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Mark Sixma

Mark Sixma
Mark Sixma performing at a club.jpg
Sixma performing in a club 2015
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Also known as
  • M6
Born (1983-02-25) 25 February 1983 (age 34)
Breda, Netherlands
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Years active 2006–present
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Website www.marksixma.com

Mark Sixma (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑr(ə)k ˈsɪksma]) is a Dutch trance and house music producer and a DJ. In his career Sixma has among others working for his collaborations with Armin van Buuren, Faruk Sabinci and W&W.

Mark Sixma made his first notable trance music production with Def Tactical whilst also releasing a Project 6 E.P at Five AM Records. This was followed up by a release called Destination 6 and received 'Tune of the Week’ status on Armin van Buuren’s radio show, A State Of Trance. His next single led him signing up to record label Armada Music, 'Fade 2 Black' made him once again earn a 'Tune of the Week' status on A State Of Trance.

Armin van Buuren has selected Sixma's tracks for his annual A State Of Trance compilation for three years. Armin also featured one of Sixma's tracks on his Wii Game and also gave him the opportunity to remix Minack, the collaboration between Armin Van Buuren and Ferry Corsten.

In 2013 Sixma released a single called 'Requiem' on W&W's 'Mainstage Music' label which it made it to the top in the Beatport trance chart and was the most played trance track in 2013. He also remixed the iconic song called 'Adagio for Strings' in which was supported by many artists like Markus Schulz, Cosmic Gate and Andrew Rayel.

He toured around the globe with A State of Trance Festival alongside Ferry Corsten, Armin Van Buuren and other DJs, and also performed at Ultra Music Festival. He has not entered the DJ Mag top 100 DJs poll.


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