B-Side the Leeside: The Mighty Quark kicks up a Smokescreen

Mark O'Sullivan may have recorded with the likes of Morten Harket and Leftfield, but there's a strong Cork soccer strand running through his output

Mark O'Sullivan, aka the Mighty Quark, on the decks in Cork in 2007. 

In December 1999, chart-topping dance duo Leftfield went on Swedish radio to discuss their favourite tracks of the year. Among the tunes they picked was a house banger called 'Smokescreen'. However, it was more than a song. It was a mystery, too.

“They said, ‘yeah…we’re trying to track this guy down. We heard he’s English and lives in London but nobody can find him’. And the interviewer says, ‘actually, he’s my neighbour’. So the next day Leftfield called me.”