Mark Kamins is a
New York club
DJ.
He is best known for helping launch the career of one-time girlfriend
Madonna by presenting a
demo to
Seymour Stein of
Sire Records. He also produced her first single "Everybody" in 1982. Kamins had bugged Stein about becoming a producer, but Stein said he had to find his own artists first; when he heard the demo of "Everybody", Stein had Madonna brought to the hospital where he was admitted to sign her.
Kamins worked closely with controversial performance artist
Karen Finley on her obscenity-laden disco tracks, two of which - "Tales of Taboo" and "Lick It" - became underground dance hits. Subsequent work included projects for
Tommy Page,
David Byrne of the
Talking Heads,
Ofra Haza, the
Beastie Boys,
Sinéad O'Connor and
UB40.
More recent work includes production work for the trance/opera dance fusion artist
Sasha Lazard, who performed for 8,000 people in
Ibiza, Spain in 1999 to choreography by former Madonna Blonde Ambition Tour dancer "Slam".