MKZ began electronic musical production on the Korg Electribe EMX and ESX in 2008 in his home town of Dallas Texas, and throughout highschool MKZ began learning to DJ with a fellow classmate. By 2009 he was releasing his first mixes and production previews on his soundcloud page. He located to Austin, TX to attend school and though studies restricted his time in the studio, he began DJing with production companies such as Real Music Events, Oh Bleep!, Beat Binge and Disco Donnie. MKZ has played at venues such as Kingdom Austin, Republic Live, Stubbs, Austin Music Hall, The Marc and The Nook and has performed opening sets and shared the stage with DJ/producers such as: Yellow Claw, Sandro Silva, Oliver Twizt, DJ Andrew Parsons, Darude, DJ SNAKE, Caspa, Trolley Snatcha, Subscape, Delta Heavy, Sub Focus, Destructo, Alex Metric, Protohype, Caked Up, Mija, Candyland, 12th Planet, Bro Safari and Crizzly. In MKZ's sets you can expect a wide variety of genres with a heavy influence on bass and particularly dubstep.