The life of a DJ – Mark Sebastian

Mark Sebastian Kiss DJ

Mark is a wonderful character full of fascinating stories and he agreed to sit down for a chat with us. Join us for a great chat!

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Show notes

  • Mark Sebastian was born in Cheshire, UK.
  • Holidays in Majorca led to getting a job there and explored playing records in clubs.
  • A company called “Music Service” sent Mark out to ski-resorts, like Wengen.
  • He started at St Thomas Hospital Radio in London and then moved into the pirate radio scene in London: Kiss100 and JazzFM… Mark’s training ground.
  • The KissFM Franchise and moving to the Algarve in 1997.
  • Interviewing DJ Christian F. about his song “Secret” which is all about the Algarve.
  • Mark Sebastian DJ’s at a lot of weddings during the summers: best wedding location is Ferragudo. Also another great one is Praia Senhora da Rocha
  • Quarteira is a great suggestion to spend some time: reasonably priced and up and coming.
  • Portuguese wine and the Bacchus Festival also known as the Portugal Wine Fair.
  • We chat about the local Jazz scene in the Algarve: Cafe Ingles in Silves, Jazz in the São Bras museum every month, Jazz in Faro and Jazz Festival in Loulé.
  • Changes to the Algarve in the last 20 years: Roundabouts, shopping centres and tolls on the A22 highway.
  • What NOT to miss in the Algarve: the Ria Formosa islands, Faro with it’s funky streets and bars, Quarteira up and coming, Lagos, Monchique … “there are not many horrible places in the Algarve”.
  • Whats up at 5.30pm every day on KissFM  Mark mentions a website called Eventer Bee and for the life of me I can’t find it. Can you?
  • KissFM Facebook Every day Mark is on KissFM Radio from 4-8pm www.kissfm.pt

4 Comments

  1. Michael Deeming

    Great DJ, always like to hear him when on holiday in the Algavre.

  2. Srephen Lynn

    Always enjoyed Marks Playlist rack in the day Blushes Cafe Choice FM / Cheers Mark👍 lovely jubbly🙏

  3. John Wilkerson

    I listened to him in the mid-70s when I was a young teenager on Q102. He always closed the show at night with stairway to heaven and at the very end of it when Robert Plant sings “ and she’s buying a stairway to Heaven”, at the pause after he said stairway, Mark would always whisper “bite me”. Myself, and all of my friends thought it was so cool. Just a blast from the past. I was telling my wife about it the other day, and had to look him up to see if he was still around.

  4. All Cheshire lads are excellent. Mark is a good DJ

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