"Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
After 7 years of collaborations and numerous side projects, Markey Funk (Les Hippies, Mordy Laye and the Group Modular) is finally releasing his second solo album - Instinct. However, the new record is far from following the same samplecentric path, laid by its predecessor - the 2008's (forgot the word). Instinct explores the dark corners of human consciousness in order to understand the nature of one of the most primal emotions - fear. Inspired by aesthetic of the 1970's European crime/thriller film music, Markey created his own blend of cinematic grooves, edgy psychedelia and analogue electronics. With contributions from Gal Frenkel (vocals), Uri Mixmonster Wertheim (Kalbata & Mixmonster, tape-delay), Sagi Zax (Action! Attention!, drums), Emiko Kojima (flute), and Ran Nahimas (D.R.Y., theremin), Instinct is a colourful yet tense journey, balancing on a sharp edge between harmony and dissonance, groove and abstraction, order and chaos.
released December 31, 2015
Written and arranged by Markey Funk, except A4, B1, B2 and B4 - written and arranged by Markey Funk and Gal Frenkel.
Guest musicians: Gal Frenkel - vocals; Emiko Kojima - flute on A5; Uri "Mixmonster" Wertheim - tape-delay on A5; Ran Nahmias - theremin on A6 and B6; Sagi Zax - drums on A5 and B1, additional vocals on B1; Adi Avigail Cohen - flutes on A6; Noa Anava - additional vocals on A1; Yanai Sachs - additional vocals on B1.
Drums on A5 and B1 recorded at Street Music, Tel Aviv; engineer - Yonatan Lev; Piano on A2 recorded at Musrara School, Jerusalem; engineer - Inon Peres; Vibraphone on B4 recorded at Trickster, Berlin; engineer - Freak Ass E; Male vocals on B1 taken from Kobayashi Procelain "Lehitei haKeisar" sessions.
Produced by Markey Funk for Agitação Popular Executive producer - Ofer "Schoolmaster" Tal Mastering - Uri "Mixmonster" Wertheim Artwork - Asfe Design - Markey Funk and Asfe Info & booking - markeyfunk@gmail.com Distribution - Kudos Records Distribution in Israel - Kame'a Music www.markeyfunk.com www.amontage.net