Growing up in Durban, South Africa on the beach, as a kid his passionate was surfing. 1989s was the year of explosion of the heavy acid house movement across South Africa which was to be the decisive influence over Dean Marc 's musical direction. These new sounds from pulsing from urban warehouses shook his musical belief system to the core. At the age of 21 he relocated to Zurich, Switzerland, where he met a dj producer, Pedro Flores, who gave him inspiration. With this combination of experience he was to emerge with focus for forward thinking, original house and techno and underlying int..