marco strous was born in portugal and landed in bristol as a student. he finished a two year dj and electronic music production course at dbs institute in cornwall, then moved up for a degree in electronic music production at the same school's bristol campus, and he has been based in the city since.

the first break came in 2017. a track of his called Persistence got passed along to cr2 records and signed on the spot, and it turned up on the label's best of cr2 2017 compilation on 15 december that year.

I like to think of the track as a pep talk which you can dance to!

marco strous to dbs institute, 7 october 2017

the run since has been steady rather than loud. Rain Dance and Good Boy came out on revival new york on 16 september 2022. Kiki followed on g-spot records on 10 february 2023 and Slay on planetx on 31 march 2023. black book records has become his main home, with Snogo on 28 july 2023, In the Park and Snakes on 14 june 2024, Tootsie Pop on 7 march 2025 and Monkey Swag on 5 december 2025.

2026 stepped things up. Professor X, cut with rusko, arrived on black book records on 20 march, and a remix of quiero verte bailar built together with Chris Lake came out on primavera labels on 26 may.

his own tour page runs him across north america from august to november 2026. he plays ilesoniq at parc jean drapeau in montreal on 8 august, splash house in palm springs on 9 august, night trip in scottsdale on 29 august, the fox theatre in boulder on 10 september, the aggie theatre in fort collins on 11 september and crssd in san diego on 26 september.