Marcus & Simon meet at secondary school in Slough in 1986, soon discovering they had the same interests in the Hip Hop movement that had filtered over to the U.K. from America in the early 80’s (Electro, Graffiti , Breakdancing and Scratch DJing). Discovering the breaks that the DJs were cutting up and playing from all genre’s of music (Funk, Jazz, Disco, Soul, Dub, Reggae), hunting down the samples & breaks of the Hip Hop tracks they were listening to. Then -boom!- the Acid House scene took over the U.K. and they were both soon attending various raves up and down the country at weekends. Soon, there was a change in the records they were both hunting down and a different rhythm and beat was taking over. Both of them brought some equipment and decided to take up production and started making tracks in the studio under the name Filta Freqz focusing on the Funky Jackin’ House Scene.
Their discography is deep, having released tracks & remixes on a variety of labels :- Cabbie Hat, Panhandle, Greenhouse, Midwest Hustle, Skeet Traxx, Tango, Defected, Craniality Sounds, Modulate Recordings, Bid Muzik, Chicago Skyline Records, Native Soul Recordings, Deep N Dope, Droorshouse, Krome Boulevard Music, Jacked Out Traxx, The Psycho Social Club, Marinated Music, Bliss Unique Recordings, Disco Balls Records, Believe In Disco, Subcommittee Recordings, Refuge Recordings, Mood Funk Records, Get Groove Records, Lightwave Music, Too Many Rules, Whitebeard Records, Phoenix Music, Midwest Hustle, One Track Mind, HI! Reaction, Lupara Records, Moodyhouse Recordings, Traktoria, Blue Town Records, Ammo Recordings, Soul Brain Records, True House LA, Farris Wheel Recordings, Ginkgo Music, Lofrequency Recordings, Disco Project Recordings, Disco Motion Records, Smokin’ Joe Records, Soulsupplement Records, Good For You Records, Treasured Grooves, Gourmand Music Recordings, Butter Factory Records, Caliber Sounds, Sugar Shack Recordings, Full House Digital Recordings, Doin Work Records, Answegg Records, 10inch Dogg, and including their own imprint Seventy Four Records as an outlet to release their own music
TRAXSOURCE https://www.traxsource.com/label/7523/seventy-four
BEATPORT https://www.beatport.com/artist/filta-freqz/61481
TWITTER https://twitter.com/FiltaFreqz74
FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/FILTAFREQZ
INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/filtafreqz/
SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/filtafreqz
MIXCLOUD https://www.mixcloud.com/marco-manrique/
YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7VU3taqGL2FLjw5dSwcftA