Mark Anthony Gladden, a.k.a Xene Martel, is an Electronic Dance Music Indie Artist, born and raised in the heart of the south Saint Louis, Missouri area. Xene's love, and passion, for music began in 2010 when he attended his first rave, at his first anime convention that was known as Kawa Con. Since then, he's began to make mashups of some of the songs that he liked. Later on, Xene had began transitioning over to the producer side of the spectrum, thus making his own music tracks. Although he has made EDM tracks, Xene is a multi-genre indie artist, with genres that include House, Techno, Trap, Dubstep, Trance, Industrial, etc. Some of Xene's inspirational artists include Kaskade, Deadmau5, Daft Punk, Flux Pavilion, and Krewella.