Mark Sixma
Quick Facts
Biography
Mark Sixma ([ˈmɑr(ə)k ˈsɪksma]) is a Dutch trance and house music producer and DJ. In his career, Sixma has worked on collaborations with Armin van Buuren, Faruk Sabanci and W&W, among others. He’s best known for his hit singles Sinfonia, X, Chased with Andrew Rayel, & Panta Rhei with Armin van Buuren.
Career
Mark Sixma made his first notable trance music production with Def Tactical whilst also releasing a Project 6 E.P at Five AM Records. This was followed up by a release called Destination 6 and received 'Tune of the Week’ status on Armin van Buuren’s radio show, A State Of Trance. His next single led him signing up to record label Armada Music, 'Fade 2 Black' made him once again earn a 'Tune of the Week' status on A State Of Trance.
Armin van Buuren has selected Sixma's tracks for his annual A State Of Trance compilation for three years. Armin also featured one of Sixma's tracks on his Wii Game and also gave him the opportunity to remix Minack, the collaboration between Armin Van Buuren and Ferry Corsten.
In 2013 Sixma released a single called 'Requiem' on W&W's 'Mainstage Music' label which it made it to the top in the Beatport trance chart and was the most played trance track in 2013. He also remixed the iconic song called 'Adagio for Strings' in which was supported by many artists like Armin van Buuren, Markus Schulz, Cosmic Gate and Andrew Rayel.
He toured around the globe with A State of Trance Festival alongside Ferry Corsten, Armin Van Buuren and other DJs, and also performed at Ultra Music Festival. He has not entered the DJ Mag top 100 DJs poll.
Discography
Singles
2007
- "Destination 6"
- "Invictus"
2008
- "Fade 2 Black"
- "Visionary"
- "Amazon Dawn / There And Back Again"
2009
- "Piranha"
- "Into The Unknown / Byte Me"
- "Interplay"
- "Origin"
- "Paradise Lost / Opus Sectrum"
- "Terminal 69"
- "Deep Inside"
- "Silverback / Ultimatum"
2010
- "Hidden Light"
- "The Flow"
- "Walking Away"
- "Forsaken"
- "The Rising / Obscura"
- "Genesis / Inferno"
- "Want To Fly"
- "Days Of Wonder"
2011
- "Unspoken / Forgotten Shores"
- "Twist"
- "Fair & Square"
- "Arrivals"
2012
- "Cupid's Casualty"
- "Starbust"
- "Perlas"
2013
- "Requiem"
- "Rio"
- "Tripod"
- "Character"
- "Refused"
2014
- "The Saga"
- "Shadow"
- "Adagio For Strings"
- "Rise Up"
2015
- "Vendetta"
- "Panta Rhei"
- "Stellar"
- "Connected"
- "Restless Hearts"
- "Chased"
2016
- "Cupid's Casualty"
- "Way to Happyness"
- "Fuego"
- "Omega"
- "Rebirth"
2017
- "Invincible"
- "Heartbeat"
- "Destiny"
- "Missing"
2018
- "Prime"
- "Sinfonia"
- "Sphere"
- "The Clock"
2019
- "The Bass"
- "X"
- "Anasthasia" (vs. T99)
2020
- "Paint the Sky"
- "Our Song"
- "Never Forgotten"
Remixes
- 2016
- Cosmic Gate - Exploration of Space (Mark Sixma Remix)
- 2018
- Andrew Rayel and David Gravell — "Trance Reborn (FYH100 Anthem)" (Mark Sixma Remix)
- Binary Finary - "1998" (Mark Sixma Remix)