Mark Moss was raised outside of St. Louis and discovered electronic music through his Uncle who was getting all the new sounds out of Chicago and Detroit in the late ‘80’s. He began learning to DJ at the tender age of 12 with Acid House and the new rave sounds coming out of Belgium and the UK. During early 1991 Mark discovered what was then known as "breakbeat", which became hardcore and later Jungle. He immediately fell in love with hardcore and the emerging Jungle sounds. Mark's family moved to the Detroit area in 1992 and he began going to parties, noticing a lack of (and hatred of) Jungle in the Detroit scene. Mark then began his mission to aid Detroit in its Jungle deficit and began playing anywhere he could, from parties to houses to radio to retailers such as Urban Outfitters in Ann Arbor. In 1997 8en helped found Kinetics, (the original Detroit Jungle night and crew) and became a rotating resident/ face in the Detroit scene with hundreds of appearances at legendary venues such as the Motor Lounge, Alvin’s, the Blind Pig and the Magic Stick.

Mark took a 6 year hiatus from Detroit; winning the Daytona Beach annual DJ contest and becoming runner-up in URB magazine’s first mixtape contest, then retired from Dj-ing in 2001. Upon moving back to the Detroit scene in Summer 2006, he began to sneak his way back in with an onslaught of old school hardcore and Jungle.

Today, 8en stays true to his old school roots by playing hits and rarities from ’91-‘97 and continues to entertain and educate all Junglists with quick, short attention-span mixes, classic tunes and nonstop energy. Influences include DJ Hype, DJ SS, Ratty, Swan-E, Altern8 and Bizzy B

Hardcore Will Never Die!

8en’s Top 5 of All Time:

1. Dread Bass “Dead Dred (Origin Unknown RMX)”

2. Acen “Close Your Eyes (Optikonfusion)”

3. DJ Hype “The Chopper”

4. DJ Zinc “Super Sharp Shooter RMX”

5. Dance Conspiracy “Dub War”