Malk Faib | tl

There are at least two artists sharing the name Malk. 1) Malk is a drum'n'bass producer form Minsk, Belarus. 2) MALK is a four piece dark surf/noise pop band from the Lower Mainland, BC, Canada. .

With initial support in the form of grime veteran Plastician, “Birmingham’s finest” Emalkay gained the attention of South London based label Boka Records with the warped, future bass drones and epic strings of Gut Feeling. Continuing the success, Testing The Waters EP was released in October 2006 followed by Monsters in June 2007. The revolutionary sound of Mecha, released in the fall of 2007, gained Emalkay support from the likes of Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs and breakbeat pioneer FreQ Nasty, as well as many of the leading figures of the current dubstep scene. It seemed Emalkay’s own potential...

Malkovic as a band started in 2005. However, it all began long before that: aleksei G. and sasha T. had been playing together for quite a long time in various projects. Initially malkovic was an acoustic duo that played nice pretty songs inspired by the tunes of marcos valle, astrud gilberto, komeit and kings of convenience. Later, sasha's cousin dima M. joined the band taking the responsibility of a bass player. Then some new people came to the band and brought in new instruments, malkovic's sound became louder and more spacious. Nevertheless the atmosphere of chamber music, the intimacy of...

Russian-born Dubstep/2-Step/D'n'B producer and vocalist Marina Faib alias Faib, resident in Moscow/Korolyov, is fast emerging as one of the finest young talents in the electronic music stratosphere, already with a clutch of releases on reputable labels, like Sweden's Red Volume, Smokin' Sessions and the latest on Ranking Records, to be followed by a future release on Mindset. For a girl born in the 1990’s, Faib shows astounding maturity in her restrained approach to sound and rhythm, employing stuttering drum loops to underlay soundscapes that would put many a Hollywood composer out of work. .