Markey Funk a.k.a. O.B.Server, a.k.a. Knuf Yekram, a.k.a. Aquarela, ex-member of BangLaDeath, Templemir, Helix/Monstep and Soulguards.
Influences
My sister, my family, my girlfriend, my friends, places, Jerusalem, St-Petersburg (the original), Minsk, graffiti, art, design, photography, literature, cinema, music, crate digging.
Futurism, Avant Guard, Black Culture and Consciousness, Early Psychedelia, Absurd, Musique Concrete, Tape Music and Early Electronic Music, Surrealism & Dada, Costructivism, Brasilian & African rhythms, harmonies and instruments, 20th century composers, Art Noveau, Science Fiction and Reality, Hip-Hop culture, Anarchism, Planet Earth, Saturn, Solar System, Nature (earth and human), Human Soul and Human Mind...
Everyone I meet, everything I hear & everything I see...
Everything had started when I had my first record (The Beatles' white album) from my parents... or my first tape (some russian underground bands) from my sister... then "Smells Like Teen Spirit", then "One Hot Minute", then Goldie, then Portishead, then White Noise, then The Prodigy, then Aphex Twin, Orbital, Orb and FSOL, then DJ Shadow...
no... let's count another way...
Everything had started when I was studying in a music school. Then I started a band with a classmate... it ended too fast... just as I finished my music studies... and then i started experimenting with tapes, guitar, piano... recording, double speed, microphone overdubs one by one... then first experiments with computer... birth of O.B.Server... my first tapes made only for myself and almost never copied to anybody... then - completely next level... Acid 1.0... first radio appearance 7 months later... then 10Eyes recorded and produced in 2 months.. 10Eyes' radio appearance and moving to Jerusalem in 3 weeks... exactly one year later i played my first DJ gig... then - BangLaDeath... there's been good times and there's been bad times... since 2003 things started to change... starting AMN... back in Diwan... first BLD gig in Jerusalem... soundtrack for MYM... Saturday Night Shelter... freestyle DJ championship... meeting RadioTrip and The Apples... 2nd place... gigs-gigs-gigs, diggin-diggin-diggin... first radio appearance in Israel on RadioTrip's show at 106 FM... 2004... BLD touring with Rocky B.... Hug haTaklit... more and more gigs... starting to work with A7 and Boiler (2 months later)... recording BLD's demo... meeting Coolooloosh.. meeting ivo.lola... leaving BLD... developing directions in solo work... founding Agitpop, starting Templemir, soundtrack for UrbanShift... developing AMN Manifesto with Rocky B... 2005... 4deck show with DJ Mesh... Diwan closing... first A7's recordings... A MONTH IN Saint-Petersburg... vacation... +some gigs and digging... back in Jerusalem... Agitpop Records developement and opening... collaborative work with Rocky B... meeting Helix... recording and performing... warming up for Coolooloosh & The Apples... freestyle DJ championship... more gigs, more diggin, more writing... production of Markey Funk & Rocky B. "Windrose EP"... remix for Kobayashi Porcelain... soundtrack for "Wings" by Sasha Bushuev... "Windrose" release on 9.08.2006... "Go Ask Alice - A Tale of Psychedelia" 3-hour radio project for Kol ha-Kampus, Tel-Aviv... "Aeon Flux: To Live only Once but with Hope" imaginary soundtrack for Kol ha-Kampus, Tel-Aviv, "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" mix for the Blind Janitor magazine... "Soul Power" - weekly program on Mt. Scopus Radio, 106 FM, Jerusalem... band-dj with The Soulguards until august 2007... production and release of "BEATS!!!! vol. 1 - Beats from Amn Manifesto Shows 2003-2004" on June 9th 2007... warming up for Kid Koala and doing a 4-turntable showcase with RadioTrip, Walter the Einstein Frog, Todres and Galo... producing 2 tracks for Sagol 59... working with Noa Anava... support DJ-sets at the friday afternoons festival of Mishkenot Shaananim, Jerusalem... constantly perfroming with A7 aka Rebel Sun and Abirei haShulhan haAgol... doing James Brown and Sun Ra audio-visual tribute nights at Uganda... Music Explorer night at Uganda with visual support by Kimberly Clark (Robocop II)... supporting The Apples on their autumn israeli tour...
סופסוף זה קורה - האלבום החדש שלנו כבר בחנויות והכל מוכן לקראת מופע ההשקה המרגש שמתקרב ובא
הופעה חגיגית זאת תערך בביתן 10 שבגני התערוכה, תל אביב - ותהיה ההופעה האחרונה שלנו בארץ לשנת 2008.
אחרי מספר סיבובי הופעות בארץ ובאירופה אנו מגיעים במלוא הדרנו להופעה ענקית וחסרת תקדים במימדיה! אחרי שנותרו מאות מאוכזבים מחוץ להופעות האחרונות, החלטנו ללכת על מיקום גדול ומרווח מגובה בסאונד משובח, תפאורה ראוייה, אורחים מיוחדים ושלל הפתעות נוספות
בין האורחים - אנדי סמית', שלמה בר, הודסקא ועוד
ובכן, אתם כמובן מוזמנים בהמוניכם להצטרף לחגיגה – כרטיסים מוזלים אפשר להשיג בנקודות המכירה בכל הארץ, קנו כרטיסים במכירה מוקדמת - זה זול יותר ונוח יותר..
This Saturday a Very Special Evening @ The new hot club in town - "THE BLOCK" It's all about ORGANIC music, Funk / HipHop / Old Skool and even some Swing and Calypso at the back room ... We play a FULL SHOW with some new tunes ! FIRE !
Doors open @ 19:00 Come early to enjoy the vibes and the treats at the yard ! FREE before 9 30 nis after.
After our album launch with the legendary Kid Koala, we are proud to celebrate Digital_Me's new album with the amazing DAEDELUS(!) that will play a LIVE show on his crazy box (the Monome).
This Friday Daedelus is coming to Tel Aviv (straight from LA) for the first time and we are absolutely sure he will blow your minds!
with a new great album on NINJA TUNE and a very unique sound , Daedelus is someone you should definitely get to know !
check his space- www. myspace. com/daedelusdarling
and peep at the videos- http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=kRJ2YvRv3N4 http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=TkMGF439lGg&feature=related
He will play a LIVE show on his crazy box. expect the unexpected.
Local support from:
Digital_me (who will celebrate the release of his new album on Audio Montage) Radiotrip (Schoolmaster and Mixmonster from The Apples) Walter & Turtle (Yes, that's us)
It's all going down at The Block club.
The club is still under construction (will officially be opened in august) but it looks great, sounds great and you know we like it raw!
In other words, DONT MISS!!!!
Friday 18/07, 23:00 The Block - 35 David Hachmi street 70 nis @ the door 50 on the list.
