{{short description|British musician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use British English|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Mark Brydon | image = | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Mark Errington Brydon | alias = Captain Thirdeye, DJ Plankton, The Mole Man, Skymoo | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|12|22}} | birth_place = Sunderland, England | instrument = {{hlist|Bass guitar|keyboards|guitar|programming}} | genre = {{hlist|Electronic|trip hop|house|acid jazz|alternative dance}} | occupation = {{hlist|Songwriter|musician|arranger|recording engineer|producer}} | years_active = | label = | website = {{URL|mark-e-brydon.com}} | notable_instruments = }}
'''Mark Errington Brydon''' (born 22 December 1960) is an English bassist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, recording engineer, remixer and producer best known as a member of the group Moloko.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/moloko-mn0000487614/biography | title=Moloko - Biography | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=13 June 2014 | author=Phares, Heather}}</ref>
==Previous work== Brydon comes from Sunderland, England, but established himself in the Sheffield music scene, most notably with the funk band Chakk<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005118/19960216/251/0036 |title=Doing the Moloko motion |date=16 February 1996 |access-date=15 April 2026 |work=Edinburgh Evening News |page=36 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref> whose advance from MCA Records financed the building of FON Studios.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="chakk">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chakk-mn0001177764 | title=Chakk - Biography | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=13 June 2014 | author=Kellman, Andy}}</ref> Before its bankruptcy, Brydon had divested himself of his interests in legendary FON Studios,<ref name="ilikemusic">{{cite web | url=http://magazine.ilikemusic.com/interview/Moloko | title=Interview #122: Moloko | publisher=I Like Music | date=17 July 2006 | accessdate=13 June 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140615084159/http://magazine.ilikemusic.com/interview/Moloko | archivedate=15 June 2014 }}</ref> for which he did everything from designing the studio architecture to hand-choosing equipment.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
He made significant contributions to the 1987 British pop hit "House Arrest" by Krush.<ref name="ilikemusic"/> He furthered his career with contributions to records and remixes such as "The Funky Worm" (whose single "Hustle! (To the Music...)" would become a number one hit on ''Billboard's'' Dance Club Songs Chart in 1988) and efforts by Yazz, The Human League,<ref name="inter">{{cite web | url=http://www.interrecords.net/en/human-league-the-romantic-virgin-210-984-virgin-v-2624 | title=The Human League - ''Romantic?'' | publisher=Inter Records | accessdate=13 June 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140615084204/http://www.interrecords.net/en/human-league-the-romantic-virgin-210-984-virgin-v-2624 | archivedate=15 June 2014 }}</ref> Psychic TV, Boy George, Art of Noise, Sly and Robbie, Cabaret Voltaire and other groups.<ref name="ilikemusic"/> As a bass player / producer, he was a member of Chakk and Cloud Nine.<ref name="allmusicmark">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mark-brydon-mn0000283364 | title=Mark Brydon - Songs | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=13 June 2014}}</ref><ref name="allmusic"/>
==Moloko== His biggest contribution to British art pop to date would come as a result of meeting Róisín Murphy, with whom he formed Moloko, at a party. The two hit it off immediately after singer Róisín Murphy walked up to Brydon uttering the line, "Do you like my tight sweater? See how it fits my body".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deanmayodavies.com/risn-murphy-from-triphop-star-to-disco-siren|title=Róisín Murphy: From trip-hop star to disco siren|first=Dean Mayo|last=Davies|website=Dean Mayo Davies|date=2016|accessdate=8 September 2024}}</ref> They began working together first as a duo for two albums, then bringing in a full line-up to tour and record the last two Moloko albums.
Moloko went on indefinite hiatus after the release of ''Statues'' in 2003, followed by a successful tour and the release of the full length concert video ''11,000 Clicks'' in 2004 (filmed at their final performance in Brixton, at the end of the ''Statues'' tour).
==Subsequent work== Following Moloko's indefinite break-up, Brydon focused his energies on the design of a new studio.<ref name="ilikemusic"/>
He also continues a side career as a remixer under such aliases as DJ Plankton.<ref name="discogs">{{cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/69843-DJ-Plankton | title=DJ Plankton | publisher=Discogs | accessdate=13 June 2014}}</ref>
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