Mark Pistel is a producer, engineer, programmer, remixer and song writer, who has been working in the genres of Electronic music, Experimental music, Break Beat, Hip-Hop, and Dance, since 1988.

Pistel works out of the San Francisco recording studio called Room 5.

Pistel was a founding member of the band, Consolidated

Consolidated

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, and has contributed to recordings as varied as artists such as Meat Beat Manifesto

Meat Beat Manifesto

Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened to Meat Beat or MBM, is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens formed in 1987 in Swindon, UK...

, Tino Corp.

Tino Corp.

Tino Corp. is a record label that is "dedicated to curating unique beats and sounds", including funky breaks and scratching records. It is made up of the following people:...

, Latin Soul Syndicate

Latin Soul Syndicate

Latin Soul Syndicate is a San Francisco-based band that formed in 2003. On each of their three albums, the core members are joined by a collective of Bay Area based musicians including members of Santana, Chuck Prophet, and Jonathan Richman.Their songs include a blend of upbeat Latin soul,...

, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy was an American industrial hip-hop band, active during the early 1990s.The band was formed in 1990 by Michael Franti and Rono Tse, who had been in the Beatnigs, and introduced the work of guitarist Charlie Hunter...

, MC 900 Foot Jesus, Machines of Loving Grace

Machines of Loving Grace

Machines of Loving Grace was an industrial rock band from Tucson, Arizona.Named for a Richard Brautigan poem, they formed in 1989. The original lineup consisted of Scott Benzel , Stuart Kupers , and Mike Fisher , with Brad Kemp added shortly thereafter...

, ledenhed, BlackMahal, Hector Zazou

Hector Zazou

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 and Grace Jones

Grace Jones

Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...

. He was also lead guitarist and producer for the San Francisco rock band Hot Mute in the early to mid 2000s.