Mark Allsworth/Classified Sky/Duane Barry: Recent Episodes

Mark Allsworth/Classified Sky/Duane Barry

Mark is a producer of melodic and atmospheric, downtempo/ambient electronica from the small market town of Chippenham, Wiltshire in South West England. In 2009, Mark began making his first music under the name Duane Barry, producing melodic, progressive breaks and quickly established a unique sound leading him to become a sought-after remixer for numerous labels .His original tunes also gained attention, in particular “Soft Light” which became a popular song on the summer festival circuit being played by Jody Wisternoff amongst others. Eager to share his love for the genre and push progressive breaks further, Mark provided guest mixes for various radio stations including Radio 1, Kiss FM, XFM, Proton and NSB radio and eventually began his own monthly radio show/podcast “Cosmic Refractions” on Dance Radio Global. Sharing the schedules with the likes of Paul Oakenfold , the show amassed thousands of downloads every month and served as a promotional platform for the record label Mark founded and operated - Digital Sensation UK – a label showcasing new and established talent from the breaks scene which quickly became a popular staple for releasing futuristic and emotive electronica. Supported by DJ’s and producers from all over the world, DSUK was also nominated as Best New Label at the 2011 Breakspoll awards. During this time, Mark also released music under the project Innuendo - a more downtempo and cinematic take on his breaks music and released a handful of tunes to critical acclaim topping the downtempo charts on various online platforms and receiving tens of thousands of streams for his popular (unofficial) remix of “End of Line” by Daft Punk from the Tron Legacy soundtrack. In 2012, Mark released his first EP as Mark Allsworth – “Earth Exit” a cinematic, texture laden selection of tunes that received support and airplay from BBC Radio 1,Eddy Temple Morris at XFM and was included by Richie Hawtin on his Enter Ibiza 2013 compilation series. This was followed up by “Silent City” in 2014 which received accolades including support from the late, great Robert Miles on his Openlab radio station as well as having all tracks licensed to various compilations around the world. A keen gamer (starting from the SNES/Megadrive era) Mark fulfilled the ambition of scoring the soundtrack to the popular indie video game Big Pharma in 2015 (PC, XBox One, PS4 & Switch). His score received 5 stars reviews at Soundtrack Geek and Soundtrack Dreams where it was also nominated for soundtrack of the year. Mark also currently makes music under the side project “Classified Sky” – an introspective, less-is-more approach to contemporary electronic/ambient music using warm retro tones and creative attention to detail which has been recently supported by Chicane on his Sun:sets podcast. In 2019, Mark's original music was curated by the British Library to be included in the British Library Sound Archive to be preserved for and enjoyed by generations to come.