Belief Systems Recordings label founder and recording artist Darin Marshall first heard the sounds of Acid House in San Diego in 1989 while club-hopping and record shopping in Southern California. His early electronic music influences ranged from Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk to Nine Inch Nails and Nitzer Ebb.
After moving to the Bay Area in 1990 to test audio and MIDI recording software with Opcode Systems, Inc., Darin began to dabble in the emerging genres of house, techno and electro music back when the electronica genre was still referred to as techno by the press.
In 1995, Belief Systems Recordings was created and, under the new electronica umbrella, the trance, techno, and electro genres would never be the same again as the label's critically acclaimed releases were quickly tossed into the mixes of respected club DJs around the globe.
Belief Systems Recordings emerged from its early progressive trance origins and has since added a unique California twist to the minimal techno, IDM and classic 80s electro genres. The latest sonic experiments from Belief Systems founder and artist Darin Marshall flash back vivid memories of acid house, techno and electro classics with a personal, contemporary progressive techno slant.
Darin's unique approach to the musical construction process has evolved and mutated as the electronica genre has matured and evolved into a wide variety of specialized sub-genres and styles. His unique artistic progression and distinctive musical style can be observed by sampling the diverse palette of music he's produced and released on Belief Systems Recordings and many other record labels.
Darin currently assembles and arranges his eclectic cuts from within the cavernous walls of the Vulcan Foundry in Oakland, CA's Fruitvale artist live/work warehouse...
