Mark Hardy | Music Producer & DJ

🌀 Full Circle Summer 🌀 This summer was a wild one. The biggest gigs of my life so far. Sharing stages with artists I admire. Traveling for music and bringing friends along for the ride. Every show has felt like a new milestone, a step further into what I’ve dreamed of creating through music and community. It’s been surreal - in the best way - because just one year ago, Lera was diagnosed with breast cancer. Two years ago, we were grieving her mom. Life has thrown some heavy stuff at us, but somehow, we’ve grown through all of it. And through every moment - the good, the tough, the in-between - the dancefloor kept showing up for us. As a place to process. To celebrate. To heal. We’ve got so much gratitude for everyone who’s been there. the friends who showed up, who danced with us, who reminded us what this is all for. Over the next few weeks I’ll share some of the moments that changed everything. and what’s next. Because this story’s still being written. 📸: @manny_dan_media @unitingsoulsmusic 4th of July Party Closing out the night after @justinmartin at @monkey_loft

🎶Why I’m Building Something Bigger Than Myself it’s finally time to open up more: about my process, my passion, and why I’ve invested so much of my time and energy into my art. 🌀 Here’s the truth: I believe that by fully exploring and expressing myself, I make not just my own life better - but the lives of everyone around me I believe self-actualization is a path to collective liberation - that when each of us becomes more of who we truly are, we break free from a system designed to define, control, and limit our potential. ⛓️‍💥 I believe we can build a new paradigm - one where art, music, and creativity are at the center of life, not pushed to the margins. A world where prosperity grows from shared celebration - not from war, division, or exploitation. There’s a lot more I want to share. But this feels like a good place to start. Love & Respect 💕

Thank you for making AASB a smashing success! 🧐 Anyone who attended understands the special magic our team created. 🤓 🌄 Our event is about what is possible when we work together with a team of like minded individuals - not as competitors, but as collaborators who lift each other up. 👏🏽 We are filled with so much gratitude: To our amazing crew for sharing the vision and pulling this off, ⛵️ and to our community for coming out to experience this next iteration of @asabovesobelowpnw - we have heard your kind words about our event. It inspires us to take the next one even further !!! ⛪️ Please see more thank you’s in the comments below. And please, DM us your photos and videos - we would love to see them! & we hope to see you 10/26 @ Manresa Castle To the teamily @quilcene.lantern for welcoming our community into the amazing space they steward, especially Bergen for coordinating on their end To @tysonayersarts for designing a next level set for us & guiding us through the build To Ian @immersionxrviz for bringing lasers and projection mapping to take the space even further Moozluz @caraway_connell for designing an amazing light setup & sharing his production wisdom @bowboybebop for leading the most harrowing parts of the buildout @adaptogenmusic for helping spot all the places things were falling through the cracks and pushing things along when they were being delayed To my amazing wife @lerakristina for playing this same role and also encouraging me to push forward when it has felt like we are doing the impossible Davy @bobby.4.bobby for coordinating our performers and go go dancers in the ever changing landscape of the run of show Nico @artbypendragon for creating an amazing installation which I hope is the first of many we design on this scale

Rejection is progress I have submitted to @basscoastfest before, but this is the first year I have heard back. I appreciate the thoughtful message letting me know I am on the right track The ones who make it are the ones who get back up and keep doing the work every day

Ok, winter is over. And according to some calendars it is now summer Here’s what I’ve been up to

@markhardyhere does a beautiful remix of Qwikkets! Available now on @beatport #newrelease #instagood #instamusic

IN THE ROUND — A 360° Dance Experience 📍 Jefferson County Fairgrounds 🗓 Friday, February 27, 2026 🎟 FREE • All Ages | 7p - 11p Following the Port Townsend Arts Awards, join us for a fully immersive, in-the-round dance floor presented by As Above, So Below + Salish Sound in conjunction with Port Townsend Soundcheck. We’re bringing the full As Above, So Below custom sound system and placing the DJs at the center - literally. A 360° experience where performers and audience share the same space. ✨ Lineup: • Peninsula Ecstatic founder Gabrielle Gribbin • Farm2Turntable & beyond dynamo DJ LunchLady • As Above, So Below producer Mark Hardy A statement of what this community is capable of - not just local talent, but a fully realized scene with the sound, vision, and depth to stand on any stage. All ages. Free. Come dance.

From loading speakers to building stages to holding space on the dance floor. Appreciate the Peninsula Daily News for covering the journey behind @asabovesobelowpnw and the sound system that’s become the backbone of our events. DIY. Community-built. Made to move bodies and shift perception. Rave is alive out here.

2025 was the end of a cycle. Direct support for @barclaycrenshaw aka @vonstroke Closing @monkey_loft after @justinmartin with @unitingsoulsmusic @cascadianwfest A finished (unfinished) sound system @asabovesobelowpnw reaching new heights Learning the DJ lineage. Finding my place in it. Taking the work - and myself - more seriously, while staying more relaxed. Year of the Snake 🐍 Shedding what no longer serves. Endings, beginnings, and the quiet cost of growth. Some people may never understand me. I finally understand they don’t need to. I’m grateful & ready to push even further in 2026.

Our annual New Year’s Ceremony returns, 9PM - 3AM at Manresa Castle. 21+, $30 Adv / $40 Door, Tickets Included with Rooms Three rooms. Three paths. Ritual without belief or hierarchy. A gathering of self-appointed leaders, DIY spiritual guides, and founders of highly unofficial belief systems. Dress as the leader of your soon-to-be-religion, or perhaps you simply look good in robes. Bring curiosity. Being respect. When the clock strikes midnight we transcend… sort of.

Dystopian realities aside - how do I navigate getting my upcoming music out in the world when so many people listen on Spotify but Spotify is so inequitable? Should I eat meat? Do I use solar? Are consumers the problem? How do you have conversations about these things when people rarely read captions on Instagram? (Shoutout readers) Posting these with my track “Seize Control” which Spotify said experienced a “lift” this year. It’s a protest track about taking back things like Spotify’s control over music, just the kinda primal urge to rise up. Good year for it. It’s wild to think that even tho I didn’t release anything this calendar year and focused on leveling up my production quality, events, and just dealt with the chaos of life that people listened to 81,000 minutes of my extremely limited catalog. I am mostly settled in a new home, with a new home studio up and running. I have some new tracks going and am excited to share some of what I’m working on widja

If you know what’s going on in dance music right now you know we were lucky to go on a field trip to see @mph_uk in Portland for $30 at a small venue, just a month after @thomasbangalter of @daftpunk came out of 20 years retirement in an unannounced b2b2b with @fredagainagainagainagainagain and @edbanger to close out one of Paris most famous music venues. He played disco classics, Daft Punk’s greatest hits, and one of @mph_uk ’s unreleased tunes. For the past couple of years MPH has been present in my sets as the UK sound continues to shape global dance Slide 1: What was supposed to be a meeting about @asabovesobelowpnw evolved into a field trip Slide 2: Lots of talk of aliens and 3I/ATLAS. This next to our crash pad Slide 3: Some of the set and what is this penguin visual Slide 4: always love a good vintage shop in Portland if you want to see people on the forefront of the new sound and want to go on a field trip, next up is Vancouver BC in February