Creating music under numerous aliases and projects for over three decades, Barrott has carved out an influential space in everything from early breakbeat futurism to Balearic folk, orchestral ambient to global electronica. Over the years, Barrott has made drum’n’bass for hippies, turned 80s stars Tears For Fears ambient, put Uruguay on the electronic music map, lived off-grid in bandit country, soundtracked deluxe hotels worldwide, single handedly revived the Balearic music scene, and made his DJ residency in one of the most unique and stunning spots in the world a bucket-list destination – all powered by his endless creative ambition, but without ever once having had any semblance of an underlying plan.
Barrott released his most personal record to date ‘Everything Changes, Nothing Ends’ in 2024, written in the wake of his wife Sara’s passing with whom he shared 25 years between Berlin and rural Ibiza. The album received widespread critical acclaim.
Now back living in his spiritual home, Ibiza, he’s lived a colourful life. “I’ve been around, and I’ve basically realised there’s five things that make me happy. There’s cats, there’s test match cricket, there’s Ibiza, there’s reading… and the fifth is making music.”
From his working-class upbringing in Sheffield to the sun-soaked beaches of Ibiza, Barrott has spent over three decades shaping his sound. Inspired by electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk and The Human League, he was releasing music under the Future Loop Foundation alias in the early 90s, and became the first live act to play on Fabio & Grooverider’s 1 in the Jungle BBC radio show – a landmark moment for the genre. Commissioned to write for the first MTV Europe Music Awards, a career composing for film, television, and global brands followed, working with Sky and major hotel chains like W, Park Hyatt, and Radisson, where he served as a global music consultant, providing music services to the luxury hospitality industry.
Barrott’s luxurious, tropical ‘Bush Society’ single followed in 2015 – now steaming in the millions – and famously opened Bicep’s 2017 BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix. Follow-up single, the near-beatless ‘Cascades’ was equally as impressive, described by François K as “one of the most important records I’d ever heard” and asked to remix it, for free.
In 2023, his album ‘Jōhatsu (蒸発)’ arrived via Anjunachill. Inspired by Japanese aesthetics and the phenomenon of silent disappearances, it examined themes of presence, memory, and impermanence. The deeply personal ‘Everything Changes, Nothing Ends’ followed in 2024.
Mark Barrott ‘The Exit Diaries’
18th June 2026
Tracklist:
1. Variation (I)
2. Variation (II)
3. Variation (III)
4. Variation (IV)
5. Variation (V)
6. Variation (VI)
7. Light Variations (Continuous)
8. When Devils Became Gods
9. The Stone Cutter’s Dilemma
10. Land (III)
11. Quarries
12. Closer
13. Homo Homini Lupus
14. The Stone Tape (Continuous)
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