lately passing through the music industry, especially in Spain, and the world's economy. However, this did not stop D-Mark and G-Sus in 2009 to organize and perform a special event in Pineda de Mar , which was the one who had the biggest attendance for them of all the times in Spain, 5500 attendees. 2011

625-873: Was one of the cities where the football competition took place. The matches were played in the Nova Creu Alta stadium, which is also home to the main football club in town: Centre d'Esports Sabadell . This local team, currently in the Segunda División , has played 14 seasons in the Primera División (First Division), once in the UEFA Cup and has even reached the final of the Copa del Rey . Other major sports clubs are Club Natació Sabadell (Waterpolo and Swimming Club), with more than 30,000 members, OAR Gràcia Sabadell (Handball), currently playing in

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