Mark Kamins

Mark Kamins is a New York club DJ.

He is best known for helping launch the career of one-time girlfriend Madonna by presenting a demo to Seymour Stein of Sire Records. He also produced her first single "Everybody" in 1982. Kamins had bugged Stein about becoming a producer, but Stein said he had to find his own artists first; when he heard the demo of "Everybody", Stein had Madonna brought to the hospital where he was admitted to sign her.^[1]

Kamins worked closely with controversial performance artist Karen Finley on her obscenity-laden disco tracks, two of which - "Tales of Taboo" and "Lick It" - became underground dance hits. Subsequent work included projects for Tommy Page, David Byrne of the Talking Heads, Ofra Haza, the Beastie Boys, Sinéad O'Connor and UB40.

More recent work includes production work for the trance/opera dance fusion artist Sasha Lazard, who performed for 8,000 people in Ibiza, Spain in 1999 to choreography by former Madonna Blonde Ambition Tour dancer "Slam".

Further reading

• Good Night Mr. Lewis: Mark Kamins, International DJ Interview by Steve Lewis for Blackbook Magazine December 15, 2008

References

1. ^ Colin Devenish (August 5, 2005). "Sire Boxes Madonna, Heads: Seymour Stein chronicles label's storied history". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/morrissey/articles/story/7524661/sire_boxes_madonna_heads. Retrieved 2007-02-18. 

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