Mark Farina developed his musical tastes in Chicago listening to house music on the radio while living in one of the country's most primordial breeding grounds for the genre. 

Farina first started wandering from the purist forms of House towards his trademark down tempo style - Mushroom Jazz - when he was DJing in both the main and the side rooms at Chicago nightclubs in the same night. Mark experimented with a slower style, dropping De La Soul, Herbie Hancock, funk classics and other stuff that wasn't being played in the main room. This resulted in Mark releasing a small run of mix tapes entitled "Mushroom Jazz" which featured his jazzy down tempo style. 

The Mushroom Jazz tapes grew from the first run of 50 copies to the next run at 500 copies. Today, these early releases are highly sought after items around the globe, and the series is widely recognisable, and much loved, worldwide. 

Mushroom Jazz 7 is the latest installment in the groundbreaking compilation series, featuring Farina's signature hip-hop, jazz-infused, downtempo, dance floor friendly beats. 

This time around, he deftly mixes and arranges tracks by some of the world's most dynamic artists including Andy Caldwell, Billa Qause, Colossus, Dave Allison, Derek Dunbar, The Hue, Giano & Michael Knight, Jazz Spastiks, Joshua Heath, Lurob, Slakah the Beatchild, Tommy Largo and Uneaq. The result; a seamless, crisp, hypnotic and sublime journey – true to the easygoing essence that is Mushroom Jazz.