Mick Park has been one of the UKs most influential DJ/producers, achieving success as one half of DJ duo Parks and Wilson, and production outfits Tilt, and more recently Killahurtz.
Parks and Wilson got together in the early 90's, and soon became known as Britain's best DJ duo, and as producers of some of the best progressive house music.
After meeting in Coventry, England, Mick Park and Mick Wilson got their first DJ residency at the legendary Eclipse club. The Eclipse was the first club in the UK to get a late licence and successfully move out of the warehouse/rave scene into a legal, licensed venue. It was while DJing at The Eclipse that the boys first met Sasha, who proved to be a great inspiration to their career, and gave them the confidence to start producing their own blend of house music.
Parks and Wilson's production skills soon became evident with the success of early progressive house projects, such as Ritmo Rivals and Blood Brothers. But it was after teaming up with fellow Coventrian, John Graham, and forming Tilt in 1993, that things really began to blow up for the boys.
Tilt were signed up by Paul Oakenfold, for his Perfecto label, and in 1996 they had their first UK top 40 hit with 'I Dream'. This was just the start, and more big tracks followed including 'My Spirit' and 'Places'. The boys soon found that their infectious form of progressive/trance music was not only popular with radio, but was being featured on a whole range of television programmes, from soap operas to international football matches and hit TV dramas such as Queer As Folk and Six Feet Under.
After leaving Perfecto, Tilt signed to Red Jerry's brilliant Hooj Choons label, and more hit singles followed. 'Invisible' (featuring the vocal talents of Dom Atkins AKA Grace) was a top twenty hit, and 'Rendezvous' and 'The Seduction Of Orpheus' (a favourite of Danny Tenaglia) were massively influential tracks, which moved the progressive/trance-dominated house scene into previously uncharted, darker territory. Tilt had become a major force in the international dance music revolution – with their tribal drums, booming bass-lines and unforgettable melodies, they blurred the boundaries between house and trance, and supplied millions of dance music lovers worldwide with the soundtrack to their weekend. Tilt to date have had seven UK hit singles, and are now registered to the official Chart Encyclopedia in the UK.
After John Graham left Tilt to concentrate on his Quivver project in 2003, it seemed to many that Tilt's days as a creative force were over, but the duo came back with the critically acclaimed 'Left Of Centre EP', which was released on Trust The DJ Records later that year.
The two Micks then recruited respected producer, Andy Moor, and the new Tilt threesome went from strength to strength. 'The World Doesn't Know' single released in 2004 was Paul Oakenfold's number one track on his world Creamfields tour. And Tilt's highly anticipated first album,'Explorer', was released in January 2005 on the Lost Language label, along with a new single, entitled 'Twelve'.
As an extremely successful DJ duo, Parks and Wilson have produced two wildly successful Essential Mixes for the Pete Tong show on Radio One (one of which was voted second best of the year behind Sasha), and have another lined up for 2005. They do guest spots at many of the worlds top clubs and regularly play at clubs such as The Gallery at Turnmills in London, Pascha in Buenos Aires, and Yellow and The Womb in Tokyo.
Mick Wilson left Tilt in March 2005 and the duo no longer DJ together as Parks and Wilson, but Mick Park is still a very busy DJ individually, and as one half of Tilt (now Mick Park and Andy Moor) and Killahurtz, who are Mick Park and Lea Kenny (see the Killahurtz page for more info).
Mick Park is also part of Odessi, another act that includes Andy Moor, plus Leama and the vocal talents of Maria Nayler. Odessi have an Album due for release on Universal, and a new single entitled 'Beyond The Sound' due out in 2005. And if that's not enough he's also working with Dublin band, The Seven Heroes.
Without doubt Mick Park is the hardest working DJ/producer in the music business, and who would argue that his great success is not richly deserved.