Mike Clark aka Agent X hails from Detroit, aka the Motor City. He learned his craft from local heroes like Ken Collier, Darrell Shannon and Kevin Dysard and devoured tapes of Tony Humphries and Timmy Regisford from New York. Eventually he signed with Todd Johnson's Direct Drive DJ crew (whose chief competition on the Detroit circuit was Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson's Deep Space collective) and later made a connection with the groundbreaking Hot Mix Five in Chicago. He even began a long association with radio by working with Electrifyin' Mojo. He moved into production by helping Mike Banks set up labels like Underground Resistance, Happy and Nite Gruv, and picking up his Agent X moniker in the process. He continued with more releases for Track Mode and Glenn Underground's Nite Life Collective.