MC Mario

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MC Mario is the professional name of Mario Trembley (born ca. 1958), a Canadian radio and club disc jockey who has sold over 2 million albums in Canada.

The Montreal-based performer is best known for his remix compilation albums, widely-marketed in Canada since the 1990s, and for his syndicated weekly radio programs The Mixdown and The Party Mix. Since 2004, his Mixdown has also appeared on bpm:tv. He is a member of the Canadian Dance Hall of Fame, and was nominated for a 2003 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year for "All That I Like." His proponents have lauded his ability to get people moving, his popularization of dance music in the mainstream, and his ability to introduce comparatively rare European music to the Canadian market. Detractors, however, have derided him for simply playing to the mainstream and lack of originality in his DJ-ing.

Mario is signed to Sony-BMG Music (Canada), who also distribute his own label, Tycoon Records.

He now co-owns Club 1234, a Montreal nightclub.

MC Mario made many productions and remixes in the 80's, 90's and 2000's.

He had many artist name : in the late 70's and 80's, it was Mario Tremblay and Zinthetyzër (A group that created the hits "Green Onion" in 1982 and "Money-Money" in 1984).

He produced DJ Mixes in 1982 like Downtown no 1 and Hot Plate no 6. In addition, He produced many remixes like Da Da Da from Funk Machine (in 1982).

In the 90's, his artist name was MC Mario Mastermind. He worked for Quality Music in the first time and Polytel after. He produced many compilations like :

Hits Of The World (CD) Quality Records / Quality Music & Video 1993 Back To Basics (CD) Quality Records / Quality Music & Video, Columbia House 1994 The Dance Cycle (CD) Quality Records / Quality Music & Video 1994 King Size (CD) Quality Records / Quality Music & Video 1995


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1994 Back to Basics Quality Records
1994 The Dance Cycle Quality Records
1995 King Size Quality Records
1995 Rewinds Polytel
1995 Feeling Station Polytel
1996 Connexion Polytel
1996 100 % Natural Dance Polytel
1996 La crème de la crème Polytel
1996 Rewind Vol. 2 Polytel
1997 Danceteria Polytel
1997 Dance 2000 Sony
1997 Back Track Sony
1998 Mixdown 98 Sony
1998 Sun Jammin' 98 Sony
1998 Dance 2001 Sony
1999 Mixdown 99 Sony
1999 '99 In the Sun Sony
1999 Dance 2002 Sony
2000 Mixdown 2000 Sony
2000 Sun Factory Sony
2000 90's Rewind Sony
2000 Party Mix Sony
2001 Mixdown 2001 Sony
2001 Sun Factory 2 Sony
2001 MCMARIO.COM Sony
2001 80's Rewind Sony
2002 Mixdown 2002 Sony
2002 Sun Factory 3 Sony
2002 Classic Rewind Sony
2002 Party Mix Canada Sony
2003 Mixdown 2003 Sony
2003 Sun Factory 4 Sony
2003 MCMARIO.COM V2.0 Sony
2004 Mixdown 2004 Sony
2004 Trance Divas Sony
2004 Sun Factory 5 Sony
2004 Party Mix 2004 Sony
2005 Mixdown 2005 Sony
2005 Sun Factory 6 Sony
2005 Party Mix 2K5 Sony
2006 Mixdown 2006 Sony
2006 Sun Factory 7 Sony
2006 Party Mix 2K6 Sony
2007 Mixdown 2007 Sony

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