Manko Eponymous is the admittedly unfortunate moniker of a festering shambling zombie, the reanimated corpse of a deceased poet, singer, songwriter, and general bard known as...um...was it "Al" something? Seems so long ago...
Anyway, the aforementioned putrescent walking dead dabbler somehow found himself spending a lot of time with bellydancers (no, I don't understand how that works either but he seems to like it and they don't seem to mind), and every now and then one would say "Hey, Stinky, stop groaning about 'Brains' and do something useful. We could use some fresh music..." and so lacking any functional autonomous decision-making neurons, Manko did what they said. Then they said "Hey, that's not bad, you should post it online," and for the reasons previously stated the zombie did what it seems a lot of zombies are doing these days and made a MySpace page.
Distant memories of past lives (and the staggering collection of backstage passes and flyers from past gigs found in his bouzouki case) suggest Manko must've played in well over a dozen bands over the years (is that even possible?), including styles ranging from bluegrass and Afro-Pop to techno, acid folk, gothic calypso, psychedelic grunge, World Fusion, and (shudder) even jazz. Itunes and emusic have graciously agreed to start distributing Manko's cds on the ZED label sometime in late August.
The pieces called "Pura Dai" and "Eliseo" were assembled on the fourth of July, 2007 for the dancer Kaihea's performance at DC Tribal's "Tribal Pura" show at the Atlas Theatre; these are extended versions of the tracks she danced to, remixed and remastered for MySpace users. "Black Rook" was one of the pieces made for Flights of Fire's opening slots before Smashing Pumpkins and the Police at the Virgin Festival. All of these and more will hopefully be on a benefit cd to help Kaihea cover her staggering medical bills, due out by summer, I think. (The cd, not the medical bills, that is.)
Oh my god, I'm your #1 friend! Out of 80! I am so totally honored! You're #3 on mine but that's only after my dance companies. Which means that you are my #1 real-life friend who is not a dance company. Rock on!
insight, beauty and bliss is what i can see and hear in your music, i just love it all, will keep checking back for more, thanks again for the add too btw. ¨‘°º Imperium º°‘
