The Morning Glory, Energy 106. Weekdays 7am to 10am (UK time)
Mark Dale
Belfast DJ since 1997, from underground hardcore to trance, house and commercial dance. Now the host of The Morning Glory on Energy 106.
Upcoming dates
Club nights and events.
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Played at
Nights with a public record, from Monroes Bar in 2010 to The Grand Social in 2026, all in Bangor.
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The Grand Social, Bangor
#BangorGoesAgain, for Addicted Promotions
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The Grand Social, Bangor
Past Present & Future with QFX
“Recorded live @ The Grand Social Bangor as part of Addicted Promotion's "Past, Present, Future" event as a tribute to the late, great DJ Tizer.”
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Monroes Bar, Bangor
Trance 2 Dance, for Addicted Promotions
“Originally recorded live at the hugely successful Trance 2 Dance event at Monroes Bar in Bangor, Northern Ireland 2010.”
The crate
Live sets, studio mixes, Energy 106 mini mixes and his own mash-ups.
50 mixes and tracks, 59 hours of music, 2 of those hours broadcast live on radio.
Featured
Dance radio
Energy 106 first, where Mark hosts The Morning Glory, then seven independent dance stations to leave on between sets. The lights follow whichever one you tune in.
Listen again
Recent episodes of The Morning Glory, from Energy 106’s own Listen Again page. Older shows drop off as new ones arrive.
Mark on the radio
Energy 106, 2026.
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Energy 106 Host of The Morning Glory, weekdays 7 to 10am
Mark hosts The Morning Glory, Monday to Friday from 7 to 10am. His Energy 106 Trance Mini Mix 1 went out on Tony Walls’ Work Place Anthems show in February 2026.
4 Energy 106 mini mixes in the crate
About
From underground hardcore in 1997 to weekday mornings on Energy 106.
Mark Dale started out in 1997 as a mainly underground hardcore DJ, then got behind the rising trance and hard house scene at the end of 1998.
Until around 2005 his sets took in hardcore, freeform, trance, hard house, drum & bass and breaks, and he played under a different name for each sound: Mark “E” Dee, Christian Sanchez, Massive MD and XLF. His Tartan Army trance series goes back to January 1999.
He made his own music too, from 1999 to 2001: the Euro dance track Calling For Your Love, and the hard house singles Music (Get Ready) and Highest Emotions.
From 2008 he went commercial under his own name, playing some of the biggest venues across Northern Ireland to thousands of people over the years.
Today he hosts The Morning Glory on Energy 106, weekdays from 7 to 10am, and keeps releasing mixes on SoundCloud, Mixcloud and YouTube, with his house sets going out as Disco Dalers. In 2026 he played The Grand Social in Bangor twice for Addicted Promotions.
This is where it all began for me as a DJ back in the 90's with the explosion of Happy Hardcore everywhere.
In his words
His mix Bass Keeps Pumpin’ Part 2 “peaked at Number 1 in the Global Eurotrance, Global Eurodance and Global Happy Hardcore Mixcloud charts in December 2023”, as he wrote on YouTube.
Also known as
- Mark “E” Dee
- Christian Sanchez
- Massive MD
- XLF
- Disco Dalers
Shared line-ups with
- QFX
- Micky Modelle
- Gleave Dobbin
- JX
- QTEX
- The Rhythmic State
- DJ Trix
His own tunes
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2023
Just The Way I NRG Jazzy vs Wankelmut mash-up
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2023
Wake Me Up Avicii vs Rick Astley vs Chumbawumba mash-up edit
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2001
Highest Emotions hard dance, written and produced by Mark
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1999
Calling For Your Love Euro dance, his first production
Watch
Mixes from his YouTube channel.
Mark Dale - 90's Happy Hardcore Classics
DJ Mark Dale - Trance 2 Dance - Trance Classics Vol.1
Press kit
For promoters
Everything you need to book Mark, on one screen.
His set at The Grand Social, Bangor, 30th August 2026, with a bonus mix he added afterwards (about 1 hour 20 minutes)
What kind of night?
Skim plays four 12-second moments from the chosen set, then carries on playing.
- Based in
- Belfast
- DJing since
- 1997
- On air
- The Morning Glory, Energy 106, weekdays 7 to 10am
- Styles
- Trance, house, happy hardcore and old skool, commercial dance and EDM
- Recent dates
- The Grand Social, Bangor, 5th April and 30th August 2026
- Next date
What he plays
From 48 tracklists Mark published with his mixes (25th September 2026):
- Joel Corryin 11 sets
- D.O.Din 11
- Nathan Dawein 11
- Ella Hendersonin 10
- Shugzin 9
His own productions: 4 plays across 4 sets.
Bios, ready to copy
Poster line
24 wordsMark Dale: Belfast DJ since 1997 and host of The Morning Glory on Energy 106. Trance, house, happy hardcore, old skool and commercial dance.
Short bio
85 wordsMark Dale is a Belfast DJ and the host of The Morning Glory on Energy 106, weekdays from 7 to 10am. He started out in 1997 as a mainly underground hardcore DJ, got behind the rising trance and hard house scene at the end of 1998, and played under several names, including Mark “E” Dee and Christian Sanchez. From 2008 he went commercial under his own name, playing venues across Northern Ireland. In 2026 he played The Grand Social in Bangor twice for Addicted Promotions.
Long bio
228 wordsMark Dale is a Belfast DJ who has been playing since 1997, and the host of The Morning Glory on Energy 106, weekdays from 7 to 10am. He started out as a mainly underground hardcore DJ before getting behind the rising trance and hard house scene at the end of 1998.
Until around 2005 his sets took in hardcore, freeform, trance, hard house, drum & bass and breaks, and he played under a different name for each: Mark “E” Dee for happy hardcore, freeform and euphoric trance; Christian Sanchez for hip hop, drum & bass, hard trance and hard house; Massive MD for progressive trance and house; and XLF for breakbeat hardcore and bouncecore. His Tartan Army trance series goes back to January 1999.
He made his own music too, from 1999 to 2001: the Euro dance track Calling For Your Love, and the hard house singles Music (Get Ready) and Highest Emotions.
From 2008 he went commercial and played under his own name, in some of the biggest venues across Northern Ireland. His mixes run from 90s happy hardcore and piano classics to trance, commercial EDM and the house series he releases as Disco Dalers, on SoundCloud, Mixcloud and YouTube. In 2026 he played The Grand Social in Bangor for Addicted Promotions twice: Past Present & Future with QFX on 5th April, and #BangorGoesAgain on 30th August.
Press photos: message Mark on Facebook.
Book Mark
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- Trance, house, old skool or commercial sets
- Press and interview requests
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