In 1985 Mark became the first resident DJ at New York's legendary CHINA CLUB.
While there he caught the attention of club and concert impresario HOWARD STEIN, famous for owning disco-era STUDIO 54's only rival, XENON, New Wave club, ROCK LOUNGE, and earlier, one of America's biggest concert producers, presenting THE ROLLING STONESJANIS JOPLINPINK FLOYDTHE WHOLED ZEPPLINTHE DOORS and BETTE MIDLER among many others.
Howard wanted to open a posh, intimate supper club on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. He wanted the music to be special and he invited Mark to be the Musical Director.
Mark was given carte blanche with the music and once again he created an eclectic mix of lounge and dance music that drew from numerous sources and influences.
The club, AU BAR, on East 58th St. between Park Ave. and Madison Ave. quickly became the epicenter for the international set that makes Manhattan its play ground. That was in 1987. AUSSI, AU BAR's sister club in THE HAMPTONS, opened in 1990, followed by AU BAR PALM BEACH in Florida, both under Mark's musical direction
And for the next 18 years, until 2006, Mark set the musical vibe.
In 2004, LE JAZZ AU BAR was launched, presenting some of the best live
vocal & jazz talent in a deluxe intimate setting.
Mark was priveleged to play opening and closing DJ sets,
for DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER RUTH BROWN, SHIRLEY HORN, MARLENA SHAW, MADELEINE PEYROUX, ELIANE ELIAS, ROSA PASSOS, GEORGE SHEARING, TIERNEY SUTTON, KEVIN MAHOGANY, ANDY BEY, STACY KENT, KARRIN ALLYSON, CLEO LAINE, CARMEN LUNDY WESLA WHITFIELD, EDDIE PALMIERI, DAVID SANCHEZ and FREDDIE COLE.
Mark mixed the AU BAR CD, subtitled "LIVE AT AU BAR INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FROM NEW YORK'S LEGENDARY NIGHTCLUB" which was released by Atoll Music in France and was distributed by MSI Music (the distributor of the HOTEL COSTES compilations) in the United States.
He has guest DJ'd at CAFE DEL MAR in IBIZA,
MEZZANINE D'ALCAZAR and CASTEL in PARIS,
HOTEL ARENA & NL in AMSTERDAM,
TERRACE@THE CLARIS in BARCELONA,
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
BELGIUM,
BASH, THE SHORE CLUB, PACHA, STATE, SUSHI SAMBA and CAFE SEGAFREDO in MIAMI BEACH
PALM BEACH CLUB and AU BAR, PALM BEACH, Florida
SAINT JAMES CLUB, ANTIGUA in the CARIBBEAN .
AUSSI and ROCCO'S LA PLAYA (with Body & Soul dj DANNY KRIVET) in New York's fashionable summer playground, THE HAMPTONS.
BEVERLY HILLS HILTON, Beverly Hills, CALIFORNIA
LAKE TAHOE JAZZTRAX FESTIVAL, NEVADA
SAN DIEGO KIFM JAZZ FESTIVAL, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
JAZZ NEW YEARS FESTIVAL, LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA
In the summer of 1999, Mark, produced, programmed and hosted the three hour long show EURO SATURDAY NIGHT on WBSQ-FM inTHE HAMPTONS.
He regularly featured chill, lounge and dance mixes by some of Europe's top djs, including an an hour each week from STEPHANE POMPAGNAC, the DJ and compiler of the HOTEL COSTES, Paris compilations
Mark regularly attends the major music conferences; MIDEM, in Cannes, France, the AMSTERDAM DANCE EVENT, and the WINTER MUSIC CONFERENCE in Miami Beach.
Mark was featured in the 2002 GLOBAL LOUNGE SESSIONS in Miami Beach at the WINTER MUSIC CONFERENCE,playing with BRUNO FROM CAFE DEL MAR, IBIZAMONTE LA RUEHARLEY AND MUSCLEDJ DOVE
He was asked to moderate The Past, Present & Future panel at the premiere European music conference, the AMSTERDAM DANCE EVENT 2002.
He was featured at the TRIBAL SESSIONS (with Chus & Ceballos, Ivano Bellini, and Ricky Montanari) at WMC 2003 as well as at BASE and The Red Room at The Skybar at THE SHORE CLUB in Miami Beach.
He was asked backed to the AMSTERDAM DANCE EVENT 2003 to be on the panel, "How to Recoup Your Investment: The Importance of A&R."
He also played at the "Twisted Disco" party with Monte La Rue at NL and the Therapy Sessions with Dutch DJ Bart Thimbles and Jason Bentley (Bossanova, Los Angeles) including live sets by Praful, and Adani & Wolf, at Hotel Arena while at ADE.
At the WINTER MUSIC CONFERENCE 2004 in Miami Beach, he played with JUNIOR JACK and ANTOINE CALAMARIN at STATE nightclub.
At the WINTER MUSIC CONFERENCE/ M3 SUMMIT 2005, Mark was featured at The MEDITERRANEAN VIBES party with top Spanish and Ibiza DJ/producers DANNY MARQUEZ and DAVID PENN.
He launched the acclaimed compilation series LE GROOVE ECLECTIQUE, subtitled "A Chilled Out Voyage Through Global Dance Music." With LE GROOVE I & II
His recording/producing project has him collaborating with guitarist, JERRY FRIEDMAN. who has accompanied GLADYS KNIGHT, DIONNE WARWICK, RAY CHARLES, STEVIE WONDER, BEN E. KING, THE TEMPTATIONS, GLORIA GAYNOR, CAROL DOUGLAS, RICHIE HAVENS, BONNIE RAITT, LONNIE SMITH, HERBIE MANN, ROY AYERS, JIMMIE MCGRIFF, LOU RAWLS, PAUL SIMON, and BILLY JOEL and many others.
"DREAMSVILLE," Mark's original composition from Rendezvous Lounge, has been heard on radio stations across the U.S. with a total listening audience of almost 30 million people. The song was in the top 30 playlist of CD 101.9 FM, for over 10 months, reaching atop chart position of 5.
Original music appears on the following compilations:
LE GROOVE ECLECTIQUE (United States)
LE GROOVE ECLECTIQUE II (United States)
ST. TROPEZIAN RAPSODIE (France)
CAFE DEL MAR - CHILL HOUSE 3 (Spain)
BASIC FEELING: A Miami Lounge Mix (United States)
RELAX & DANCE: A Relaxing Lounge Experience Vol. 2 (Italy)
STEREOPHONIC CHILLOUT PARTY (France)
.0815 Vol. 3 (Switzerland)
CLUB PRIVE II (France)
RENDEZVOUS LOUNGE (United States)
RENDEZVOUS LOUNGE 2 (United States)
IBIZA: THE SOUND OF THE BEACH (France)
RSVP (United States)
Albums compiled and mixed by Mark Gorbulew:
LE GROOVE ECLECTIQUE
LE GROOVE ECLECTIQUE II
AU BAR NEW YORK
RENDEZVOUS LOUNGE
RENDEZVOUS LOUNGE 2
Since 2002, Mark has been an A&R/producer/artist with the BEVERLY HILLS- based label, RENDEZVOUS ENTERTAINMENT, headed by saxophonist DAVE KOZ.
Signed the album ONE DAY DEEP by the incredibly talented Amsterdam-based PRAFUL. whose 1st single, "SIGH", was 1 on RADIO & RECORDS' American Smooth Jazz Radio airplay chart and stayed in the top 5 for over 8 months.
Album was TOP 10 on BILLBOARD'S CONTEMPORARY JAZZ & BILLBOARD'S ELECTRONIC SALES CHARTS and also made BILLBOARD'S DANCE CLUB PLAY chart.
A&R'd remixes of "SIGH" done by Amsterdam's top dj/remixer/producers.
Signed 2nd Praful album, "Pyramid In Your Backyard," released in May 2005. 1st single, has charted on radio as well.
Mark is also compiling and mixing the RENDEZVOUS LOUNGE series, highlighting the best new and established chill/lounge/downtempo/electronic artists with an emphasis on artists that perform live.
The first RENDEZVOUS LOUNGE included artists from the U.K., France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy and Norway. Mark debuted the first RENDEZVOUS LOUNGE compilation at Winter Music Conference 2004 when he played at the RENDEZVOUS LOUNGE CD launch party held at BASE, Miami Beach's leading lifestyles store.
The 1st release from the album,'TIME TO LOUNGE', by Italian group ALKEMX was on the top 30 smooth jazz radio charts for months. The 2nd release,'DAYLIGHT"' by ADANI & WOLF charted top 5 at CD101.9, the smooth jazz FM station in New York.
The full ADANI & WOLF album, A&R'd by Mark was released in Jan. 2005.
Mark also a&r'd the American self-titled debut album release in Mar. 2005 of Dutch guitarist CAMIEL. which charted on radio.
Mark was the guest on JAZZTRAX, the longest running nationally syndicated Smooth Jazz show on American commercial radio. The 5 hour show featured the music of RENDEZVOUS LOUNGE. JAZZTRAX picked "Ocean Beach" by Black Mighty Orchestra from RENDEZVOUS LOUNGE as the 1 Song of the Year for 2004. And RENDEZVOUS LOUNGE was picked as the top compilation album. First DJ to be a featured when he played the Lake Tahoe Jazztrax Summer Jazz Festival, summer 2004.
Mark is music programming consultant for the 2 hour syndicated commercial radio show, "CHILL WITH CHRIS BOTTI." The show features downtempo/chill/lounge artists and is the first commercially syndicated show of its kind in the U.S.
BOTTI is a best selling Columbia/Sony contemporary jazz artist with five of his own albums.
Mark played the launch party for the show in the Chill Suite of the BEVERLY HILLS HILTON at the RADIO & RECORDS convention in Los Angeles in June 2004.
Nov. 2005, Mark was a featured artist on the weeklong DAVE KOZ AND FRIENDS AT SEA cruise , sailing from California down the Mexican Riviera.
He joined DAVE KOZ, CHRIS BOTTI, GEORGE DUKE, PRAFUL, MARC ANTOINE, PATTI AUSTIN, WAYMAN TISDALE, JONATHAN BUTLER, DAVID BENOIT, JEFF GOLUB and JEFFREY OSBORNE.
The RENDEZVOUS LOUNGE 2 album was released in 2006
Mark is now chilling in Provence, in the south of France.
