Mark de Clive-Lowe (born 16 August 1974) is an American-based Japanese-New Zealand DJ, musician, composer and producer raised in Auckland and now based in Los Angeles, California.
He developed an early awareness of jazz through his father's record collection and oldest brother's piano playing,[1][3] although his formal musical training remained predominantly classical throughout his childhood.
[4] During his early teenage years in New Zealand, exposure to New jack swing through friends sparked an interest in other musical genres alongside his classical training.
[4] In 1996, De Clive-Lowe toured Japan as part of a jazz trio with bassist Tomokazu Sugimoto and drummer Nobuaki Fuji.
He has been involved with over 200 releases, collaborating artists including Lauryn Hill, Jody Watley, Shirley Horn, UK soul singer Omar, percussionist Sammy Figueroa, bass player Pino Palladino.
2017's release Live at the Blue Whale was recorded at downtown LA's Blue Whale jazz club with de Clive-Lowe on piano, keyboards and live electronics and drum programming along with saxophonist Josh Johnson, bassist Brandon Eugene Owens and Gene Coye on drums paying tribute to his own inspirational favourites: Yusef Lateef, Sun Ra and Ahmad Jamal.
[8] In 2010, de Clive-Lowe formed independent record label Mashibeats (pronounced 'mash-ee'), honouring a nickname given to him by Kaidi Tatham of Bugz in the Attic.
[10] In 2020, he began creating a community engagement model around Mashibeats funded through the use of "$MASHI" coin, a form of tradeable digital asset backed by the Rally token ($RLY), a sidechain to Ethereum.